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Minutes for BOS meeting 4/03/12
Minutes of Meeting 4/03/2012
Aquinnah Town Hall Selectmen’s Mtg Room
Members present: Jim Newman, Chairman, Spencer Booker
Also present: Adam Wilson, Town Administrator; Police Chief Randhi Belain, Mike Hebert, Samantha Church from Aquinnah Taxi, Police Seargent Paul Manning
The meeting began at 5:30 pm
The Board reviewed of the Selectmen’s meeting minutes from March 20th.
Spencer made a motion to accept the minutes as presented, Jim seconded.
The Board voted 2 – 0 in favor. The motion passed.
-1st on the agenda was a request from Chief Belain for a special police officer appointment. Randhi said it is Jason Hallet. He has already been hired by Tri-Town and has other training in police work. Jason came to Randhi requesting the employment. Randhi has done a background check and said that Jason will need a little more training in order to take on all of the tasks that are expected of SPO’s
Jim asked if he’s eligible to become a full time officer. Randhi said he’d have to go to the academy if the Town was to offer him a full time position.
Spencer made a motion and Jim seconded to accept the appointment.
The Board voted 2 – 0 in favor. The motion passed.
Randhi said he’ll need one more special officer to cover shifts up at the cliffs.
-Next on the agenda was a meeting to renew the taxi licenses for Aquinnah Taxi. Adam pointed out that there are new regulations in place and that the drivers need to submit applications. He gave her copies of a driver application and said the drivers would need to submit them to the Police Department along with two passport photos so that the police can do a background check and issue “hacks” licenses. There was discussion about how much background the police would have to do. Adam said the issuance of the taxi licenses by the police is consistent with the other towns operating procedures.
-Samantha talked about the idea of having four vehicles. She wants to have three registered and keep one in reserve should the company have a major mechanical and need a substitute cab. The Board agreed that was fine. There was discussion about how business has been. Adam asked if there were any changes in the company’s rate schedule. Sam said there was not. She asked if it was possible to have a taxi stand up at the circle. There was discussion about where it could be located and how it was to be used by her company as well as other taxicabs for loading and unloading passengers. Randhi said there could be a location adjacent to where the police park; there was enough room for both a patrol car and taxi just beyond the angled row of parked cars. There was general consensus that it was a good idea to have one space for AQ Taxi’s use and to be able to station themselves there if any calls came in requesting up-island service.
Spencer made a motion to renew the yearly application for Aquinnah Taxi and allow them to have licenses for 4 vehicles. Jim seconded.
The Board voted 2 – 0 in favor. The motion passed.
Spencer made a motion to have a space reserved at the cliffs for a taxi stand. Jim seconded
The Board voted 2 – 0 in favor. The motion passed.
Next on the agenda was the Town Administrator’s report. Adam reported the following:
• The Board of Health has hired a new Agent/Clerk. Her name is Julie Sierputoski. She will train with Chilmark’s Health Agent Marina Lent the next two months and go on from there;
• MV Community Services is having its annual electronic disposal day Saturday April 7th from 9 – 2pm;
• The Selectmen are invited by Rep Madden’s office to an April 30th meeting at the County Building for an outreach program trying to increase broadband access in underserved areas on the Cape & Islands;
• An update of the Cable Advisory Committee has negotiations going forward with ComCast despite the “Chappy” problem. Adam reported they are still working on density buildout, PEG Access and the contribution amount given to MVTV and public access channels;
• Town reports were due March 30th. Many departments still have not handed theirs in;
• Vineyard Power Co-op is offering a summer internship for anyone interested in learning more about renewable energy and community outreach;
• The Tribe is looking for job-site sponsors and has a program in place to pay businesses to employ a Native youth for 20 hours a week for up to 8 weeks this summer with their education department paying the wages for that individual;
• The next BOS meeting should be moved to April 24th instead of the 17th since Beverly is still away and Jim is not available with that week being school vacation. The plan is to have all the Lease holder’s meet at that meeting;
• Town future planning meeting is to be scheduled for late May. It’ll be set up for one of the last weeks in that month after Town Meeting and after Jim’s return from vacation overseas.
-Randhi took the time to thank everyone for the help they gave during the accident that occurred at Red Gate Farm. He thanked all the services who were involved, including the Tribe, Chilmark, Tri-Town, and Edgartown Ambulance.
-The Board voted to go into executive session to interview candidates for the Fire Chief’s position.
-The Public meeting ended at 6:15 pm.