Town of Hudson - Board of Selectmen
Minutes–May 17, 2010
Present were Messieurs Durant, Loura, Parente, Vereault, McGourty, Blazar, and Cipriano. Ms. Santos and Ms. Burke were also present.
Mr. Durant asked for a moment of silence in memory of the recently deceased Herbert Busch, noted the debt owed to Carl Leeber for his many years as Selectman, and welcomed Mr. McGourty to the Board.
Mr. Durant opened the floor to nominations for Chairman, and nominated Mr. Loura. Mr. McGourty nominated Mr. Vereault, following which Mr. Durant moved to close nominations, which motion was seconded by Mr. McGourty and passed by a vote of 5-0. By a roll call vote Mr. Loura was elected Chairman by a 3-2 vote, with Messieurs McGourty and Vereault voting for Mr. Vereault.
Mr. Loura opened the floor to nominations for Vice Chairman and nominated Mr. Parente. Mr. McGourty nominated Mr. Vereault, following which Mr. Loura moved to close nominations, which motion was seconded by Mr. Durant and passed by a vote of 5-0. By a roll call vote Mr. Parente was elected Vice Chairman by a 3-2 vote, with Messieurs McGourty and Vereault voting for Mr. Vereault.
Mr. Loura opened the floor to nominations for Clerk. Mr. Parente nominated Mr. Durant and Mr. McGourty nominated Mr. Vereault. Mr. Loura closed nominations and called the vote. Mr. Durant was elected as Clerk by a 3-2 vote, with Messieurs McGourty and Vereault voting for Mr. Vereault.
Public Session: April 26, 2010
On a motion by Mr.Durant, seconded by Mr. Parente, the Board voted by a margin of 5-0 to approve the minutes.
- Citizen’s Issues:
- Meetings and Public Hearings - 7:00 PM:
Selectmen to consider approval of amendment of Underground Storage Tank License at the Department of Public Works, One Municipal Drive.
On a motion by Mr. Durant, seconded by Mr. Parente, the Board voted by a margin of 5-0 to approve the license amendment.
Selectmen to consider issuance of a Second Hand Dealer’s License to Susanne Gabel-Leach d/b/a Furniture & More at 43 Broad Street.
On a motion by Mr. Parente, seconded by Mr. Loura, the Board voted by a margin of 5-0 to approve the license.
Selectmen to consider issuance of a Live Entertainment License to Vaios Tzakis d/b/a Victor’s 50’s Diner at 19-21 Washington Street.
On a motion by Mr. Loura, seconded by Mr. McGourty, the Board voted by a margin of 5-0 to approve the license.
Selectmen to consider issuance of Common Victualler’s License to Cumberland Farms, Inc. at 87 Central Street.
On a motion by Mr. Parente, seconded by Mr. Loura, the Board voted by a margin of 5-0 to approve the license.
Selectmen to consider approval of appointment of part-time library pages: Peter Arsenault, Emily Durant, Nayara Ferreira, John McLean.
On a motion by Mr. Parente, seconded by Mr. Loura, the Board voted by a margin of 4-0-1 to approve the appointments. Mr. Durant abstained from the vote.
Selectmen to consider approval of promotion of Melissa Caissie from Part-Time Circulation Assistant to Part-Time Reference Librarian.
On a motion by Mr. Durant, seconded by Mr. Loura, the Board voted by a margin of 5-0 to approve the promotion.
Selectmen to note the resignation of Darryl Filippi as a member of the Silas Felton Historic District Commission.
On a motion by Mr. Durant, seconded by Mr. Parente, the Board voted by a margin of 5-0 to note the resignation.
Selectmen to consider scheduling a joint meeting with the Cemetery Commission to appoint a replacement for Mr. McGourty.
On a motion by Mr. Durant, seconded by Mr. Parente, the Board voted by a margin of 5-0 to set the date of June 7 for the meeting.
Selectmen to consider approval of a contract with Glenn Davis in the amount of $6,500 (LQ) for the design of window replacements at the Library.
On a motion by Mr. Durant, seconded by Mr. McGourty, the Board voted by a margin of 5-0 to approve the contract and authorize its signing.
Selectmen to consider approval and authorization to sign contracts for various materials used by the Department of Public Works (All LB).
On a motion by Mr. Durant, seconded by Mr. Loura, the Board voted by a margin of 5-0 to approve the contracts and authorize their signing.
Selectmen to consider approval and authorization to sign various changes orders with Seaver Construction in the total amount of $9,401.00 for a new contract price not to exceed $4,015,070.71.
On a motion by Mr. Parente, seconded by Mr. Durant, the Board voted by a margin of 5-0 to approve the change orders and authorize their signing.
Selectmen to sign Certificate of Compliance for the sale of property at 30 Blueberry Lane.
On a motion by Mr. Parente, seconded by Mr. Durant, the Board voted by a margin of 5-0 to sign the certificate of compliance.
Selectmen to consider conversion of a 15 minute parking space adjacent to the Handicapped Space in front of the Hudson Public Library.
On a motion by Mr. Parente, seconded by Mr. Loura, the Board voted by a margin of 5-0 to approve the designation of the space as recommended.
Selectmen to consider approval of amendment to the Booster Pump Agreement with Highland Commons Associates, LLC.
On a motion by Mr. Loura, seconded by Mr. Durant, the Board voted by a margin of 5-0 to approve the amendment of the agreement.
Selectmen to consider approval of FY11 PEG programming budget.
On a motion by Mr. Parente, seconded by Mr. Durant, the Board voted by a margin of 5-0 to approve the FY11 PEG Budget.
Selectmen to consider release of Executive Session minutes from past Board meetings.
On a motion by Mr. Vereault, seconded by Mr. Loura, the Board voted by a margin of 5-0 to approve the release of the executive session minutes from the meetings of:
December 15, 2003 |
January 26, 2004 |
November 1, 2004 |
April 11, 2005 |
December 3, 2007 Part II |
December 17, 2007 Part II |
January 26, 2009 |
March 9, 2009 |
August 10, 2009 |
October 5, 2009 |
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Messieurs Parente and Loura requested that the Internal Traffic Committee review the parking restrictions on School Street with particular reference to the no-parking zone in front of the Old School House.
- Correspondence to be Noted by Clerk:
On a motion by Mr. Durant, seconded by Mr. Loura, the Board voted by a margin of 5-0 to note correspondence.
- Executive Session:
- Adjourn:
On a motion by Mr. Durant, seconded by Mr. Loura, the Board voted by a margin of 5-0 to adjourn.
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