BOARD OF SELECTMEN MEETING
MONDAY, JULY 24, 2017
AGENDA
SELECTMEN’S MEETING ROOM
1ST FLOOR
GROTON TOWN HALL

6:00 P.M. Executive Session Pursuant to M.G.L. c.30A, §21(a)(6) – “To consider the purchase, exchange, lease or value of real estate, if the chair declares that an open meeting may have a detrimental effect on the negotiating position of the public body.” – Prescott Lease

Executive Session Pursuant to M.G.L. c.30A, §21(a)(6) – “To consider the purchase, exchange, lease or value of real estate, if the chair declares that an open meeting may have a detrimental effect on the negotiating position of the public body.” – Boynton Meadows

7:00 P.M. 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 Making an Appointment to the Board of Registrars – Vote May Be Taken
3. Consider Ratifying the Appointment of Corey Pierce as a Swim Instructor at the Groton Country Club – Vote May Be Taken
4. Consider Approving Proposed “Friendly 40B” Policy for Local Initiative Program – vote May Be Taken
5. Consider Adopting Mission Statement Pursuant to Goal Established for Calendar Year 2017 - Vote May Be Taken
6. Consider Approving Town Manager’s Proposal to Hire Clerical Assistance for Various Boards and Committees – Vote May Be Taken
7. Consider Approving Temporary Absence (Vacation Request) of Town Manager – Vote May Be Taken
8. Consider Approval of the Charge for the Prescott School Development Committee – Vote May Be Taken
9. Consider Approving the Letter of Intent to Friends of Prescott for the Lease of the Prescott School – Vote May Be Taken

II. 7:15 P.M. Al Futterman – Update from Nashua Wild & Scenic River Study Committee – Vote May Be Taken

III. 7:30 P.M. Fire Chief Steele McCurdy – Review First Draft of the Strategic Plan of the Fire Department – Vote May Be Taken

OTHER BUSINESS

SELECTMEN LIAISON REPORTS

IV. Minutes:
- Regularly Scheduled Meeting of June 5, 2017
- Regularly Scheduled Meeting of June 19, 2017
- Executive Session Minutes of Monday, June 19, 2017
- Regularly Scheduled Meeting of June 26, 2017

ADJOURNMENT


The following was added Monday, July 24, 2017 12:43 PM

On the Selectmen’s Agenda this evening, the Board is scheduled to go into Executive Session at the beginning of the meeting for two purposes. The first Executive Session is to discuss the lease for the Prescott School and is listed on the Agenda under the Clause 6 “Real Estate” exemption of the Open Meeting Law. The second Executive Session is to discuss the Boynton Meadows issue and is also listed under Clause 6. I would like to change the exemption for the Boynton Meadows Executive Session from Clause 6 to Clause 3 as follows:

Executive Session pursuant to M.G.L. c.30A, §21(a)(3) – “To discuss strategy with respect to collective bargaining or litigation if an open meeting may have a detrimental effect on the bargaining or litigating position of the public body and the Chair so declares.”

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.