Slow news day

TO: Board of Selectmen
FROM: Carter Terenzini, Town Administrator
RE: Administrator’s Weekly Report
DATE: June 1, 2017
CC: All Departments ______________________________________________________________________________ Important Notice To All Departments Please remember the last date to submit bills for FY ’17 will be 10 AM on Monday, July 10, 2017.

If you have capital or specialty projects in the FY ’18 budget please be prepared to talk soon about the timelines to get those out to bid. If you’re going to need vacation rollovers, provide them by June 6, 2017, to Carter with employee name, reason needed, and how many hours needed. We are seeking applicants for Veterans Services Officer, Assistant Town Accountant, Administrative Assistant I (ODS), Treasurer/Collector & Seasonal Laborer. Please encourage qualified applicants you may know to consider applying (See Web Site). The following is intended to provide information where a full memo may not have been warranted or supplement the provided information.
Business Meeting or Workshop: n/a
Weekly Report: Busy with BAN processing and miscellaneous office work. Administration & Finance
Town Accountant: Nothing to report this week. (Out of the Office)
Treasurer/Collector: Nothing to report this week.


Assessor: Short week. Tuesday worked on Motor Vehicle Abatements for people coming into the office. Worked on finding plans filed at Worcester Registry of Deeds. Took a webinar with Vadar for Databridge for upcoming preliminary billing. Adjusted property record cards for new Chapter 61 applicants for FY18.


Town Clerk: Entered board and committee information into data base. Started preparing the St. List book. Registered several people to vote via the registry of motor vehicles.


Public Works Highway Department: Worked with the Bay State roads group and established a connection for the Highway and Cemetery departments to be involved in a program called “listserve”. List serve allows us to reach out to other towns for help with questions concerning roadwork , Parks & Recreation and cemetery as well as post job opportunities. Continued sweeping, now on Dudley – Barre Road area. Pot hole patching on Royalston Rd. Grading work was done on 2 dirt roads, Cook Rd. and Haskel Rd, to smooth the surface and evaluate the roads. 2 Driveway permits were issued. Attended Chipper training in a class sponsored by Baystate Roads. The mechanic performed 3 Preventative maintenance and inspections on 1 Cruiser ,1 CD5 (Cemetery) and the Meals on Wheels vehicle. H6 (Street Sweeper) was repaired by an outside source for AC troubles.

Cemetery & Parks: Completed the preparation for Memorial Day. Assisted in one burial @ Greenlawn Cemetery. Removed trash from barrels @ Gilman-Waite, as well as all common areas and cemeteries. Adjusted Flags according to the direct given by the Governor. Addressed many fallen branches on Thursday & Friday after heavy winds. Mowed Gilman – Waite softball field, Baldwinville Common, Greenlawn Cemetery and the Senior Center. Attended Chipper training in a class sponsored by Baystate Roads. The JCB backhoe was repaired by a mobile AC company to restore the cooling.


posted by Jeff Bennett