Present: First Selectman Woody Bliss; Selectman W. Glenn Major; Selectman Richard Miller; Town Administrator Tom Landry; Administrative Assistant Judy DeVito; Residents and member of the press.

 

 

Mr. Bliss called the meeting to order at 7:31pm.

 

Discussion about Weston Youth Services- Sharyn Samuels. Sharyn Samuels made a power point presentation to give an overview of what Weston Youth Services is doing. She said Youth Services runs programs from birth to 18 years old. They run parent work shops, programming for students, referrals to outside agencies and basically encourage positive youth development to enrich the lives of the families in Weston.

 

Sharyn has been with Youth Services for 8 ½ years. She started as a program supervisor, supervising what used to be called the aces program at the elementary school. She said while she was there she saw the incredible need and desire to grow those programs and actually worked with the commission and the director at that time to actually make a new position called the program coordinator where she took over all the programming responsibilities. She said after the first Director left she took over her position for four months while they got in a new director. She has been the Interim Director for almost a year. She had lived in Weston for 20 years and had two children that went through the entire Weston school system.

 

She went through the different programs that are being offered by Youth Services and talked about some of the people that teach them.

 

Discussion/decision regarding the appointment of Betsy Peyreigne to the Cemetery Committee for a term to expire June 30, 2006. Betsy said she is currently serving on the Veteran’s Committee and has been approached by a lot of people in Town about the need for a cemetery. Mr. Major said he was unaware that the committee was looking for anyone. Mr. Bliss said that Pam Huang left she was not replaced.

 

Mr. Miller made a motion to appoint Betsy Peyreigne to the Cemetery Committee for a term to expire June 30, 2006. Mr. Major seconded and the motion passed unanimously.

 

Discussion/decision regarding the appointment of Sonja Ahuja to the Commission for the Arts for a term to expire June 30, 2007. Sonja said that she has been in Weston about 20 years. She had previously been involved in the PTO. She very interested in the arts and has a daughter that is an artist in Chicago. She said she has no background in the arts but is a good organizer.

 

Mr. Major made a motion to appoint Sonja Ahuja to the Commission for the Arts for a term to expire June 30, 2007. Mr. Miller seconded and the motion passed unanimously.

 

Discussion/decision regarding the proposed Board of Finance amendments to the Omni Point cell tower lease. Mr. Bliss said at the Board of Finance meeting last night they approved the leases contingent on a couple of changes. Mr. Landry said the first change has to do with the rights of the respective insurance companies, ours and the tenants to segregate any claims. He said there was language in the contract agreed too by both parties which said that the insurance companies would not go after each other. Mr. O’Brien said you really can not do that since it is not yours to give away. He said the attorneys had concurred and agreed they would take that line out. That has been reviewed and is acceptable to Omni Point and Monty Frank.

 

The second issue was a concern by Jerry Sargent. He said in the contract the tenant has a right to place fence around their equipment and that is without limitation and he felt that should be reviewed. He wanted language that said the Town had the right to review and approve whatever security fence they would put around their equipment. Mr. Landry said we have messages that their fine with that but we do not have a confirmation yet.

 

Mr. Landry said those were the two changes the Board of Finance made to the leases. He asked that the Board of Selectmen review the changes and we execute the lease.

 

Mr. Miller made a motion to accept the two changes to the Omni Point cell tower lease as set forth in Mr. Landry’s memo to the Board of Selectmen, subject Omni Point Cell Tower lease dated February 15, 2006 to Section 11 (c) and Section 7 (b). Mr. Major seconded and the motion passed unanimously.

 

Discussion/decision regarding the construction and improvement of the extension to Hemlock Ridge Road and that portion of Martin Road that connects the extension of Hemlock Ridge Road to the accessway to the lots owned by Little Mountain Enterprises Inc. Mr. Major recused himself. Mr. Bliss said that our attorneys are in the process of talking to the other attorneys that are involved and there is nothing more. Until we have the answer he suggested we table this item to the next meeting.

 

Mr. Miller made a motion to table this item to the next meeting. Mr. Bliss seconded and the motion was Mr. Miller, Mr. Bliss yes. Mr. Major recused.

 

Mr. Miller made a motion to approve property tax refunds for Douglas & Barbara Seymour $12,067.09; Faraja & Mindo Saghri $7,310.02; Joanna L. Bate $5,328.94; Wells Fargo R E Services $5,123.65; Volvo Car Finance North America $968.15; Volvo Car Finance North America $956.53; Honda Lease Trust $525.16; Jaguar Credit Corp $404.62; DCKS $280.12; Saab Leasing Co. $214.15 and Subaru Auto Lease $195.24 for a total of $33,373.67. Mr. Major seconded and the motion passed unanimously.

 

Discussion/approval of the Board of Selectmen’s meetings for January 5^th, February 1^st and February 8^th 2006. Mr. Major made a motion to approve the minutes of the Board of Selectmen meeting of February 8^th as submitted. Mr. Bliss seconded and the vote was Mr. Major, Mr. Bliss 

 

Adjournment: At 8:07pm Mr. Major made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Mr. Miller seconded and the motion passed unanimously.

 

Respectfully submitted

Judy M. DeVito

Administrative Assistant