Maple Springs Park owner Brock Tucy has been denied as requests for expanded hours for his gravel operation and for doubling the number of daily round-trip truck loads runs from 25 to 50. Selectmen also plan to call him in for a quarterly review of his project on July 29.
The next selectmen’s meeting is July 15 in the Multi-Service Center alongside Town Hall. Camp Dresser McKee, engineers for the town’s sewer work, will be before the board. Plans for the expansion into the next area to be sewered are almost complete, and should be going out for bid soon, according to Municipal Maintenance Director Mark Gifford.
BETA Group, Inc. will be compiling an inventory of all town-accepted roads. Decades ago a list existed but it seems to have vanished along the roadside. Several new roads have been added through subdivision development. The firm is starting in Onset, according to interim TA John Sanguinet, and working with Municipal Maintenance to accomplish. The study is funded through Chapter 90 (state highway) funds.
Vehicles using Maple Springs Road will be counted. The town has discovered it has a traffic counter at its disposal, one of those cords which run across highways. The counter’s sensitivity, according to the TA, can determine whether the vehicle passing over is a car or a truck. SRPEDD will be asked to participate in the count. A. D. Makepeace, which two weeks ago advised selectmen that they were also hauling gravel/sand from their property at the end of Maple Springs Road, has now advised selectmen it has ceased that operation.
Selectmen approved a series of budget transfers totaling $20,000 to the town’s FY2008 overspent legal budget line item with $5,000 coming from each of the following accounts: Finance Committee expenses, elections wages, worker’s compensation, and unemployment insurance. They also approved several additional transfers from the town’s reserve account as follows: $3,000 to the legal budget; $5,000 to planning for auditor costs; $5,000 to general services for postage; and $2,500 to the retirement account to "cover a small overage in the Liuna retirement line item," TA John Sanguinet said.
Interim TA John Sanguinet received kudos from selectmen this week for what they saw as the thoroughness of his town administrator’s report. He also was praised by the board for coming up with the use of $75,000 of the $124,000 saved when town insurances were put out to bid, and eliminating the need for furloughs by municipal employees.
Following up on a request by Selectman Bruce Sauvageau, TA John Sanguinet said he has asked town counsel to help develop a policy for selectmen acting as road commissioners. He said he has already received a document utilized by Carver selectmen. He said he expects to have it before them by their July 15 meeting. Vacancies will be advertised over the next two weeks for the following positions: Senior and Social Services Director, planning director, library director. Resumes will be due July 10.
Mike’s Construction of Dudley was the low bidder on the roof replacement at the white former office building at the Tremont Nail complex. The firm’s bid was $14,725. TA John Sanguinet said he expected to announce the bidder this week pending a successful screening of the firm’s references. He said Wednesday he is putting final touches on a request for proposals for lease of the metal building at the same sight. The review committee for the Tremont Nail architectural study will be screening the bids for that work this week, he said.
Mass Highway has advised the town that they will be doing repairs along the Route 6 and 28, Cranberry Highway corridor. They said these are repairs only and not part of the road overhaul they are considering at the request of town officials.
Selectmen have yet to set a date for the public hearing requested by fired TA John McAuliffe. The board’s vote had been anticipated this week. McAuliffe, according to the law, needs to be given a minimum of five days notice of a hearing. McAuliffe is being represented by attorney Walter R. Smith of Burke & Smith, P.C. of North Dartmouth.
Datewood Street in Parkwood Beach will be closed to vehicular traffic for a block party from 6 p.m. to midnight on July 12. The request was made by the Parkwood Beach Association for the annual event.
Selectmen issued Simon Hajnasr for NASR Jewelry, 3095 Cranberry Highway, a junk dealers license so that can buy and sell old jewelry Hajnasr said he had been advised to seek the license through the Wareham Police Department.
Selectmen have appointed Robert Short as constable for the town, and Frank Carmichael as the assistant veterans’ graves officer.
Selectmen will meet on Saturday, July 26, to discuss their vision plan for the town. Residents are invited to attend to offer their ideas.
Resident beach users will need to purchase a yearly permit for $20 or pay $5 per day for admission to three beaches this year. The beaches are Little Harbor and two at Swifts Neck. All the beaches are posted for residents only. Stickers are available from the harbormaster’s office in Town Hall weekdays and from the harbormaster’s office on Onset Pier on weekends. Violators will be ticketed.
A public discussion of proposed new rules and regulations by the Planning Board has been delayed until mid-July. At Monday night’s meeting of the board, it was noted that they would meet at the convenience of attorney Jon Whitten who has assisted the board in the past.
