Selectboard Meeting

Monday, October 30, 2017, 5:30 pm
Gill Town Hall, 325 Main Road
A meeting of the Selectboard/Sewer Commissioners

5:30 PM Call to Order (If the meeting is being videotaped, announce that fact. If remote participation will occur, announce member & reason, & need for roll call voting)

5:30 PM Jan Ameen, Franklin County Solid Waste Management District – Services Provided by and Available from District

Old Business

  • Review of Minutes of 10/16/17 and Record of Meeting for 10/3/17 & 10/17/17
  • Project Updates
    • Sewer I&I Study
    • Gill Elementary Well
    • Mariamante Property & Community Solar
    • Annual Reports
    • French King Bridge Surveillance Cameras
  • Town of Gill – 225th in 2018
  • MIIA Risk Management Grant Applications
    • $1,346.31 for backup camera systems for Engine 2 and Rescue Van
    • $3,222.78 for building security cameras for Public Safety Complex
  • Community Compact Program for FY18
    • Public Accessibility Best Practice - ADA Self-Evaluation & Transition Plan
    • Information Technologies Best Practices (Business Continuity) - Review of I.T. Systems

New Business

  • Amy Gordon – ACT Program – use of Town Hall earlier in the year
  • Gill Historical Commission – listing of Riverside Village Historic District on National Register of Historic Places
  • Highway Department
    • PO Request for 2 rear tires for backhoe ($700-1400 per tire, depending on tread pattern)
    • On Call Snow Plow Drivers
  • Fire Department
    • PO Request for SCBA Gear ($118,627 from AFG grant, and 25,896 from NMH Donations - $5,931 Town 5% match and $19,965 Town contribution)
    • Replacement of Fire Vehicles
    • New ISO rating for Town, now 5/5Y, was 6/9 (improved one level)
  • Upper Pioneer Valley Veterans’ Services District – 3-yr renewal of intermunicipal agreement for FY19, 20, 21
  • Cable Committee - PO Request for microphones, camera, tripod, cables
  • Public Service Announcements, if any
  • Other business as may arise after the agenda has been posted.

Executive Session: The purpose of the executive session is to conduct contract negotiations with non-union personnel, i.e. contract for police chief.

  • Take roll-call vote to enter executive session
  • Announce the meeting will reconvene in open session

Executive Session: The purpose of the executive session is to comply with, or act under the authority of, any general or special law or federal grant-in-aid requirements, i.e. to comply with MGL Chapter 214 Section 1B “Right of Privacy of a Person”

  • Take roll-call vote to enter executive session
  • Announce the meeting will reconvene in open session

Warrants: FY18 # 10

Adjournment

Gill Selectboard 2017-10-30 1 Executive Session (2017-12-13 at 12:40 PM)

Gill Selectboard 2017-10-30 Agenda (2017-10-27 at 2:26 PM)

Gill Selectboard 2017-10-30 Minutes (2017-11-15 at 5:12 PM)