Selectboard Meeting of March 1, 2011

To read the Selectmen's agenda click here!
The agenda does not mention the Committe Report by Kelly Lajeunesse.

Committe Reports:

Kelly Lajeunesse, Director of the Holland Community Emergency Responce Team Committee, gave a report about recent accomplishments. Kelly, who is a volunteer and does not get any pay for her efforts, received a state grant for $3,000 to buy some equipment and supplies for the Holland Community Emergency Responce Team which has at this point only one other member, Christian Petersen.
The Committee was founded about a year ago and its purpose is to organize and plan for disaster and other emergency relive. Community Emergency Response Team back-pack Kelly reported about the purchase of 10 Community Responder Back-Packs and one Community Emergency Response Team Medical Bag. She was also able to buy a GPS system which will help to determine the most likely search radius as a function of time to locate a child lost in the woods or a disoriented other individual.

Chairman of the Board of Selectmen James Wettlaufer and the other two members of the Board accepted a motion to sign an agreement to allow the Red Cross to use the Holland Elementary School as an Emergency Shelter.

Pictured below: Contents of Community Emergency Response Team Medical Bag.
In case of a disaster or other emergency, the Red Cross will take-over the HES and will work together with the Holland Emergency Committee in their relief efforts. The HES will be insured by the Red Cross in such an event.

The next step will be the evaluation and purchase of a power generator which will produce power in case there is none available during an Emergency.

Kelly did not take much time to celebrate her first success: “I have another grant I’m working on right now and it’s for twenty-five-hundred dollars and it is a matching grant.” There was a discussion how to match the grant as matching grants can only be submitted once the funds to match the grant are appropriated. Kelly closed her presentation with her appeal to the community to join her efforts and become a member of the Holland Emergency Committee: “Now that I know that we have a shelter, we start to go forward a little faster..”
Kelly can be reached at (413) 455 7079.

Zoning Enforcing Officer:

Nelson Burlingame, the Zoning Enforcing Officer, discussed possible new ways to enforce the General Bylaws and the Zoning Bylaws. There are violations that need to be addressed according to Burlingame.
Without mentioning a name, Burlingame stated in reference to one of the violators: “I definitely feel like we have to take him to court..”
The Board of Selectmen and Nelson Burlingame were also talking about quarterly review of the entire town to identify the more noticeable violations.

Public hearing on HES Budget:

This coming Thursday, March 10, at 19:00 hours, will be a public hearing on the budget for the HES. It will be the first opportunity to look at the HES budget proposal for the next fiscal year.

Executive Session:

At 19:50 hours, Wettlaufer made a motion to go into executive session pursuant G.L. Chapter 30A, Section 21, to discuss strategy in legal matters.

March 7, 2011, Peter Frei