tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2054211382609443037.post4366967795367660623..comments2024-02-19T03:52:45.898-05:00Comments on Winchester Informer: Selectman's Meeting Minutes 03-02-2011the Winchester Informerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01458697269098575036noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2054211382609443037.post-79279147271982017692011-04-01T13:10:31.391-04:002011-04-01T13:10:31.391-04:00Send the hwy guys out on pineywoods road to see wh...Send the hwy guys out on pineywoods road to see what they can pickup. If they have luck like they have had in the past they might get enough to pay for fixing the grader.Is there no checks and balances at the hwy dept?new revenuenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2054211382609443037.post-82629353214068035812011-04-01T06:55:38.744-04:002011-04-01T06:55:38.744-04:00Well, with all the people out of work or on short ...Well, with all the people out of work or on short hours and looking for a change there should be some very good candidates.Next Yearnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2054211382609443037.post-2835944349435734472011-03-30T18:56:28.136-04:002011-03-30T18:56:28.136-04:00The way the story goes, extensive damage could hav...The way the story goes, extensive damage could have been avoid if the proper towing procedures had been followed. Guess its time for another warrant article for the Road agent to run for his job.See You Next Yearnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2054211382609443037.post-57493906630008863642011-03-21T18:20:39.730-04:002011-03-21T18:20:39.730-04:00Ya think the selectmen's Minutes should have e...Ya think the selectmen's Minutes should have explained why the grader needs a new transmission?Big secret?noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2054211382609443037.post-2462270409236843422011-03-18T13:37:02.606-04:002011-03-18T13:37:02.606-04:00Check out the selectmen's minutes on the towns...Check out the selectmen's minutes on the towns web site. Nothing for last week and everything else is out of order. Either someone made a mistake or its another attempt to keep the public in the dark. I know they don't like public scrutiny but this is ridiculous.feel like a mushroomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2054211382609443037.post-6001204917021645752011-03-17T15:31:51.868-04:002011-03-17T15:31:51.868-04:00If you are all so unhappy with Ms. Morel perhaps y...If you are all so unhappy with Ms. Morel perhaps you should ask Roberta to give her lessons in "dealing with people". Roberta was always pleasant and polite when she had the admin. asst. position. Okay, Roberta please step up to the plate and show the ladies how it is to be done! If they don't meet your standards just show them the door.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2054211382609443037.post-79993491459363419522011-03-16T19:52:40.650-04:002011-03-16T19:52:40.650-04:00She works for the Selectmen and the selectmen are ...She works for the Selectmen and the selectmen are all about protecting the employees regardless of how they perform. Apparently the voters like it that way.Its Winchesternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2054211382609443037.post-90709209974042363662011-03-16T17:45:43.272-04:002011-03-16T17:45:43.272-04:00What's with that sign on the new administrator...What's with that sign on the new administrator's window and how come the blinds are closed? Doesn't she work for us? If I wanted to talk to a secretary I'd go to her window. This is really getting to be so much bs having to deal with these people others have voted into office or chosen to take someone's place.this crap sucks !noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2054211382609443037.post-14546308971440186432011-03-14T15:56:52.749-04:002011-03-14T15:56:52.749-04:00Wouldn't have to be towed if the operator and ...Wouldn't have to be towed if the operator and others took care of it. Seems no one cares when someone else foots the bills. Things like this that cost thousands to fix should be a good reason to replace personnel responsible, no matter who it is. Time our selectmen stepped up to the plate and start thinking of the taxpayers instead of their friends and family.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2054211382609443037.post-2931691939952352492011-03-14T14:50:57.100-04:002011-03-14T14:50:57.100-04:00Talk about the real world. Who lost the manual on ...Talk about the real world. Who lost the manual on how to tow a grader? Who pays for this oversight?The buck stops where?noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2054211382609443037.post-48412955197097430462011-03-13T16:58:57.265-04:002011-03-13T16:58:57.265-04:00NO ONE would leave, its the best jobs in the state...NO ONE would leave, its the best jobs in the state. If I remember correctly one year the budget committee wanted to make the tax collectors job part time and Jim said it wouldn't work with the nights and weekends he intended to be open.A member of the budget committee said that she had worked in that office and there was noway it requires full time.Start thinking about it now folks, it can be done.back to the real world?noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2054211382609443037.post-23609476834085409682011-03-13T16:30:48.985-04:002011-03-13T16:30:48.985-04:00You won't get many votes from downtown next ye...You won't get many votes from downtown next year making suggestions like that Mr. Towne; but I gotta say I agree 100% with you, those hours would work for most of us and the money we'd save would be significant. Of course many of those entitled would threaten to leave but I'm sure we could find equally qualified if not more so to fill any empty positions that may come about.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2054211382609443037.post-41322214849621127642011-03-13T12:55:02.844-04:002011-03-13T12:55:02.844-04:00Here's a suggestion for our selectman, of cour...Here's a suggestion for our selectman, of course it won't be popular with the town employees but it will save lots of money and it makes perfect sense as well. This isn't something new either,it's been done in many towns across the state and country to help cut costs and keep taxes down.<br /><br />Here's how the town can be open more and spend less.<br /><br />Go to part time hours for all; but make their departments more accessible by being open a couple of evenings and the town clerks office open on a Saturday morning.