TA Blog: 2008-12-01 BOS

Below is the TA's summary of what transpired at the Board of Selectmen's meeting of December 1, 2008. Questions or comments? Contact the Town Administrator. Official meeting minutes will be posted when approved by the Board.

December 1, 2008 Board of Selectmen Meeting Summary 

1. MGL C.39,§23B clause 3 – Executive Session – litigation strategy - vote, pursuant to MGL C.39,§23B clause 3 to go into executive session for the purpose of dicussing strategy with respect to litigation AND to convene in open session thereafter [Roll call vote: 5-0]

2. Read Mail/Sign Warrant  - schedule John Leger for a discussion with the Board of Selectmen about the historic significance of 300 King Street.

3. Public Input

4. Donelan’s re: Striping on Route 2A opposite Acton Toyota - craft a letter to MassHighways District 3 asking them to revisit the striping on Route 2A in front of the northeastern entrance of Donelan's lot.  

- craft a second letter to MassHighways asking them revisit the new lane striping on King Street at the signalized intersection with Great Road, which has caused traffic to back up into the intersection of Stevens and Goldsmith Street.

5. Littleton Conservation Trust – Yapp property -  schedule an agenda item for 12/15/08 on the formation of a committee to develop a plan for acquisition of "Lucy's Land"-- 53 acres of field and forest land off Newtown Road owned by the heirs of George and Lucy Yapp, who have deferred the disposition of this land for two years

6A. Town Board Appointments - vote to appoint Vera Cohen to a term on the Open Space and Recreation Plan Implementation Committee expiring June 30, 2011; vote, pursuant to MGL C.40,§8D, to appoint Walter Crowell to a term on the Historical Commission expiring  June 30, 2011.

6B. Police Reappointments - vote, pursuant to MGL Chapter 41, section 97A and section 133, to reappoint through June 30, 2011 all officers of the Littleton Police Department who have completed their probationary period, as follows: Chief of Police John M. Kelly; Lieutenant Matthew J. King; Sergeants Robert Romilly, David Leslie, Lisa Bonney, and Robert Raffaelo; Detectives Jeffrey Patterson and Matthew Pinard; Patrolmen John Janakos, Robert Bielecki, Pablo Fernandez, Edmond Bussiere, Timothy Schaeffer, and Patrick O’Donoghue; and Reserve Police Officers: Douglas J. Cook, Robert F Sabourin, John P. Corbett, John M. Murphy, Scott Holt, Richard Landers, and Gordon Clark.

- schedule a future agenda item with the Chief of Police on the appointment of Special Police Officers.

7A. Russell Street School Repair Project – Designer Selection Panel designee - vote, pursuant to Section 2(A)(9) of the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA)’s Designer Selection Procedures, to designate School Building Committee chairman Richard Crowley as the Town chief executive officer’s designee on the MSBA Designer Selection Panel for the Russell Street School repair project.

7B. Goldsmith Street reconstruction – 110% Agreement with MassHighways - vote to authorize execution of the City-Town 110% Agreement No. 57076 between the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, acting through the Massachusetts Highway Department, and the Town of Littleton relative to the Goldsmith Street reconstruction .

- schedule future agenda item with Highway Operations Manager on further road projects to be designed with local funds.  

- ask for update on repairs to the high school septic system.

8. Minutes Approval - vote to approve the meeting minutes of November 17, 2008.

9. MGL C.39,§23B clause 3 – Executive Session – contract strategy - vote, pursuant to MGL C.39,§23B clause 3 to go into executive session for the purpose of conducting strategy for contract negotiations with non-union personnel, and not to convene in open session thereafter [Roll call vote:4-0]

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