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Dighton Water District 192 Williams St. No. Dighton, Ma 02764 Paul Pacheco Sue Medeiros Edward Swartz COMMISSIONERS Carol A. Stevens TREASURER August
25, 2009 A
meeting of the Dighton Water District Commissioners was held at the District
office at 6:00 P.M. Chairman of the
Board, Paul Pacheco called the meeting to order. Commissioner,
Edward Swartz said, “I make a motion that we rescind the vote of the Board of
Commissioners of June 10, 2008 regarding the boundaries and revert back to
the boundaries described at that point.”
Paul Pacheco said, “I’ll step down and second. All in favor. The Ayes have it.” Edward Swartz said, “Based on a legal
opinion we received from David Gay I would also secondly make a motion we
refer to the Treasurer/Collector work with the assessor to garner the list of
those taxes that were paid by those residents between that time we adopted
that motion in 2008 and today and we gather that list so we have that for the
next meeting.” Paul Pacheco said,
“I’ll step down and second that. All
in favor. The Ayes have it.” Edward Swartz said, “Then refer the updating of the Home Rule Petition for a future
meeting to meet with David Gay once he returns from vacation I’ll ask the
Chairman if he will schedule that meeting.” Paul Pacheco said, “Okay I’ll schedule it
any particular time?” Edward Swartz
said, “No, find David’s schedule morning or evening get dates early September
is better.” Edward
Swartz said, “I make a motion to approve the minutes.” Commissioner, Sue Medeiros said,
“Second.” Paul Pacheco said, “All in
favor. Ayes have it.” Warrants were passed out for review by the
Board. Edward
Swartz made reference to refunds and abatements and said, “None
of that can take place until probably the end of October, any kind of
payments have to go through Special District Meeting, has to be paid for out
of free cash, we have to wait for certification of free cash.” Sue
Medeiros said, “I make a motion to approve the warrants. Edward Swartz said, “Second.” Paul Pacheco said, “All in favor. Ayes have it.” Correspondence;
Draft regarding 2009 Water System Study Update. Edward Swartz said, “Refer to the next
meeting, meet with Steve just to have him review it with us.” Employee
“To Do List”; Paul Pacheco said, “Read them through discuss them at the next
meeting.” Edward Swartz said, “Refer
to the next meeting.” Paul Pacheco
said, “Refer to the next meeting.” Signs;
Paul Pacheco said, “I met with the guy from Countryside Signs for some ideas
and costs. He mentioned it could cost between $25,000-$30,000.” Update
on website; Treasurer/Clerk, Carol
Stevens mentioned, June minutes, Annual, Special, changes in Commissioners
and phone numbers were done. Carol
Stevens mentioned letters received from the third graders who took the tour
were going to be put on the website.
Edward Swartz said, “Continue every month to send updates in.” Edward Swartz asked, “Pulling reports out
of the new system, end of the month, start pulling next month end of months
you can provide to the Commissioners and balances.” Public
Input; Edward Swartz said, “For those that arrived late we voted to rescind
the vote of June 2008 that extended the boundaries of the District beyond the
2000 feet so it reverts back to where it was prior to and refer to
Collector/Treasurer to garner a list in working with the assessor to find out
what the cost’s were to those residents from June 2008 to today. Back to where it was prior to June 2008. In my opinion we’re going to address that
as we go through the new home rule petition based on feedback and comments we
got at that Selectmen’s meeting. My
personal opinion, some comments Mr. Carpenter made that night I personally
believe we should go all the way back only if it runs by your house for the
tax and there should be some type of other fee that covers the overall uses
of water of the Town that everyone gets a benefit from $50-$75 that will
cover everyone outside of the taxed area up for discussion that’s my opinion
right now because everybody does benefit from us having water in Town whether
you get it by your house or not whether it’s your kids at school through the
fire truck filling the hoses everybody benefits from having water in
Town. Meet with our Attorney to continue
that process learned some things on the Somerset agreement piece we didn’t
know prior to that have to be addressed so that petition is a working
document that probably won’t be submitted for two to three months we’ll have
public hearings with it and it’ll be voted on Special or Annual probably
won’t go into effect until next fiscal year.”
A
review of the vote taken, voting rights, charter, etc… was held with everyone
in attendance. The public gave their
input; the Board of Commissioners gave theirs. Edward
Swartz made a motion for a five minutes recess before going into executive
session. Paul Pacheco seconded the
motion. Paul Pacheco made a motion to go into
executive session for employee issues.
Sue Medeiros seconded the motion.
Sue Medeiros said, “Two minutes, won’t take long.” In
attendance executive session; Paul Pacheco, Edward Swartz, and Sue
Medeiros. Charles Cestodio
was called in later on. Executive
session ended at 7:50P.M. Carol
Stevens gave the Commissioners an update on employee Kevin Carpenter. Sue
Medeiros mentioned she would speak to Lenny Hull to set up a meeting with
Charles Cestodio. Charles
Cestodio reviewed his report with the
Commissioners. When
Charles Cestodio reached the section Elevated THMS;
Edward Swartz said, “Put it on the agenda for next month. Review elevated THM level plan.” When
Charles Cestodio reached the section Cedar Street
1; Edward Swartz said, “Get proposal together what the cost is write an
article for Special in October. Need
to reschedule September 15th I will be in Statton
Island, New York. Schedule for the
14th check with Steve.” When
Charles Cestodio reached the section Cedar 1
Building in the Rear Needs; Edward Swartz said, “I make a motion Chuck move
forward in fixing the Cedar roof needs out of system maintenance if you can
do internal, do internal need to go external and get a contractor to do
it. Get three quotes.” When
Charles Cestodio reached the section Garage Doors
on RT 138; Edward Swartz said, “Repair the doors for the short term to last
for the next couple of years.” When
Charles Cestodio reached the section Service for
972 Somerset Ave.; Edward Swartz said, “If he gets permission from Jeff Tardinco in writing, wait until next monthly meeting, if
he gets permission he has to present it.
Wait until the next meeting if he calls expect
him to have a written letter from Jeff Tardinco as
well as sign off from all the Town departments that need to sign off on
it. Notify him road opening permit
from the State is in if he doesn’t show up September 14th send
a letter regarding the road opening permit.”
Edward
Swartz said, “I make a motion to adjourn.”
Paul Pacheco said, “Second.”
Meeting adjourned at 8:20 P.M. Respectfully
Submitted, Carol
A. Stevens District
Clerk Those
in Attendance: Paul
Pacheco Sue
Medeiros Edward
Swartz Robert
Nolette Steven
Ciesielski Paul
Joly Charles
Roderigues Bob
Adams Carolyn
Carpenter Sandra
MacDonald Delores
Nunes Danny
Carpenter Paul
Desousa Nancy
Goulart Charles
Cestodio Carol A. Stevens Dorian Jefferson
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