Selectman Office Hours Tomorrow

9:00 to 10:00 AM

Selectman Osler “Pete” Peterson holds regular monthly office hours at The Center on the first Friday of every month from 9:00 to 10:00 AM (his litigation schedule permitting).  Residents are welcome to stop by to talk in person about any town matters.

Residents can also have coffee and see the Council on Aging in action (a vibrant organization with lots going on).  Peterson can be reached via 508-359-9190 or his blog about Medfield matters  https://medfield02052.wordpress.com/, where any schedule changes will be posted.

So as part of my new more educated posting, I have posted below jpg’s of the agenda, but embedded in the last jpg as alternate text the wording of the entire agenda, so as I understand it, the post should be word searchable.  Let me know if I got any of it wrong.

This may be the shortest agenda I have ever seen, but the meeting could still take some time.

DAY, DATE, AND TIME
Town Hall, Chenery Meeting Room, 2nd floor Tuesday February 23, 2016@ 7:00 PM
AGENDA (SUBJECT TO CHANGE)

Review of Articles for Annual Town Meeting

Other business that may arise

Board of Selectmen meeting notes from 2/16/16:

• Number of selectmen:  Abby Marble suggested to selectmen that the town would be better served by a board composed of five selectmen instead of three.  The board went through a discussion of the mechanisms by which a town has to implement a charter commission in order to have that issue addressed and discussed. Selectmen DeSorgher noted that with five selectmen, that selectmen would then be permitted to speak with one another outside of meeting without violating the open meeting law.  A future meeting with the Charter Review and Bylaws Committee will be scheduled.
• Sidewalks:  The selectmen had received information on preferences for future sidewalks from the Police Chief, DPW Superintendent, and School Superintendent.  Based on their recommendations, the selectmen prioritized as the next sidewalks to be built in town the ones on Metacomet Street and the one on Dale Street. The selectmen asked for more information as to costs from the DPW superintendent on the two sidewalks recommended on E. Main St. and Adam Street, so that they could make a decision between the two.
  
• Energy committee:  The selectmen sent a letter by the energy committee legislative leadership in support of continuing solar photovoltaic state support by means of SREC’s and net metering. Selectmen also discussed the Energy Committee recommendation to buy the streetlights in town and replace them all with LED fixtures, which would save about $25,000 per year in energy costs. Mike Sullivan raised issues about the possible maintenance issues for which the town will be responsible for the fixtures, to which I suggested that can be solved by hiring a maintenance contractor to take care of the fixtures for the $5000 per year recommended by the Energy Committee which prices included in the projected savings.
• Hospital Road 40 B:  The Larkin Brothers developers have now accumulated approximately 8 acres next to the Medfield State Hospital (former Mozer property and adjoining lands) and are reportedly planning a 40 development there with 40 to 60 units. Each unit would be approximately 2500 ft.².  I was tasked to meet with the Larkin’s to discuss ways in which their development could be changed to be more acceptable to the town – Mike Sullivan suggested age restricted housing with first floor master suites.
• Hospital Road water main:  At the request of the town administration, the selectmen signed amendment to the Environmental Partners Group, Inc.consulting contract to add $38,000 project not being completed on time. Additionally, Mike Sullivan reported that the  contractor will be repainting Hospital Road curved to curb this summer to complete its contract.
• Community Compact:  Lieut. Gov. Polito came to the town house yesterday to sign the community compact with the town making Medfield the 144th town to sign on. We will get a $30,000 grant towards our 20 year capital planning project.  There is the possibility of a $50,000 risk analysis IT grant available as well.  Medfield has designated transparency and citizen engagement as among the topics the town wanted to focus on as part of the community compact.
• Sgt. Burton of the Medfield Police Department was appointed to be Community Emergency Response Coordinator.
• DPW workers breakfast allowance was increased from $8 to $10.
• Selectmen DeSorgher reported that February 21 is the 340th anniversary of the attack on Medfield by King Philip.

Much easier and faster for me!

OK, I finally figured out how to insert the actual agenda sheets that I get before meetings (the secret was to using jpg’s, instead of ORC’ing pdf’s and editing the results), so now you can see exactly what I see – plus it should be faster for me.

Selectman Office Hours – This Friday

Selectman Osler “Pete” Peterson holds regular monthly office hours at The Center on the first Friday of every month from 9:00 to 10:00 AM (his litigation schedule permitting).

Residents are welcome to stop by to talk in person about any town matters.  Residents can also have coffee and see the Council on Aging in action (a vibrant organization with lots going on).

Peterson can be reached via 508-359-9190 or his blog about Medfield matters  https://medfield02052.wordpress.com/, where any schedule changes will be posted.

Board of Selectmen

Updated Agenda    February 2, 2016

Executive Session at close of meeting for the purpose of discussing pending litigation

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

This meeting is being recorded.

We want to take a moment of appreciation for our brave servicemen and servicewomen serving around the world

HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE DAY: April 16, 2016 9AM – 1:00 PM at the Town Garage

Norfolk County Registry of Deeds, William O’Donnell, Register will hold Office Hours on Thursday February 25, 2016, in Town Hall 2^nd floor from 10 AM to 12 noon

7:00 PM Permanent Building Committee

Update Selectmen on the progress of the new safety building

7:30 PM William Comery

Discuss proposed change to Bay Circuit Trail (pending from January 5, 2016 meeting)

7:45 PM Medfield Energy Committee, member Marie Zack Nolan

Discuss proposal and application for “2016 Solarize MASS/ Medfield”

OLD BUSINESS

Pending: Community Preservation Act Study Committee mission statement and the   Economic Development Committee mission statement

Selectmen’s calendar; discuss items for next meeting

NEW BUSINESS

Town Clerk Carol Mayer requests the Selectmen vote to sign the March 1, 2016 Warrant For Presidential Primary

The Board of Selectmen is invited to Pack 200 Blue and Gold Banquet to be held Saturday February 27, 2016 at St Edward Church Parish Hall

Discuss pending 2016 warrant articles; table of use regulations; zoning; energy aggregation

LICENSES & PERMITS

Annual Wheelock and Memorial School Winter Carnival Fundraiser to be held March 12. Request is made to post sandwich boards beginning Feb 22 to March 12 promoting the event

Norfolk Hunt Club requests a one-day wine & malt beverage permit for their event on Thursday

May 26, 2016 at the Steeplechase Course and additionally request a common victualler license for the dates of May 28 and 29, 2016

Medfield High School Girls varsity softball team request permission to hold a car wash on May 1, 2016 1:30 – 3:30 PM in the parking lot behind Town Hall

Forever Home Rescue New England request permission to hold a fundraising dog walk event Saturday May 14, 2016 from 8 AM to 11 AM. Chief Meaney will confer with them to create a safe route near their Adams Street location

SELECTMEN REPORT

INFORMATIONAL

Copy of Cherry Sheet

Copy of Tri-County assessments

From Norfolk County registry of Deeds list of CPA Surcharges by Towns

Letter of appreciation from senior resident

Copy of Conservation Commission legal notices

Notice from Kleinfelder, Environmental Solutions, regarding Cumberland Farms, Main Street is in compliance with DEP requirements with their recent cleanup

From Verizon Annual Complaint Filing Report