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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSelect Board 01/31/2024Select Board Meeting Minutes January 31, 2024 Present: Ms. Diana L Bren, Chair; Mr. Neil Rhein, Vice -Chair; Mr. Brendan Roche, Clerk; Mr. Michael A. Trowbridge Sr. and Ms. Maureen R. Doherty were present in Meeting Room 3 A/B at Town Hall. Mr. Matt Violette, Assistant Town Manager/Finance. Director and Mr. Paul DeRensis, Town{ i s?Minrpresent. TOWN ttt�n 1. Call To Order Select Board Meeting - Pledg! of Allegiance �� Ms. Bren, Chair called the meeting to order at 5:32PM. She then asked those f&t f-AtAnii a d state the pledge of allegiance. She then reminded everyone:that the meeting was being brc yi,&Qd taped for future broadcast on Mansfield Cable. i ( \c> pgNUSETTS 2. Resident Questions and Comments There were no questions or comments. 3. Select Board Discussion and Consideration of Revised Town of Mansfield Select Board Operating Procedures Ms. Bren began the discussion stating that Mr. DeRensis provided a red lined version of the document. She stated that the main changes were updating Selectmen to Select Board and took out references where the Town Manager was referred to as a he or him. The Board went through each section of the document and some questions were asked. The other changes were in the section of "Order of Business" which is a sample of a Select Board meeting agenda. The Board discussed correspondence and Mr. DeRensis provided his recommendation that correspondence should not be read out loud. The Board decided to add the item "List of correspondence items" to the agenda template and agreed that it would just list the name of the person and nothing more. It was also decided to change "Resident Questions and Comments" to "Public Comments." There was no motion made and a clean document will be provided and voted at the February 71h meeting. 4. Discussion of Next Steps for All Select Board Policies • Set Future Meeting Date to Categorize Existing Policies into Sections o Human Resources o Remove o Needs to be Updated Ms. Bren stated that workshops are great for this type of work. Mr. Trowbridge stated that if it was a workshop it needs to be the only item. Ms. Bren asked for this item to be on the next agenda. Ms. Champagne noted that she was planning to go through the list of policies and add a category as some policies are outdated and need to be deleted. Mr. DeRensis also agreed that some were obsolete. S. Discussion and Consideration of Changes to the Select Board Webpage on the Town's Website Ms. Bren stated that Ms. Champagne provided the current website and then provided a revised mockup of the website with suggested changes. Ms. Champagne stated that she has one additional change is to change "Questions and Comments" to "Public Comment" to be consistent with the agenda. Motion: To accept the changes to the Select Board's webpage on the Town's website as proposed. (Roche/Doherty) Passes 5:0 6. Discussion and Consideration of Selectboard@mansfieldma.com Email Address Ms. Bren stated that there is a recommendation that the selectboard mansfieldma.com email address be automatically forwarded to all members of the Board and an automatic reply that tells the person that their email was received and forwarded to all of the Select Board members. The Select Board members agreed. Select Board Meeting Minutes January 31, 2024 Motion: To automatically have emails sent to selectboard@mansfieldma.com email address go to all members of the Select Board and the Administrative Assistant to the Select Board and an automatic reply be sent in response. (Roche/Doherty) Passes 5:0 7. Resident Questions and Comments Ms. Sally Fehervari of 86 Lawndale Road came forward and stated that she was there to ask about the flag and banner policy. She stated that she has been organizing the pride event and having the pride flag raised and hopes that it can continue as it is welcoming in the month of June. She provided the flag policy for the City of Attleboro and Town of Sharon's policy for the record. 8. Review and Approve Consent Agenda All items on the Consent Agenda may be adopted with a single motion. Any member of the Select Board may request that an item be withdrawn from the Consent Agenda for separate consideration in which case that item will be voted on separately from the remainder of the Consent Agenda. All licenses have been routed through Town Hall Departments and any conditions have been noted below. j A. Vote to Approve Meeting Minutes: January 17, 2024 B. Vote to Approve Warrants: • Town Vendor Warrant No. 24030T in the amount of $418,321.80 • Electric Vendor Warrant No. 24030E in the amount of $27,917.58 • School Vendor Warrant No. 240305 in the amount of $532,927.03 • Town Vendor Warrant No. 24031T in the amount of $354,553.24 • Electric Vendor Warrant No. 24031E in the amount of $53,694.15 C. Consideration of Permits and Licenses: • Consideration of 2024 Drainlayer's License for Plainville Pump & Excavating, Inc. • Consideration of 2024 Drainlayer's License for Riccio Excavation D. Consideration of Certificates and Proclamations: Motion: To approve the consent agenda. (Roche/Doherty) Passes 5:0 9. Any items not anticipated by the Chair 48 hours prior to this meeting There were no items. 10. Adjourn Motion: To adjourn the Select Board meeting of January 31, 2024 at 7:08PM. (Trowbridge/Doherty) Passes 5:0 Signature Minutes prepared by Carrie Champagne a Lc� Date Documents used in meeting: 1. Drainlayers License Application from Riccio Excavation 2. Drainlayers License Application from Plainville Pump and Excavating 3. Meeting minutes from January 17, 2024 4. Draft of Select Board Operating Procedures 5, Current Select Board webpage and draft of revised Select Board website page Select Board Meeting Minutes January 31, 2024