Updated FY10 Budget, added Mary Ann Hasting Fund article to recover
amount voted for PVRS stipends. Moved highway truck debt service.  The
snow and ice deficit amount must stay in the budget - is not found
money. Verified the elementary and PVRS school grant numbers used in the
budget. They are declining balance notes. Chris R's antenna was correct,
the school's numbers were flawed.

Prepared for budget meeting, updated draft ATM warrant.

Met with Joe P regarding firefighter article. Provided copy of personnel
policy. Discussed possibility of providing support to Fireman's
Association to meet out stipends. Phone conversation with George D of
personnel committee. Discussed change with our insurer who reported that
firefighters are exempt from workers compensation and that since the
basis for town's insurance regarding fire department is number of calls,
paying call firefighters wouldn't affect the Town's premium.

Distributed draft recommendations on governance of enterprise account to
broadband committee. Our system was provisioned with our 3MB Internet
backhaul on 4-9-09. The pipe can handle many times our buy. Heard from
State Police regarding some requested changes to our installation on the
ground. Ordered electrical service to the cell tower. Les completed the
ground backfill. GPS timing device installed on Mt. Grace. Will have
climbers on the Am Tower in the next week or two. Terry, Les, and Joe P
got several more broadband Internet connections working including Police
and Fire Departments. "Magic Jack" the $20 IP phone device works on the
system.

Accepted bids on fuel oil at $2.14 and diesel at $2.48 from FRCOG.

Assisted with some town reports by departments.

Got an application for a trench permit. It did not describe a trench but
instead an excavation for an addition. Town needs to appoint a trench
permit authority.

Rosa printed, stamped and addressed Town Meeting notice postcards. These
also tout the pretown meeting / budget hearing on April 27, possible
continuation of TM on May 11, and Town election day May 18. She also
updated the outdoor event pendant sign.

Sent correction notices to abutters on upcoming Chase Hill Rd pole
hearing. Date is April 21, at 6:30. This is a Tuesday. Selectmen meet
that night as Monday is Patriot's Day.

Had Jackson / Alco kitchen commercial dishwasher serviced by Valley
Commercial Appliance. Needed a new heating element on the rinse cycle, a
thermostat, and calibration.

Updated fuel oil usage records.  Highway equipment garage looks like the
only one that isn't using enough to make our minimum contracted buy. We
bid 6500 gallons town wide and need to purchase 90% of our commitment.
We ordered too much diesel too. Tim will have to work that out with
Burke.

Provided FRCOG with Warwick's ice storm FEMA numbers to provide data for
their efforts to get a State contribution to the funding.

Met with FEMA representative. Warwick has submitted just shy of $100k of
December ice storm related reimbursement requests. Some of this will
infill against the snow and ice deficit and other expenditures.  The
rest is revenue to be reflected in estimated receipts. The rate of
reimbursement is 75%.  The majority of our request has been committed at
the FEMA level and is in the hands of MEMA, the MA counterpart.
Discussed handling of the funds with accountant.

Ted C has agreed and cut the two trees on the Inn / Fire-hydrant line.
This is part of the project to repair the drainage from the Town Hall
bulkhead.

Assessors voted to release $7696.04 from overlay surplus for appropriation.

Attended housing court hearing with Town Counsel regarding zoning
matter. Housing authority looks like they can assist in resolution of
the problem. Court order gives defendant until mid October to comply.

State web servers seem to be overwhelmed the past two days and I can't
get  to the detail on local aid cutbacks so I can't judge the realism
of the numbers proposed. (Is the hotel and meal tax included?).  I used
the lower of House vs. Governor's budget numbers. Payments in lieu of
taxes were level funded. It looks like Warwick will get an 18% reduction
in local aid to government. Many area communities are seeing 33%
reduction. The grant to schools for transportation reimbursement was
reduced from 90% to 50%.

Sent draft town meeting warrant to town counsel, including five page
right to farm by-law.

Superintendent of schools provided an new reduced operating assessment
of $649,648 for Warwick, an $11,000 further reduction. The proposed PVRS
assessment is down 3 percent from last year.