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Town of Mansfield
Board of Selectmen
Minutes of July 23, 2008
Present:
Chairman Sandra Levine, Vice Chairman Ann Baldwin, Clerk Kevin Moran,
Selectman George Dentino, Selectman Jess Aptowitz,
Arthur O'Neill, Acting Town Manager
The Board of Selectmen's meeting was called to order at 7:00pm followed by the Pledge of
Allegiance.
Jack Sharpe, 5 Short St. Would like be on committee so his part of the haunted theme
can be used in conjunction with the Haunted Hallows outdoor activities. Mr. Sharpe will
be discussing the specifics of the project with the fire/police/building dept.
A spot for the storage trailer will be determined soon.
Motion: To appoint Jack Sharpe to the Haunted Hallows committee. (Aptowitz/Moran)
5:0 passes
The notice of public hearing was read by the clerk and the chairman opened the meeting.
Lt. Don Tebeau, Fire Prevention was present in addition to Thomas Danieluk and Scott
Lebante from Drake Petroleum and Bill Richards, owner of 905 S. Main St.
Proposed gas station and mini mart at 905 S. Main St. Application to store up to 30,300
gallons of flammable liquids: 30,000 gallons under ground storage of petroleum products
and above ground storage of up to 300 gallons of retail stock.
Vice Chairman Baldwin disclosed that her employer is located at the 905 S. Main St.
property but they are not affiliated with the proposed mini mart in any way.
Selectman Aptowitz asked how long gas tanks last for. Typically double wall tanks last
thirty years. The tanks are also inspected every three years or their license is suspended.
Selectman Moran has reviewed the special permit issued by the planning board and wants
to know if Drake needs the bos approval to move forward with the process. Yes, that is
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the case. Once the bos approves, plans can be drafted and go through the state
permitting and building process.
Selectman Baldwin asked about how the application was filled out. The owner of the
property and the lessee are different and only one is listed on the application.
Lt. Tebeau has no problem with amending the application to have Richard Brothers Inc.
listed as the property owner and Drake Petroleum as the lessee.
Selectman Dentino asked about the time frame for the delivery of fuel. 7am to 4pm are
the delivery hours of the store. Selectman Dentino then asked about the routing process
as he did not see the slips. The routing process was done prior to the bo~ receiving the
applicant during the special permit process by the planning board.
Chairman Levine asked about the security measures used to determine a breach or leak in
any tanks. Lt. Tebeau and Mr. Dekard stated that there are several checks and balances
in place in addition to monitoring systems that record any fuel or liquid change in the
tanks.
Motion: To close public hearing. (Moran/Baldwin) 5:0 passes
Motion: Approve application to store up to 30,300 gallons of flammable liquids: 30,000
gallons under ground storage of petroleum products and above ground storage of up to
300 gallons of retail stock. pending with compliance with the special permit conditions.
(Moran/Baldwin) 5:0 passes
Neil Rhein, 11 Old N. Trail. He would like to spearhead the effort to clean up litter and
beautify the public spaces in town. He would be the leader of the pack.
Patricia Holiver, 10 Martha's Way. She a precinct captain for the clean up and would like to
continue with the beautification efforts through out the year.
David Kobasa, 33 Oakley Drive. Participated in clean up event and would like to keep going
with the committee.
Patricia Colbert, 15 Carriage House Lane. Also participated in clean up event and enjoyed it
so would like to keep going with efforts.
Cheryl Collins, 1112 School St. Started the Garden Club several years ago as a way to
beautify the town and would like join this committee in continuing the beautification of the
town.
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Chief O'Neill commented that Mrs. Collins, as part of the Garden Club, has done a lot to
beautify the grounds of the police dept.
Chairman Levine stated that this would be an ad-hoc committee that would not have to be
sworn in by the Town Clerk. The term could be two years or indeterminate. The rest of
the board agreed that 3 year appointments would be best. 7-9 people would be ideal for
the membership of the committee.
Motion: Appoint Neil Rhein to a 3 year term expiring 1-2011 (Baldwin/Moran) 5:0 passes
Motion: Appoint Cheryl Collins to a 3 year term expiring 1-2011 (Baldwin/Moran) 5:0 passes
Motion: Appoint Patricia Holiver to a 2 year term expiring 1-2010 (Baldwin/Moran)
5:0 passes
Motion: Appoint David Kabasa to a 2 year term expiring 1-2010 (Baldwin/Moran) 5:0 passes
Motion: Appoint Patricia Colbert to a 3 year term expiring 1-2011 (Baldwin/Moran)
5:0 passes
. Very busy keeping track of the Police Chief.
· Short summary of the R911 system use.
. Summary of the latest event that the system was used for.
. There have been many issues with under age drinking and drug use at the Comcast
Center and satellite parking lots. The Comcast Centers security force in addition
to other area vendors are having this problem and are trying to come up with a
solution to this growing problem.
