Annual Town Meeting Articles, cont'd)
<br />Article 20. Gasior made a motion, seconded by Klenert, to recommend approval of Article 20. Roll
<br />Call Vote: Schmidt, yes; Klenert, yes; Cook, yes; Gasior, yes; Murphy, yes; DelPonte, yes. The motion
<br />was approved by a vote of (6-0).
<br />Article 21. Schmidt made a motion, seconded by Klenert, to recommend approval of Article 21.
<br />Roll Call Vote: Schmidt, yes; Klenert, yes; Cook, yes; Gasior, yes; Murphy, yes; DelPonte, yes. The
<br />motion was approved by a vote of (6-0).
<br />Article 22. Schmidt made a motion, seconded by Klenert, to recommend approval of Article 22. Roll
<br />Call Vote: Schmidt, yes; Klenert, yes; Cook, yes; Gasior, yes; Murphy, yes; DelPonte, yes. The
<br />motion was approved by a vote of (6-0).
<br />Article 23. Gasior made a motion, seconded by Murphy, to recommend approval of Article 23, Roll
<br />Call Vote: Schmidt, yes; Klenert, yes; Cook, yes; Gasior, yes; Murphy, yes; DelPonte, yes. The
<br />motion was approved by a vote of (6-0).
<br />Article 24. Murphy made a motion, seconded by Gasior, to recommend approval of Article 24. Roll
<br />Call Vote: Schmidt, yes; Klenert, yes; Cook, yes; Gasior, yes; Murphy, yes; DelPonte, yes. The
<br />motion was approved by a vote of (6-0).
<br />Article 25. Gasior made a motion, seconded by Murphy, to recommend approval of Article 25. Roll
<br />Call Vote. Schmidt, yes; Klenert, yes; Cook, yes; Gasior, yes; Murphy, yes; DelPonte, yes. The
<br />motion was approved by a vote of (6-0).
<br />Article 26. Gasior made a motion, seconded by Murphy, to recommend approval of Article 26. Roll
<br />Calf Vote. Schmidt, yes; Klenert, yes; Cook, yes; Gasior, yes; Murphy, yes; DelPonte,yes. The
<br />motion was approved by a vote of (6-0).
<br />Article 27. Gasior made a motion, seconded by Murphy, to recommend approval of Article 27, Roll
<br />Call Vote: Schmidt, yes; Klenert, yes; Cook, yes; Gasior, yes; Murphy, yes; DelPonte, yes. The
<br />motion was approved by a vote of (6-0),
<br />Article 28. Gasior made a motion, seconded by Schmidt, to recommend approval of Article 28. Roll
<br />Call Vote: Schmidt, yes; Klenert, yes; Cook, yes; Gasior, yes; Murphy, yes; DelPonte, yes. The
<br />motion was approved by a vote of (6-0).
<br />Article 29. Gasior made a motion, seconded by Schmidt, to recommend approval of Article 29. Roll
<br />Call Vote: Schmidt, yes; Klenert, yes; Cook, yes; Gasior, yes; Murphy, yes, DelPonte, yes. The
<br />motion was approved by a vote of (6-0).
<br />• Finance Committee Report– May 2015
<br />Charles Gasior reviewed the report numbers with the Committee. Final approval was continued to the
<br />next Finance Committee meeting on March 19, 2015.
<br />• Town Manager Screening Committee Update
<br />Christopher Avis forwarded his updated report to Theresa Cook as follows: the Screening Committee
<br />is operating within the 90 -day required time line to bring 3 to 5 candidates to the BOS. The Collins
<br />Group out of UMass Boston has been hired as a search firm to assist in the process in a (3-2) vote with
<br />Avis and Carter voting against the motion. The Screening Committee voted in favor of funding the
<br />committee $16,000 to pay The Collins Group for their consulting services with Chris Avis voting against
<br />it. The Collins Group was chosen because of its experience in searching specifically for town
<br />managers, as well as its recruitment network. The Collins Group has already met with the Screening
<br />Committee members and the Board of Selectmen.
<br />NEW BUSINESS
<br />• Veterans Benefits Expense Account ($17,000)
<br />Charles Gasior made a motion that $17,000 be transferred from the Reserve Account to the Veterans'
<br />Benefts Expense account to cover a $16,000 shortfall. Oskar Klenert seconded the motion. Roll Call
<br />Vote: Schmidt, yes; Klenert, yes; Cook, yes; Gasior, yes; Murphy, yes; DelPonte, yes. The motion
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