TOWN OF
Chairman
Other
attendees: Town Manager
Recorder: Vernon Porter
The following are meeting minutes, in brief:
1A OUTER
CAPE HEALTH SERVICES, INC. - UPDATE
Introduction of CEO Dr. Roberta Berrien
Dr. Roberta Berrien introduced herself and gave a brief background
of the happening within the Outer Cape Services, Inc. since she became the CEO,
and during this time of the year, and the outlook for the future to include
some type of expansion within Provincetown.
Working with Beth Israel for a new venture to create a system where
people will not have to go to an emergency room when not necessary, with
evening hours from 5 PM to 9 PM, and Saturdays from 4 PM to 9 PM. Further details will be forthcoming. Trial
period will be from July 4th weekend to after Labor Day. New Facilities Manager – Alan Hall
1B JOINT MEETING WITH
PROVINCETOWN TELEVISION
Budget and Future of Provincetown Television (PTV)
PTV Members Present: Carol Pugliese, Beth
O’Rourke, Mary Byrne and Richard Kelley
MOTION: Move that the Board of Selectmen vote to segregate
the funds for PTV from hereafter, and take the necessary steps to appropriate
the funds necessary at this November Fall Town Meeting to be voted upon at our April 2010 Town Meeting.
Motion by: Mary-Jo Avellar Seconded by: Austin
Knight Yea 5
Nay 0
1C BOARD OF SELECTMEN‘S
RULES OF PROCEDURE
Adoption, Consideration of Amendments
MOTION: Move that the Board of Selectmen vote to schedule
adoption of the Rules of Procedure for its next regular meeting on Monday, June
8, 2009, with any proposed amendments to be submitted in writing to the
secretary by no later than 12:00 noon on Wednesday, June 3, 2009.
Motion by: Austin Knight Seconded
by: Elaine Anderson Yea
5 Nay 0
2. PUBLIC STATEMENTS
Carrie Notaro - Would like the schedule for holiday trash
pick-up and street sweeping.
George Bryant – The Cape Cod
Commission is accepting written public comments now through Wednesday, June 3,
2009, on the draft five-year update to the Cape-wide Comprehensive Economic
Development Strategy, and the 16 priority project recommendations. George feels Items 3 & 14 are important
to Provincetown.
Michael Paragon - Comcast and Verizon wires
are still on NSTAR poles, and are unsightly and could be potentially
dangerous. Would like the town to look
into this.
Cheryl Andrews - As your Cape Cod Water
Collaborative Representative – www.capekeepers.org
Meet on a monthly basic and discuss how
we can help towns reduce cost and reduce pollution cause from septic
systems. Collaborative budget went
through without any cuts.
Regionalization efforts were not funded at the County level because
there was no project ready to move forward
Hersch Schwartz - Cape Cod Ice facility construction on Harry
Kempt Way needs to get patched.
3. SELECTMEN STATEMENTS
Elaine
Anderson
MOTION: Move that
the Board of Selectmen vote to endorse the proclamation of the Barnstable
County Human Rights Commission in celebrating “The Many Faces of Cape Cod” from
July 8 – 14, 2009.
Motion by: Elaine Anderson Seconded by: Mary-Jo Avellar Yea 5
Nay 0
MOTION: Move that
the Board of Selectmen vote to send a letter of thanks to Elizabeth Bridgewater
upon her resignation from the Barnstable County Home Consortium.
Motion by: Elaine Anderson Seconded by: Mary-Jo Avellar Yea 5
Nay 0
MOTION: Move that
the Board of Selectmen vote to give a service award to Deborah DeJonker-Berry
upon her resignation after sixteen years of service to the town.
Motion by: Elaine Anderson Seconded
by: Mary-Jo Avellar
Yea 5 Nay
0
Board of Selectmen wants a written report on the progress of 90 Shank Painter Road Comprehensive Permits.
Austin
Knight
MOTION: Move that
the Board of Selectmen vote to send a letter of thanks to the organizers of
this years Memorial Day Services event.
