HomeMy WebLinkAbout2004-10-12 Board of Selectmen Executive Minutes BOARD OF SELECTMEN EXECUTIVE MINUTES OCTOBER 12, 2004
EXECUTIVE SESSION: The Executive Session convened at 7 :00 p.m.
ATTENDANCE: The following were present: Rosemary Connelly Smedile, Chairman; Wendy Wakeman;James
Xenakis; Donald Stewart; Mark J.T. Caggiano; Mark Rees, Town Manager; Ray Santilli, Assistant Town Manager
and Town Counsel Thomas Urbelis.
The Board of Selectmen was individually polled and each voted unanimously to move into Executive Session.
Vote approved 5-0.
Pending Litigation
Special Counsel Kenneth Kimmell recommended that the Town dismiss an ongoing GLSD's case regarding the
sludge dry facility due to lack of activity and prosecution.
Wendy Wakeman made a MOTION, seconded by Donald Stewart, to dismiss GLSD case per Attorney Kimmell's
recommendation. Vote approved 4-0.
Mark Caggiano arrived at 7:06 PM
Collective Bargaining
Police Officer Ronald Reid has requested a six-month leave of absence to allow him to attend a state police
academy.
Labor Counsel recommends only to grant a three-month leave and not to grant a six-month leave without
permission from the state personnel administrator.
Donald Stewart made a MOTION, seconded by James Xenakis, to grant and approve a six-week leave of
absence for Officer Ronald Reid. Vote approved 4-1. Wendy Wakeman opposed.
Officer Chad Lawlor requests a lateral transfer to the Lawrence, MA Police Department.
James Xenakis made a MOTION, seconded by Wendy Wakeman, to grant the request by Officer Chad Lawlor for
a lateral transfer to the Lawrence, MA effective November 2, 2004.
Vote approved 5-0.
Real Estate Matters
The Town Manager gave an update of the progress regarding an agreement between the Town and the owners
of Oz y Properties.
The Town Manager requested the Board meet on Thursday, October 14, 2004, at 4:00 PM for discussion and a
full account of the result of these meetings.
The Town Manager informed the Board that of a court action against the Police Department for improper behavior
in an arrest of a former Merrimack Student.
Wendy Wakeman made a MOTION, seconded by James Xenakis, to release from Executive Session the
contents of this meeting as regards Chad Lawlor. Vote approved 5-0.
ADJOURNMENT:
Wendy Wakeman made a MOTION, seconded by Donald Stewart, to move out of Executive Session. Vote
approved 5-0.
^ Respectfully submitted,
Adele J. Johnson, Administrative Secretary