Minutes

Board of Selectmen

Monday, November 27, 2006 6:30 p.m.

Selectmen’s Conference Room, East Longmeadow Town Hall

60 Center Square, East Longmeadow MA 01028

 

PRESENT:  James Driscoll, Chairman, Board of Selectmen (BOS); Joe Townshend, Clerk of the Board of Selectmen.

Nick Breault, Executive Secretary (ES).

 

J. Driscoll opened the meeting at 6:30 p.m. 

 

Dog Officer Candidates.

J. Driscoll referred to four candidates out of the nine received that appeared to be best qualified for the position and suggested that the ES contact them to set up interviews at the next available meeting.  J. Townshend agreed with this strategy.

Motion  J. Townshend moved that the BOS direct Nick Breault to contact the four candidates that the BOS agreed upon for the Dog Officer position to schedule interviews.  J. Driscoll seconded out of necessity.  Motion carried 2-0.

 

The Board of Selectmen met with the Department Heads under its authority to discuss personnel evaluation.  The following list was the original schedule for the meetings:

6:30  Rosalind Clark, COA Director.  (Did not attend; excused.)

6:50  Dan Hellyer, Building Commissioner.  (Switched time with Sandra Choquette.)

7:10  P. Robert Wallace, Fire Chief.

7:30  Carolyn Porter, Recreation Director.

7:50  Thomas Florence, Clerk/Treasurer/Collector.

8:10  Sandra Choquette, Accountant.  (Switched time with Dan Hellyer.)

8:30  Douglas Mellis, Police Chief.

8:50  Nick Breault, Executive Secretary.

 

Each Department Head was given the opportunity to enter into executive session.  Sandra Choquette was the only one that held her meeting in open session; all others were in executive.  The ES did not sit in on any of the Department Heads meetings except for his own.  No member of the public came to the meeting.  The BOS directed the ES to maintain the audio tape recording as the minutes for this meeting.    

 

Motion  J. Townshend moved the BOS adjourn the meeting.  J. Driscoll seconded out of necessity.  Motion carried 2-0.

Meeting adjourned at 9:25 p.m.

Minutes respectfully submitted by Nick Breault, Executive Secretary.

 

APPROVED:  BOARD OF SELECTMEN’S MEETING, TUESDAY, JANUARY 30, 2007.

 

 

Joe Townshend, Clerk of the Board of Selectmen  (Note:  Clerk on November 27, 2007)