MINUTES OF THE DUXBURY SELECTBOARD MEETING 
April 10, 2006


Members Present:  Paul Brusa, JoAnn Berno, Fred Collins, Todd Liberty, Craig Isvak

Others Present:  David Quenneville, Katherine Gjessing, Ruth Haskins, Betty Ryan

The meeting was called to order at 6:00 p.m.

Bills and Minutes:  Current bills were discussed and signed.  Then a correction needed to be made to the February minutes because of an incorrect figure.  JoAnn Berno made the motion that under Road Report, paragraph 5, it should read as follows:  David will be renting a chipper and will work out a deal with Valley Rent All for four weeks worth of rental at a total cost of $800.  Todd Liberty seconded the motion, and all members voted in favor of the motion.  JoAnn Berno then made the motion to accept the March minutes with the following correction:  The chair of the Planning Commission is Katherine Gjessing, not Kenny Griffith.  Craig Isvak seconded this motion and all were in favor of it.

Road Report:  David Quenneville reported that they are coming along nicely with the crushed gravel, and the sand will come later.  

The air compressor on the truck has failed and is supposed to have a six-year warranty; David is pursuing this matter.

David shared with the board the paperwork and plans for the Turner Hill Project which will be sent to Ruth Connolly for approval.

The board received and signed a permit from Washington Electric Cooperative for a 7,200 volt electrical power line to serve the Keith and Crystal Sherman residence on Devlin Road.

David is still waiting for the grant to fix the Pitts Bridge.

Boy Scout Tom Matt has started working on his project behind the Crossett Brook School.  It seems there is a lot of stuff there including old farm equipment.  The kids are going to take all the tires out of the woods and pile them so that David can load them.

Finally, it should be noted that the grader tires are done. Also, town employees need to put in their requests for vacation time.

Planning Commission:  Katherine Gjessing, chair of the Planning Commission, came to the meeting to report that she called all four people who were on the list of candidates for membership on the Planning Commission.  Amy Sharp and Jay Ziskrout called her back and were interested.  The selectboard recommended that they be on the Planning Commission.  Also, she will have a draft of the Town Plan finished soon; it’s an update from the old one.  Mainly the goals were updated to make them more specific.  The projected time frame is that the Planning Commission could have a public hearing at the end of May.  After this hearing, the plan goes to the selectboard for a public hearing and approval.

Duxbury Food Shelf:  Ruth Haskins and Betty Ryan reported on the success of the Duxbury Food Shelf. They requested that the food shelf be able to use a corner of the basement in the Town Clerk’s Office that seems to be relatively unused presently.  The selectboard discussed this request in terms of what might be in the filing cabinets in that corner and felt they needed to ask the listers about the records that may be in those cabinets.  Paul will talk to Jeff Isham about this matter.

Town Clerk’s Office:  It seems there are space issues regarding the vault at the Town Clerk’s Office which need to be addressed.  Paul Brusa suggested forming a committee to take a look at those issues. Fred Collins suggested asking Ken Scott and Jeff Isham to give written specifications of their perceived needs.  Fred made a motion that the selectboard ask the listers and the town clerk to come up with specifications needed for space requirements for the vault for the next twenty years.  JoAnn Berno seconded the motion and all were in favor of it.  Craig will speak to Ken about it, and Paul will speak to Jeff.

Official Meeting Times and Paper of Record:  The selectboard will meet on the second Monday of each month at 6 p.m. except for the months of May through September when it will meet at 6:30 p.m.  The meeting will be held in the meeting space of the Duxbury Town Garage.  The Valley Reporter and the Times-Argus will be the official newspapers for the town.

Old Business:   It was determined that Ken Griffith’s term on the Development Review Board is three years.

New Business:  The selectboard received the minutes of the March meeting of the Vermont State Police Advisory.  They also received an invitation to a Planning Development and Writing Workshop for local Emergency Planning Committees.  This invitation will be forwarded to Lorry Pecor.  The selectboard also received information concerning Safe Kids to School Program.  This information will be forwarded to Ken Page, principal of Crossett Brook School.

The meeting was adjourned at 7:35 p.m.

Respectively submitted,

Pam Dever