Town of Groton
Meeting Notice

Town Clerk
173 Main Street
Groton, MA 01450
(978) 448-1100

Board of Selectmen Meeting

Monday, March 27 2017 at 6:30 PM
Town Hall: First Floor Meeting Room, 173 Main Street Groton, MA


This meeting was posted Wednesday, March 22 2017 at 1:57 PM

Agenda

BOARD OF SELECTMEN MEETING
MONDAY, MARCH 27, 2017
AGENDA
SELECTMEN’S MEETING ROOM
1ST FLOOR
GROTON TOWN HALL

6:30 P.M. Executive Session – Pursuant to M.G.L. c.30A, §21, Clause 2. “To conduct strategy sessions in preparation for negotiations with non-union personnel or to conduct collective bargaining sessions or contract negotiations with non-union personnel.” – Fire Chief

7:00 P.M. Regular Meeting: Announcements and Review Agenda for the Public

7:05 P.M. Public Comment Period – Votes May Be Taken

I. 7:06 P.M. Town Manager’s Report

1. Selectmen’s Agenda Schedule
2. Consider Ratifying a New Three (3) Year Agreement with A. Steele McCurdy to Serve as Fire Chief through June 30, 2020 – Vote May Be Taken
3. Consider Ratifying Town Manager’s Appointments of Katrina Posner as an Election Worker and Bob Ordemann to the Trails Committee – Vote May Be Taken
4. Consider Approving a One Day Liquor License Request from First Parish Church for “An Evening of Irish Songs and Stories” on Saturday, April 1, 2017 from 6:30p.m. to 9:30 p.m. – Vote May Be Taken
5. Consider Approving an Earth Removal Exemption Request from William Lambirth of 41 Tavern Road and Jamie Caloggero of 71 Tavern Road to Remove 4,500 Cubic Yards of Fill – Vote May Be Taken
6. Continue Review of 2017 Spring Town Meeting Warrant – Including the following – Votes May Be Taken:

- Meet with Town Meeting Senior Center Review Committee to Discuss Article 10 – Consider Placing a Question on the 2017 Annual Election Ballot to Exclude Costs Associated with this Project from Proposition 2½ - Votes May Be Taken
- Consider Opening the Warrant to Add an Article Requesting that Town Meeting Authorize Payment for Town’s Share of Pepperell SRF – Vote May Be Taken
- Update from Town Manager on Cost of DPW Installation of Stone Markers – Vote May Be Taken
- Update from Town Manager on Friends of Prescott Proposed Expenditures for 2017 CPA Application – Vote May Be Taken
- Take Positions on All Articles – Review any other Information - Votes May Be Taken

7. Fiscal Year 2018 Budget Update – Votes May be Taken

OTHER BUSINESS
- Review, Approve and Release the 2016 Performance Review of the Town Manager – Vote May Be Taken

SELECTMEN LIAISON REPORTS

II. Minutes: - Joint Budget Hearing of January 28, 2017
- Joint Meeting of February 16, 2017
- Regularly Scheduled Meeting of March 6, 2017
- Regularly Scheduled Meeting of March 13, 2017

ADJOURNMENT

The listing of topics that the Chair reasonably anticipates will be discussed at the meeting is not intended as a guarantee of the topics that will have been discussed. Not all topics listed may in fact be discussed, and other topics not listed may also be brought up for discussion to the extent permitted by law.