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TOWN OF HOPKINTON
Board of Selectmen’s Meeting Agenda
Town Hall, 18 Main Street, 2nd Floor in Room 215
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
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5:45 p.m. Call to Order
1. Executive Session (Room 211) Placeholder
a. The Board will consider accepting executive session minutes.
b. Union Contract Negotiations
6:30 p.m. Public session (Room 215) Pledge of Allegiance
2. Public Forum
Residents share ideas, opinion or ask questions regarding town government.
3. Consent Agenda:
a. Public Session Minutes (Action)
The Board will consider approving the 4/13/10 public session minutes.
b. One Day Liquor License Request (Action)
Stephanie G Jewelers
77 Main Street, Hopkinton
The Board will consider approving a request from Stephanie G Jewelers, 77 Main
Street, for a one‐day wine and malt license on April 30, 2010, 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
for a Wine & Cheese Reception to be held on behalf of the Cultural Arts Alliance &
EnterStage Left. The Police Chief, Fire Chief, DPW Director, and Director of the Land
Use, Planning & Permitting Department have reviewed the request and agree to
recommend granting this request.
c. Ambulance Gifts (Action)
The Board will accept gifts into the Ambulance Gift Account from the following:
1. Given in honor of the Hopkinton Police Department: William and Kara Dion ($75)
2. Given in memory of Evelyn Swener: Paul Phipps Insurance ($50)
3. Given in memory of Thomas Weaver: Mary Pratt ($25)
4. Given in memory of Catherine Bartlett: Andrew & Ruth Maffei ($100); Thomas &
Elaine Terry ($50); Wilmington Firefighters Assoc., Wilmington, VA ($50).
4. Future Agenda Items
The Board will present its future agenda items.
5. Liaison Reports
The Board will present its future liaison items.
6:40 p.m. 6. Consolidation of the 1st Floor Department (Action)
The Town Manager will request the Board to express its support for the reorganization
of the Town’s Clerk, Treasurer/Collector, Accounting, Assessors, and Human Resources
Departments.
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7:00 p.m. 7. Public Hearing: All Alcohol Beverage License: Alter of Premises
Colella’s Super Market
61 Main Street
The Board will hold a public hearing to consider approving an Alcoholic Beverage
application under MGL Ch. 138, Sec. 41 from Colella’s Super Market, 61 Main Street, to
alter its premise. The Police Chief, Fire Chief, DPW Director, and Director of the Land
Use, Planning & Permitting Department have reviewed the request and agree to
recommend granting this request.
7:15 p.m. 8. Eagle Scout Presentation
Mark James Garner
Troop 1
The Board will recognize Mark James Garner, Troop 1, for accomplishing the rank of
Eagle Scout.
7:30 p.m. 9. Public Hearing
Administrative Order: Permanent Building Committee
The Board will consider an Administrative Order that will create a new Town agency
known as the Permanent Building Committee whose purpose is to provide an efficient
and professional mechanism for overseeing the design, construction, reconstruction,
alteration or enlargement of buildings or other facilities owned by the town or
undertaken on land owned, leased or operated by the Town.
8:00 p.m. 10. Public Hearing
Administrative Order: Hopkinton Public Library
The Board will consider an Administrative Order that will establish and organize the
Hopkinton Public Library as a municipal agency that will assume care and custody of
the Library, its appurtenances, and all property that is or will become owned by the
Town with respect thereto, and provide for the professional and orderly
administration and management of the Library in the future.
8:30 p.m. 11. Community Preservation Committee (CPC)
1. John Coolidge, Chairman, will report the outcome of the public hearing to reduce
the CPA tax rate from 2% to 1.1%. The CPC voted unanimously at its 4/20/10
public hearing to not support the Annual Town Meeting Article #52: Change in CPA
Surcharge. (Sponsor: BoS)
2. The Board will consider whether or not to endorse Article 52: Change in CPA
Surcharge (Sponsor: BoS).
9:00 p.m. 12. Town Manager’s Report
a. ATM Articles Review (Action)
The Board will continue its review to consider whether or not to endorse Town
Meeting articles.
Article 5: Amend the salary of an elected official. (PC)
Article 30: Extension of vote on Fruit Street Fields Project (TM)
Article 48: Transfer of Real Property, sell/dispose of real property at 84. W. Main
Street (BOS).
a) The Board of Public Works voted unanimously at its April 21, 2010 meeting to
support Article 48 ‐ to abandon a portion of 84 West Main Street for Highway
Purposes at Town Meeting.
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b) The Town Manager will request the Board to vote to declare 84 West Main
Street as no longer needed for highway purposes.
Article 50: Transfer Ownership of Public Library from Library Trustees to Town
(BOS)
Article 53: Amend Town Charter to provide for an appointed Town Clerk (PC).
The Board of Selectmen will hold a public hearing on Thursday, April 29 at 6 p.m.
in Room 215 to present the proposal to amend the Town of Hopkinton Charter to
move the Town Clerk from an Elected to an Appointed Position.
b. Fuel Efficiency Vehicle Policy (Action)
The Town Manager will request the Board to consider adopting a town‐wide Fuel
Efficiency Vehicle Policy prior to May 14th. This policy is one of the five criteria that
the town must meet to be certified as a Green Community. The policy would
require the town to purchase only fuel efficient vehicles for municipal use
whenever such vehicles are commercially available and practical.
c. Sealer & Weights Fees (Action)
The Town Manager will request the Board to consider adjusting the Sealer &
Weights Fees.
10:00 p.m. 13. Meeting adjourned
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