April 4, 1992 Present: James Haggerty
Judith Murdoch
Robert Crowley
Warren Ellis
Mr. Andrews arrived 12:35 p.m.
Meeting commenced at noon.
Mrs. Murdoch moved to enter exec. session under #3, negotiations. 2nd Crowley, roll call vote, 4-0. Paul Vaitkus and Joe Nugent were also in exec. session. No votes taken.
Meeting adjourned to 2nd floor for Police Chief interviews. Meeting reopened by Haggerty who introduced first candidate Eugene Berry from White Plains, N.Y. Mr Haggerty explained to Mr. Berry and to audience after completing introductions that he would give Mr. Berry 5 to 10 minutes for an opening statement to touch base on background, work history, and anything else he wanted to mention and then Board would ask questions. Mr. Berry would then be allowed a statement to summarize The process began with Mr. Berry giving a synopsis of his background. In an informal rotation, the Chair allowed questions from each Board member. Upon completion of the questions, the Chairman asked Mr. Berry to make a brief closing statement and thanked him for coming in.
The Board took a short break and reconvened for the second interview with Mr. Peter Paulousky of Franklin, Mass. Mr Haggerty explained to Mr. Paulousky and to audience after completing introductions that he would give Mr. Paulousky 5 to 10 minutes for an opening statement to touch base on background, work history, and anything else he wanted to mention and then Board would ask questions. Mr. Paulousky would then be allowed a statement to summarize. The process began with Mr. Paulousky giving a synopsis of his background. In an informal rotation, the Chair allowed questions from each Board member. Upon completion of the questions, the Chairman asked Mr. Paulousky to make a brief closing statement and thanked him for coming in.
Upon completion of the interviews there were some remarks by the Chairman concerning the process and the time frame. Mr. Andrews commented about access and availability of all the applications. He was informed that the applications have been in the office since the beginning and any one of the Board members has access to them. Mr. Crowley made a motion that the Board adjourn for a half hour and vote in an effort to keep politics out of the process. 2nd for discussion by Murdoch. It was pointed out that some of the members would prefer to hold off until Tuesday. The Chairman stated that he felt the Board should be ready to vote on Tuesday. With that Mr. Crowley withdrew his motion and Mrs. Murdoch withdrew her second. Mr. Ellis stated that it may be worthwhile to hold off on a
contract with the new Chief until July 1st due to financial constraints. Motion by Murdoch, 2nd Andrews to adjourn at approximately 4:30 p.m.
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Judith Murdoch, Clerk
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