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Selectmen’s Meeting August 9, 2004 A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held on Monday, August 9, 2004, in the Cary Memorial Library Meeting Room at 6:30 p.m. Chairman McKenna, Mrs. Krieger, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Kelley; Ms. Kramer, Counsel, Mr. Sullivan, Counsel; and Ms. Manning, Clerk were present. At the start of the meeting the Chairman announced that the Board would be going into Executive Session and would return to Open Session at 8:00 p.m. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted by roll call Mr. Kelley, Mrs. Krieger, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Pagett and Mrs. McKenna to enter into Executive Session for the purpose of potential litigation and contract negotiations, with the intent to resume open session at 8:00 p.m. The Board resumed open session at 8:00 p.m. Town Manager Resignation Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted 5-0 to approve the acceptance and signing of a Settlement Agreement and Mutual Release regarding the termination of the Town Manager’s employment. Board members made comments on why they intended to vote for or against the resignation. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted 3-2 (Krieger & Kennedy) to accept Mr. White’s resignation. Mr. White read a prepared statement and then left the meeting. At this point Mrs. McKenna opened the meeting up for public discussion. She asked the audience to avoid personal attacks and to keep in mind that they are all one community, even though they may not share the same thoughts and ideas. Chief Middlemiss addressed the Board. He stated that the number of people in the room exceeds the maximum capacity for that room, and that those outside the room were having trouble hearing. A five-minute break was taken to see what could be done to accommodate the crowd. Meeting resumed and Mrs. McKenna announced that the meeting would be moved to the main floor of the library. The meeting was suspended long enough to move the camera and sound equipment to the larger area. Once the area was set up and the audience was in place the meeting resumed.