5/13/2015 BOARD OF SELECTMEN Minutes

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borrowing. It was pointed out that the Town has already taken efficient steps to improve water quality through other methods, and the Board of Selectman was in agreement that the Town is in the best position to inform and educate the public about wastewater management. NEW BUSINESS Town Manager Selection Process: Selectman Gottlieb presented an update on the Town Manager Search Committee process. Under the Town Charter, within 90 days of the date the Committee was formed, it must present 3-5 finalists to the Board of Selectmen, The Committee intends to hold a meeting on Wednesday, May 20, 2015, where a vote would determine the pool of final candidates, with those names being presented to the Board of Selectmen at a special meeting held the same evening. The Board has twenty(20) days from the announcement of the finalists to interview, evaluate, and select a preferred candidate with whom they wish to engage in contract negotiations. Nine applicants in total were screened by the Committee, and Selectman Gottlieb stated that the Board of Selectman would be presented with a strong pool from which to make their selection. To ensure each candidate is given the same level of energy and engagement, he discouraged the Board from conducting more than 2-3 interviews in one day. The Collins Center recommended 75 minutes for each interview,and the Screening Committee further recommended that those interviews take place over a two-day period. Selectman Gottlieb also reminded the Board that interviews and the subsequent discussion of the merits of each candidate are both conducted in open session. At the conclusion of the Town Manager Selection Process discussion, Charles Gasior, Vice-Chairman of the Finance Committee, addressed the Board with a question as to whether they, as a total group, had made a recommendation for or against Ballot Question 98. Town Counsel responded that individual Board members are free to state their views and, should it so choose, the Board as whole are free to adopt a uniform position; however, the Board as an entity is not compelled to take a public position. Selectman Gottlieb stated that the Board had previously voted on and unanimously approved a motion regarding wastewater management which read "the Board of Selectman determined, due to recent changes in the regulations of wastewater management options and the adoption of an adaptive management approach to wastewater in Mashpee,it is now in the best interest of the citizens of Mashpee that the Town remain the entity responsible for waste management and,to that end,the Board of Selectman no longer support transfer of wastewater management responsibility to the Mashpee Water District."