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TA Blog: 2008-10-27 BOS

Below is the TA's summary of what transpired at the Board of Selectmen's meeting of October 27, 2008. Questions or comments? Contact the Town Administrator. Official meeting minutes will be posted when approved by the Board.

October 27, 2008 Board of Selectmen Meeting Summary 

1. Proposed Executive Session: MGL C.39,§23B clause 3 - vote, pursuant to MGL C.39,§23B clause 3 to go into executive session for the purpose of discussing strategy with respect to litigation and conducting strategy for contract negotiations with non-union personnel AND to convene in open session thereafter [Roll call vote: 5-0]

  • Appellate Tax Board Cases - vote, pursuant to Town Code §8-6, to approve the Board of Assessors’ request that Attorney Kenneth W. Gurge be appointed as special town counsel to represent the Town before the Appellate Tax Board in the matter of  Hewlett Packard’s appeal of its FY 2006 tax bills for 550 King Street and 153 Taylor Street, for an amount not to exceed $15,000 without a further request to the Board of Selectmen. [Roll call vote: 5-0]
  • Fire Chief contract extension - vote to approve Amendment No. 3 to the contract with Fire Chief Stephen Carter to extend said contract through November 30, 2008 upon the same terms and conditions while a successor agreement is negotiated [Roll call vote: 4-0]

2. Read Mail/Sign Warrant

- Community Preservation Committee invitation for May 2009 CPA funding round - preliminary applications due 12/15/08 [on 8/25/08, BOS had indicated its intent to apply to CPC for $215,000 in historic resources funding for Houghton Memorial Building roof repairs; schedule future BOS agenda item on other potential applications to be submitted (including agricultural purposes)

3. Police Appointment: Administrative Assistant - vote to appoint Pamela Cvitkovich of Pepperell, Massachusetts as Administrative Assistant for the Littleton Police Department.

4. Public Input

5. School Building Committee: Owners Project Manager - vote to accept the October 22, 2008 recommendation of the School Building Committee to select Daedalus Projects, Inc., of Boston, Massachusetts as Owner’s Project Manager (OPM) for the Russell Street School Repair project, and, further, to vote, as chief executive official and "eligible applicant" under 963 CMR 2.02, to certify to the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA) that a qualifications-based selection process was used, to recommend the selected respondent as the Owner’s Project Manager, and to seek MSBA’s approval of the Owner’s Project Manager [5-0].

6. Public Hearing: Great Road Auto Sales of Littleton – Class II License - vote, pursuant to MGL C.140,§§58-59, to approve the application of R.R. Moran Ltd d/b/a Great Road Auto Sales, LLC of Littleton for a Class II license to buy, sell, exchange or assemble second hand motor vehicles or parts thereof at 221 Great Road, Littleton, contingent upon satisfactorily addressing items in Police Chief's memo of 10/24/08.

7. Town Board Appointment -  Finance Committee - vote, pursuant to Chapter 13, Article I of the Town Code to appoint Tyler A. Gray, 17 Trot Road, as a member of the Finance Committee to fill a term expiring June 30, 2009 [5-0].

8. MMA Update - heard report from Selectman Janet Wilkinson.

- pending the outcome of the 11/4/08 state election, extend invitations to the new state representative and state senator to attend a future meeting of the Littleton Board of Selectmen. 

9A. October 20, 2008 Special Town Meeting Recap - vote to petition our representative in the General Court to file home rule legislation for a special act entitled, "An Act Authorizing the Town of Littleton to Issue Pension Obligation Bonds or Notes," as voted by Article 8 of the October 20, 2008 Special Town Meeting [5-0].

  • STM-3 New police station construction funding of $6.28-million approved by 10/20/08 STM Article 3 also requires approval of a debt exclusion ballot question (#4) on the 11/4/08 state election ballot.
  • STM-11 Historical Commission membership increases from 5 to 7 members - two appointments to be made.
  • STM-10 (no action) Use variances - Selectmen McCurdy and Wilkinson as liaisons to meet with petitioners of proposed zoning amendment to prohibit use variances
  • STM-4 (no action) Fletcher property rezoning -Selectmen Knox and Eldridge as liaisons to meet with representatives of the Planning Board and the Fletcher family to discuss the Fletcher property on Great Road.

9B. Economic Development Update - MassDevelopment to provide technical assistance on MGL C.43 expedited permitting Priority Development Sites (IBM and Cisco)

10. Code of Conduct and Ethics Proposal - draft proposal reviewed for action at a future meeting.

11. Minutes Approval - vote to approve the meeting minutes of September 29, October 6, October 14, and October 20, 2008.

 

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