Hull Board of Selectmen
Minutes
June 24, 2003
The Hull Board of Selectmen meeting was called to order at 7:45 pm on Tuesday evening, June 24, 2003 at the Hull Municipal Building, 253 Atlantic Avenue, Hull, Massachusetts.
Present: John Reilly, Chairman; Leonard Hersch, Vice Chairman; Christopher Olivieri, Clerk; Thomas Burns and Gerard McLaughlin, Members. Also present were Christopher McCabe, Town Manager, and James Lampke, Town Counsel.
The Chairman opened the meeting with a moment of silence for Philip Apostolu and Albert Manville, who passed away during the last week. Both were longtime Hull residents and both retired after many years service with the Hull Light Department.
MINUTES
MOVED-Hersch: To accept the minutes of April 1, 2003 as presented.
SECOND-Olivieri
Burns questioned the minutes, and asked that they be submitted in a timely fashion. The vote was tabled.
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MOVED-Hersch: To approve the date of Sunday June 29, 2003 for St. Mary's Annual Event due to the rain out of the function originally approved for last week.
SECOND-BURNS
VOTE: UNANIMOUS in Favor
7:30 pm - David A. Kellem - re: Jake's Restaurant
David Kellem, Attorney representing the owners of Jake's Restaurant, Ed and Barbara O'Brien and Jim and Paula O'Brien. Met in open session as agreed. Kellem told the Board that the O'Briens, who own the building, but lease the land it occupies from the Town, that they would like to negotiate a purchase of the land.
Kellem said that the last time a sale was discussed both the Town and the O'Briens had separate appraisals, which were very close in value determination. Although the current lease expires in 2012, Kellem said, the O'Briens are willing to pay a significant amount to purchase the land. He explained that the elder O'Brien wishes to secure the business for his son and daughter-in-law's future.
Justin Gould of Steamboat Wharf said he was satisfied when told that the possible sale of the land, and the operation of Nantasket Pier are two separated issues.
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Following a discussion on the value of the property juxtaposed against the value of the lease; the future of Nantasket Pier; and the importance of Jake's acting as an anchor at that location, a motion was made:
MOVED-Hersch: To take the matter under advisement
NO SECOND
MOVED-McLaughlin: To have appraisals done using the same appraiser as before, including a
lease stream, economic study, present situation and future potential to
weigh all of the options.
SECOND-Burns
VOTE: UNANIMOUS in Favor
Reilly said that although all parties agreed to this discussion in open session the Board reserves the right to meet in executive session for any further discussions.
APPOINTMENTS
Police Chief Donald Brooker to request the permanent appointment of Henry J. Colligan, and Wendy Cope-Allen who are both presently permanent intermittent officers.
MOVED-McLaughlin: To appoint Henry J. Colligan as a permanent office effective July 1, 2003;
and to offer a conditional offer of employment as a permanent, subject to
her admission into the academy on or about August 25, 2003, officer to
Wendy Cope-Allen as a permanent office effective August 25, 2003.
SECOND-Burns
VOTE: UANANIMOUS in Favor
Chief Brooker also requested that in view of the retirement of Sergeant Robert Tompkins, who was the prosecutor, he was requesting the Board to call for a certified promotional list from which to appoint a full time Sergeant.
Brooker also requested that the Board appoint Officer Donald W. Love as acting Sergeant effective July 1, 2003 pending the arrival of the promotional list.
MOVED-Hersch: To appoint Donald W. Love an acting Sergeant effective July 1, 2003 pending the receipt of a promotional list.
SECOND-McLaughlin
VOTE: UNANIMOUS in Favor
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Brooker, who has announced his retirement for this coming November, thanked the Board and said that of the hundreds of times he has recommended applicants through the thirty or so Board Members he has worked with that he has never been denied the appointment of his department's recommendation, that he feels has been in the best interest of the Town.
MOVED-Hersch: To call for a certified promotional list for Sergeant.
SECOND-McLaughlin
VOTE: UNANIMOUS in Favor
Unanimously approved the Town Manager's reappointments of the following department heads from July 1, 2003 to June 30, 2004: David Beck, Assistant Assessor; Carolyn McNeil, Collector/Treasurer; Peter Lombardo, Building Commissioner; Kurt Bornheim, Harbormaster/Shellfish Warden; Kevin O'Brien, Health Agent; Barbara Lawlor, Council on Aging Director; Sumner Goldberg, Veterans Service Officer; Daniel Johnson, Library Director; Edward Petrilak, Facilities Manager; and Jay Szklut, Town Planner, on a motion by Hersch, Seconded by Olivieri.
NEW BUSINESS
MOVED-McLaughlin: To advertise for a committee of five citizens to serve on a yard waste committee as required by Town Meeting vote, Article 29. The committee is to include one Selectmen and Town Manager and is to report back to the Board with the results prior to the Next Town Meeting.
SECOND-Olivieri
VOTE: UNANIMOUS in Favor
In response to Burn's questions in regard to some repairs needed at the Memorial School that recently underwent a $13 million dollar rehab, Reilly explained the recent northeaster caused the damage and that the Building committee has withheld enough money to do the repairs.
McCabe said that the seaweed removal was finished but more accumulated on Sunday. He said the problem is what to do with 1400 cu yds of seaweed.
MOVED-Burns: To go into executive session to discuss deployment of security personnel and not to reconvene in open session.
SECOND-Olivieri
ROLL CALL VOTE: Aye, McLaughlin; Aye, Burns; Aye, Reilly; Aye, Olivieri; Aye, Hersch.
The Board moved in executive session at 9:52 pm and thereafter adjourned.
August 5, 2003
APPROVED
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