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_3 _ Selectmen's Meeting January 30, 1984 Mr. Hutchinson referred to a letter of complaint regarding parking on Worthen Road, signed by residents of the Battle Green Apartments. The letter cited safety hazards and impact of parking of commuter bus riders and overflow of Grace Chapel parking on Worthen Road. The residents sug- gested removal. of the bus stop from Worthen Road and banning of all park-, ing at driveway entrances and . exits.. Mr. Hutchinson noted the temporary solution provided by the winter relocation of the bus stop., but that the suggest ion . for the parking ban had not been addressed, Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to refer the traffic concerns stated by the residents of Battle Green Apartments to the Traffic Safety Advisory Committee for its review and recommendations. Town Counsel. advised the Board of favorable result of the 14- --year old. Hall vs. Corr case and reported. that Judge Garrity's verdict had favored the Town on all points, Upon_ motion duly made and .- seconded , it was voted 4 o by roll call voted, Mr.. Politi , Mrs. Bat t in, Mr. Sacco, Mr. McLaughlin, to go into Executive Session for discussion of matters of litigation, with the in- tent to resume open session. Mr. Hutchinson concurred. At 9 :14 p .m. , open session was resumed . Mr. Hutchinson referred to proposed changes in the Town's Charter, as recommended by the Selectmen/Town Manager Act Review Committee.. He noted that some are "housekeeping changes" while others are inteded to give more flexibility and facilitate citizen participation in government He reviewed a sysopsis of the proposed changes including his recommen- dations on each and indicated those items on which agreement has apparently been reached as , f ollows : Section 2 (b ) Worthen Rd. parking Hall /Corr case Executive Session Set / Town Mgr Ac t Recommendation that Selectmen solicit information for performance evalu- ation of Comptroller and Town Counsel f ram the Manager and Chairmen of Board s, Committees and Commissions. The concensus of the Board wa -s to agree with the Manager's observation that this is a matter of Board policy, not consti- to t Tonal reference, Section 2(e) Recommendation that the Manager solicit information from Committee Chairmen regarding appointment of staff and 'committee members. The Board had agreed that the appropriate place for such a sustem would be in personnel policies and procedures* Section 2(e), 3 Title change /deletion of titles. The Board accepted the Manager's recom- mendation that titles could be changed to reflect current usage, but that they should remain in the Charter for historical purposes. It had been sug- gested that future Charter revision might be a more appropriate time to delete obsolete titles. Section S Recommendation restricted e1 ig 1 e candidates for appointment as Town Manager. The Board agreed that the current language allows the Board of Selectmen flexibility that may be useful but that this specific requirement