Town of Hudson - Board of Selectmen
Minutes – September 27th, 2004
1. Call to Order:
Present were Messieurs Loura, Durant, Parente, Leeber, Lucy, Cipriano, and Blazar. Also present were Mesdames Ciccolo and Santos.
2. Minutes to be Approved:
Public Session: September 13, 2004.
On a motion by Mr. Leeber, seconded by Mr. Parente, the Board voted by a margin of 5-0 to approve the minutes.
3. Citizen’s Issues:
Ms. Sally Morgan of Eaton Drive was present claiming to represent a large number of parents of children in the school system who were seeking to move existing voting locations out of school buildings out of fear of either terrorists or sexual predators gaining access to the schools and constituting a threat to the safety and welfare of the students.
Different Board members responded, none of whom favored moving the voting locations, though they were generally supportive of adopting security measures that didn’t interfere with the election or the school operation, such as relocating police officers assigned to the polls, and using parent volunteers to help provide additional monitoring.
In response to a request that she and her fellow petitioners help provide such monitoring, Ms. Morgan said that she would keep her child home from school, instead.
4. Meetings and Public Hearings - 7:00 PM:
Selectmen to hear presentation by Lynn Sand, CEO, of the 495/Metrowest Corridor Partnership.
Lynn Sand and Kathy Bardolini, Town Planner from Framingham, made a brief presentation describing the focus and efforts of the Partnership, and inviting the continued participation of the Town. Ms. Sand additionally recognized the efforts of Michelle Ciccolo in the group’s transportation task force.
Selectmen to conduct hearing to consider approval of location of one pole on the corner of Main Street and Vila DoPorto Boulevard to accommodate the ARRT.
Chris Parella was present on behalf of Verizon. On a motion by Mr. Durant, seconded by Mr. Leeber, the Board voted by a margin of 5-0 to approve the pole location.
5. Licenses:
Selectmen to consider granting Second Hand Dealer’s License to Nelson Febus operating at 213 Washington Street.
On a motion by Mr. Durant, seconded by Mr. Lucy, the Board voted by a margin of 5-0 to approve the issuance of the license.
Selectmen to consider granting live entertainment and transient vendor licenses to the Park Commission for Pumpkin Fest on Saturday October 23 from 3:00 PM until 9:00 PM.
On a motion by Mr. Durant, seconded by Mr. Parente, the Board voted by a margin of 5-0 to issue the licenses.
6. Personnel:
Selectmen to note resignation of Jennifer Burke from the Hudson Planning Board effective November 1, 2004.
On a motion by Mr. Durant, seconded by Mr. Leeber, the Board voted by a margin of 5-0 to note, with regret, the resignation.
7. Contracts:
Selectmen to sign contract with AFSCME, ALF-CIO, Council #93, Local #3625 for the period of July 1, 2004 through June 30, 2007.
On a motion by Mr. Lucy, seconded by Mr. Leeber, the Board voted by a margin of 5-0 to sign the contract.
8. General:
Selectmen to consider moving Precinct 7 from Senior Center to Town Hall.
On a motion by Mr. Lucy, seconded by Mr. Parente, the Board voted by a margin of 5-0 to approve the change in poll location.
Selectmen to authorize signing of DOR Municipal Relief Aid form.
On a motion by Mr. Durant, seconded by Mr. Leeber, the Board voted by a margin of 5-0 to approve the signing of the form.
Selectmen to accept donation of a street clock from the Hudson Rotary Club.
On a motion by Mr. Loura, seconded by Mr. Durant, the Board voted by a margin of 3-0-2 to accept the donation. Messieurs Leeber and Parente, who are Rotarians, abstained from the vote.
Selectmen to consider scheduling a joint meeting on November 1, 2004 with Planning Board to appoint an interim member.
On a motion by Mr. Durant, seconded by Mr. Lucy, the Board voted by a margin of 5-0 to schedule the meeting.
9. Town Issues:
Mr. Leeber reiterated his request that the lamps in several of the new traffic signals be replaced by their respective contractors.
Mr. Durant inquired about the Internal Traffic Committee’s position on right in, right out from Dunkin Donuts on Washington Street.
Mr. Blazar noted the need for an individual to be authorized to execute documents for the purchase of the Larkin Lumber Property. On a motion by Mr. Leeber seconded by Mr. Lucy, the Board voted by a margin of 5-0 to authorize the Executive Assistant to sign.
Mr. Blazar also noted that there might be some scrivener’s errors on Articles 12 and 13 on the November TM warrant, and that article 11 might be superfluous. On a motion by Mr. Leeber, seconded by Mr. Lucy, the Board voted by a margin of 5-0 to note the possible need to correct the errors, and indicated that it would consider removing article 11 at its next meeting if that was necessary and desirable.
10. Proclamations:
11. Correspondence to be Noted by Clerk:
On a motion by Mr. Parente, seconded by Mr. Leeber, the Board voted by a margin of 5-0 to note correspondence.
12. Executive Session:
The Board voted by a margin of 5-0, by roll call, to adjourn to Executive Session, not to return to public session, to discuss the value of real property.
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