SB Notes Tue June 20

Elissa unable to attend.
6:00 p.m. Call Meeting to Order, Review Agenda, Review Minutes: 6/13/23
6:05 p.m. Public Comment
6:20 p.m. Appointment: Mike Cucchiara, Parks & Recreation Committee chairman, update on activities

• Mike's focus is to continue work on the Woodlands Partnership of Western Mass. There is an opportunity to raise $75,000 in a grant money for a through-trail project connecting the Shapiro trail to Rowe, and $25,000 in grant money for in Town land work. FRCOG is working on mapping the route from Catamount State Forest, through the center of Town to Rowe. [The work on this trail by Mike through Parks & Rec has been an amazing effort and a wonderful benefit to the Town]
• A group of volunteers in town got together to fund the resurfacing of the basketball court and paint new lines for both basketball and pickleball. They also purchased portable pickleball equipment for use by all.   
• When questioned about the pickleball net moving into the Jacobs gym during the cold weather, Mike pointed out that taping lines on the gym floor is not good for the floor and everything is done by volunteers and there is only so much time in the day.

Other Business
Heath Historical Society—review of lease and possible vote

• Not discussed  due to absence of one Select Board member

Community Hall—floor repair update

• Samples were shown for vinyl composition tile (same as what is there). Elissa to recommend a color choice.

11 Bellor Road—update

• Robyn has contacted Jim Hawkins, FRCOG building inspector, regarding the options the farmers have to deal with the non-conforming fence.
• Hilma to provide the SB with an accounting of the money owed to the Town

Telephone System—update

• Hilma met with Granite Telecommunications, www.granitenet.com/, by phone. for a status update. The phones are ordered and there are DIDs for all extensions. [DID numbers can route calls to any type of phone, including voice-over-IP (VoIP) phones, mobile phones and landlines. They are often used with call forwarding services so that calls can be routed to the person or department even if they are not in the office. ] 

Review of appointed Boards and Committee​

• Voted to approve a number of appointments. Some are delayed awaiting appointment letters and other awaiting legal ruling on whether in a small town, SB members can appoint themselves to committees.

Transfer Stations

• Some folks do not want to affix the dump sticker to their window and use the yellow stickers..
• The transfer station expenses exceed income by approx. $20,000 and our taxes make up the difference. 
• People from Vermont are bringing their trash to the transfer station which costs Heath taxpayers.
• The SB will do a write up to let folks know of the new transfer station attendant and the rules that have been in place some some time. A sign will be posted as well.