· Warrant No. 55 in the amount of $941,137.54
Motion: To approve warrant No. 55 in the amount of $941,137.54
(Baldwin/ Aptowitz) 4:0:1 passes (Dentino abstains)
· Warrant No. 03 in the amount of $837,449.97
Motion: To approve warrant No. 03 in the amount of $837,449.97
(Baldwin/ Aptowitz) 4:0:1 passes (Dentino abstains)
· Warrant No. 04 in the amount of $3,857,124.23
Motion: To approve warrant No. 04 in the amount of $3,857,124.23
(Baldwin/ Aptowitz) 4:0:1 passes (Dentino abstains)
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Discussion of $63k payment made on "illegal contract" and approved by the Town
Manager, Town Accountant and Town Treasurer. Selectman Dentino would like a delay
in the warrant being paid so the bills can be reviewed prior to a vote at the meeting.
Bea Kearney was summoned from her office and asked to answer a number of questions
in regards to the way bills are processed. She will attempt to separate the payroll
process from the bills on the warrant in order to simplify matters.
· Minutes of May 7, 2008
Motion: To hold minutes of May 7,2008 to next week.
· Minutes of June 11, 2008
Motion: To approve minute of June 11, 2008
(Baldwin/ Moran) 5:0 passes
· Minutes of June 25, 2008
Motion: To approve minute of June 25, 2008
(Baldwin/ Aptowitz) 5:0 passes
· Request for Common Victuallers license for Papa Gino's at Mansfield Crossing
Motion: To approve license. (Baldwin/ Aptowitz) 5:0 passes
· Leak detection program begun July 9th and will continue for another 4-6 weeks.
The water division will have a two man crew assigned to work each morning between
the hours of 2am and 7am until the program is complete. At no time will work take
place on private property and residents will not experience any interruption in
water service as a result of the work.
· Ware St. and Essex St. will be closed to through traffic. Work hours will be
between 6am -6pm (open only to through residential traffic)
· Temporary lot c1osure*** The River St. commuter lot will be closed from 11pm on
Friday, July 25th until 8:00pm on Saturday, July 26th. All cars left at this lot
between these hours will be towed. The closure will allow the DPW to perform
upgrades to the lot numbering system.
· Letter from Karen Martin, Gourmet to Go. She has closed her food service at the
train station due to the current economic conditions.
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· Email from Christel Fowkes requesting that the town (both municipal and school
sides) publish a 3 yr. fiscal plan. FinComm Chairman Gazzola stated that they are
almost done with the town's 5 year plan and it will be available for review soon.
· Request from Jay Barrows, Chairman of the DBA, requesting mitigation funds from
the development of Mansfield Crossing and the Lincoln.
Motion: Hold for next week after discussion with Shawn and Bea.
· Follow up memo from DPW and Engineering Dept. regarding the Route 106 round
about presentation at the July 9th meeting. As public safety officials and the
public were overwhelmingly not in support of this idea, the submission to Mass
Highway will be refocused back to the original plan that was submitted in 1999.
Copy of 1999 plan with executive summary from John Sullivan, Town Engineer
August 2007 PNF requested as well.
· Memo from Lee Azinheira, DPW Director regarding the inspection and replacement
of broken lights at Memorial Park.
· Letter from the Church of St. John the Evangelist requesting a waiver from the
town's portion of building fees for a remodeling job at the church.
Motion: To waiver town permit fees for remodel. (Baldwin/Moran) 5:0 passes
· Old business from Chairman Levine: None
. Old business from Selectman Dentino: June 11th meeting discussion of his request
of the DPW maintenance records. Mr. D'Agostino had brought out a large box of
records and that was not what he had asked for.
Classification system request has been continually been put off.
Email about resident from Winter St. that has not had work done yet. Selectman
Dentino will follow up.
Mansfield Cultural Counsel is a group of people that promote the arts in the area.
He would like to the see group before the board soon to discuss their work.
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The issue of independent labor counsel to review the town managers contract.
Motion: To hire labor counsel to review the contract and advise the board as to
their rights in regard to Mr. D'Agostino's employment. (Dentino/Moran)
Discussion: Selectman Dentino would like to hire the law firm of Wolf/Block to
review the contract as they have a full understanding of the history of the Board
of Selectmen issues. Chairman Levine is not comfortable using a firm that has
previously sued the town. Selectmen Moran and Aptowitz should be receiving
their packets from Atty. Kesten later this week and then they can discuss this
further. Motion withdrawn.
. Old business for Selectman Moran: Transfer of funds for year end transfers was
voted by FinComm last week.
The debt override election was approved by a slim margin last week. These are
important issues for the town and the voter turn out was very small.
Old business from Selectman Baldwin: August 20th meeting. Invite FinComm for
financial part of agenda.
Assessors Board will not be able to discuss Finer case but would be happy to come
in and discuss general items.
. Old business from Selectman Aptowitz: Rotten trees in Memorial Park. Please have
DPW look into having them taken care of.
One resume has come in for the Town Accountants job. He would really like to see
an ad in the Globe. Small 4/5 line ad in globe, check into.
· New business from Selectman Baldwin: None
· New business from Selectman Aptowitz: RFP process for MMAS, need to get on.
· New business from Selectman Dentino: None
· New business from Selectman Moran:
Motion: To extend meeting to 1O:55pm (Moran/Baldwin) 5:0 passes
· New business from Chairman Levine: Workshop with FinComm will need to be
scheduled.
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. School St, West St, Copeland Ave, traffic issues need to be discussed further.
Chief O'Neill will look into.
Motion: To adjourn at 10:50 PM
(Moran) 5-0 Passes
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Signature of Clerk
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Date of Approval
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