Town of Hudson - Board of Selectmen
Minutes –May 21, 2007
1. Call to Order:
Present were Messieurs Parente, Loura, Leeber, Durant, Lucy, Blazar. Ms. Santos was also present.
Selectmen to elect officers.
The following nominations were made for Chairman, Vice Chairman and Clerk:
Mr. Durant nominated Mr. Loura for Chairman and Mr. Loura was elected unanimously.
Mr. Parente nominated Mr. Durant for Vice Chairman and Mr. Durant was elected unanimously.
Mr. Loura nominated Mr. Parente for Clerk and Mr. Parente was elected unanimously.
2. Minutes to be Approved:
Public Session: April 23, 2007
On a motion by Mr. Durant, seconded by Mr. Leeber, the Board voted by a margin of 5-0 to approve the minutes.
3. Citizen’s Issues:
4. Licenses:
Selectmen to consider approval of an Automatic Amusement Device License for Applebee’s International d/b/a Applebee’s Grill & Bar.
On a motion by Mr. Lucy, seconded by Mr. Parente, the Board voted by a margin of 5-0 to approve the license as requested.
Selectmen to consider approval of Outdoor Live Entertainment License for The Riverview at the Hudson Portuguese Club from 8:00 AM until 6:00 PM on June 6, 2007.
On a motion by Mr. Durant, seconded by Mr. Leeber, the Board voted by a margin of 5-0 to approve the license as requested.
Selectmen to consider approval of amendment to the Second Hand Merchandise Dealer’s License held in the name of Cipriano & Rosemary Pinto to Cipriano Pinto d/b/a General Merchandise Outlet.
On a motion by Mr. Lucy, seconded by Mr. Parente, the Board voted by a margin of 5-0 to approve the license as requested.
Selectmen to consider approval of Outdoor Entertainment and Transient Vendors Licenses to the Assabet Valley Chamber of Commerce for the 21st Annual Hudson fest to be held at 78 Main Street between the hours of 9:00 AM and 3:30 PM on June 2, 2007.
On a motion by Mr. Leeber, seconded by Mr. Loura, the Board voted by a margin of 5-0 to approve the Licenses as requested.
5. Personnel:
Selectmen to consider approval of appointment of David C. Prockett as a call firefighter.
On a motion by Mr. Lucy, seconded by Mr. Durant, the Board voted by a margin of 5-0 to approve the appointment.
Selectmen to consider approval of appointment of Mark Exarhopoulos as a call firefighter.
On a motion by Mr. Lucy, seconded by Mr. Leeber, the Board voted by a margin of 5-0 to approve the appointment.
Selectmen to consider approval of appointment of Christopher M. Devoe as a call firefighter.
On a motion by Mr. Lucy, seconded by Mr. Parente, the Board voted by a margin of 5-0 to approve the appointment.
Selectmen to consider approval of appointment of Craig C. Collins as a call firefighter.
On a motion by Mr. Lucy, seconded by Mr. Leeber, the Board voted by a margin of 5-0 to approve the appointment
Selectmen to consider approval of appointments of Mathew Colacchio and Kevin Shepard as Auxiliary Firefighters.
On a motion by Mr. Lucy, seconded by Mr. Parente, the Board voted by a margin of 5-0 to approve the appointment.
Selectmen to consider approval of appointment of Theresa Bryce to the position of Part-Time Police Matron.
On a motion by Mr. Lucy, seconded by Mr. Leeber, the Board voted by a margin of 5-0 to approve the appointment.
Selectman to note the resignation of Nancy Higgins as a member of the Council on Aging.
On a motion by Mr. Loura, seconded by Mr. Leeber, the Board voted by a margin of 5-0 to note resignation.
Selectmen to consider approval of Specialized Skills Stipend for Alice Nordstrom.
On a motion by Mr. Lucy, seconded by Mr. Leeber, the Board voted by a margin of 5-0 to approve the Specialized Skills Stipend.
