| Agenda: | TOWN OF SOUTHAMPTON
SELECT BOARD AGENDA
Tuesday, January 2, 2024 AT 6:00 PM
Town Hall
1st Floor Meeting Room
210 College Highway, Southampton, MA 01073
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Pledge of Allegiance
• Call to Order
“Open Time for the Public”
The Select Board reserves a portion of its meetings for public comment and encourages participation as follows:
• Open time is a time when town residents can bring matters before the Select Board that require a minimum of discussion and are not on the agenda.
• Please try to keep your comments short and to the point. Plan on being allowed up to five minutes per person, not per topic, to speak at any meeting under open time, only.
• If it appears that the topic(s) being discussed will consume longer than the five minutes allocated then, at the discretion of the Chair, the matter will be placed on an upcoming Select Board meeting agenda.
• If you believe that your topic will require more time or desire to make a more formal presentation than is allowed under these guidelines, please contact the Town Administrator to ask to be put on a future agenda so that we can properly allocate enough time.
Public Hearings
6:05 PM: Eversource – Pole Hearing - Continuance
Locations – 33 Manhan Road - Install six (6) new fully owned poles on Manhan Road, Southampton.
Reason – Eversource is requesting permission to install six (6) fully owned poles on Manhan Road. These poles will be located approximately 20’ off centerline of road. The pole line will begin approximately 50’ southeast of existing pole 25/15 and continue northwest to meet back up with pole 45/4-1. This pole line will be used to provide service to 33 Manhan Road. The current service to the home is from the right of way and is currently an aerial trespass.
Presentations
• None
Reports to the Select Board
• None
Reports
• Town Administrator Report
• Select Board
• Ad Hoc Grant Committee
Appointments/Resignations
• Edward Gibson, Town Administrator – Interim EMD – Extension of Term to Feb. 29, 2024
• Edward Gibson, Town Administrator – Public Safety Building Committee – Extension of Term to Feb. 29, 2024
• Edward Gibson, Town Administrator – Senior Center Building Com. – Term to Feb. 29, 2024
• Edward Gibson, Town Administrator – FRTA Advisory Committee. – Extension of Term to Feb. 29, 2024
• Edward Gibson, Town Administrator – Chief Procurement Officer – Extension of Term to Feb. 29, 2024
• Edward Gibson, Town Administrator – Hazard Mitigation Plan Update Committee – Extension of Term to Feb. 29, 2024
• Edward Gibson, Town Administrator – Cost efficiencies Ad Hoc Committee – Extension of Term to Feb. 29, 2024
• Edward Gibson, Town Administrator – Grant Search Ad Hoc Committee – Extension of Term to Feb. 29, 2024
New Business: Action/Discussion
• Status of Harpers Payroll Integration
• Buy Recycled 2024 Department Memo
• Electrical Inspection Fees
• E Media – Contract Extension
• Public Safety Building Committee – Update, Next Steps
• Dispatch Regional MOU – Update
• Excess Equipment – Surplus Authorization
• Fire Chief Selection Committee – Charge
• EMD
• Town Administrator – Agreement Amendment
• TA Search – Update
• Collins Center – Classification & Compensation Study - Update
• Draft Amendments – PPPB Rules and Regulations – Update
• Any other necessary business that cannot await the next regular January 16th, Select Board Meeting.
Old Business:
o Stormwater Utility Study
o VoIP – Update
o Delinquent Cannabis Payment Enforcement - Update
o Community Cannabis Benefit Payment Use
Signatures
• Personnel Change Forms (PCF - PRF)
• PCF – Town Clerk/Registrars
o Patricia Izatt – Elections Worker, Part-Time, Non-Benefitted, as Needed,
o Troy Chilson - Elections Worker, Part-Time, Non-Benefitted, as Needed
• PCF – Administration
o Edward Gibson – Town Administrator Full-Time, Benefitted, Agreement Amendment
• PCF – Fire/EMS
o Richard Fasoli – Interim Fire Chief/EMS Coordinator -Extension until Feb. 29, 2024 or before if Fire Chief/EMS Coordinator is hired before that date
Licenses/Permits
• None
Warrants
• None
Other Documents Requiring Signatures
• None
Minutes to Approve
o August 4, 2023
o Sept. 12, 2023
o Sept 26, 2023
Pending Items
• East Street East Section VHB TIP Proposal
• DOER – Green Community Grant
• Assistant Accountant Recruitment
Calendar & Announcements
• Select Board Meetings – January 16th and 30th
Executive Sessions – Select Board
• MGL c. 30A Sec 21 (a) # 7 – To comply with, or act under the authority of any, general or special law or federal grant-in-aid requirements. (Executive Session Minutes –May 23, 2023, July 11, 2023, August 29, 2023, Sept. 12, 2023, Nov. 7, 2023, Nov. 21, 2023, Dec. 19, 2023.
Select Board to adjourn Executive Session and not return to Open Session |