The Select Board will be meeting earlier this evening at 6:30pm in the Select Board meeting room and on Zoom. This earlier than normal start time and special meeting date is to accommodate 4 instances of Open Session and/or Executive Session and 1 instance of Open Session – Discuss rationale for potential Select Board reorganization (Board officers).
For the Executive Session items, they are as follows:
- Executive Session Purpose 7: Review executive session minutes from June 4, 2024 for approval and potential release (compliance with the Open Meeting Law)
- Executive Session Purpose 1: Discuss and respond to Open Meeting Law Complaint filed by Daniel Dewar on July 2, 2024
- Executive Session Purpose 1: Discuss and respond to Open Meeting Law Complaint filed by John Lippitt on June 25, 2024
- Executive Session Purpose 7: Discuss and potential vote to waive attorney client privilege on a legal memo addressing Killam School Building Committee (compliance with the Public Records Law, State Ethics Law, and Suffolk Constr. Co. v. Div. of Capital Asset Mgmt., 449 Mass. 444 (2007))
The packet on pages 8 & 9 contain graphics submitted with Daniel Dewars OML complaint consisting of a timeline that is labeled “Public Records Request Results with Jackie McCarthy Relating to Town Manager Vote” and subsequent text records between Jackie McCarthy and Karen Gately Herrick.
There is no information related to the reorganization in the packet.
The complete agenda is listed below:
- 6:30 Overview of Meeting
- 6:35 Public Comment
- 6:45 Executive Session Purpose 7: Review executive session minutes from June 4, 2024 for approval and potential release (compliance with the Open Meeting Law)
- 7:00 Executive Session Purpose 1: Discuss and respond to Open Meeting Law Complaint filed by John Lippitt on June 25, 2024
- 7:15 Executive Session Purpose 1: Discuss and respond to Open Meeting Law Complaint filed by Daniel Dewar on July 2, 2024
- 7:30 Discuss rationale for potential Select Board reorganization (Board officers)
- 7:45 Executive Session Purpose 7: Discuss and potential vote to waive attorney client privilege on a legal memo addressing Killam School Building Committee (compliance with the Public Records Law, State Ethics Law, and Suffolk Constr. Co. v. Div. of Capital Asset Mgmt., 449 Mass. 444 (2007)
The 6:30PM meeting will take place in the Select Board Room and Zoom. The public can attend virtually or watch via several options: via a broadcast on RCTV’s YouTube channel at this link or on the RCTV Government Channel (Xfinity ch 22, Verizon ch 33). The Zoom link for this meeting is: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86122262619
