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Select Board

Monday, November 21, 2022, 6:00 pm until 7:00 pm
A meeting of the Select Board

Selectboard Meeting - 5 Academy Hill Road, Conway - 6:00 p.m.
Meetings are now held every other Monday and are at this time accessible via Zoom.

Meeting of Select Board

Members: (Quorum)

  • Present: Christopher Waldo, at 6:00 PM
  • Present: Philip Kantor, Chair, at 6:00 PM
  • Present: Erica Goleman, at 6:00 PM

Also Present:

  • Ron Sweet
  • Kyle Dragon
  • Ken Ouimette
  • Veronique Blanchard
  • Adam Reed

See original Agenda Final Minutes

Meeting opened: 6:00 PM

Meeting closed: 6:31 PM

  1. Meeting Preliminaries

    • Meeting Opened / Attendance Taken (see above).

    • No minutes to approve.

  2. Warrants

    • - Vote to approve the Accounts Payable Warrant P23-12 in the amount of $107177.49, the Payroll Warrant PW23-12 in the amount of $115,762.41, and the Payroll Deduction Warrant PDW23-12 in the amount of $29,009.15.

      MOTION, moved by Erica Goleman, seconded by Philip Kantor: Motion to approve the W23-12 $107,177.49, PW23-12 $115,762.41 and PDW23-12.

      Pass: Aye: Erica Goleman, Philip Kantor, Christopher Waldo.

      1. Conway_W23-12_AP_Warrant.pdf
      2. Conway_PW23-12_Payroll_Warrant.pdf
      3. Conway_PDW23-12_PR_Deduction_Warrant.pdf
  3. Meetings Attended by Select Board Members

    • - Erica attended a Transit Authority meeting. Phil attended a School Committee meeting and a Frontier Budget meeting.

  4. Public Comments. None

  5. Unfinished Business. None

  6. New Business

    • - Vote to appoint Julie Sweet to Parks and Recreation.

      MOTION, moved by Erica Goleman, seconded by Philip Kantor: A motion to appoint Julie Sweet to Parks and Recreation for a term ending 6/30/24.

      Pass: Aye: Erica Goleman, Philip Kantor, Christopher Waldo.

    • - Vote to sign the Forest Stewardship Climate Management Plan

      MOTION, moved by Philip Kantor, seconded by Erica Goleman: Appoint Phil to sign the Forest Stewardship Climate Management plan for the Board.

      Pass: Aye: Erica Goleman, Philip Kantor, Christopher Waldo.

      1. Forest-Resource-Management.pdf
    • - Vote to hire Andrew M. Habel as a new Police Officer

      MOTION, moved by Erica Goleman, seconded by Philip Kantor: Hire Andrew Habel as a new part-time Police Officer.

      Pass: Aye: Erica Goleman, Philip Kantor, Christopher Waldo.

      Andrew has completed his Academy training and lives in Conway. It was felt by all to be a good fit.

    • - Discuss and vote to sign contract with Northeast IT for a cyber security assessment, paid for by a grant from MIIA.

      MOTION, moved by Philip Kantor, seconded by Erica Goleman: To sign the contract with Northeast IT for a cyber security assessment, to be paid for by a MIIA Risk Management grant.

      Pass: Aye: Erica Goleman, Philip Kantor, Christopher Waldo.

      1. TOC_-_Cyber_Risk_Prevention_Assessment_AAAQ3343_Updated_11172022.pdf
    • - Signing of Animal Control services contract with Franklin County Sheriff’s Office

      General Discussion...
      The Board signed the contract with the Sheriff's Department for Animal Control Officer services.

      1. Animal_Control_Directory_Contact_Form.pdf
  7. Items Not Anticipated 48 Hours in Advance of the Meeting

    • Vote to sign MA DOT Chapter 90 state aid reimbursement.

      MOTION, moved by Philip Kantor, seconded by Erica Goleman: To sign the MA DOT Chapter 90 reimbursement request.

      Pass: Aye: Erica Goleman, Philip Kantor, Christopher Waldo.

  8. Town Administrator update

  9. Selectboard member comments/concerns

    • - Erica is working on a 'Warrant Lite' to further explain warrant articles at Special Town Meeting. Phil had received some feedback regarding the marijuana from last week's public hearing.

  10. Mail

    • None

  11. Announcements

    • None

  12. Adjourn

  13. Meeting Wrap-up

The listing of matters is those reasonably anticipated by the Chair which may be discussed at the meeting. Not all items listed may in fact be discussed and other items not listed may also be brought up for discussion to the extent permitted by law.

Minutes approved on Monday, Dec 5, 2022

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