Selectmen to consider approval of Specialized Skills Stipend for Fernanda Santos.
On a motion by Mr. Lucy, seconded by Mr. Leeber, the Board voted by a margin of 5-0 to approve the Specialized Skills Stipend.
Selectmen to consider appointment of the following individuals to the Hudson Historical Commission:
for a term to expire on December 31, 2007: Maureen Ng and Michael Millman
On a motion by Mr. Durant, seconded by Mr. Parente to appoint Maureen Ng and Michael Millman the Board members commenced a discussion on the appointments for the Historical Commission. Mr. Durant later withdrew his motion.
On a motion by Mr. Parente, seconded by Mr. Durant the Board voted by a margin of 4-1 to passover the appointments until the June 4, 2007 meeting. Mr. Loura opposed.
for a term to expire on December 31, 2008: Charles Freeman
for a term to expire on December 31, 2009: Jose Chaves and Emma Caputo
6. Contracts:
Selectmen to authorize signing of contracts for various materials used by the Department of Public Works.
On a motion by Mr. Lucy, seconded by Mr. Leeber the Board voted unanimously to approve the contracts.
Selectmen to authorize signing of contract with Premier Laboratory in the amount of $7,873 for water quality testing.
On a motion by Mr. Lucy, seconded by Mr. Durant the Board voted by a margin of 5-0 to approve the Contract.
Selectmen to authorize Change Order #2 with JH Lynch to extend contract duration to December 31, 2007.
On a motion by Mr. Lucy, seconded by Mr. Durant the Board voted by a margin of 5-0 to approved Change Order #2.
7. General:
Selectmen to consider approval of Water & Sewer Rates for bills issued during FY2008.
On a motion by Mr. Loura, seconded by Mr. Durant the Board voted by margin of 5-0 to approve the FY2008 Water & Sewer Rates.
Selectmen to consider approval of Transfer of $38,165 from The Fire Department Salary budget to the Fire Department Expense Budget for FY2007.
On a motion by Mr. Lucy, seconded by Mr. Leeber the Board voted by a margin of 5-0 to approve the transfer.
Selectmen to consider authorizing the Chair to sign the FY03 CDBG Close-out report.
On a motion by Mr. Lucy, seconded by Mr. Leeber the Board voted by a margin of 5-0 to authorized signing of the Close-out report.
Selectmen to authorize Michelle Ciccolo to cast Hudson ballot in MPO Election.
On a motion by Mr. Lucy, seconded by Mr. Parente the Board voted by a margin of 5-0 to Authorize Michelle Ciccolo.
8. Town Issues:
Mr. Parente and Mr. Leeber both thanked the Citizens of Hudson for their vote and support.
On a motion by Mr. Leeber, seconded by Mr. Durant the Board voted by a margin of 5-0 to respond to MMA’s correspondence regarding cable licensing by inviting Verizon to our community.
Mr. Leeber requested that a letter be sent to the Mayor of Marlborough regarding the proposed sex-offender residency ordinance.
On a motion by Mr. Leeber, seconded by Mr. Loura the Board voted by a margin of 2-3. Mr. Durant, Mr. Lucy and Mr. Parente opposed.
Mr. Parente acknowledged the great job that the Department of Public Works did in repairing the water main break on Main Street. Mr. Durant thanked both Linda Ghiloni and Jennifer Burke for their hard work on the Community Preservation Act.
Mr. Leeber requested additional information from DCR regarding their notice regarding Marlborough State Forest, specifically detailing what was being cut and why.
On a motion by Leeber, seconded by Mr. Durant, the Board voted by a margin of 4-1. Mr. Durant opposed.
9. Correspondence to be Noted by Clerk:
On a motion by Mr. Durant, seconded by Mr. Parente the Board voted by a margin of 5-0 to note correspondence.
10. Executive Session:
11. Adjourn:
On a motion by Mr. Durant, seconded by Mr. Leeber, 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 matters pertaining to collective bargaining
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