HomeMy WebLinkAbout2023-05-16 Select Board Minutes
NORTH ANDOVER SELECT BOARD MINUTES MAY 16, 2023
Call To Order: Chair Janice Phillips called the open meeting to order at 5:52PM in Room 1121 of the North Andover High
School.
Select Board in Attendance: Chair Janice Phillips, Laura Bates, Clerk Rosemary Smedile, Brian Roache and Richard
Vaillancourt were present.
Non-Board Members in Attendance: Town Manager Melissa Rodrigues, Deputy Town Manager Denise Casey, Town
Counsel Christine O’Connor, and Assistant Town Manager Laurie Burzlaff were present.
PUBLIC COMMENT
None
APPROVAL OF OPEN SESSION MINUTES OF MAY 8, 2023
MOTION: Ms. Bates motioned to approve the Open Session minutes of May 8, 2023. Mr. Roache seconded. Motion approved
5-0.
OLD BUSINESS
Town Meeting warrant article discussion
Ms. Rodrigues explained that the School Committee voted favorable action on an amended Article 12. The amendment is
shown in red in the motion book. The Board needs to vote on whether they support the article as amended.
MOTION: Mr. Roache motioned to approve the amended Article 12 as shown in the motion book. Ms. Bates seconded
Motion approved 5-0.
Article 10- Ms. Rodrigues recommended the Board vote to take no action. There is no reason to move forward with this
article and the town does not have an appraisal yet.
Article 22- Ms. Rodrigues indicated that now that we have fully confirmed that Amazon will not have their occupancy
permits by the end of this Fiscal year and we have had additional time to review what that means for the Town's financial
position, we are making a recommendation to transfer $2,000,000 of the purposeful excess levy capacity that is being paid by
Amazon this year to the Capital Stabilization account. If we do not take this step, taxpayers would have a negative impact in
FY25 due to Amazon paying $2,000,000 of the normal levy and then the TIF going into effect removing that payment from
the books. Continuing to use this funding as a one time revenue source until the TIF goes into effect makes certain that we
are utilizing the funds being paid solely by Amazon and we are protecting residents from a large tax swing in future years.
MOTION: Mr. Roache motioned to recommend favorable action on amended Article 22 as shown in the motion book. Ms.
Bates seconded Motion approved 5-0.
ADJOURNMENT TO TOWN MEETING
MOTION: Ms. Bates made a MOTION, seconded by Mr. Roache to adjourn the Select Board meeting and move to Town
Meeting at 6:00PM. Motion approved 5-0.
Respectfully submitted,
______________________________
Rosemary Connelly Smedile, Clerk of the Board
Documents used at meeting:
Motion Book
1