Town of Hudson - Board of Selectmen
Minutes – June 4, 2007
1. Call to Order:
Present were Messieurs Parente, Loura, Leeber, Durant, Blazar, and Cipriano. Ms. Burke was also present
2. Minutes to be Approved:
Public Session: May 21, 2007
On a motion by Mr. Leeber, seconded by Mr. Parente, the Board voted by a margin of 4-0 to approve the minutes.
Executive Session: May 21, 2007
On a motion by Mr. Parente, seconded by Mr. Loura, the Board voted by a margin of 4-0 to approve the minutes.
3. Citizen’s Issues:
4. Meetings and Public Hearings - 7:00 PM:
Selectmen to conduct public hearing to consider Class II License Application from Moses Raymond, III to operate at 157R Washington Street d/b/a Best Price Auto Sales.
No action taken by the Board, due to the property owner selling the subject property and removing his permission for the applicant to occupy the site.
Selectmen to conduct public hearing to reconsider establishment of regulations governing interest rates charged by Pawnbrokers.
Mr. Stewart Medoff, the owner of Hudson Trading & Loan was present and proposed that the Board adopt regulations setting the maximum allowable interest rate at 7% per month. The Board discussed the matter and on a motion by Mr. Leeber, seconded by Mr. Parente, the Board voted by a margin of 3-1 to approve a maximum allowable rate of 7% per month. Mr. Durant opposed.
5. Licenses:
Selectmen to consider approval of Leo Lavigne as new Manager for Hudson Amvets.
On a motion by Mr. Durant, seconded by Mr. Parente, the Board voted by a margin of 4-0 to approve the new manager.
6. Personnel:
Selectmen to consider approval of appointment of John White to the position of permanent full time Fire Fighter.
On a motion by Mr. Durant, seconded by Mr. Loura, the Board voted by a margin of 4-0 to approve the appointment of Mr. White.
Selectmen to consider approval of appointment of Casimiro Costa to the position of Call Firefighter.
On a motion by Mr. Leeber, seconded by Mr. Loura, the Board voted by a margin of 4-0 to approve the appointment of Mr. Costa.
Selectmen to consider appointments for the following positions on the Hudson Historical Commission:
The Chair placed the name of all who submitted interest cards into nomination. The Board members voted as follows:
Two members for terms to expire on December 31, 2007
Nominee Lucy Leeber Loura Parente Durant
Maureen Ng
Michael Millman
Charles Freeman X X
Jose Chaves
Emma Caputo X X X
Lee Murphy
John Murphy X
Peter Breton
One member for a term to expire on December 31, 2008
Nominee Lucy Leeber Loura Parente Durant
Maureen Ng
Michael Millman
Charles Freeman
Jose Chaves
Emma Caputo
Lee Murphy
Peter Breton X
John Murphy X X X
Two members for terms to expire on December 31, 2009
Nominee Lucy Leeber Loura Parente Durant
Maureen Ng
Michael Millman
Charles Freeman
Jose Chaves X X X
Emma Caputo
Lee Murphy
John Murphy
Peter Breton X X X
Selectmen to consider approval of appointment of 5/23/07 list of Summer Employees for the Recreation Department.
On a motion by Mr. Durant, seconded by Mr. Loura, the Board voted by a margin of 4-0 to approve the appointments.
Selectmen to consider approval of appointments of Tony Marques, George Gustafson, Mark Concheri, and Kevin Olson to the WWTP Upgrade Prequalification Assessment Committee.
On a motion by Mr. Leeber, seconded by Mr. Parente, the Board voted by a margin of 4-0 to approve the appointments.
Selectmen to consider approval of appointments of Seasonal Employees in the Public Works Department.
On a motion by Mr. Leeber, seconded by Mr. Durant, the Board voted by a margin of 4-0 to approve the appointments.
Selectmen to note resignation of Katrina Proctor.
On a motion by Mr. Durant, seconded by Mr. Parente, the Board voted by a margin of 3-0-1 to note the resignation. Mr. Leeber abstained.
7. Contracts:
Selectmen to consider authorization to sign contract with Patriot Ambulance, Inc. for the provision of 24 hour ALS and BLS ambulance services to the Town for a three year term ending July 1, 2011.
On a motion by Mr. Leeber, seconded by Mr. Loura, the Board voted by a margin of 4-0 to approve the signing of the contract.
Selectmen to consider authorization to sign contract with Juniper Farms for the 2007 Centennial Beach and Wood Park concession operations with a 26% gross beach sales return to the Town.
On a motion by Mr. Durant, seconded by Mr. Parente, the Board voted by a margin of 4-0 to approve the signing of the contract.
Selectmen to consider authorization to sign contract with E.H. Perkins Construction in the amount of $197,712 for the reconstruction of Zina Road.
On a motion by Mr. Leeber, seconded by Mr. Parente, the Board voted by a margin of 4-0 to approve the signing of the contract.
8. General:
Selectmen to authorize signing of CDBG extension form for South Street Park Project until December 31, 2007.
On a motion by Mr. Leeber, seconded by Mr. Durant, the Board voted by a margin of 4-0 to approve the signing of the request for extension.
Selectmen to consider approval of transfer of $1,526 from the FY07 Council on Aging Salary budget to the FY07 Council on Aging Expense budget.
On a motion by Mr. Parente, seconded by Mr. Durant, the Board voted by a margin of 4-0 to approve the transfer.
Selectmen to sign warrant for the confinement and euthanize unlicensed dogs.
On a motion by Mr. Durant, seconded by Mr. Parente, the Board voted by a margin of 4-0 to sign the warrant.
9. Town Issues:
Mr. Parente informed the Board that several bikes have been thrown into the Assabet River from the Trestle on the ARRT.
Mr. Durant requested updates on the Houghton Street and Main Street bridges.
Mr. Loura announced that the President of Portugal was going to be visiting Hudson on June 21, 2007.
10. Proclamations:
11. Correspondence to be Noted by Clerk:
On a motion by Mr. Durant, seconded by Mr. Loura, the Board voted by a margin of 4-0 to note correspondence.
12. Adjourn:
On a motion by Mr. Durant, seconded by Mr. Loura, the Board voted by a margin of 4-0 to adjourn.
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