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Council for Human Services
July 21, 2010
Board of Selectman Meeting, 16 Broad Street
Court Room, 2nd Floor
N.B.ofJuly 21, 2010: Some CHS members attended the 6pm meeting of the
BOS , court room, 2nd floor, 16 Broad Street, Nantucket, MA 02554
Members present: Linda BalTett, Sec., Augie Ramos, Mary Wawro(6:35pm)
Members Absent: Dorothy Hertz,chair., John Belash, Sue Marques, Maria
Pena, Rachel Rosen, Linda Williams
Staff Present: Maryanne Worth
Quoram: Quarom was not established.
Purpose: To listen to the discussion of the proposal of the Community
Foundation for Nantucket. (Include copy) The following is a summary of
discussion, deliberations and actions of the BOS.
After a brief discussion between the BOS, Margaretta Andrews (Executive
Director ofCFNan, and Jenny Garneau (HC Collaborative), the BOS voted
to take all of the town entities out of the selection process for choosing a
consultant to do the studies that were proposed. The vote was not
unanimous, Whitey was against it. Mike Kopko said he applauded the
group, they were the most apolitical group he could think of.
Margaretta said they would get more money if they did the whole study. The
meetings to select the consultant would be closed as they were a private
organization and were not required to have open meetings. The BOS
requested that once picked, the consultant and the credentials of such would
be made known to the BOS. They also wanted any results and
recommendations made by the consultant to be brought to a public meeting
(probably BOS). Whitey continued to have difficulty with the town not
having any input into the choosing of the consultant. The BOS clearly (so
stated) liked the idea of the study being done without any town funds.
The charges by the BOS to CHS and HSCWSG will continue to go forward
as the new study wouldn't be forthcoming any time soon. The BOS kept
reiterating that these were completely different studies and charges.
The vote was taken before Augie could get a chance to speak and the
CFNan people left immediately after the vote. Augie was allowed to speak
and was reassured the CFNan was only getting recommendations, nothing
was set in stone. An open meeting would be held once the recommendations
were ready. Patty Roggeveen also stated that when CFNan has a consultant,
that the BOS would have a meeting with them to discuss the credentials;
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they may even ask the CFNan to come back before that. Patty promised to
continue the conversation when the committee comes back. Patty assured
Augie that no Town funds would be used for the study.
CHS members left: 7 :49pm
Respectfully submitted by Iilind{{; r!ikIIPrelt, Secretary