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Selectmen' s Minutes Page <br /> /12/79 <br /> 5 . Continued: <br /> Garland: l don' t think it is necessary,, <br /> O'Connell: At the same time, I do believe that the <br /> reason x of the vote prior to the town meeting <br /> was set at $5,200, 00 per board member because <br /> of the time spend on town business each week. <br /> Your going to spend about 30 - 35 hrs. week <br /> without any question. You know, re a rr* n g to <br /> Murphy, cause you call them and ask questions. <br /> Murphy: Sure. <br /> O'Connell: we are only here on Wednesday, there may be <br /> board meetings to attend, run to Boston to the <br /> State House, telephone calls at home From 5 t <br /> p,,m. <br /> Garland: , There' s no quarrel with George whatsoever. The <br /> vote o ' the town was clone on a temporary basis.. <br /> Now, if the Town does vote that there shall be <br /> one full time selectman <br /> �• McCartney: Did the article say that <br /> Garland: No. <br /> O' Connell: There is no provision in the law for a full time <br /> selectman. Your a selectman period. what they <br /> did was by amendment on town f loor, by John <br /> Ferguson, that stated George Benway shall get <br /> $20, 000; the other two shall get $2, 5000 <br /> Garland: The town meeting did in act vote that .there shall be <br /> a full time selectman and two part time selectmen, it <br /> would automatically go on a ballot on that basis. <br /> Then whoever decided that they wanted to run for <br /> that would do so. <br /> Benway: That was not the intention nor the amendment o <br /> the discussion. It was center around - the fact that <br /> absence of the Executive Secretary (retirement) , and <br /> .. we were still tied up with the tribal suit and where <br /> do we go from here, <br /> O' Connell: If we go back to what we said before and that was <br /> the situation, I would never run for office, - in any <br /> town, if they had one full time and two part time <br /> members.. <br /> Remember too, that when that action was taken on <br /> town meeting floor, Chet was not a Selectman. <br /> Y <br />