SWANTON VILLAGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
SWANTON VILLAGE MUNICIPAL COMPLEX
120 FIRST STREET
SWANTON, VT 05488
REGULAR MEETING
MONDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2013
7:00 P.M.
PRESENT: Ron Kilburn, Village President; Chris Leach, Trustee;
Eugene LaBombard, Trustee; Adam Paxman, Trustee; Reg Beliveau, Village Manager;
Lynn Paradis, Assistant Village Manager; Dianne Day, Village Clerk; and Channel
16.
Unless otherwise noted, all
motions carried unanimously.
Ron Kilburn, Village
President, welcomed all to the regular Board of Trustees meeting and called the
meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.
1. Approve and Accept
Minutes from Monday, September 30, 2013 Meeting:
Chris Leach made the motion
to approve and accept Minutes from Monday, September 30, 2013 as presented. Adam
Paxman seconded. Discussion: Referring to the last meeting Minutes, Reg
Beliveau stated that he looked up the Town of Swanton check and it was from a
resident who paid both Town and Village taxes in one check so the Village had
to refund the Town. Adam Paxman stated that the Alburg Bridge should be called
Missisquoi Bay Bridge. Ron Kilburn stated he still had to set up a meeting with
Mr. Demers regarding the Jewett Street situation. Motion carried with changes.
2. Approve and Accept
Village Warrants through Friday, October 4, 2013:
Adam Paxman made the motion
to approve and accept Village Warrants #618-#619 through October 4, 2013 as
presented. Eugene LaBombard seconded. Discussion: Adam Paxman asked what the payment
of $2864.48 to BAU/HOPKINS vendor was for. Reg stated that was for the Foundry
Street Pump Station work. Motion carried.
3. Set Insurance Budget:
Lynn Paradis, Assistant
Village Manager, explained to the Board that the Village of Swanton now offers
a high deductible insurance plan for the Village employees. She said the
Village pays for 96% of this plan and it cost approximately $465,897 per year.
Lynn advised that with the new insurance plans offered, no Village employee
would qualify for tax incentives. She provided the Board with information she
has received and figured the Silver Plan would cost Village employees
approximately $14,000 per year, the Gold Plan would cost them approximately
$11,000 per year and the Platinum Plan would cost them approximately $5,000 per
year. She said they had a choice of going with either MVP or Blue Cross Blue
Shield and she is recommending to the Board that they go with Blue Cross Blue Shield
and offer their employees the Platinum Plan. She said with this plan it would
cost them an estimated $499,435 per year but the employee would pay their out
of pocket maximums. Chris Leach asked what would happen if the Village didn’t
offer health care coverage to their employees. Lynn said they would face a
penalty. Eugene LaBombard asked if they would be locked in yearly and Lynn advised
they would have to do this on a yearly basis. Adam Paxman had Lynn change from
96% to 95% and see what that did to the employees contribution. Adam asked if
the employees would rather see more of an increase come out of their paycheck or pay more in deductibles and out of
pocket expenses. I advised I thought most employees would want less out of
their paycheck and pay more out of pocket expenses when and if they went to the
doctors.
Adam Paxman made the motion
to authorize the Village of Swanton to offer Village employees the Blue Cross
Blue Shield Platinum Plan Standard Insurance funded at 96%, noting that Village
employees can also choose the Gold Plan or Silver Plan. Chris Leach seconded.
Motion carried.
4. Any Other Necessary
Business:
Lynn Paradis, Assistant
Village Manager, advised the Board that she had the Water Bond Anticipation
Note for $500,000 that needed authorization and signatures. She said this is for the Fourth and Second
Street Water Project. She said she received approval to use the Union Bank
checking account for this project and said she got an interest rate of 1.25%
from Union Bank for this note. Reg Beliveau stated the Fourth Street project is
going very good.
Eugene LaBombard made the
motion to authorize the Village of Swanton to borrow $500,000 from Union Bank
with an interest rate of 1.25% for the improvements or replacement of existing
water lines. Chris Leach seconded. Motion carried.
Any Other Business: Lynn Paradis handed out budget information to the
Board for them to look at for their next meeting.
Any Other Business: Reg Beliveau advised the Board he would be working
with the school children Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday Oct. 22, 23 & 24th
on Fire Prevention.
Any Other Business: Adam Paxman advised the Board that the pumpkin
lighting event would not be taking place this year in the park but said
hopefully it would next year.
5. Executive Session (If Needed):
None.
ADJOURN: Chris Leach made the motion to adjourn the Regular
Board of the Trustees meeting at 8:35 p.m. Adam Paxman seconded. There being no
further business at hand, Ronald Kilburn, Village President, adjourned the
meeting at 8:35 p.m.
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Ronald Kilburn, Village
President Date
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Dianne Day, Village Clerk Date