Motion by: Austin Knight Seconded by: Mary-Jo
Avellar Yea 5
Nay 0
Mary-Jo
Avellar
Can we get someone to look at the work being done on Harry Kemp Way?
MOTION: Move that
the Board of Selectmen vote to instruct the Town Manager to talk with the
appropriate parties involved to fix the wires on the NSTAR poles that Mr.
Peregon spoke about during public statements.
Motion by: Mary-Jo Avellar Seconded by: Austin Knight Yea 5
Nay 0
Busy and noisy weekend - Police did an exemplary job.
David
Bedard
Interested in forming a working financial group of two people from Board of Selectmen, and to work with TM and Finance Group to look at a financial pro-forma. Mary-Jo Avellar wants the Town Manager to place a monthly agenda item to report on where we stand financially with the budget cycle. Austin Knight would like to see joint meetings with FinCom after the books are closed for FY ’09 review. Michele Couture said she would like monthly – (or quarterly) – reports of budget reconciliation provided to the Board of Selectmen. Austin Knight also said he wants to have follow-up with the Capital Plan 5-Year Financial Plan.
David would like to attend any meetings that the Chair may have with the Town Manager. Michele Couture invited him to attend the regularly scheduled Wednesday Board’s agenda meetings at 9 AM.
Michele Couture
Town Staff were out selling material at the Fire Station this past weekend to fundraise for Town Hall rehab.
Thank DPW and Police for this past weekend – an excellent and professional job by all.
4. APPOINTMENT
None at this time.
5A VISITOR
SERVICES BOARD
FY 2010 Tourism Promotional Grant
Awards – ATM Article 14
MOTION: Move
that the Board of Selectmen vote to approve
funding, from the Tourism Fund, for the following FY 2010 Tourism Promotional
Grants, as recommended by the Visitor Services Board:
Grant #1)
Portuguese Festival: $6,000; 4)
Provincetown Heritage Day: $4,000; 5) Pilgrim Bark Park Dog Park Association
Enhancement: $1,500; 6) Single Women's Weekend: $4,000; 7) Women's Week:
$8,500; 8) FAWC Workshop Program:
$3,000; 9) Tennessee Williams Festival:
$3,750; 10) Great Music on Sundays @5:
$3,000; 11) Outer Cape Chorale Concerts: $2,500; 12) Harbor Swim for
Life: $2,000; 13) Mates Leather
Weekend: $3,500; 14) Provincetown Dance
Festival: $1,000; 15) Castle Hill Paints
the Town: $1,000; 17) Provincetown Music
Festival: $1,500; 18) Provincetown Jazz Festival: $1,500; 19) Girl Splash: $1,000; 20) PBG - Provincetown Winter
Weekends: $3,000; 21) PBG - Cabaret
Fest: $3,000; 22) PBG - Holly
Folly: $3,000; 24) Get Ptown Fit
Weekend: $3,000; 25) Women of Color
Weekend: $3,500; 26) PAAM Fall and Spring Workshop
Program: $4,000; 27) PMPM - Centennial
Music: $2,000; 28) PMPM - Rededication
of the Pilgrim Monument: $5,000; 29) Fantasia Fair: $2,000; 30) Norman Mailer Writers'
Colony: $3,000; 31) GLSEN Boston
Educator Retreat: $3,000; 32) Great
Provincetown schooner Regatta: $8,500;
33) Provincetown Intl Film Festival:
$16,000
Motion by: Austin Knight Seconded By: Mary-Jo Avellar Yea
5 Nay 0
5B VSB TOURISM FUND GRANT
AGREEMENT – Rescheduled
To Future Meeting.
5C VISITOR
SERVICES BOARD
FY 2010 Co-Op Marketing Grants/Chamber of Commerce,
Provincetown Business Guild
MOTION: Move
that the Board of Selectmen vote to approve the FY 2010 co-operative marketing
grant agreement with the Provincetown Chamber of Commerce and the Provincetown
Business Guild for $10,000 each, as recommended by the Visitor Services Board.
