6/27/1994 BOARD OF SELECTMEN Minutes

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MONDAY, ON MONDAY, IN RESPONSE TO MR DELLAGALA'S REQUEST, MR. WHRITENOUR CALLED ME ABOUT THE MATTER, IN MY CONVERSATION WITH HIM, MR. WHRITENOUR ADMITTED THE AD HAD NOT BEEN PLACED, BUT GAVE NO EXPLANATION. I ASKED, IF NO AD APPEARED IN THE NEWSPAPER, HOW DID AN INTERVIEW TAKE PLACE AND WHO CONTACTED MS. DONOVAN TO SET UP THE INTERVIEW/ HE REFUSED TO ANSWER. IT IS CLEAR THE POSITION OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR WAS NOT ADVERTISED AND YET AN INDIVIDUAL WAS INTERVIEWED. IF THIS POSITION HAD BEEN FILLED BY THE SELECTMEN WITHOUT PROPER PUBLIC NOTICE, WE COULD HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH BREAKING THE LAW(STATE STATUTE 30B). I BELIEVE THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN SHOULD ASCERTAIN WHETHER THIS WAS DELIBERATE OR A MISTAKE. THERE ARE QUESTIONS THAT NEED TO BE ANSWERED BY MR. WHRITENOUR OR WHOEVER WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR CONTACTING MS. DONOVAN AND SETTING UP THE INTERVIEW WITHOUT FIRST GIVING PROPER PUBLIC NOTIFICATION: I) WAS MRS. DAMI ASKED TO TYPE A LETTER AND FORWARD A REQUEST FOR ADVERTISEMENT TO THE NEWSPAPER,AND DID SHE DO SO?IF SO,SHOULDNT A COPY OF IT BE EASILY LOCATED? 2) IF NO AD WAS PLACED, HOW DID MS. DONOVAN COME TO BE INTERVIEWED? 3) WHO ARRANGED THE APPOINTMENT FOR THE INTERVIEW? WHO CONTACTED MS. DONOVAN AND THE INTERVIEWERS? WHY WASN'T THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN NOTIFIED SO THEY COULD BE PRESENT? 4) WHAT WERE THE RESULTS OF THIS INTERVIEW FROM THE FOUR PERSONS PRESENT RELATIVE TO MS. DONOVAN'S CAPABILITIES IN HANDLING THE JOBAND THE POSSIBILITY OF HER EMPLOYMENT/? AND AND WHAT WAS PROMISED HER (PAY, HOURS, ETC.)? THIS MATTER SHOULD BE ADDRESSED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND PUT ON THE NEXT SELECTMEN'S MEETING. I SUGGEST THIS POSITION BE ADVERTISED IN AT LEAST THREE NEWSPAPERS ON A SUNDAY AND ONE OTHER WEEK DAY, POSTED IN THE TOWN HALL AND FORWARDED TO THE TRIBAL COUNCIL. TO INSURE WIDESPREAD NOTICE OF THIS WORK OPPORTUNITY. l/ COPY TO: �---,- ROBERT WHRITENOUR, EXECUTIVE SECRETARY J THOMAS POTTS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE JOSEPH DELLEGALA, PERSONNEL BOARD