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Board of Selectmen's Meeting Agenda 02/23/2016
2182016_11206_0.pngTown of Newbury
Board of Selectmen
25 High Road
Newbury, MA  01951
978-465-0862, ext. 301
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, February 23, 2016       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

Public Hearings

Town Administrators Report      

New Business:

  • Appointment of Christina Hunt as Reserve Police Officer
  • One Day Liquor License – Newbury Elementary School PTA Silent Auction & Cocktail Party at The Governor’s Academy, 1 Elm St. Byfield, on Saturday, 3/19/2016 from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.
  • One-day Liquor License – Byfield Community Arts Center – Cat in the Cradle Coffeehouse, Saturday, March 12, 2016 from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m.
  • One-day Liquor License – Byfield Community Arts Center – Local Lounge, Friday, March 18, 2016 from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m.
  • One-day Liquor License – Byfield Community Arts Center – Local Lounge, Saturday, March 26, 2016 from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m.
  • Request for public property use - Margaret Gillis of the Museum of Old Newbury, to place a banner on the Upper Green backstop and road signs throughout the Town of Newbury from May 30 through June 13, 2016, (2 wks.), for the 37th Annual Garden Tour to be held June 11th and 12th, 2016.
  • Request for public property use - Margaret Gillis of the Museum of Old Newbury, to place a banner on the Upper Green backstop and road signs throughout the Town of Newbury from June 24 through July 11, 2016, (2 wks.), for the Museum of Old Newbury Designer Show House, (fundraiser), @ 284 Water Street, Newburyport, to be held July 2nd – July 29th, 2016.
  • Request for public property use - Joanne L Johnson, President, Newburyport Choral Society, to place a banner on the Upper Green backstop from April 8th through April 25th, 2016, (2 wks.), for the Newburyport Choral Society Spring Concert to be held April 23rd & 24th, 2016.
  • Request for public property use - Stan Dixon, Muster Chairman, American Hand Fire Engine Society, Inc., old fashioned Firemen’s Muster at the Upper Green on Saturday, July 30, 2016, from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
  • Peter Fotino, Chairman of the Fish Commission – State funding for Green Crab trapping
  • Review, approve and sign - 2016 Business License Renewals as follows:
Paula Garrant, MSW, LICSW, dba Seascape Therapeutic Counseling & Consulting, 19 Central St., 2nd Floor, Suite B, Byfield – General Health & Wellness

  • Appointment of Election Workers for 2016 elections, term 2/23/2016 – 12/31/2016:
Matthew Kaminske
Robert Locke
Kathy Spurling
Diane White
Barbara Whitmore

  • Vote to set May 10, 2016 Election time from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
  • Vote to sign Conservation Restriction for 18 Marsh Avenue (approved and signed by Conservation Commission 2/16/16)



Old Business:

  • Monthly, Saturday Selectman coffee meetings - assessment and decision to continue or not.
Citizen’s Concerns

Correspondence:

  • Letter from Ipswich River Watershed Association re: the PIE (Parker- Ipswich-Essex) Rivers Municipal Services Program
  • Notification of the Parker River Clean Water Association Annual Meeting, Sunday March 6, 2016 @ 1:00 p.m., Newbury Library, Lunt Street, Byfield
Review of Meeting Minutes:

  • February 9, 2016
Warrants

Meeting Updates

Executive Session

  • To discuss strategy with respect to pending litigation because an open meeting may have a detrimental effect on the litigating position of this body.
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.