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Board - Committee - Commission - Council:
Board of Registrar
Date: 2020-07-01
Building: Virtual
Address: 16 Lowell Street
Purpose: Recall Petition Objections Public
Hearing
Attendees: Members - Present:
Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Zoom
Session: Open Session
Version: Final
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Attendance: Laura Gemme (Town Clerk & BOR Chair), Harry Simmons,
Krissandrah Holmes, Nancy Ziemlak (BOR Members), Vanessa Alvarado
(SelectBoard), Mr. Newman (Counsel for Ms. Alvarado), Mr. Ensminger
(Representing Petitioners), Ray Miyares (Town Counsel),
Members - Not Present:
Others Present:
Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Laura Gemme
Topics of Discussion:
Public Hearing called to order at 4:12PM
Reminders/Updates from Laura
• A reminder to everyone that that the board may continue to deliberate and
participants may not speak unless they are asked a question and are recognized by
the chair. I asked that the members also wait until you're recognized by the chair.
• The minutes that we're in question during yesterday's session are now posted online
• A reminder to the board that the deliberation and the vote should be based on fact
and what's best for the town as a whole
• Mr. Ensminger sent an email to the Town Clerk last night that the petitioners
argument that at the hearing he's withdrawing his objecting objection to the fact of
the affidavit not being filed timely and that this is posted on the town website.
Statement From Harry Simmons
• Message In Part: I wish Vanessa well and I wish Chief Clark well ... we have to do
better... back in the day when I held signs at the high school, Republicans and
Democrats beside each other and one of those times a young Republican came up to
me and my fellow Democrats and offered a cardboard tray of coffee on a cold dank
day and that's what I'm looking for in this town now
General Discussion and Questions followed.
Action Taken by the BOR
Town Clerk made a motion to take a vote on the following : Is the BOR going to accept the
affidavit as submitted or are we going to reject the affidavit from the objections that were
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filed by Vanessa. Motion seconded and all BOR members voted to accept the affidavit as
submitted.
• Move that the BOR direct Town Council to draft a statement of reasons in support of
this decision. Town Clerk suggests that we submit such document for review by the
Board next week so it can be can voted on and signed. Seconded and all BOR
members voted in the Affirmative.
• A meeting will be scheduled for next week, 7/8/20, SPM.
• Meeting then Adjourned @ 4:37PM
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