Town of Groton
Meeting Notice

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

Select Board Meeting

Monday, August 27 2018 at 7:00 PM
Town Hall: First Floor Meeting Room, 173 Main Street Groton, MA


This meeting was posted Wednesday, August 22 2018 at 5:43 PM

Agenda

The following agenda was added or modified on 2018-08-27 10:07:38 by npierce@townofgroton.org.

SELECT BOARD MEETING

MONDAY, AUGUST 27, 2018

AGENDA

SELECT BOARD MEETING ROOM

1st FLOOR

GROTON TOWN HALL 

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

            7:05 P.M.        Public Comment Period           

  1. 7:10 P.M. Town Manager’s Report 
  1. Select Board’s Agenda Schedule
  2. Consider Ratifying the Town Manager’s Appointment of Kevin Henehan as a Sergeant on the Groton Police Department
  3. Consider Ratifying the Town Manager’s Appointment of Nancy Amari as Payroll Coordinator/Assistant Town Treasurer
  4. Consider Appointing John Sopka to the Economic Development Committee
  5. Master Plan Implementation Committee – Provide Input to Committee on Goals and Tasks Achieved
  6. Review and Approve Lease with Friends of Prescott for a Three (3) Year Lease of the Prescott School 
  1. 7:15 P.M. Continuation of the Public Hearing for the Review of the Warrants for the 2018 Fall Town Meeting and October 1, 2018 Special Town Meeting – Copies of Warrants on File in the Office of the Town Clerk – Take Positions on All Articles Contained in the Warrants 

III.        7:30 P.M.        Public Hearing – Consider Adopting Sewer Rates and Fees for the Four Corner Sewer District 

OTHER BUSINESS  

ON-GOING ISSUES – For Review and Informational Purposes

  1. Prescott School Disposition/RFP
  2. Signage/Traffic at Intersection of Route 119/West Street
  3. Senior Center Building Project
  4. Goal Compilation – Align Department Head and Select Board Goals
  5. Proposed Policy on Major Initiative Planning
  6. Operational Audit Recommendations/Implementation
  7. Charter Approval/Implementation of New Provisions
  8. Local Room Occupancy Tax – How to Account for in FY 2020 Budget
  9. Committee Charge for Capital Planning Committee
  10. Route 119 Sidewalk Installation
  11. Recreational Marijuana
  12. Florence Roche Elementary School Feasibility Study
  13. Task Force to Consider Adding Additional Police Officers
  14. Task Force to Consider Having a Full-Time 24/7 Fire Department
  15. Union Negotiations
  16. Library Roof Repair
  17. Highway Garage Renovations           

SELECT BOARD LIAISON REPORTS 

  1. Minutes: Regularly Scheduled Meeting of July 30, 2018

  1. Executive Session – Pursuant to M.G.L. c30A, §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” – Purpose – Review Tentative Agreements with Various Unions 
  1. Consider Ratifying the Collective Bargaining Agreement Between the Town of Groton and SEIU 888, Town and Library Employees 

VII.       Consider Ratifying the Collective Bargaining Agreement Between the Town of Groton and SEIU 888, Highway/Transfer Station/Water Employees

 

ADJOURNMENT

 

 

Votes may be taken at any time during the meeting.  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 be 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. 

If there was previous agenda for this meeting it is below

SELECT BOARD MEETING

MONDAY, AUGUST 27, 2018

AGENDA

SELECT BOARD MEETING ROOM

1st FLOOR

GROTON TOWN HALL

 

 

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

 

            7:05 P.M.        Public Comment Period

           

  1. 7:10 P.M. Town Manager’s Report

 

  1. Select Board’s Agenda Schedule
  2. Consider Ratifying the Town Manager’s Appointment of Kevin Henehan as a Sergeant on the Groton Police Department
  3. Consider Ratifying the Town Manager’s Appointment of Nancy Amari as Payroll Coordinator/Assistant Town Treasurer
  4. Consider Appointing John Sopka to the Economic Development Committee
  5. Master Plan Implementation Committee – Provide Input to Committee on Goals and Tasks Achieved
  6. Review and Approve Lease with Friends of Prescott for a Three (3) Year Lease of the Prescott School

 

  1. 7:15 P.M. Continuation of the Public Hearing for the Review of the Warrants for the 2018 Fall Town Meeting and October 1, 2018 Special Town Meeting – Copies of Warrants on File in the Office of the Town Clerk – Take Positions on All Articles Contained in the Warrants

 

III.        7:30 P.M.        Public Hearing – Consider Adopting Sewer Rates and Fees for the Four Corner Sewer District

 

 

 

OTHER BUSINESS

 

 

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Select Board Meeting Agenda

Monday, August 27, 2018

page two

 

 

ON-GOING ISSUES – For Review and Informational Purposes

 

  1. Prescott School Disposition/RFP
  2. Signage/Traffic at Intersection of Route 119/West Street
  3. Senior Center Building Project
  4. Goal Compilation – Align Department Head and Select Board Goals
  5. Proposed Policy on Major Initiative Planning
  6. Operational Audit Recommendations/Implementation
  7. Charter Approval/Implementation of New Provisions
  8. Local Room Occupancy Tax – How to Account for in FY 2020 Budget
  9. Committee Charge for Capital Planning Committee
  10. Route 119 Sidewalk Installation
  11. Recreational Marijuana
  12. Florence Roche Elementary School Feasibility Study
  13. Task Force to Consider Adding Additional Police Officers
  14. Task Force to Consider Having a Full-Time 24/7 Fire Department
  15. Union Negotiations
  16. Library Roof Repair
  17. Highway Garage Renovations

 

           

SELECT BOARD LIAISON REPORTS

 

  1. Minutes: NONE

 

  1. Executive Session – Pursuant to M.G.L. c30A, §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” – Purpose – Review Tentative Agreements with Various Unions

 

  1. Consider Ratifying the Collective Bargaining Agreement Between the Town of Groton and SEIU 888, Town and Library Employees

 

VII.       Consider Ratifying the Collective Bargaining Agreement Between the Town of Groton and SEIU 888, Highway/Transfer Station/Water Employees

 

 

ADJOURNMENT

 

 

Votes may be taken at any time during the meeting.  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 be 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. 

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.