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China Select Board approves payroll and payables warrants, authorizes $13,414 MSW container purchase and grants catering permit
Summary
The China Select Board on Aug. 25 approved Payroll Warrant #9 ($41,258.34) and Payables Warrant #10 ($190,661.75), authorized a $13,414 purchase of a 50-yard MSW can from Thomas Fabrication LLC using the transfer station capital reserve, accepted routine administrative items and granted a catering permit for 701 Neck Road.
The China Select Board met Aug. 25 and approved routine financial and administrative items, including payroll and payables warrants, a transfer-station equipment purchase and a special-event catering permit.
In the first substantive votes, Select Board member Thomas Rumpf moved and Edwin Bailey seconded approval of Payroll Warrant #9 in the amount of $41,258.34; the board approved the motion (Ayes: 5 / Nays: 0). Later, Select Board member Blane Casey moved and Edwin Bailey seconded approval of Payables Warrant #10 for $190,661.75; the motion was recorded as approved with a 4-0-1 notation (the minutes record “4-0-1 (TR)”).
The board accepted several administrative items. Thomas Rumpf moved and Blane Casey seconded a motion to accept the Municipal Officers' Return; that motion was approved (Ayes: 5 / Nays: 0). Blane Casey moved and Edwin Bailey seconded acceptance of the November Election Warrant; the board approved that motion (Ayes: 5 / Nays: 0).
On a recommendation from the transfer station, the board approved a purchase of a 50-yard octagonal municipal solid waste (MSW) container from Thomas Fabrication LLC for $13,414 to be paid from the transfer station capital reserve. The motion to accept the transfer station’s recommendation was made by Thomas Rumpf and seconded by Jeanne Marquis and was approved (Ayes: 5 / Nays: 0). The minutes indicate the purchase source (Thomas Fabrication LLC) and the funding source (transfer station capital reserve).
The board also voted to grant a Qualified Catering Permit for a special event at 701 Neck Road after a motion by Blane Casey, seconded by Jeanne Marquis; that motion was approved (Ayes: 5 / Nays: 0).
No public comments or Select Board member comments were recorded in the minutes. Town Manager Rebecca Hapgood provided non-action communications about upcoming meetings and holiday closures. The board adjourned at 7:58 p.m. following a motion by Thomas Rumpf and a second by Edwin Bailey (Ayes: 5 / Nays: 0).
Votes at a glance: Payroll Warrant #9 ($41,258.34) — approved (Ayes: 5 / Nays: 0); Payables Warrant #10 ($190,661.75) — approved (4-0-1, transcript notes '4-0-1 (TR)'); Municipal Officers' Return — accepted (Ayes: 5 / Nays: 0); November Election Warrant — accepted (Ayes: 5 / Nays: 0); Transfer station 50-yard MSW can (Thomas Fabrication LLC) — approved for $13,414 from TS capital reserve (Ayes: 5 / Nays: 0); Qualified Catering Permit (701 Neck Road) — approved (Ayes: 5 / Nays: 0).
