Town of Warwick
Selectboard
October 6, 2008
Minutes
Members present: Patricia Lemon, Rick Abbott, Nick Arguimbau   
Others present:	Town Coordinator David Young, Town Secretary Rosa
Calcari, Miryam Williamson, Jon Calcari, Paula Lundgren (Athol Daily
News)
I.	Call to Order 
The Meeting was called to order at 6:01 pm at the Town Hall by Chairman Lemon.
II.	Minutes
Lemon MOVED to accept the Minutes of the September 22 meeting as printed
in the agenda.  Arguimbau SECONDED. VOTED UNANIMOUSLY.
III.		Presentations/Discussions
1.	Prioritizing Community Development Strategy (CDS) Goals - The CDS
project list Young compiled from input at an earlier town hearing was
discussed at some length.
	Lemon said that her priorities were the demolition of the old WCS
	building to make way for the new Public Safety Building and locating
	sources of financial assistance to acquire easements, commission
	plans and build septic systems for a potential restaurant/general
	store. Young favored strategic prioritizing with a goal of
	eligibility for Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds.
	Housing is at the top of his list.
The demolition of the old school building would first require the
removal of asbestos. This would most likely mean that the entire
process, from demolition of the old WCS building to construction of the
new Public Safety Building, would be subject to "prevailing wage" laws,
and ineligible for grant funding.
	Young said that by mid-November, he would like to see the finalized
	project list with community priorities agreed upon.  Lemon summed
	up:  It comes down to one of two different approaches:  Setting
	priorities based on townspeople's goals vs. setting them   or choose
	based on which projects would be eligible for grant funding. She
	suggested that each Board member and Young make their own priority
	list, from which a list all can agree upon would be created.  The
	consensus was that there was nothing ready for evaluation at this
	point, and further discussion at a future meeting was necessary.
2.	Selectboard Reports - Lemon spoke of the invitation extended to
Warwick by the Town of Athol, and her draft response. Board members
agreed that Lemon will sign the response as printed and send it out
tomorrow. 
Members discussed Lemon's preliminary summary of the Snow and Ice
Questionnaire responses.
Young pointed out that the response rate was higher than to most
surveys, with approximately 25% of households returning questionnaires,
and well over 50% of respondents saying that they felt that the
standards of maintenance tend to be "just about right".  The vast
majority expressed their preference to neither increase nor lower the
Highway Department appropriation.  Seventy-three percent of those who
commute said they had never missed work due to road conditions, while
27% had.
Prompted by a comment by Miryam Williamson that management works best
when it tells employees what is expected and then allows them to do
their jobs, Young said that an outline of objectives and a statement of
desired outcomes could be compiled by the Board for Highway
Superintendent Tim Kilhart. 
3.	Town Coordinator Report - Young presented the warrant for the
November election, which required signatures from all three Board
members. He reported having received telephone notification of a
$5,000.00 grant award for solar lighting on the flagpole.  Young also
said that there will be a workmen's' compensation audit this Thursday,
and that the insurance company is sending out a property appraiser this
Friday. He informed the Board that the broadband equipment should be
delivered within a week.
IV.	Public Comment
None.
V.	Adjournment
Lemon MOVED at 7:21 pm. to adjourn the meeting.  Abbott SECONDED.  VOTED
UNANIMOUSLY. 
Minutes taken by Rosa Fratangelo Calcari

 		 		 
Patricia Lemon,		Frederick H. Abbott III,		Nicholas C. Arguimbau
Selectboard Chair		Selectboard Vice-Chair		Selectboard Member
				
Rosa Fratangelo Calcari				James David Young
Selectboard Secretary				Town Coordinator