Hull Board of Selectmen
Minutes
November 16, 2004
The meeting of the Hull Board of Selectmen was called to order at 7:47 pm on Tuesday evening, November 16, 2004 at the Hull Municipal Building, 253 Atlantic Avenue, Hull, Massachusetts.
Present: John Reilly, Chairman; Gerard McLaughlin, Vice Chairman; Christopher Olivieri, Clerk; Leonard Hersch and Joan Meschino, Members. Also present were: Christopher McCabe, Town Manager and James Lampke, Town Counsel.
MINUTES
MOVED-Olivieri: To accept the minutes of October 12, 2004 as presented
SECOMD-Hersch
VOTE: Unanimous in favor
7:30 pm - James Gillis re: Scholarship Fund
Jim Gillis to inform the Board that the Board had leased the parking at Nantasket Pier to Ed O'Brien, who then asked Gillis to operate it as he had for many years. He hired two young men that he described as conscientious, dependable, hard working and ran the operation in an impeccable manner. Because of the efforts of the two young men, Anthony Magnoli and Mick Clifford, O'Brien donated $5,000. to the Scholarship fund. Gillis said that he wanted to publicly recognize their efforts. Reilly thanked the two young men, Jim Gillis and Ed and the O'Brien family.
Reilly announced that at the executive session held last week the Board designated Steamboat Wharf from the three RFP's submitted, subject to successful negotiations. Present were Andrew Spinale and Justin Gould of Steamboat Wharf, (the current operators of the pier), and Tom Cox of Bosport, that had also submitted an RFP. McLaughlin explained to Cox that the designation was only the first step. He said the next step is negotiations, but the final outcome has not been determined.
Following a discussion of whether or not to go into executive session a motion was made.
MOVED-Olivieri: To go into executive session to discuss the purchase, lease, exchange or value of real property and to reopen in public session.
SECOND-Meschino
ROLL CALL VOTE Aye, Meschino; Aye, McLaughlin; Aye, Reilly; Aye, Olivieri; Aye, Hersch
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The Board moved into executive session at 8:05 pm and returned to open session, following a brief recess, at 9:49 pm.
CORRESPONDENCE
Referred to the Chairman of the Board of Appeals a letter from the No Way HRA Citizen group with a complaint in regard to one of its Members.
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Town Counsel discussed the acquisition of the Harrington property, as voted at the Annual Town Meeting. The 1.4 acres was acquired by the Trust for Public Lands and it is in the process of deeding a portion to the Town. He asked the Board, if it agreed, to accept the land subject to conservation restrictions and authorize the Town Manager to sign the documents.
MOVED-Hersch: To accept the land and authorize the town Manager to sign the documents.
SECOND-Olivieri
VOTE: Unanimous in favor
TOWN MANAGER
An annual report to the Board submitted by the Town Manager was rescheduled for one or two weeks.
McCabe informed the Board that the DCR requires the Town to form a Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC) on DCR seawall and beach matters in the first phase, and the DCR property landward in the second phase. McCabe presented a list of 15 or 16 groups from which to select one member each. In response to Olivieri's concern that the Committee he chairs is already involved in the DCR land and what effect the CAC would have on its work, Meschino responded that the CAC has no vote and is more of a sounding board, and that the CAC will have a member from his committee.
MOVED-Meschino: To support the Town Manager's recommendations
SECOND-Olivieri
VOTE: Unanimous in favor
NEW BUSINESS
A written request was received from Dennis Blackall for an appointment to the DCR Study Committee to fill one of the two vacancies.
Selectmen Minutes, 11/16/04
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MOVED-Hersch: To appoint Dennis Blackall to the DCR Committee for a term of one year
SECOND-Meschino
VOTE: Unanimous in favor
In response to a question from Hersch, McCabe said that the Town received only one bid, that was below the estimate, on the siding for the Senior Center and that it in the process of being awarded.
Rod Young, a reporter, requested a letter he had submitted be read. McLaughlin objected to having it read as not being a concern for the Board but as being a private matter Hersch disagreed. Reilly said that the Members had not yet had time to read or review the letter or the packet of papers Young submitted. To determine if the matter concerns the Town, the Members needed time for review. Young said he was going to reword the letter to make it more of an interest to the Board and that he would submit it with enough time for the Members to review it prior to the meeting.
Reilly said the Board had responded to the Human Resource Department on the Civil Service appointment of the new Police Chief by sending the video tapes of the interviews it had requested.
Reilly thanked the War Memorial Veterans Day Committee and everyone who contributed to the services on Veterans Day at the War memorial.
MOVED-Olivieri: To go into executive session to discuss strategy in litigation and not return to open session.
SECOND-McLaughlin
ROLL CALL VOTE: Aye, Hersch; Aye, Olivieri; Aye, Reilly; Aye, McLaughlin; Aye,
Meschino
The Board moved into executive session at 10:20 pm and thereafter adjourned.
DECEMBER 14, 2004
APPROVED
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