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<br />Selectmen’s Meeting <br />July 12, 2004 <br /> <br />A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held Monday, July 12, 2004 at 7:30 p.m. in the <br />Selectmen’s Meeting Room. Mrs. McKenna, Mrs. Krieger, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Kelley, Mr. <br />Pagett; Mr. White, Town Manager; Mr. Lahey, Town Counsel and Ms. Manning, Clerk, were <br />present. <br /> <br />Public Comment <br /> <br />Mrs. Fournier, Town Meeting Member, Precinct 8, asked questions regarding the 2005 Budget <br />Summary. <br /> <br />Selectmen Concerns and Liaisons <br /> <br />Mrs. McKenna informed the Board that the Selectmen’s Office had received a complaint about <br />background noise during the broadcast of the Selectmen meetings. Mrs. McKenna believes the <br />noise is caused by the fact that the room does not have an appropriate sound system and there are <br />fans operating in the room. <br /> <br />Mr. Lahey informed the Board that the Superior Court motion for Preliminary Injunction in the <br />Lexington v Cogliano, Commissioner Highway Department, had been denied. The judge <br />ordered an expedited hearing and final decision for October 15, 2004. <br /> <br />Mr. Pagett told the Board that the appointment of John Bartenstein to the Appropriations <br />Committee caused a vacancy on the Water and Sewer Rate Study Committee. The Committee is <br />well under way and is hopeful the appointment to replace Mr. Bartenstein will happen quickly. <br /> <br />Mr. Pagett encouraged his colleagues to participate in one of the five task forces that 2020 was <br />forming. The 2020 Chair would also welcome any input suggestions of people the Board felt <br />would be appropriate members of the task forces. <br /> <br />Mrs. McKenna told the Board that she and Mr. White had successfully negotiated an agreement <br />with Shelia English. Ms. English will start her new position of Finance Director/Comptroller on <br />August 2, 2004. <br /> <br />Veteran’s of Foreign Wars, Inc. – Liquor License Change of Officers/Directors and Assistant <br />Managers <br /> <br />Mrs. McKenna began the discussion by thanking the VFW for their cooperation and reported to <br />the Board that the VFW has submitted the full documentation necessary to submit the license for <br />approval. Mrs. McKenna reminded the Board that it had suspended the VFW’s liquor license at a <br />previous meeting. She asked the Board what their pleasure was at this time in regard to lifting <br /> <br />