Selectboard Meeting Minutes
Otis Town Hall
Conference Room
Tuesday, January 25, 2022, at 6:30 PM
This meeting is being conducted remotely through Zoom.
Pursuant to the Governor’s March 12, 2020 order suspending certain provisions of the Open Meeting Law, G.L. c. 30A, Sec 18, this meeting is being held via remote participation to the greatest extent possible. Every effort is being made to ensure that any member of the public may access the meeting in real time, via technological means. Agendas will be amended to show the link and participation code to access the meeting no sooner than 48 hours before. Recordings are kept for the sole purpose of drafting minutes and are available by request.
Topic: Selectboard
Time: Jan 25, 2022 06:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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Attendance: Chair Larry Southard, Gary Thomas, Terry Gould, Larry Gould (Town of Otis), Geoff Geane, Shaw Israel Izikson (Country Journal), Eric Kreis, Kathy Couch, Trish Tetreault, & Phil Mago.
Call to Order:
6:30 PM
Approval of Minutes: The minutes from Jan 11th & Jan 13th were approved as written.
WWTP Back-up Staffing: Motion to table until our next meeting on Feb 08, 2022. Motion seconded and passed unanimously.
Buy Recycled Policy: Everyone had reviewed the update to the policy. Motion to accept the revised policy. Motion seconded and unanimously approved.
Zoning Application Fees: Geoff Geane was present to talk about the zoning application fees. Trish had brought it to his attention that with the advertising that is mandated the Town is losing money on these applications. The ZBA is proposing to go from $250 to $300. After brief discussion motion was made to increase the ZBA permit fee to $300.00. Motion seconded and unanimously approved.
Transportation Advisory Committee: Motion was made to appoint Brandi as the representative to serve on the regional Transportation Advisory Committee. Motion was seconded and unanimously approved.
Review & Approval of Warrants: Payroll and vendor warrants are on the table for signature.
Not Anticipated: Gary updated the Board that he had provided his deposition for the Sarnacki vs. Town of Otis case that is pending. He doesn’t anticipate this will go to court before 2023 as Berkshire Superior Court is very backed up with their scheduling.
Adjournment: 6:41 PM