Information for Meeting of Selectmen
Wednesday April 08, 2015 6:30 PM EDT

CALL MEETING TO ORDER:  These proceedings are being aired and recorded by AOTV
•	Emergency Exits Announcement
•	Pledge of Allegiance
APPROVAL OF MINUTES:  March 25, 2015

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
•	Board/Committee Vacancies to be filled – see complete list attached;
•	For Information on Senior Tax Circuit Breaker or other support programs available to seniors contact, Tracy Gaudet, Sr. Outreach Coordinator at (978)544-3481;
•	Orange Community Boathouse will be open for River Rat Race activities.

OPEN TIME FOR THE PUBLIC

PUBLIC HEARING:
7:00 p.m.	Pole Hearing – Sentinel Elm Road:  1 jointly owned pole (Verizon & Massachusetts Electric 			Company) to be located on the easterly sideline, approximately 1,375 feet southerly from the 			center line of Athol Road.

SCHEDULED APPOINTMENTS:
•	Statement of Interest for Elementary School Building(s), Tari Thomas, OES Superintendent
o	Board to Consider and Vote to Submit to MSBA
•	Public Works Report, Joshua T. Knechtel, Interim Pubic Works Superintendent
o	North Main Street Update; Execute Amended Contract w/ Fay, Spofford & Thorndike (FST)
o	Winter Rapid Recovery Road Program Outline; Execute Contract w/ State of MA
o	Update on MOU w/ Cemetery Commission
o	Management & Use of Parks, Cemeteries, Open Spaces, Buildings and Town-Controlled Area
	Request use of Butterfield Park & Ruth B. Smith Auditorium – Ethan Stone, Friendly Town Concert Series
	Request use of Butterfield Park & Armory – Rachel Gonzales, Orange Farmers Market


GENERAL BUSINESS:
1.	Review & Vote Contract Amendment; Tighe & Bond for Putnam Hall Demolition Engineering Services
2.	Board & Committee Appointment Process; Update on Outreach and Interest
3.	Selectmen Liaison Assignments to Boards/Committees
4.	Financial Updates; FY14 Closing, Free Cash Certification, FY15 Tax Rate Setting & Billing  

TOWN ADMINISTRATOR’S REPORT:
Mass Housing Partnership, Rural Housing Tour
Undersecretary of DHCD, Tour of Orange

BOARD OF SELECTMEN’S REPORT:

CLOSING COMMENTS AND/OR REQUESTS FOR ITEMS FOR FUTURE AGENDAS: 
2015 Board/Committee Appointments – Special Meeting, April 15, 2015
FY16 Town Administrator Budget Presentation – Special Meeting, April 15, 2015

EXECUTIVE SESSION:  M.G.L. Chapter 30A, §21. Reason #2 – To conduct strategy sessions in preparation for negotiations with nonunion personnel or to conduct collective bargaining sessions or contract negotiations with nonunion personnel. (Police Chief Present).  Reason #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.  (Collective Bargaining Strategy)

NEXT REGULAR MEETING:  April 22, 2015 @ 6:30 p.m. – Town Hall Meeting Room 
*The listing of matters are those reasonably anticipated by the Chair, which may be discussed at the meeting.  Not all items may in fact be discussed, and other items not listed may also be brought up for discussion to the extent permitted by law.