Motion by: Mary-Jo Avellar Seconded by: David Bedard Yea 5
Nay 0
5D WATER
UPDATE
Contract to Environmental Partners
Group; Wellfield Rehabilitation
MOTION:
Move
that the
Motion by: Austin Knight Seconded by: Mary-Jo Avellar
Yea
5 Nay 0
5E DEPARTMENT
OF PUBLIC WORKS – SERVICE CONTRACT FY 2010
MOTION: Move that the
Board of Selectmen vote to execute the Town
of Provincetown FY 2010 Service Contracts for services, in the amount so
indicated, in the attached contracts to the following low bidders: 1) Trash Hauling – Howland Disposal,
Plymouth, MA; 2) Paving w/Bituminous
Concrete – John Canto, Harwich, MA; 3) Removal of Recyclables – Integrated
Paper, Woburn, MA; 4) Electrical Services – Quahog Electric, N. Truro, MA; 5)
Patch Paving – John Canto, Harwich, MA; 6) LP Gas Services – Frank A. Days, Provincetown, MA; 7) Removal
of Scrap Metal – J & L Enterprises, Truro, MA; 8) Removal of Scrap Wood – J & L
Enterprises, Truro, MA; 9) Generator
Maintenance & Inspection – FM Generator, Inc., Canton, MA; 10) Paving Materials – Aggregate Industries,
Dennis, MA.
Motion by: Mary-Jo Avellar Seconded by: Elaine Anderson Yea
5 Nay 0
5F1 POLICE – EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF PUBLIC
SAFETY
State
Emergency Telecommunications Board Training Grant Application
MOTION: Move that the
Motion by: Elaine
Anderson Seconded by: Mary-Jo
Avellar Yea 5
Nay 0
5F2 POLICE – EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF PUBLIC
SAFETY
Public
Safety Answering Point and Regional Emergency Communication Center Support
Incentive Grants
MOTION: Move that the
Motion by: Mary-Jo
Avellar Seconded by: Elaine Anderson
Yea 5
Nay 0
5G1 TREASURER’S TRANSFERS
Library
Building Gift Fund - Belfry
MOTION: Move that the Board of Selectmen vote, as
Commissioners of the Library Building Gift Funds, pursuant to MGL C44 § 53A, to
approve the use of $28,242.95 from the Library Building Gift Fund – Belfry to
pay for the attached invoice(s).
Motion by: Austin
Knight Seconded by: Mary-Jo
Avellar Yea 5
Nay 0
5G2 TREASURER’S TRANSFERS
Library
Building Gift Fund
MOTION: Move that the Board of Selectmen vote, as
Commissioners of the Library Building Gift Funds, pursuant to MGL C44 § 53A, to
approve the use of $2,275.00 from the Library Building Gift Fund to pay for the
attached invoice(s).
Motion by: Mary-Jo
Avellar Seconded by: Austin Knight Yea 5
Nay 0
5G3 TREASURER’S TRANSFERS
Library
Building Gift Fund - Landscaping
MOTION: Move that the Board of Selectmen vote, as
Commissioners of the Library Building Gift Funds, pursuant to MGL C44 § 53A, to
approve the use of $2,000.00 from the Library Building Gift Fund - Landscaping
to pay for the attached invoice(s).
Motion by: Mary-Jo
Avellar Seconded by:
Austin Knight Yea 5 Nay
0
David Bedard recused himself as he is the
owner of a for-profit gym which provides services similar to those provided by
the Community Center.
5H1 PARADE PERMIT ANNUAL 4TH
JULY PARADE
Independence
Day Celebration - Saturday, July 4, 2009
MOTION: Move that the Board of Selectmen vote to approve
the Parade Application Permit submitted by Recreation Director Brandon Motta,
on behalf of the Town of Provincetown, to hold the Annual Independence Day
Parade to be held on Saturday, July 4, 2009, starting at 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Motion by: Mary-Jo
Avellar Seconded by:
Austin Knight Yea 4
Nay 0
David Bedard
Return
5H2 PARADE PERMIT – DOG RUN DOG LLC
10K
and 5K for Dogs & People
MOTION: Move that the Board of Selectmen vote, to approve the
Parade Permit Application submitted by Paul Gardner, Founder of Dog Run Dog, LLC,
P.O. Box 880, Norwich, Vermont to hold their Annual Dog Run 10K
and 5K Race for Dogs and People, to be
held on Saturday, June 20, 2009 from 9 AM to 11 AM. No rain date.
