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Mr. Wojtkiewicz explained that several weeks ago he received a telephone call from
Karen Lawlor. She explained that she had received a telephone call from Dick Lewis,
who had been asked by the Town Manager, Bill Williams, to talk to her about bringing
her children into the Town Hall when she does her work, It seems there was a
complaint that the children were disruptive. The next week Karen brought the children
in with her for just a few minutes and again Dick Lewis received a telephone call from
Mr. Williams, who wanted to know why the children were with her again.
Mr. Wojtkiewicz thought this matter could be worked out without involving all of the
Board members. He spoke personally with Mr. Williams who explained that this was a
dangerous situation with the children going behind the counter, disrupting the work and
people might trip over them (this is a big liability problem).
Mr. Wojtkiewicz then spoke with Mrs. Cotton and Richard Lewis about the problem.
Mr. Wojtkiewicz could not find any problem with Karen or her work. Karen then
spoke to Mr. Wojtkiewicz and explained if she could not bring her children with her,
she could not continue to do the job, and then presented her letter of resignation.
The letter eventually reached Mr. Williams. Mr. Williams talked again with Mr.
Wojtkiewicz over the telephone and the meeting scheduled for next Thursday, February
18, was not to include Karen.
Karen explained that she has been doing this job for eleven months and no one has ever
complained about the children. She has three children but usually just has the 20
month old baby with her. After she received the first complaint through Dick Lewis
she made an effort to hold the baby and to only go into the Town Hall for about 10
minutes at a time. She did xeroxing at the Paine School Building and went in on
Wednesday nights (when the Town Hall is open until 8:00 P.M.). Karen was very
upset that after doing this Mr. Williams was still complaining to Dick Lewis that she
was still bringing in the children.
The Board members could not believe what was going on. They felt this was a
ridiculous situation. It was suggested to draft a letter for Mr. Wojtkiewicz to bring
with him to the February 18th meeting. The letter should state that the ZBA voted
unanimously to decline to accept the resignation of Karen Lawlor as the ZBA secretary.
She has done this job for eleven months and has performed excellent work. The
precedence for ZBA secretaries to bring their children into the Town Hall has been
going on for almost 20 years. And all Board members support and stand behind Karen
100 %.
A motion was made by Mr. DeTrolio and seconded by Mr. Butler to go out of
Executive Session.