Town of Hudson - Board of Selectmen
Minutes – December 4th, 2006
1. Call to Order:
Present were Messieurs Parente, Loura, Leeber, Durant, Lucy, Blazar and Cipriano. Also present were Ms. Ciccolo and Ms. Santos.
2. Minutes to be Approved:
Public Session: November 6th, 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: November 6th, 2006
On a motion by Mr. Loura, seconded by Mr. Leeber, the Board voted by a margin of 5-0 to approve the minutes.
Selectmen to consider amending the minutes of its meeting of August 7, 2006 to reflect the full text of the Massachusetts School Building Administration Statement of Interest.
On a motion by Mr. Lucy, seconded by Mr. Leeber, the Board voted by a margin of 5-0 to amend the minutes as recommended.
3. Citizen’s Issues:
4. Meetings and Public Hearings - 7:00 PM:
Selectmen to conduct Annual Tax Classification hearing, adopt a residential factor for FY07, and vote to acknowledge the unutilized tax capacity of the Town pursuant to Proposition 2 ½.
The Board of Assessors was present and Ms. Christine Griffin Pratt made a presentation on the various classification options to the Board. Ms. Cressey and several members of the business community were also present to make the point that commercial vacancies were increasing in the downtown, and that the Board should be cognizant of this fact in setting the residential factor. After receiving all testimony and input, and after several members of the Board made their own comments about the various factors, the Chairman closed the hearing. On a motion by Mr. Leeber, seconded by Mr. Durant, the Board voted by a margin of 5-0 to adopt a classification factor of 1.83 yielding a residential factor of .837938, resulting in tax rates of $.00952 Residential and $.0279 CIP and an unutilized tax
capacity of $1,343,300.
Selectmen to conduct utility pole hearing to consider placing an additional pole on Reed Road and a switching enclosure on Technology Drive.
David Bianco from the L&P Department was at the meeting to present the petition. On a motion by Mr. Durant, seconded by Mr. Leeber, the Board voted by a margin of 5-0 to approve the pole and switching enclosure locations.
5. Licenses:
Selectmen to consider ratifying Christmas Tree license granted to William Carr for sale of trees at Robinson’s Hardware, 31 Washington Street.
On a motion by Mr. Lucy, seconded by Mr. Loura, the Board voted by a margin of 4-0-1 to ratify the license. Mr. Leeber abstained.
Selectmen to consider approval of 2007 license renewals.
On a motion by Mr. Loura, seconded by Mr. Lucy, the Board voted by a margin of 5-0 to approve the renewals as listed.
Selectmen to consider approval of d/b/a change from The Book Worm to The Spot.
On a motion by Mr. Lucy, seconded by Mr. Loura, the Board voted by a margin of 5-0 to approve the change in d/b/a.
Selectmen to consider approval of d/b/a change from Sugargloaf Creations to Coinstar Entertainment Services Inc.
On a motion by Mr. Lucy, seconded by Mr. Loura, the Board voted by a margin of 5-0 to approve the change in d/b/a.
Selectmen to consider approval of revocable license to Sullivan-Hayes to perform site preparation on approximately 2 acres of land adjacent to the approved Highland Commons development site. Said license to be effective only upon the sale of the land currently under agreement between the Town and Sullivan-Hayes.
Attorney Bob Davis was present to explain the purpose of the proposed license. On a motion by Mr. Loura, seconded by Mr. Durant, the Board voted by a margin of 5-0 to approve the issuance of the license.
Selectmen to consider granting Christmas Tree License to Encore Party Rentals at 90 Cherry Street subject to the conditions set by Department Heads.
On a motion by Mr. Lucy, seconded by Mr. Loura, the Board voted by a margin of 4-0-1 to approve the license. Mr. Leeber abstained.
6. Personnel:
Selectmen to consider appointing Christopher Tibbals as an Associate Member of the Zoning Board of Appeals.
On a motion by Mr. Durant, seconded by Mr. Loura, the Board voted by a margin of 5-0 to approve the appointment.
Selectmen to consider appointing Darja Nevits as a Full Member of the Zoning Board of Appeals.
On a motion by Mr. Durant, seconded by Mr. Lucy, the Board voted by a margin of 5-0 to approve the appointment.
Selectmen to consider appointing Joseph Padula as Veterans Graves Officer.
On a motion by Mr. Loura, seconded by Mr. Leeber, the Board voted by a margin of 5-0 to approve the appointment.
Selectmen to re-appoint Board and Committee members who have indicated a desire to be re-appointed.
On a motion by Mr. Lucy, seconded by Mr. Leeber, the Board voted by a margin of 5-0 to approve the re-appointments as listed.
Selectmen to note resignation of James Gustafson from the Council on Aging.
On a motion by Mr. Parente, seconded by Mr. Leeber, the Board voted by a margin of 5-0 to note the resignation.
Selectmen to consider appointing Christopher Vezeau, Robert Rego and Justin Bush as Full-Time Police Officers effective January 29, 2007.
On a motion by Mr. Lucy, seconded by Mr. Loura, the Board voted by a margin of 5-0 to approve the appointments.
7. Contracts:
Selectmen to consider signing of extension request for CDBG Contract 5648 with the Department of Housing and Community Development for the South Street Park.
On a motion by Mr. Lucy, seconded by Mr. Leeber, the Board voted by a margin of 5-0 to sign the extension request.
Selectmen to ratify contract with Cardinale Electric Co. in the amount of $8,600 (LQ) for electrical repairs at the Senior Center.
On a motion by Mr. Loura, seconded by Mr. Leeber, the Board voted by a margin of 5-0 to ratify the contract.
Selectmen to sign contracts with IBPO, Local 363/NEPBA for the period of July 1, 2005-June 30, 2006 and July 1, 2006 – June 30th, 2009.
On a motion by Mr. Lucy, seconded by Mr. Loura, the Board voted by a margin of 5-0 to execute the contracts.
8. General:
Selectmen to consider approval of final design plans of public improvements to recreation and landscaped areas adjacent to West Ridge Active Adult Community in accordance with Gift Agreement between the Town of Hudson and Thorndike Properties of Massachusetts III LLC.
On a motion by Mr. Loura, seconded by Mr. Durant, the Board voted by a margin of 5-0 to approve the plans.
9. Town Issues:
10. Proclamations:
Selectmen to note retirement of Detective Devlin and issue proclamation commending his years of service to the Town.
On a motion by Mr. Lucy, seconded by Mr. Loura, the Board voted by a margin of 5-0 to issue the proclamation.
11. Correspondence to be Noted by Clerk:
On a motion by Mr. Leeber, seconded by Mr. Parente, the Board voted by a margin of 5-0 to note correspondence.
12. Executive Session:
13. Adjourn:
On a motion by Mr. Lucy, seconded by Mr. Leeber, the Board voted by a margin of 5-0 to adjourn.
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