Town of Hudson - Board of Selectmen
Minutes –September 23, 2013
78 Main Street 2nd Floor 7:00 PM
Present were Messieurs Durant, Lucy, Quinn, Vereault, Yates, Sandini, and Cipriano. Ms. Santos was also present.
Public Session: August 26, 2013
The Board took no action.
Executive Session: August 26, 2013 Part 3
The Board took no action.
Public Session: September 9, 2013
On a motion by Mr. Lucy, seconded by Mr. Durant, the Board voted 4-0-1 to approve the minutes. Mr. Vereault abstained.
Executive Session: September 9, 2013 Part 1
Mr. Yates requested these minutes be discussed in Executive Session.
Executive Session: September 9, 2013 Part 2
On a motion by Mr. Lucy, seconded by Mr. Durant, the Board voted 4-0-1 to approve the minutes. Mr. Vereault abstained.
Executive Session: September 9, 2013 Part 3
On a motion by Mr. Lucy, seconded by Mr. Durant, the Board voted 4-0-1 to approve the minutes. Mr. Vereault abstained.
Meetings and Public Hearings - 7:00 PM:
Selectmen to need to hold a joint meeting with the Hudson School Committee to consider appointing a representative to serve as the Hudson Representative on the Assabet Valley Regional School Committee.
School Committee Member Present were Ms. Dunnell, Mr. Davis, Ms. Nelson, Ms. O’Brien and Ms. Valcourt. All three candidates spoke briefly.
On a motion by Mr. Lucy, seconded by Mr. Durant to nominate all three members.
Mr. Durant, Mr. Quinn, Mr. David, Ms. O’Brien voted for Mr. Charbonneau.
Ms. Nelson voted for Mr. Graceffa.
Mr. Lucy, Mr. Yates, Mr. Vereault, Ms. Dunnell, Ms. Valcourt voted for Ms. Sharek.
Mr. Durant motioned and Mr. Lucy seconded to make the vote for Ms. Sharek unanimously, the Members voted 10-0. Ms. Sharek will serve until the next Town Election on 5/11/2014.
Selectmen to consider amending the Hours of Operation on a Beer & Wine Pouring License held by Paint Misbehavin Inc. located at 312 Main Street, from Sun-Sat 6:00pm – 10:00pm to Sun-Sat from 12:00 noon to 12:00 midnight.
On a motion by Mr. Yates, seconded by Mr. Durant, the Board voted 5-0 to approve the amendment of hours of operation.
Selectmen to consider approving James J. Harrington as the new Manager for the Club All Alcohol Pouring License at the R.E.&J.W. Manning Post (VFW) located at 3 Palmieri Drive
On a motion by Mr. Durant, seconded by Mr. Lucy, the Board voted 4-0-1 to approve the change of manager. Mr. Yates abstained.
Selectmen to consider approval of a Common Victualler License to Xing Jiang, d/b/a China Xing located at 12 Broad Street for a Chinese Take Out Restaurant.
Item to be place on next Agenda.
Selectmen to consider approval of a one-day Wine & Malt pouring license to Laura Bowen for a Class Reunion party to be held on November 30, 2013 between the hours of 7:30 PM and 11:30PM at Roller Kingdom.
On a motion by Mr. Yates, seconded by Mr. Durant, the Board voted 5-0 to approve the One-Day Wine & Malt Pouring License.
Selectmen to note the resignation of Reserve Police Officer Ross Hayden from the Police Department.
On a motion by Mr. Lucy, seconded by Mr. Durant, the Board voted 5-0 to note the resignation.
Selectmen to consider approval and authorization to sign a contract with F.G. Sullivan Drilling Inc. in the amount of $34,068 for the Cleaning, Redevelopment and Pump Replacement of Kane Well.
Mr. Yates asked how this plays into the current improvements being done and how does it affect the annual cleaning as well. Mr. Sandini noted that the cleaning is independent of this project. The last time this was done was in October 2010. Mr. Vereault has concerns as to why only this well is being proposed for cleaning.
On a motion by Mr. Lucy, seconded by Mr. Durant, the Board voted 4-0-1 to approve the contract. Mr. Vereault opposed.
Selectmen to consider approval and authorization to sign a contract with Chaves Heating & Air Conditioning Inc. in the amount of $7,645 for 2 condenser units.
On a motion by Mr. Lucy, seconded by Mr. Durant, the Board voted 4-1 to approve the contract. Mr. Vereault opposed.
Selectmen to sign the November 18, 2013 Town Meeting Warrant.
The November Town Meeting Warrant was discussed and the Board voted to sponsor the articles as follows:
On a motion by Mr. Lucy, seconded by Mr. Durant the Board voted 5-0 to sponsor Articles 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8.
On a motion by Mr. Durant, seconded by Mr. Yates the Board voted 4-1 to sponsor Article 5. Mr. Yates opposed.
On a motion by Mr. Durant, seconded by Mr. Lucy the Board voted 3-1-1 to sponsor Article 9. Mr. Vereault opposed and Mr. Yates abstained citing not enough time to review the revisions.
