Town of Hudson - Board of Selectmen
Minutes–September 18, 2006
1. Call to Order:
Present were Messieurs Parente, Loura, Leeber, Durant, Lucy, Blazar, and Cipriano. Mesdames Ciccolo and Santos were also present.
2. Minutes to be Approved:
Public Session: August 28, 2006
On a motion by Mr. Lucy, seconded by Mr. Loura, the Board voted by a margin of 5-0 to approve the minutes.
Executive Session: August 28, 2006
On a motion by Mr. Lucy, seconded by Mr. Leeber, the Board voted by a margin of 5-0 to approve the minutes.
3. Citizen’s Issues:
Jim Grillo from 2 Rutland Road presented a number of complaints to the board including his unhappiness with yard sale signs left on utility poles past the sale dates; the storage of unregistered vehicles on house lots, and the unsightliness of certain residences that might be considered to be eyesores, and that have a detrimental effect on values of adjacent homes.
Mr. Blazar noted that yard sale signs had been a long-standing problem that neither the Town, not the poles owners, the L&P Department and the Phone Company, had had much success resolving. He informed Mr. Grillo of the town’s bylaw relative to unregistered vehicles, and the method by which Mr. Grillo could file a complaint under the bylaw; and he informed Mr. Grillo of the relevant laws, mostly involving public health violations, that might apply to ill-kept and dilapidated residences.
4. Licenses:
Selectmen to consider approval of Live Entertainment and Transient Vendor Licenses for the Pumpkin Fest to be held at Morgan Bowl on October 21, 2006
On a motion by Mr. Durant, seconded by Mr. Loura, the Board voted by a margin of 5-0 to approve the licenses.
Selectmen to consider approval of a One Day Alcohol Pouring License for the St. Michael Parish Schools for an event to be held at 21 Pleasant Street on October 7, 2006.
On a motion by Mr. Lucy, seconded by Mr. Leeber, the Board voted by a margin of 5-0 to approve the license.
5. Personnel:
a) Selectmen to note retirement of Cipriano Pinto from his position as Police Patrol Officer.
On a motion by Mr. Loura, seconded by Mr. Leeber, the Board voted by a margin of 5-0 to note the retirement.
b) Selectmen to note retirement of Wallace Pieculewicz from his position as Police Patrol Officer.
On a motion by Mr. Loura, seconded by Mr. Leeber, the Board voted by a margin of 5-0 to note the retirement.
c) Selectmen to note resignation of Suzanne Scribner from her position of Children's Librarian.
On a motion by Mr. Leeber, seconded by Mr. Durant, the Board voted by a margin of 5-0 to note the resignation.
6. Contracts:
Selectmen to consider approval of Mass Highway Standard Contract for $161,269 in Chapter 90 Funding.
On a motion by Mr. Lucy, seconded by Mr. Leeber, the Board voted by a margin of 5-0 to approve signing the contract.
Selectmen to consider approval of Contract with EH Perkins Construction, Inc. in the amount of $279,350 for the reconstruction of Kent Drive.
On a motion by Mr. Lucy, seconded by Mr. Loura, the Board voted by a margin of 5-0 to approve signing the contract.
Selectmen to consider approval of amendment #1 in the amount of $875,000 for Phase II Final Design Services to the contract with Wright-Pierce for the design of improvements to the Wastewater Treatment Facility.
On a motion by Mr. Lucy, seconded by Mr. Loura, the Board voted by a margin of 5-0 to approve amendment #1.
7. General:
Selectmen to consider signing the Warrant for the Town Meeting to be held on Monday November 20, 2006.
On a motion by Mr. Leeber, seconded by Mr. Durant, the Board voted by a margin of 5-0 to sign the warrant and to include its sponsorship of several articles within the warrant.
Selectmen to consider acceptance of donations equaling $125.00 made in the memory of Alfred DeCiero.
On a motion by Mr. Lucy, seconded by Mr. Loura, the Board voted by a margin of 5-0 to accept the donations.
8. Town Issues:
Mr. Leeber thanked people for picking up trash along the rail trail, and noted the potential for flooding along the lower portion of Causeway Street. Mr. Durant congratulated Mr. Parente on his successful effort to raise the funds to replace the town’s street signs and Mr. Loura emphasized the problem Mr. Grillo had noted earlier relative to yard sale signs.
9. Proclamations:
Selectmen to consider issuance of a proclamation in honor of United Nations Day.
On a motion by Mr. Lucy, seconded by Mr. Leeber, the Board voted by a margin of 5-0 to issue the proclamation.
10. Correspondence to be Noted by Clerk:
On a motion by Mr. Leeber, seconded by Mr. Durant, the Board voted by a margin of 5-0 to note correspondence.
11. Executive Session:
On a motion by the Chair, 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 collective bargaining strategy, and pending litigation.
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