Select Board packet for December 1st

Contents of the packet received Wednesday, November 26th for the Monday, December 1st meeting:

•  The agenda

•  The motion sheet

•  A taxi license application

•  A proclamation making December 10th "Human Rights Day"

•  Budget idea lists from each Select Board member

•  A sheet with the 2008 and 2009 calendars

•  A Notice to Creditors regarding bankruptcy filings for Interstate Bakeries Corporation

•  A letter and additional information regarding the need for volunteers to staff kettles for the Salvation Army's traditional holiday season fundraiser

•  A letter and application regarding the Keystone Training program through UMass Extension, seeking municipal officials to apply to attend a 3-day training in April on forest ecology and stewardship, wildlife management and land protection

•  The December calendar and committee assignment list for the Hampshire Council of Governments

•  A memo from the Town Manager to officials from the Amherst Farmers Market regarding possible signage plans for the Town Common, with images of such signs attached

•  A memo from the Principal Assessor to the Select Board, Town Manager and Assistant Town Manager, regarding 2009 property assessment values, and an explanation of their increase being attributable to housing sale prices remaining above assessed values (but with reduced volume compared to recent years;) with a booklet of the 2007 property transactions used to set the 2009 valuations. (The public hearing on the 2009 tax classifications - setting the tax rate by determining the allocation among the different property classes of residential, commercial, industrial, personal property and open space - will take place at 6:45 p.m. at  the 12/8 Select Board meeting.)