Motion by: Mary-Jo
Avellar Seconded by:
Austin Knight Yea 5
Nay 0
5H3 PARADE PERMIT – DOG RUN DOG LLC
.57
Mile Walk for Dogs & People
MOTION: Move that the Board of Selectmen vote, to approve the
Parade Permit Application submitted by Paul Gardner, Founder of Dog Run Dog, LLC,
P.O. Box 880, Norwich, Vermont to hold their Annual Dog Run .57
Mile Walk for People and Dogs, to be
held on Saturday, June 20, 2009 from 9 AM to 11 AM. No rain date.
Motion by: Mary-Jo
Avellar Seconded by:
Austin Knight Yea 5
Nay 0
5H4 PARADE PERMIT – PROVINCETOWN BUSINESS
GUILD
Annual
Carnival Parade
MOTION: Move
that the Board of Selectmen vote to approve the Parade application
submitted by Roger A. Chauvette on behalf of the Provincetown Business Guild,
for the purpose of holding their Annual Carnival Parade to be held on Thursday,
August 20, 2009 from 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm. No rain date.
Motion by: Austin
Knight Seconded by: Mary-Jo
Avellar Yea 5 Nay
0
6A FY
2010 TOWN-WIDE GOAL-SETTING PROCESS
Adopt Timetable and Meeting Schedule
MOTION: Move that the Board of Selectmen vote to
adopt the timetable for the FY 2010 Annual Town-wide Goal Setting Process,
including a goal-setting exercise at a special meeting on Monday, June 1, 2009,
at 6:00 PM, and a public hearing on the proposed goals on Monday, June 29,
2009, at 6:00 PM.
Motion by: Austin
Knight Seconded by: Mary-Jo
Avellar Yea 5
Nay 0
6B TOWN
MANAGER FOLLOW UP / OTHER
Would like a Representative from the Board of
Selectmen to attend the Local Transportation Committee Meeting re:
Transportation Center.
Updated the board on the USDA Meeting with Ron Kuntz
last week attended by DPW Director and Town Manager for water and wastewater
stimulus funding.
Town Hall – painting and
roofing continues. Town Hall is on
schedule.
6C JUNE 22, 2009 SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
Determine
Order In Which Articles Appear On The Warrant
MOTION: Move that the Board of Selectmen vote to accept the ordering of the
articles in the warrant for the June 22, 2009 Special Town Meeting, as
presented by the Town Manager [as amended].
Motion by: Mary-Jo
Avellar Seconded by: Austin
Knight Yea
5 Nay 0
7. MINUTES
OF BOARD OF SELECTMEN’S MEETINGS
None at this time.
8. CLOSING STATEMENTS
Elaine Anderson - Wish Recreation
Director Brandon Motta well with his graffiti project.
Austin Knight - Inquired about painting
at town hall – building being prepped properly prior to painting. Feels that clapboards on Bradford Street are
not prepped properly before painting. Board approved of Elaine Anderson to be
their representative at the June 8th meeting at Nauset School.
Mary-Jo Avellar - None David
Bedard – None
Michele Couture – Preliminary flood
insurance – Meeting at Grace Gouveia Building. Town Manager will be attending.
9. BARGAIN STRATEGY
MGL C. 39, §23B, cl. 3
MOTION:
Move that the
Elaine Anderson – Yes
David Bedard – Yes Michele Couture – Yes
Motion by:
Yea 5
Nay 0 - Motion Passes -
The Board adjourned to go into executive session at 9:35 PM.
Minutes transcribed by:
June 3, 2009