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TOWN OF HOPKINTON
Board of Selectmen
Executive Session Meeting Minutes
July 14, 2015
A meeting of the Hopkinton Board of Selectmen was held on Tuesday, July 14, 2015 at Town
Hall, 18 Main Street, Hopkinton, MA. Selectmen present: John Mosher, Todd Cestari, Ben
Palleiko, Brian Herr, Selectmen Not Present: John Mosher. Administrative staff present:
Norman Khumalo, Jamie Hellen.
CALL TO ORDER: Chairman Palleiko called the public meeting to order at 6:04 PM in Room
211.
The Chair entertained a motion to enter executive session to discuss strategies with respect to
collective bargaining updates by the Town Manager relative to Police, Fire and Dispatch,
because an open meeting may have detrimental effects on the bargaining positions of the
Board; to discuss considering the purchase, exchange, lease or value of real property in regards
to a property on Claflin Avenue, Pratt Estate, the Wycoff Parcel and the parcels recommended
by the Elementary School Building Committee, because an open meeting may have a
detrimental effect on the negotiating position of the Board; to conduct strategy sessions in
preparation for negotiations with nonunion personnel relative to the Fire Chief and Town
Manager; to allow town staff Norman Khumalo and Jamie Hellen to participate; and, to enter
public session at the conclusion.
MOVED by Mr. Herr and SECONDED by Mr. Cestari. ROLL CALL: Mr. Cestari-Yes, Mr.
Herr-Yes, Mr. Palleiko-Yes. VOTE to Approve: Yes-3, No-0.
DISCUSSION:
Land Acquisition Updates: The Town Manager walked the Board through a table outlining the
parcels acquired at Town Meeting, authorized amounts and the [John Coutinho entered ES
during this discussion] appraised values for each parcel. The Town Manager informed the
Board the Town only paid $10,000 for the appraisals because of the significant work by the
Town’s new Principal Assessor, John Neas. The Town Manager asked the Board accept each
appraisal.
MOVED by Mr. Cestari that the Board of Selectmen vote, pursuant to the unanimous vote on
May 6, 2015 on Article 47 of the Annual Town Meeting, to accept the appraisal as presented by
Steven G. Elliot and to execute the Purchase and Sale Agreement between the Inhabitants of
the Town of Hopkinton and Raymond L. and Kathleen T. Davis for the purchase of the property
located at 15 Claflin Avenue, Hopkinton, MA 01748. SECONDED by Mr. Herr ROLL CALL:
Mr. Herr- Yes, Mr. Cestari, Mr. Coutinho-Yes, Mr. Palleiko-Yes. VOTE to Approve: Yes-4,
No-0.
MOVED by Mr. Cestari that the Board of Selectmen vote, pursuant to the unanimous vote on
May 6, 2015 on Article 48 of the Annual Town Meeting, to accept the appraisal as presented by
Steven G. Elliot and to execute an amendment to the Purchase and Sale Agreement for 102
Fruit Street to account for the newly defined Lots 2B and 2C, to adjust the time for performance,
and account for the required approval of the appraisal on the property pursuant to the
aforementioned Annual Town Meeting Warrant Article. SECONDED by Mr. Herr ROLL CALL:
Mr. Herr- Yes, Mr. Cestari, Mr. Coutinho-Yes, Mr. Palleiko-Yes. VOTE to Approve: Yes-4,
No-0.
MOVED by Mr. Cestari that the Board of Selectmen vote, pursuant to the unanimous vote on
May 6, 2015 on Article 43 of the Annual Town Meeting, to accept the appraisal as presented by
Steven G. Elliot and to execute an amendment to the Purchase and Sale Agreement between
the Inhabitants of the Town of Hopkinton and Joseph F. Irvine and Susan Constanza for the
purchase of the property located at 135 Hayden Rowe Street, Hopkinton, MA to account for the
change in the time for performance. SECONDED by Mr. Herr ROLL CALL: Mr. Herr- Yes,
Mr. Cestari, Mr. Coutinho-Yes, Mr. Palleiko-Yes. VOTE to Approve: Yes-4, No-0.
MOVED by Mr. Cestari that the Board of Selectmen vote, pursuant to the unanimous vote on
May 6, 2015 on Article 44 of the Annual Town Meeting, to accept the appraisal as presented by
Steven G. Elliot and to execute an amendment to the Purchase and Sale Agreement between
the Inhabitants of the Town of Hopkinton and Philip Todaro, et al., for the purchase of the
property located at 147 Hayden Rowe Street, Hopkinton, MA to account for the approval of the
appraisal pursuant to the aforementioned Annual Town Meeting Warrant Article. SECONDED
by Mr. Herr ROLL CALL: Mr. Herr- Yes, Mr. Cestari, Mr. Coutinho-Yes, Mr. Palleiko-Yes.
VOTE to Approve: Yes-4, No-0.
Fire Department Collective Bargaining Updates: The Town Manager informed the Board that
the Town and Fire Department Union exchanged complete proposals and began reviewing
some of the proposals. To date there appears to be agreement on the following:
1.Clarified the definition of business days and deadline by which the Town Manager can
respond to a grievance;
2.Deleting Floating Holiday provision and adding July 4th to premium holidays; increasing
the threshold (number of years) when firefighters can earn 2, 3 and 4 weeks of vacation;
adding one personal day to personal day schedule and making the Chief’s decision to
not grant personal day leave not grievable.
3.The Union is proposing salary increases of 5% each year of a three year contract,
increase and convert EMT stipends into the percentage of base pay; expand their
education stipend into a new “Quinn Bill.”
4.Pay Increase: The Town’s has proposed salary 1%, .5%, .5% pay increases,
respectively, within a three year contract.
MOVED by Mr. Coutinho to approve the following executive session minutes for: 1/20/15;
1/26/15; 2/3/15; 2/13/15; 2/24/15; 3/10/15; 3/17/15; 4/7/15; 4/28/15; 5/19/15; 6/2/15.
SECONDED Mr. Cestari. ROLL CALL: Mr. Palleiko- Yes, Mr. Cestari-Yes, Mr. Coutinho-Yes,
Mr. Herr-Abstain. VOTE to Approve: Yes-3, No-0, Abstain-1.
The Chair entertained a motion to exit executive session and reconvene in public session.
MOVED – Mr. Herr SECONDED – Mr. Coutinho ROLL CALL: Mr. Mosher- Yes, Mr. Cestari,
Mr. Coutinho-Yes, Mr. Palleiko-Yes. VOTE to Approve: Yes-4, No-0. The Board moved into
public session at 6:38 PM.
Respectfully Submitted,
Benjamin L. Palleiko, Chairman