Minutes of Meeting – July 30, 2008; meeting called to order at 7:00 pm.
Present: L Messana; RN Sandlin; KR Flynn; J McNinch. Absent: S Pavlosky.
MOTION by LM, seconded by KRF to accept the Minutes of July 9 and 23 as presented. 4/0 vote.
MOTION by KRF, seconded by LM to open the public hearing on the transfer of an A/A restaurant license from Sophia’s to Halpin’s Grub & Grog, Inc. RNS read the advertisement as it appeared in the paper. JM offered to recuse himself, but the petitioner did not see any need for that. Sue Halpin appeared before the Board to answer any questions pertaining to this transfer. She stated that they hoped to open the establishment by September 6. MOTION by LM, seconded by KRF to close the public hearing. 4/0 vote. MOTION by JM, seconded by LM to approve the transfer of an A/A restaurant license from Sophia’s to Halpin’s Grub & Grog, Inc. 4/0 vote.
MOTION by LM, seconded by KRF to grant a one-day A/A license to Berkshire Grown for 9/15 from 6:30-8:30pm at Eastover Resort. 4/0 vote. MOTION by KRF, seconded by LM to grant a one-day A/A license to Eastover Resort for 8/23 from 5pm-midnight at Tally-Ho. 4/0 vote. MOTION by LM, seconded by KRF to grant a one-day A/A license to Eastover Resort for 8/24 from 12-7pm at Tally-Ho. 4/0 vote.
MOTION by JM, seconded by LM to grant permission for the 32nd Annual Great Josh Billings RunAground to utilize Town roads on Sunday, September 14, 2008. 4/0 vote.
MOTION by KRF, seconded by LM to grant permission to the Lenox Youth Basketball Association to hang a banner by St. Ann’s Church for two weeks prior to August 8-10th in order to publicize their movie night, craft fair and pancake breakfast. 4/0 vote. There was some discussion as to how to deal with future banner hangings now that the tree that was originally used has been removed.
MOTION by LM, seconded by KRF to appoint Susan Lyman as an associate member of the Zoning Board of Appeals. 4/0 vote. MOTION by JM to appoint Robert Fuster as an associate member of the Zoning Board of Appeals. Motion died for lack of a second.
MOTION by LM, seconded by JM to award a bid to Paul E. Shepard d/b/a/Gentlemen Painting in the amount of $78,000 for the exterior painting of the Town Hall, Fire House and Academy Building and to authorize the TM to sign a contract for same. 4/0 vote. MOTION by LM, seconded by KRF to award a bid to LB Corp. in the amount of $1,914,608.50 for the paving of various Town roads and to authorize the TM to sign a contract for same. 4/0 vote.
MOTION by JM, seconded by KRF to grant permission to Essencials Day Spa to erect a temporary banner at their business for 14 days. 4/0 vote.
The Board met with the Planning Board to jointly appoint a new member to fill the unexpired term of Kim Reopell Flynn. The Boards voted unanimously to appoint Ken Fowler to fill the unexpired term until May 2009 at which point he will need to run for election to complete the term until 2011. 6/0 vote (KRF, LM, RNS and JM from the Selectmen and Joe Kellogg and Steve Sample from the Planning Board).
Old/New Business: RNS recapped the bonding vote that the Board took on July 23. There was a brief discussion about extending the Sculpture Now project for another year; in addition, it was suggested that local artists be allowed to exhibit their work in the lobby of the Town Hall. The August meeting schedule was discussed.
Meeting adjourned at 7:55 pm.
Minutes Taken By: ______________________ Minutes Accepted By: ______________________
Mary Ellen Deming Clerk
Assistant to Town Manager Board of Selectmen
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Mary Ellen Deming
Town of Lenox
Town Hall - 6 Walker Street
Lenox, MA 01240
phone: (413) 637-5500
fax: (413) 637-5518
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