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Board of Selectmen Agenda 4-14-2015
PUBLIC NOTICE POSTING REQUEST
TO OFFICE OF TOWN CLERK

                                                                                
ORGANIZATION:  BOARD OF SELECTMEN                                       
                
MEETING X                       PUBLIC HEARING           (Please circle/check appropriately)

DAY and DATE:   TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 2015 TIME: 7:00 P.M.                 

LOCATION:                        25 HIGH ROAD, NEWBURY, MA  01951                       
              
PURPOSE:    GENERAL BUSINESS                                                                                                                                                                            

REQUESTED BY:  GEOFFREY WALKER, CHAIRMAN                                                

ALL MEETING NOTICES MUST BE FILED AND TIME STAMPED IN THE TOWN CLERK’S
OFFICE AND POSTED ON THE MUNICIPAL BULLETIN BOARD 48 HOURS PRIOR TO THE
MEETING (in accordance with Chapter 303 Acts of 1975).  This may not include Saturday, Sunday or legal holidays.

Newbury Town Hall business hours are Mon., Wed. and Thurs. 8-4 and Tuesday from 8-7.  Faxed or E-mailed postings must reach the Clerk’s office during business hours 48 hours prior to the meeting.

Agenda:

Call to Order

Board and Committee Reports

Citizen’s Concerns

Public Hearings – None

Town Administrators Report      

New Business:
  • Kaitlyn Allaby, American Diabetes Association, New England, Framingham, MA, Specialist,  Administration  – North Shore Tour de Cure bicycle ride, May 17, 2015 – Request to ride through Newbury and use Newbury Upper Green for a rest stop from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
  • Jimmy White, North Shore Cyclists, Topsfield, MA  - Blazing Saddles Century riding event, August 15, 2015 – Request to use Newbury Upper Green for a rest stop, from
8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

  • Melissa Vokey and Jude Griffin, Massachusetts Audubon Society, Inc., Joppa Flats Education Center, 1 Plum Island Turnpike, Newburyport, MA  – Request to clean up trash along  Plum Island Turnpike during the Mass Audubon’s Statewide Volunteer Day, Saturday, April 25, 2015
  • Request of Erica Jacobsen & Elaina Sayles, Newbury Elementary School PTA, to use the Town Hall Meeting Room, Thursday, May 7th at 7:00 p.m. for a Voter Information Night.
  • Review, approve and sign – 2015 NEW Business License as follows:
Paula Garrant, MSW, LICSW, dba Seascape Therapeutic Counseling & Consulting, 19 Central St., 2nd Floor, Suite B, Byfield, MA

  • Review, approve and sign – 2015 Business License renewal as follows:
Karen Candeas dba Karen’s Dog Grooming of Plum Island, 49 Northern Blvd., Newbury, MA

  • Request of Plum Island Beachcoma, 23 Plum Island Blvd, to have live music on Saturday evening, May 30th from 6:00 to 10:00 p.m.
  • One-day Liquor License – Protection Fire Co. #2 – Bridal Shower for Meghan Knowltan, Saturday May 2, 2015 from 4:30 to 8:30 p.m.
  • Vote  to sign Annual Election Warrant
  • Discussion of appointment of Fire Engineers
  • Discussion of creation of hand out of informational booklet for override votes
Old Business

Correspondence:

  • E-mail from the Office of Governor Charles D. Baker and BlackCat Grant Management System to the Newbury Council on Aging - Re: FY2016 Mobility Assistance Program (MAP) grant
  • Letter from Ipswich River Watershed Association, Re: Grant:  “Community Risk Reduction through Comprehensive Resiliency Enhancement for the Great Marsh”
Project: “The Great Marsh Coastal Community Resiliency & Adaptation Project”

  • Letter from Town of Merrimac, Office of the Board of Selectmen – Invitation to participate in a meeting  with member communities that belong  to Whittier Regional Vocational Technical High School
  • March news and Upcoming Events from the Friends of the Newbury Town Library
  • Letter and packet from TEC Associates Re: Keolis Commuter Services, LLC  - Yearly Operational Plan for vegetation management operations for the Railroad’s rights-of-way
Review of Meeting Minutes:

  • March 24, 2015
  • March 31, 2015
  • Executive Session – March 24, 2015
Warrants

Meeting Updates

Executive Session:   Pending litigation
        
Adjourn

The matters listed are those reasonably anticipated by the Chair to be discussed at the meeting. Not all items listed may in fact be discussed and other items not listed may also be brought up for discussion to the extent permitted by law.