Minutes of May 13, 1997 Selectmen Meeting
Selectmen Present: Judith Murdoch; Peter Jones; and Catherine
Kuchinski, Chair and Clerk of the Board. Selectman Flynn arrived
at 7:40pm.
I. Open: Kuchinski called the meeting to order at 7:38pm.
II. Announcements: (1) Saturday - May 17th - Town Elections - the
Polls will be open from 10am until 7pm at Maquan School. (2)
The next Selectmen meeting will be Tuesday, May 20th - first
order of business is the reorganization of the board with a
review of the various committee assignments of board members.
(3) Notice has been sent out from the Mass. Selectmen's
Association that June 6, 1997 from noon until 4pm at the
Shrewsbury Town Hall there will be a workshop for the newly
elected selectmen to the Board. (4) Thursday, May 22nd the
Board is to be posted for attending the GIS Meeting in Pembroke
to hear more about this program for enhancing town government
services. (5) Monday, May 26 is Memorial Day - the veterans of
our community invite us to participate beginning at 9AM on the
steps of Memorial Auditorium at Indian Head School. (6) May 28th
the WHBPA breakfast meeting at Ridders will have as their topic
local zoning do's and dont's. (7) Mrs. Murdoch informed the
Board and the citizens of the great time she had at the Habitat
for Humanity's 4th Annual Bird House Auction last Saturday
evening. (8) The Dedication for the Hanson Habitat House is
presently scheduled for June 14th on the site. More details to be
forthcoming.
III. Request to designate Senior Citizen Week - May 27 through
June 1, 1997. Doris Grindle, the Chairperson of the Council for
Elder Affairs has made this request. Motion 5/13/97.1: move
that the Board of Selectmen designate May 27 through June 1, 1997
as Hanson Senior Citizen Week. Motion made by Murdoch with a
second by Jones. Motion carried 4-0.
IV. Assessors' presentation to outgoing Chairman Susan Thornton:
Assessors Steve DeDominici and Marie Rosen-Nugent presented Ms.
Thornton with a framed Certificate of Appreciation for her
professionalism and dedication for her three years in office. The
Selectmen applauded her efforts and also wished her well in
"retirement" and urged her to again consider public service in
the future.
V. Request to form a Town hall Building Committee: Present this
evening: Capital Improvement Committee Chairman Mary Lou Sutter
reported to the Board of Selectmen the recommendation of the sub-
committee Town Hall Feasibility Committee for the need to
formally appoint a Town Hall Building Committee. Sutter reported
that the Feasibility sub-committee voted to recommend to the
Board that the architect firm of DiMarinisi & Wolfe be hired as
the building committee's architect to complete the project. Mrs.
Sutter noted that an independent architectural firm must do an
independent review of the actions taken to date by the
feasibility architects (DeMarinisi & Wolfe) and forward the
results of their review to the Town prior the DeMarinisi & Wolfe
being cleared to be hired to further work on this project. The
Capital Improvement Committee recommends to the Board of
Selectmen that the composition of the Town Hall Building
Committee be five voting members: Jay Walter who wishes to
continue on the project, two members from the Capital Improvement
Committee, one selectman, and one citizen at large with Joe
Nugent to be non-voting member. Carole McCormack requested she
be appointed as a non-voting member as well in order to
facilitate bonding issues. Kuchinski noted the possibility of
including a member from the Historical Commission and Jones
suggested including the Town Planner. Kuchinski thanked Ms.
Sutter for her report and efforts on this project and noted that
the Board would further discuss this matter at the next meeting.
Kuchinski then suggested letters of appreciation be sent to the
members of the sub-committee who worked very hard to bring the
project to town meeting. Motion 5/13/97.2: move that the Board
of Selectmen send letters of appreciation to Jay Walter, Angelo
Nuby and Larry Morrill for their fine efforts on this project.
Motion by Murdoch with a second by Jones. Motion carried 4-0.
VI. Police Chief King - Process explanation for naming new
sergeants: Chief King handed the board members packets of
information which included written exam results for the nine
officers taking the exam and the results of the assessment center
the officers participated in last Friday. Seven officers passed
with grades of 70 or higher. There are also letters from the
participating chiefs, the recommendation of Chief King and
letters from the top three candidates. The Chief is looking for
the promotions to be effective July 1, 1997 since the budget has
the necessary monies. The decision of the Board will be made at
our meeting next week. Kuchinski took the extra packet in order
to have it available for the newly elected member to the Board.
VII. Chief King's update on the MBTA: the MBTA started, on May
12th - Monday, to reconstruct Route 27 at the station's railroad
crossing location. The work is expected to be completed this
week with only Thursday being the day of detour down Elm Street
or down Phillips Street. Officers will be detailed at either end
and will make every effort to facilitate local businesses serving
their customers.
VIII. June Meeting Schedule: Motion 5/13/97.3: move that the
Board of Selectmen set the June meeting schedule as June 3 and
June 17, 1997. Motion made by Jones with second by Flynn.
Motion carried 4-0. As a follow-up to the Chief's comments, the
Board of Selectmen will request a meeting with the MBTA for June
17 to discuss all outstanding issues including the quadrant gates
for safety of the children.
IX. Student application to attend Norfolk County Agricultural
School: Board members reviewed the letter from Mr. Kelley at
WHRHS and application approved by Supt. Kaplan and took the
following vote: Motion 5/13/97.4: move that the Board of
Selectmen approve the attendance of Corey Morris at Norfolk
County Agricultural School for the school year beginning
September 3, 1997. Motion made by Murdoch with second by Flynn.
Motion carried 4-0.
X. Accept Minutes: Selectmen held the following sets of minutes:
April 8, April 15 and May 5. Clerk to review comments of other
board members and present these sets to the next meeting. Motion
5/13/97.5: move that the Board accept the minutes April 15, 1997
executives session. Motion by Jones with second by Murdoch.
Motion carried 3-0-1 (Flynn not in attendance). Motion 5/13/97.6:
move that the Board accept the minutes of April 22, 1997 both
open and executive sessions. Motion by Murdoch with second by
Flynn. Motion carried 3-0-1 (Jones not in attendance). Motion
5/13/97.7: move that the Board accept the minutes of April 29,
1997. Motion by Jones with second by Flynn. Motion carried 4-0.
XI. Executive Secretary Report: No report this evening. Mr.
Nugent is on vacation.
XII. Selectmen Action Requests: None other than already mentioned
during this meeting.
XIII. Adjournment: Motion 5/13/97.8: move to adjourn. Motion
made by Flynn with second by Murdoch. Motion carried 4-0.
Adjourned at 8:15pm.
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