HomeMy WebLinkAbout1988-11-16 EXECUTIVE sESsioN: The Minutes 'cf the.'Meeting'ofWednesday,.N0vember"16, 1988
:at 7~'30PM,,.The meeting t'ook'place in:the Selectmen's"Hearing'Room,'Town and-
'County Building, Na~tUcket,'MA'02554'.'~AiI'*members/0f,,the~'B~ard,Were present~
except Mr'. Ciute and Mrs. -Sevkens. Chairman Cabot called the meeting to order
at 8':50 PM. .
,Mr. Viera mOved approval of.'~he Minutes of O~t~0ber'26,.l:98'8,~at 7:30'PM;~S'econded
by Mr. McLaughlin. So voted. Readingof the minutes'was waived.
ToWn~ Counse! DeRensis said that-the.notiCeable dropi~ te'gal'c61t'Si'in6u~red by
the Town~'c0uld be:attribUted.to Executive Secretary Bou~goin,'smanagement]~style
He said .the,legal staff's time.,was previously.wasted:on fac.tual~i~vestiga~on~
and that Mr. Bourgoin was savSng the Town money.~Mr.~Viera said the'Land Bank
was also saving legal fees,by'pKeParing factual'dara.
Mr. DeRensis spoke Of the B0~'chert lawsuit Which iscoming.up.~ He'asked'what,.
role the Town should play. Mr~~ Viera moved to spend 'the'required lega!'~xpenses
in order to take a prominent ~ole in the lawsuit; seconded by Mr. McLaughlin.
So voted unanimouSly.
Mr .DeRensis reported that the Tax Title legislation had received a~fav0rable
recommendation.from the HoUse Taxation Committee, Which. was a good sig~. Mr.
B°urgoin said that their review.is continuing and .that Syd Co'nway'ha'd said'he
would keep working on it, along with Representative Eric Turkington~ Mr.
DeRensis'said that Town would save an, estimated $1.5 million in legal defense
costs if this legislation t~ .protect the Town succeeded.
'A discrepancy may exiSt between'the practice for calculating, overtime for.non-
union emp!0yees.,and :the By~la~on the Subject.~ The B0~rd directed T0wn:"'CoUnsel
t0.1ook into-any-arbitrary treatment on' the'm~ter,:inciuding 'the trea~ment~,of.i
holidays and t0~al hours actually workedper, day.
Business Administrator Donahue ~epor. ted.on his preliminary 'negotiations with
the Coast Guard. The Town leases a'marine facility at Brant:Point.
There being no'f~rther business before the'Board, the meeting was adjourned
at 9:22 PM.'
Submitted for approval, the ay of December'1988.
Lee Bourgoinf/, . ,
,:, ~Executive secretary -
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Approved y of December 1988; ': ;'
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· ~ ' BOARD, OF SELECTMEN- .~,~ .,' ,~- ,~ '.
ExECUTivE s'ESSION:"'Tha Minu~es')°f"the Meeting: °f'wednes~ay'~Oct6be~ 19,,19~8
';.at 7i30 PM;,The 'Meeting took p'~ace in the Selec~men's HearingRoom,~Town and
County:Bui!ding;; NantUcket' .MA'O2554"All members'of the'Board,'~erei~present
except Mr. Clute. Chairman Cabot called,the meeting t0. order
There is a threat'0f litigaii0n con'¢erning the ciiff R0ad~Bike'Pa'~; Mr. DeRensis
Said that,the'original contract could be awarded'to, Lawrence:LYnch,,b~t"no:t the
change order.,Mr. McL~aughlin'.s~ggeSted rebidding the~hole.thing. Mr. Weise
Pointed oUt the time constrainto~. Options'Were requesting'the, . ~ .~ Divi~io~· :,~°f'Lab°r
and Industries waive the, contract,: to rescind the-Board of.selectmen vote,for-
the change orrder,' to go, forward with the'contrac~,,,tolchange the',contract'as~
previouSly suggested'or to rebid. Chairman cabot sugge~sted 'ge~tihg 0Ut!:0f ~he
contract ~as oOon as.possible. 'There.~was general'agreement that th,e entirel
Lawrence Lynch contract should be awarded to'them and that a smaller amount
for basic engineering work should be awarded to'Vanasse'Hangen Brustlin'out
of the balanqe of the.fund~,' if VHB is willing to'do that.
Mrs. Sevrens moved approval-of :the Minutes of October 12,' 1988; seconded by
Mr. Viera. So voted.-Reading.of the Minutes was waived.'
,On the acquisition of t~e A~co~ property.on Cliff Road in .the WashingPondZ:-
area, Attorney Ted Tillotson asked to postpone the closing until after,JanuarY 1,
1989 for better tax advankage.for the sellers. Chairman Cabot asked if the Town
had any:good reasons for doifig this. Mr. DeRensis said they 'h'ad been 'cooperative
and the Town, could help them n~w. There was general consensus for helping them
and Town CounSel was'directed to take the required steps to do so.
A~other mai'or question is the legislation to quiet tax 'titles
that had ~been passed at Tows'Meeting and sent to the Legislature/. The Department
of Revenue is supporting:the'proposed bill with some langu.age~changes.:It, may.'
benecessary to file a new Ho~eRule PetitiOn in order to'accpmP!ish this.
Chairman' Cabot suggeste~/.'this ~.ssue'Should wait until theother maj0c issues
of concern were ready for sp~ial Town Meeting,' n0t necessarily on November/29,
1988. Mrs. Sevrens said~tna~-~ne'taxtit-le~business, is, im~ort'~nt~f°r~'the Town
due to its great monetary value.' Mr.,Viera and'Chairman c~b~'~-'~ag~d'~"~:The~
was general agreement:that ~11 of the ma]or issues should be combined t6 reduce
the frequency of SPecial Town Meetings.
There beingno further busihesq before the Board, the Meeting was adjourned'
at 10:28 PM.
Submitted for approval the day of October 1988.
Lee Bourgoin~
: " -,'E~ecutive Se'~re~ary
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APproved 'the Y of Octob-a~ 'i'988. . ,' '.,
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