BOARD OF SELECTMEN’S MEETING, THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 2012
In attendance: Robert C. Sweeney, John M. Shields, J. Thomas Hurley, Kevin J. Mearn, Town Administrator, Paula Rizzi, Executive Secretary
1. Chairman Sweeney convened the meeting at 6:30 p.m. in the John A. Cronin Conference Room of the Town Hall and asked for a moment of silence for former Selectmen John Linehan who passed away recently.
2. J. Thomas Hurley moved, John M. Shields seconded and the Board voted unanimously to approve the December 19, 2011 meeting minutes as written.
J. Thomas Hurley moved, John M. Shields seconded and the Board voted unanimously to approve the December 21, 2011 meeting minutes as written.
3. The Board confirmed January 19, 2012 as a future meeting date.
4. The Board met with Lynda Lee Sheridan and Elizabeth Neville of the 350th Anniversary Committee who updated members on the scheduled festivities for the upcoming year. Mr. Sheridan presented a check for $150,000 to the Board (which members gratefully accepted) from the Copeland Family Foundation to underwrite the cost of certain planned events.
Elizabeth Neville presented the artwork “mock-up” for the 350th Anniversary commemorative plate. The artwork, which was designed and created by Ms. Neville, is a work of art in its own right and is currently being displayed in the foyer of the Town Hall. Ms. Neville presented the artwork as a gift to the Town.
5. John M. Shields moved, J. Thomas Hurley seconded and the Board voted unanimously that the maximum useful life of the departmental equipment listed below is to be financed with the proceeds of the $565,771 borrowing authorized by vote of the Town passed May, 2011 (Article #8) is here determined pursuant to G.L. c.44 §7(9) to be as follows:
Purpose Borrowing Amount Maximum Useful Life
Fire Engine $450,000 20 Years
One Ton Dump
Truck with Plow $34,300 5 Years
Emergency Radio/
Narrow Band $81,471 5 Years
6. John M. Shields moved, J. Thomas Hurley seconded and the Board voted unanimously to approve the temporary seasonal appointments of Christopher Trudel and Matthew Costa to the Engineering Department contingent upon approval by the Personnel Board.
7. John M. Shields moved, J. Thomas Hurley seconded and the Board voted unanimously to temporarily adjourn the Board of Selectmen’s meeting to convene a meeting of the Trustees of the Governor Stoughton Fund and to return to the Board of Selectmen’s meeting only to adjourn.
8. John M. Shields moved, J. Thomas Hurley seconded and the Board voted unanimously at 8:35 p.m. to adjourn.
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