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SEPTEMBER 13, 1995
7:00 PM
1. Discussion with Town Counsel
The workshop began at 7:00 PM with a discussion with Town Counsel. Town
Counsel, Attorney Robert Mangiaratti, brought the Board up to date on pending
litigation..
2. Foxborough IMA Agreement
Selectman Pasquale spoke with Attorney Child. It was explained to him that
this is the original agreement including all previous amendments. The date is
being corrected on one of the pages. A vote will be taken once the corrected page
is received.
3. Special Town Meeting
A consensus of the Board of Selectmen was in favor of holding the Special Town
Meeting on November 6; this will be voted on at the September 20 Selectmen's
meeting.
• Warrant Articles
A consensus of the Board of Selectmen was in favor of including the sale of lots on
Balcom Street on the Special Town Meeting warrant. Clerk Ronald and Selectman
Robinson were opposed to including the sale of the Balcom Street lots on the
warrant.
During the Special Town Meeting discussion, the following issues were also
discussed: whether or not to televise Special Town Meeting, Capital Plan Options,
and Certified Free Cash Department Reports.
3. License Review
A. License Payment Procedure
A consensus of the Board of Selectmen was in favor of requesting payment of the
license fee at the time of submission of the application.
B. 7 -Day Entertainment License Fee
A consensus of the Board was in favor of reviewing a list of all licenses and fees
issued by the Board of Selectmen as well as Board of Health license fees. The
Selectmen also discussed reviewing the licenses and permits routing slip.
C. Class II licenses
Class II licenses will be discussed at a future workshop with Shaun Burke,
Director of Planning and Development.
4. Downtown Telephone Poles
John Larch, Light Department Manager, and Clerk Ronald are working on
removing the telephone poles from the downtown.
5. Sewer Laterals Policy
A sewer laterals policy as proposed by Robert Swanson, Town Engineer, was
discussed.
6. Commuter Parking Discussion \MBTA -ACME Cleveland Corp.
A consensus of the Board of Selectmen was not in favor of holding a meeting with
the MBTA and ACME Cleveland Corp. to discuss expanding downtown commuter
parking. Chairman Royle and Selectman Pasquale were in favor of having a
meeting, and Clerk Ronald and Selectmen Colella and Robinson were opposed.
7. Williams Street Bridge
A petition of Williams Street residents requesting other options be investigated for
repair of the bridge was discussed.
8. Recycling Fact Sheet
A fact sheet for recycling still has not been developed by Rory Fallon, Waste
Systems. This should be ready in the near future.
9. Adjournment - 10:50 PM
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Date of Approval