Selectmen to discuss and consider appointing members to the Blight By-Law Committee.
Ms. Shea asked that the Building Inspector, Board of Health Agent and the Police Chief be named as ex officio members as to avoid the appearance of any impropriety. She also asked that if the Board did choose to make them ex officio that they add additional members.
On a motion by Mr. Yates, seconded by Mr. Durant the Board voted 5-0 to appoint the Building Inspector, Board of Health Agent and Police Chief as ex officio members to the Blight By-Law Committee and to increase the number of citizen members to nine.
The Board spoke briefly to those in attendance and then voted to appoint members to the Committee.
The Board voted and by a majority to appoint Sam Calandra, Mary Egan, Jim Grillo, Kristin Lembo, Joycelyn Messier, Lee Murphy, Nicholas Reinshagen, Jill Schafer and Linda Shea to the Blight By-Law Committee.
John Parent to update the Board on the progress of the Search for an Executive Assistant.
Mr. Parent informed the Board that on September 7, 2013 the Committee met and chose seven candidates for interviews. Interviews will take place on September 25th and 26th and will be done in executive session. The Committee will then make its final recommendation on October 1, 2013. They will present them to the BOS on October 7, 2013 once final background checks have been done. At that point the names of the finalists will become public. This is all contingent on whether three candidates are chosen from the seven that are interviewed.
On October 7, 2013 the Board will determine when to interview the candidates.
Selectmen to consider the re-appointment of an Interim Executive Assistant.
The Board discussed the re-appointment in Executive Session.
The Board reconvened in Public Session.
On a motion by Mr. Durant, seconded by Mr. Lucy the Board voted 3-2 to re-appoint Mr. Christopher Sandini to a second term as Interim Executive Assistant pursuant to the Town Charter and to compensate Mr. Sandini at a salary of $150,000 through the end of the term. Mr. Yates and Mr. Vereault opposed.
Mr. Vereault and Mr. Yates were in favor of the re-appointment, but disagreed with the salary amount.
The Board by roll call vote of 4-1 to enter into executive session, not to return to public, to discuss Litigation, Collective Bargaining, as the discussion of these matters in open session may have a detrimental effect on the bargaining or litigating position of the town. Mr. Vereault opposed.
Mr. Vereault noted his displeasure with the recent audio recording of the Selectmen’s meeting. He stated that this issue needs to be fixed.
Mr. Yates informed the Board that he has been asked questions about the Community Preservation Act (CPA) as it makes up for 1% of resident’s tax bills. This is a concern with the impending tax shortfall that will come with the closing of Intel. He then asked when CPA tax would be reevaluated. He noted that he recalled that this would be done every five years. Mr. Parent noted that it would only be brought up if someone brings an article to Town Meeting otherwise it just continues.
- Correspondence to be Noted by Clerk:
The Board noted correspondence.
The Board voted unanimously by roll call to enter into executive session, to return to public session, to discuss Litigation, Collective Bargaining and negotiations with nonunion personnel, as the discussion of these matters in open session may have a detrimental effect on the bargaining or litigating position of the town.
Document List – September 23, 2013
Document |
Location |
Public Session Minutes: August 26, 2013 |
BOS Office |
Executive Session Minutes: August 26, 2013 Part 3 |
BOS Office |
Public Session Minutes: September 9, 2013 |
BOS Office |
Executive Session Minutes: September 9, 2013 Part 1 |
BOS Office |
Executive Session Minutes: September 9, 2013 Part 2 |
BOS Office |
Executive Session Minutes: September 9, 2013 Part 3 |
BOS Office |
Board Interest Forms, letters to interested candidates |
BOS Office |
One-Day Beer & Wine liquor license application |
BOS Office |
Change of Manager Application |
BOS Office |
Common Victualler License Application |
BOS Office |
Amend Hours of Operation on Beer & Wine Liquor License |
BOS Office |
Resignation memo for Ross Hayden |
BOS Office |
Procurement, bid form for Cleaning, Redevelopment and Pump replacement of Kane Well |
BOS Office |
Procurement, quote for 2 condenser units for the Library |
BOS Office |
November 2013 Town Meeting Warrant |
BOS Office |
Board Interest Forms for Blight By-Law Committee |
BOS Office |
Copy of Commendation letter to Captain Burks, Lieutenant Crippen, Sergeant Perry and Officers Barese, Yates and Mace |
BOS Office |
Legal Notice requesting proposals for an All Alcohol Pouring License for the Town of Hudson |
BOS Office |
Comcast notice of continuation of providing High-Speed Internet services to Hudson |
BOS Office |
Letter from Christine Alessandro from BayPath Elder Services inviting nominations for the Seventh Annual Frances Borger Kelmpner Community Service Award. |
BOS Office |
Mass Municipal Association Fall Conference Schedule |
BOS Office |
Board Interest Form from George Luoto to serve on the School Committee |
BOS Office |
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