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

 

 

Mr. Bliss called the meeting to order at 7:32pm.

 

Discussion/decision regarding the reappointment of Michael Lieberman to Southwest Connecticut Emergency Medical Services Council, Inc. for a term to expire November 1, 2008. Mr. Miller made a motion to reappoint Michael Lieberman to Southwest Connecticut Emergency Medical Services Council, Inc. for a term to expire November 1, 2008. Mr. Mr. Major seconded and the motion passed unanimously.

 

Discussion/decision regarding the emergency access at the end of Hemlock Road connecting to Martin Road. Mr. Major recused himself. Mr. Miller said he was concerned about the safety of transportation. He said he objected to the original modification that part of the road was only 13 feet. Mr. Bliss said after listening to the arguments from the Planning & Zoning Commission he was inclined to have a motion that the travel path be 20 feet in the interest of safety.

 

Mr. Miller made a motion that the travel path must be a minimum of 20 feet wide from the emergency access road to the end of the road connecting to Martin Road. Mr. Bliss asked Mr. Miller to make a motion to accept the 20 foot travel path as depicted on the drawing that was submitted. Mr. Miller made a motion that we accept the plans submitted dated 8-11-2006 which was approved by Planning and Zoning, the drawing was submitted by Rocco V. D’Andrea, Inc. Mr. Bliss seconded and the motion passed Mr. Miller., Mr. Bliss yes, Mr. Major recused.

 

During the above discussion Dr. Maggio raised a point of order. He stated that the meeting was an illegal meeting because it had been improperly noticed. Mr. Bliss stated that this was not a public hearing on the Hemlock Ridge Extension but rather was the regular Board of Selectmen’s meeting. Later in the meeting Dr. Maggio returned and apologized stating that the meeting had been properly posted.

 

Discussion/decision regarding a Grant Resolution request for Historic Documents Preservation– Donna Anastasia. Donna Anastasia said that she had an application that goes to the State Library for $7,000 in the form of a grant that they are using right now to convert all of the minutes that are in loose leaf binders into permanent small volumes. This $7,000 will cover Planning and Zoning and will probably be short about $800. Mr. Bliss asked how many we had to do all together. Ms. Anastasia said that they had Conservation and the Board of Selectmen completed. She said Planning and Zoning had about 34 books and that is why they can only do one board with this grant. The grant money comes from the $2.00 per recording that goes to the state.

 

Mr. Major made a motion to authorize the First Selectman to sign the grant request on behalf of the Town Clerk’s office for a $7,000 grant for Historic Document Presentation. Mr. Miller seconded and the motion passed unanimously.

 

Mr. Major said his concern was the time it takes to get through the Board of Education Budget. Mr. Major said it would be good if they could have a preliminary meeting before the actual meeting. He said it was very helpful last time they did it and set the tone. Mr. Bliss said he would set up a meeting.

 

Mr. Major made a motion to approve the budget review schedule for the 2007-2008 budget revised 09/06/06. Mr. Miller seconded and the motion passed unanimously.

 

Discussion/decision regarding Holiday Schedule. Mr. Major made a motion to approve the Holiday Schedule for the calendar year 2007 as submitted. Mr. Miller seconded and the motion passed unanimously.

 

 

Mr. Major made a motion to approve property tax refunds for Countrywide Tax Service Corp., Kjersten F. Mills, Robert A. Cannon, Toyota Financial Services, Toyota Motor Credit Corp., Margaret E. Marlin, Marie E. Keene and Abby Mazur for a total of $7,699.62. Mr. Miller seconded and the motion passed unanimously.

 

Discussion/approval of the Board of Selectmen’s minutes of August 17, 2006. Mr. Miller made a motion to approve the Board of Selectmen’s minutes of August 17^th as submitted. Mr. Major seconded and the motion passed unanimously.

 

Any other business to properly come before the meeting. Mr. Major made a motion to add a discussion concerning the various playing fields in Town. Mr. Miller seconded and the motion passed unanimously.

 

Mr. Major said that he has noticed a recurring theme in emails that he has received as a parent of children playing sports in Weston. He said there is constant commentary about the poor quality of the fields. People do not understand how we spent all this money to build all these wonderful facilities and they are not being properly maintained.

 

Mr. Major said that he has had some first hand experiences at Bisceglie and they are not being maintained. He said they were picking up rocks around the bases. His observation is Parks & Recreation is deferring to the independent organizations for maintenance of the fields and somewhere in Parks & Recreation the maintenance issue is falling apart. Teams refused to play on Revson field this spring because they were in such bad shape.

 

Mr. Miller suggested that arrangements be made with Dave Ungar to inspect the fields. Mr. Major said he wants the Board to send a letter to the Parks & Recreation Commission, putting them on notice that it has come to their attention. We would like to do an inspection of the fields and we would like them to respond to us, as to what the maintenance plan has been and how it is going to change to improve the fields.

 

Mr. Bliss said he would like to tour the fields with the Parks & Recreation Commission.

 

Executive Session- Litigation At 7:55pm Mr. Miller made a motion to enter into executive session. Mr. Major seconded and the motion passed unanimously.

 

Attendance: The meeting was convened at 7:59pm in the First Selectman’s office by Chairman Bliss to receive a status report regarding ongoing litigation. These included the Nunziata and McGinnis lawsuits.  In attendance were Selectman Mr. Miller and Mr. Major, and Town Administrator Landry. No votes were taken.

 

 

Adjourn: At 8:19 pm a motion (Mr. Miller, Mr. Major second) to adjourn executive session and reenter open session passed by unanimous vote. At 8:20 pm a motion (Mr. Major, Mr. Miller second) to adjourn the meeting passed by unanimous vote.

 

Respectfully submitted

Judy M. DeVito

Administrative Assistant

Approved 9/21/06