<br /><br />Selectman's Office .. Mon-Fri 8am - 4pm .. one selectman on duty all day to answer to public ( rotating shifts)<br />Mon - Wed - Fri 8am - 1pm<br />one 15 minute break .. no lunch break<br />Tues & Thurs eves<br />5pm - 7:30pm ( town clerk/tax collector<br />Saturday<br />town clerk/tax collector/water/sewer dept.<br />8am - noon<br /><br />total hours = 20 for most, 24 for those working Saturday<br />provide some benefits but not what they get now<br /><br />Highway: Mon - Friday 7am - 4pm<br />one hour lunch two 10 minute breaks<br />That means they start at 7am; not line up in front of the coffee machine and they don't leave the job site until 3:45pm. There's no reason they can not give us 8 hours of work for 8 hours of pay each and every day.<br /><br />Fiscal responsibility is a minimum requirement for running for office; common sense also a big plus.<br /><br />Start running this town like a business and stop wasting money.Mike Townenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2054211382609443037.post-51872776956071839982011-03-13T12:39:55.973-04:002011-03-13T12:39:55.973-04:00Any ideas what the Meeting Minutes changes will be...Any ideas what the Meeting Minutes changes will be? I have noticed that they have deleted most of them from all of the board's websites. This is very odd! So, the only way to get the information is to go into Town Hall and request a copy? Another way to milk more money out of the tax payers. How difficult is it too maintain the minutes for two years on the website?Too much SECRECYnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2054211382609443037.post-14003980625409481292011-03-13T12:04:29.658-04:002011-03-13T12:04:29.658-04:00Make that two votes! How many times have you need...Make that two votes! How many times have you needed something on a Friday and said, "Opps! They are closed?" Also, what happened to Jimmy's campaign promise of being opening one weekend day?<br /><br />Besides, no one can go 10 hours without smoking....Warrant article onenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2054211382609443037.post-82978998183799923002011-03-13T11:53:34.686-04:002011-03-13T11:53:34.686-04:00Reply to "It's that simple"..
Sure ...Reply to "It's that simple"..<br /><br />Sure sounds like a good warrant article to me. No access to town offices/services on fridays has been very frustrating and unaccommodating to say the least.Frustratednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2054211382609443037.post-42343511265989964822011-03-13T10:03:22.874-04:002011-03-13T10:03:22.874-04:00For next year;
Warrant Article #1
inserted by pet...For next year;<br /><br />Warrant Article #1<br />inserted by petition<br /><br />Shall the town return and adopt a 5 day work week for all full and part time employees, thus saving the town extra expenditures from adopting a 4 day work week from a previous vote?<br /><br />I vote yes,it's that simplenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2054211382609443037.post-37943006299369532092011-03-13T09:04:18.512-04:002011-03-13T09:04:18.512-04:00Bob admitted before he left that 4 days doesn'...Bob admitted before he left that 4 days doesn't save any money. Many studies have been done on 4-10 hour days and they all say it doesn't work but we have 3 public servants or former public servants and 1 failed business man telling us it does. Grin and bare it folks, they won the vote.WHY BOTHER ?noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2054211382609443037.post-60573244188892584902011-03-13T07:31:34.862-04:002011-03-13T07:31:34.862-04:00We don't need to finance any service windows u...We don't need to finance any service windows upstairs. It would be a waste of time. Just board up the holes as there is NOTHING behind the walls anymore and noone gets service upstairs. Either the woman is hiding her ignorance and inability to serve the people she was hired to do or she is just a plain Nasty, rude, disrespectful oops , can't swear on this site. How can someone like that keep their job?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2054211382609443037.post-85555999928137807572011-03-12T15:19:05.659-05:002011-03-12T15:19:05.659-05:00Now Dale is not using the old class 6 road aka:(sh...Now Dale is not using the old class 6 road aka:(short cut to old girl friends house on town's time)we may not need to replaced the whole rear end on his one ton.Over sthe river and threw the woods. ).(noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2054211382609443037.post-77359089708088546132011-03-12T13:03:40.251-05:002011-03-12T13:03:40.251-05:00There is one thing Dale is very good at and that&#...There is one thing Dale is very good at and that's overspending his budget every year, right Dale? Hey, how's the new truck working out, break anything yet?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2054211382609443037.post-4839372566622583742011-03-12T12:59:33.578-05:002011-03-12T12:59:33.578-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.The Monkey did itnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2054211382609443037.post-26145427146014340862011-03-12T09:58:11.909-05:002011-03-12T09:58:11.909-05:00Four day workweek for highway? Hell they don't...Four day workweek for highway? Hell they don't even work one day. Every time you look around the town is hiring some outside contractor to do the work these lazy _ _ _ _ _ are suppose to do. Other than ride around in a truck all day what in hell do they do?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2054211382609443037.post-27010559252368081332011-03-12T09:55:57.085-05:002011-03-12T09:55:57.085-05:00Anyone wanna bet it was Dale who lost his pants? S...Anyone wanna bet it was Dale who lost his pants? Seems he's been in and out of more bedrooms these past few months, no wonder he can't find his pants, he can't remember in which he left them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2054211382609443037.post-35749577673415097112011-03-12T09:54:36.553-05:002011-03-12T09:54:36.553-05:00Anyone wanna bet our dear Joan wants tinted one wa...Anyone wanna bet our dear Joan wants tinted one way glass in her windows. She gives you the impression she thinks she is so much better than all of us and couldn't be bothered listening to the people who pay her salary. I say we ship her back to Hinsdale or some place that will pay her for doing nothing except policy changes to hide information from the public. Bring back Bob !!pack your bags ladynoreply@blogger.com