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Board of Selectmen Minutes

Meeting date: 
Monday, March 25, 2019

Board of Selectmen

Town of Tolland

MINUTES OF SELECTMEN MEETING –  March 25, 2019 5:00 PM

Selectmen Present:   Eric R. Munson, Jr., Steven DellaGiustina and Patrick Barrett                                                                                                                                      

Also Present:      Ed Deming

                           Chris Lynch, Matrix

                           Pat Storey

Chris Lynch wanted to remind the Board of Selectmen that Matrix’s broadband offer is still available.  Chris was informed to contact Kevin Donovan in regards to broadband.

Ed notified the board that he will be preparing to complete the paving of Burt Hill Road. He would have liked to schedule the paving of Colebrook River Rd and Burt Hill Road together but with the delay in the culvert repair on Colebrook River has decide to move forward.     

Pat Storey met with the board to update them on the “Small Bridge” project. Foresight will be submitting for the fourth time for comment to the state engineers.

Pat requested an extension of the “Strap” grant with the hopes that both projects can run together. Ed discussed the FY2020 Police Department budget. The amount requested is $4,112 less the FY2019.

Ed would like to schedule a “Resource Officer” to be placed within the Southwick-Tolland-Granville Regional Schools. The thought as this time is to schedule two 6hr days. The Officer would have to attend certification training.

Ed reviewed his FY2020 budget, informing the board that he is requesting the purchase of an excavator which would replace the present backhoe. He was asked about renting a machine and stated the fee to rent is approximately $5,000/mth. When renting the machine the staff cannot dedicate 100% of the time towards using that machine.

Ed will present his budget to the Board of Selectmen and Finance Committee on Monday, April 1.

The Board of Selectmen has nominated Joanne Duval as Inspector of Animals.

Steve moved to appoint, seconded by Patrick. The motion carried unanimously

Meeting adjourned at 8:00 PM

Respectfully submitted,

Margaret McClellan