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Town Manager Search Committee Minutes May 1, 2019
I. CALL TO ORDER: At 8:04 pm, the meeting was called to order by Denevan O’Connell in the
Second Floor Conference Meeting Room.
ATTENDANCE: The following were present: Holly Vietzke-Lynch, Denevan O'Connell, Terry Holland,
Lou Napoli, Deputy Town Manager Denise (Dee) Casey and Buzz Stapczynski from MRI Consulting
Group.
Chairman Mark Rodgers was absent. Denevan O’Connell acted as Chair.
II. APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM MARCH 18, 2019, APRIL 10, 2019 and APRIL 24, 2019
Holly moved to accept the minutes from March 18, April 10 and April 24. Lou seconded. The minutes
were accepted by a unanimous vote.
III. EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO M.G.L. CHAPTER 30A, SECTION 21(A)(8)-TO
CONSIDER OR INTERVIEW APPLICANTS FOR EMPLOYMENT OR APPOINTMENT BY A
PRELIMINARY SCREENING
COMMITTEE
At 8:06 pm, Holly moved to enter into executive session. Lou seconded. By a unanimous roll call voice
vote:
Denevan – yes
Holly – yes
Terry – yes
Lou – yes
to enter into executive session.
The parties discussed the 48 applicants for the position of Town Manager.
The group narrowed the applicant pool to 18 to receive the Challenge Questions.
The parties discuss scheduling another meeting to review the Challenge Questions.
At 9:57 pm Terry moved to return to open session. Lou seconded. By a unanimous vote, the
committee voted to close the executive session.
IV. RETURN TO OPEN SESSION
At 10:02 pm, Holly moved to return to open session. Lou seconded. By a unanimous vote, the
committee voted to return to open session.
V. ADJOURNMENT
At 10:03 pm, Lou moved to adjourn and was seconded by Holly. The meeting was adjourned by a
unanimous vote.
Denise Y. Casey
Deputy Town Manager
Liaison to the Town Manager Search Committee
Documents used at meeting:
Confidential summary of candidates – documents were returned and destroyed.
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