MINUTES
BOARD OF SELECTMEN
May 1, 2006
Present at the meeting that was held at the Hale School Library were Chairman Edward Perry and Selectmen John Clayton, Stephen Dungan, Carole Makary, and Janet Wheeler.
Also present were Town Administrator William Wrigley, Town Counsel Jon Witten, and Administrative Assistant Susan McLaughlin.
Chairman Perry called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m.
Annual Town Meeting Motions
Board members reviewed the motions in preparation for the evening’s Annual Town Meeting, with the following decisions:
· Articles 2 and 3: To move to accept the annual Town reports for 2005. The reports, although not available in volume, had been available on the Town website and at the usual locations in enough time for people to read them prior to Town Meeting.
· Article 30, Items 8-10: To move No Action on three capital projects at the Center and Pompo schools by funding them from the School Building funds in Article 32, as recommended by Capital Planning.
· Article 31: To move No Action on borrowing for a new high-school athletic track, as recommended by the NRSD Superintendent of Schools Michael Wood
· Article 32: To move to transfer funds from the various accounts of the former School Building Committee to the newly formed School Building Task Force, with revised amounts and funding sources, as related to Article 30-8, 30-9, and 30-10.
· Article 35: To move No Action on transferring custody of two parcels of land from the Board of Selectmen to the Conservation Commission, on the recommendation of Town Counsel and the Conservation Commission Chairman Kathy Sferra. The transfer would be done later, if appropriate, 1) to give the Housing Partnership time to evaluate one of the parcels for possible affordable housing and 2) to see if the former landowner intended to appeal the Town’s foreclosure on the property for non-payment of back taxes. The owner had until May 13 to appeal.
· Article 40: To move No Action on the acceptance of Trefry Lane as a public way, as recommended by Town Counsel and the Planning Board. The street acceptance was contingent on the developer finishing the street prior to Town Meeting, which had not occurred.
· Article 42: To move to increase the transfer to Stabilization from $50k to $100k, on the Finance Committee’s recommendation.
One Day Liquor Licenses
The Board granted two one-day beer and wine licenses for non-profit events:
To grant a license to Susan Ervais-Bohmiller of Boxborough for a school PTF auction
at the Collings Foundation on June 3: Ms. Makary moved, Mr. Dungan seconded, and all voted in favor.
To grant a license to Patti Heron of the Stow Springfest Committee for the annual Springfest dance at the Highway Barn on May 20: Mr. Dungan moved, Mr. Clayton seconded, and all voted in favor.
Other Topics
The Board signed an annual Class II license renewal for Frank Veraka of Frank’s Auto Body on Old Bolton Road.
The Board signed certificates of recognition for Stow members of four Destination Imagination teams who had advanced to the national competition.
At 6:55 p.m., Mr. Dungan moved to adjourn, Mr. Clayton seconded, and all voted in favor.
Respectfully submitted,
Susan McLaughlin
Administrative Assistant
Board of Selectmen
Approved as amended, May 23, 2006
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