| Agenda: | TOWN OF ORANGE
Board of Selectmen
Town Hall Meeting Room
October 9, 2019
6:00 p.m.
AGENDA
I. CALL MEETING TO ORDER (These proceedings are being aired and recorded by AOTV. Public WIFI available.)
a. Emergency Exits Announcement
b. Pledge of Allegiance
II. EXECUTIVE SESSION
a. M.G.L. c.30A, Sec. 21 (a) Reason 1. To discuss the reputation, character, physical condition or mental health, rather than professional competence, of an individual, or discuss the discipline or dismissal of, or complaints or charges against, a public officer, employee, staff member or individual, Building Commissioner.
III. PUBLIC HEARINGS
IV. SCHEDULED APPOINTMENTS
a. Howard Dodge – President of the Wheelerville Community Club
V. ANNOUNCEMENTS
a. Board & Committee Vacancies: Finance Committee – 1 opening; Conservation Commission – 3 openings; ZBA – 5 openings: 4 members and 1 alternate member; Master Plan Committee – 3 openings; Disability Commission – 3 openings; Rent Control Board – 1 opening; Historical Commission – 4 openings; Planning Board – 1 opening: alternate member; EDIC – 1 opening; HR – 3 openings; Armory Commission – 1 opening; Council on Aging – 2 openings
b. Selectmen’s Office Hours: (One hour prior to scheduled regular meetings) – October 9th – Tom Smith; October 23rd – Bill Wrigley
c. Congressman James P. McGovern’s Local Office Hours: Every 3rd Friday from 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. at North Quabbin Community Coalition, 251 Exchange Street, Athol
d. Decorate a Pumpkin: Saturday, October 19th, 12:00pm-1:30pm at the Wheeler Memorial Library. This event is free! Call 978-544-2495, x103 for more information.
e. Fourth Friday Film Series: Friday, October 25th, 7:00pm at the Wheeler Memorial Library. This event is for adults. Killer Legends will be the film shown. Call 978-544-2495 for more information.
f. Fiction Book Club: Tuesday, October 8th, 6:00pm-8:00pm at the Moore-Leland Library. The Last to See Me will be read. Call 978-575-0444 for more information.
g. Non-Fiction Book Club: Tuesday, October 22nd, 6:00pm-8:00pm at the Wheeler Memorial Library. Underland: A Deep Time Journey will be read. Call 978-544-2495 for more information.
h. Halloween: Trick or Treat hours will be 5:30pm-7:30pm.
VI. OPEN TIME FOR THE PUBLIC
VII. GENERAL BUSINESS
a. Sign Amendment of Lift Station Easement Agreement
b. Designate Gabriele Voelker, Town Administrator, to ADA Coordinator
c. Accept $400 donation from Fred Heyes for Riverfront Park plantings
d. Accept $2,500 donation from Castle Rock/Michael Koeller for Orange Downtown Development
e. Announce USDA Grant award
f. Appointment of Paul Lyman to the Trustees of Soldier’s Memorials Designee
g. Sign Bayside Engineering contract between Athol and Orange
h. Right of First Refusal for Point Properties Discussion
i. Budget Discussion
VIII. WORKING SESSION
IX. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
a. September 25, 2019
X. TOWN ADMINISTRATOR’S REPORT
XI. BOARD OF SELECTMEN’S REPORT
XII. UPCOMING MEETINGS
a. October 23, 2019
XIII. ADJOURNMENT
*The listing of matters are those reasonably anticipated by the Chair, which maybe discussed at the meeting. Not all items may in fact be discussed, and other items not listed may also be brought up for the discussion to the extent permitted by law. |