Memo To: Board of Selectmen
Date: October 29, 2010
Subject: Town Manager’s Miscellaneous
______________________________________________________________________________
1. Sustainable Materials Recovery Program Municipal Grant – Mass DEP – Award-The Town has received a Sustainable Materials Recovery Program Municipal Grant from the Mass Department of Environmental Protection for $15,000. $12,500 will be for 2 roll-off containers; one for bulky rigid plastic items (such as lawn furniture, swing sets, other plastic items) to be located at the Hazardous Waste Collection Facility on General Hobbs Rd. in West Boylston and one at the Public Works Garage for single-stream recycling for those residents who cannot participate in our recycling program (have another vendor or live in an apartment/condo complex that doesn't recycle). $2,500 will be allocated for education materials to publicize these programs.
Information Only [X] Vote [ ] Signature [ ]
2. Community Traffic Safety Awards Luncheon - Board members are invited to attend the annual AAA Community Traffic Safety Awards Luncheon on Thursday, December 2nd . The event honors communities throughout Massachusetts for their traffic safety education and enforcement programs, or for five or more years without a pedestrian traffic fatality through the end of 2009. The town of Holden has over 35 years without a pedestrian traffic fatality. Members who are interested in attending should contact my office.
Information Only [X] Vote [ ] Signature [ ]
3. Wellness Presentation at the Annual International Association of Police Chiefs Conference - Chief George Sherrill and Sergeant Timothy Sherblom along with Dr. Stefanos Kales, MD, Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Public Health presented a workshop at the Annual IAPC conference last week on “Developing a Wellness Program in Police Departments” highlighting the Town of Holden’s wellness program for police officers. Over 200 police professionals from around the country attended the session. The presentation was very well received and our congratulations go to Chief Sherrill and Sergeant Sherblom for representing the Town.
Information Only [X] Vote [ ] Signature [ ]
4. Revenue Expenditure Reports – Attached are the Revenue Expenditure Reports for the period ending September 2010 as prepared by Town Accountant Lori Rose
Information Only [X] Vote [ ] Signature [ ]
5. Eagleville Historic District - The Massachusetts Historical Commission has informed the Town that the Eagleville Historic District was accepted by the National Park Service, Department of the Interior, on September 24, 2010, for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. This designation will make the mill building and other buildings in the district eligible for funding.
Information Only [X] Vote [ ] Signature [ ]
6. Special Town Meeting – Mountview Middle School Feasibility Study - On Monday, November 8, 2010 the town has called a Special Town Meeting to fund a Feasibility Study for the Mountview Middle School. We are seeking to appropriate $625,000 for the study which will determine the most educationally appropriate and cost effective scheme for the school. The current facility has numerous structural and educational issues which require the Town to prepare a feasibility study for renovation or replacement of the facility. Voters are encouraged to attend the Special Town Meeting to vote on this important project.
Information Only [X] Vote [ ] Signature [ ]
| 
