From Mr. Sharek
Hi Bill and Curt ... I just got a request from Executive Administrator David Cressman to appoint a Town Meeting member to serve on a screening committee that will seek a successor to Ed Iacaponi. Composition of the committee is outlined in the Town's General By-Laws, Committees and Commissions, Section 3, found below. Could you post something on your blog, asking interested Town Meeting members to contact me as early as possible by e-mail at
stevesharek@comcast.net
or by mail at 25 Ricketson Street, Dartmouth, MA 02747.
A brief letter of interest with a resume would be helpful.
Thanks. Steve Sharek, Town Moderator
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SECTION 3. SEARCH AND SCREENING COMMITTEE FOR DIRECTOR OF BUDGET AND FINANCE/TREASURER.
A screening committee composed of five members shall be appointed, one by each of the following committees: Finance Committee, Personnel Board, Board of Assessors, a Town Meeting member appointed by the Moderator, and the Personnel Administrator.
The screening committee shall supervise a national and regional search and recruitment program. The committee shall interview the most qualified applicants recommending no more than three suitable candidates to the Board of Selectmen. The Board of Selectmen must make its appointment from the three candidates submitted by the committee.
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You need a budget director that can make sense of how timers placed on 9 million dollars worth of commercial wind turbines will be economically feasible or if one or two houses complain about noise they will be shut down. For example several quotes from the news : "Timers could be easily programmed to protect neighbors an hour or two per day" or "If it's a problem for even one or two houses, we'll just shut the bloody thing off,"
The new Budget Director should be well aware of the economic feasibility studies that were done for these turbines! The residents need to go back and ask where in the study was it concluded that the turbines could be shut down by timers or they could just shut them off. Does this make economic sense?
Speaking of hiring, if I remember correctely, when Joe Michaud spoke about Mike Gagne, he discussed Mike's lack of a master's degree in municipal management and the need for our next EA to have one. Does David Cressman have a master's degree? If so from where?
You need someone with economic sense not a masters degree !
Dartmouth shut street lights and gave out trash bags last year and now they are buying commercial wind turbines!
What is the evaluation of economic uncertainty of the Dartmouth municipal wind turbine project?
A. The operating conditions a wind turbine experiences throughout a 10-year service life, maintenance problems are not a question of "if," but "when,"
B. Can you forecast trouble inside or outside the nacelle, including unbalanced turbine blades, misalignment, shaft deflections, mechanical looseness, foundation weakness, gear damage, blade or tower vibrations, inadequate lubrication and others. Lets also keep in mind all sensors, cabling and electronics can have faults, signal interruption, shorts or power failures. One common question. How long do the emergency braking requirements and clutches of today's large wind turbines under maximum wind conditions last?
C. The purchase of nine million dollars worth of commercial wind turbines is like the purchase of a couple of new automobiles. When the cars are new they are quiet and hardly need maintenance but a few years down the line the maintenance plan runs out unless you buy a new more expensive plan. The commercial wind turbine has many parts moving parts in the nacelle of which any one could lead to trouble. Keep in mind wind turbines for example have brakes that can squeal just like a car. The brakes maybe fine but do you change the brakes because of a neighbors noise complaint?
The bottom line is what are the projected maintenance costs including extended warranties over a ten year period for the town and how will they be paid?
OK Frank we get it, you don't like the wind turbines. Give it a rest already! We will officially award you the first "I told you so". Now, go find something else to complain about.
Your right Frank, oil and coal will last forever so why worry about that alternate energy. its all scientific mumbo jumbo. Power from the wind? yea sure. next thing your going to tell me you can get power from the sun! we arent idiots you know. Alternate energy means you can burn both gas and oil!
There are 10.000 Vestas wind turbines in the US and over 39,000 world wide.
http://www.vestas.com/en/about-vestas/profile/track-records/results-%E2%80%93-country-by-country.aspx
The Finance Committee and the Alternative Energy Committee studied the cost and returns form these turbines. They definitely make economic sense. Repair costs were included in the economic review. They have a service life of more than 25 years, not ten.
The comments about shutting the turbines down at certain times was related to flicker effect which only occurs in the early morning or late evening to the west and east of the turbines. The flicker maps also do not take trees and other obstructions into account. These will be in a wooded area.
Those of you who have sailed in this area know that the wind dies down in the early morning and late evening. Flicker is not going to be a problem.
Bill, Does Mr. Cressman have a masters degree?
Mr. Cressman does have a Master's degree, I believe from Penn State but I'm not sure on the school
Frank it's clear you went to none of the many presentations on the wind turbines. Is there anything other than wind turbines that you think about or is that the sum total of your interests?
If there is close to 40,000 wind turbines in he world, how long will it be before the earth's rotation is changed?
"*The life span of a wind turbine, per wind turbine manufacturer‟s specifications, range between 20 to 25 years. There are numerous turbines still in service with life spans exceeding 25 years. At the end of the initial life cycle turbines are typically refurbished (new blades, gearbox, electronics, etc) and can either be kept in service or installed at a new site. "
This is a quote from the study. You have got to ask yourselves when is the end of the initial life cycle and when does the warranty end . They do place an asterisk next to this note .you should take note !
O-o-o-o-oh No-o-o-o, AN ASTERISK! OMG, not an asterisk. 20-25 years or longer, that's what is says right? What's your point?
Did you guys read the title of this blog?
Some people just want to try and stop the turbine..... they don't read the facts, just that they "don't like it".
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