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Board - Committee - Commission - Council:
Appointment Committee -Permanent Building
Date: 2024-07-15 Time: 12:00 PM
Building: Virtual Location: Zoom
Address: Session: Open Session
Purpose: Appoint Members to Building Version: Final
Committees
Attendees: Members - Present:
Town Moderator Alan Foulds, School Committee Chair Thomas Wise, Select
Board Chair Carlo Bacci
Members - Not Present:
Others Present:
PBC Chair Pat Tompkins, PBC Vice Chair Nancy Twomey, Karen Gately
Herrick
Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Jacquelyn LaVerde
Topics of Discussion:
This meeting was held remotely via Zoom.
Town Moderator, and Chair of the Appointment Committee, Alan Foulds, called the meeting
to order at 12:02 pm.
Mr. Foulds stated that the Select Board nominated Mark Dockser as the Select Board
designee, and Nancy Ziemlak was nominated as the Council on Aging designee for the
Reading Center for Active Living (ReCAL) Building Committee. Thomas Wise noted that the
Permanent Building Committee bylaw says that the sponsoring agency should recommend
the two additional members, and asked whether the Council on Aging's designee was
delegated to them. Carlo Bacci stated that the Select Board discussed the ReCAL Building
Committee. Mark Dockser is the Select Board designee, and the Council on Aging selected
their own designee.
On a motion by Thomas Wise, seconded by Carlo Bacci, the Permanent Building
Committee Appointment Committee voted unanimously 3-0-0 to appoint Mark
Dockser as a temporary member of the Permanent Building Committee for the
Reading Center for Active Living Building Project as the Select Board designee.
Roll call vote: Thomas Wise - Yes, Carlo Bacci - Yes, Alan Foulds - Yes.
On a motion by Thomas Wise, seconded by Carlo Bacci, the Permanent Building
Committee Appointment Committee voted unanimously 3-0-0 to appoint Nancy
Ziemlak as a temporary member of the Permanent Building Committee for the
Reading Center for Active Living Building Project as the Council on Aging designee.
Roll call vote: Thomas Wise - Yes, Carlo Bacci - Yes, Alan Foulds - Yes.
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Discuss and Appoint members to the Killam School Buildina Committee (KSBC):
Mr. Foulds stated that Sarah McLaughlin has resigned from the Killam School Building
Committee and will be replaced by School Committee member Shawn Brandt. Mr. Wise
stated that Ms. McLaughlin had to resign, as her work has become too intense, and she has
not been able to dedicate as much time as she would like to the Killam School Building
Committee. As the next year is important for the Killam project, she and the School
Committee wanted to make sure that there was appropriate coverage on the KSBC. At their
meeting on July 11'h, the School Committee voted 5-0 to recommend replacing Sarah
McLaughlin with Shawn Brandt on the Killam School Building Committee.
On a motion by Thomas Wise, seconded by Carlo Baccl, the Permanent Building
Committee Appointment Committee voted unanimously 3-0-0 to appoint Shawn
Brandt to the Killam School Building Committee.
Roll call vote: Thomas Wise — Yes, Carlo Bocci — Yes, Alan Foulds — Yes.
Mr. Foulds asked a procedural question. His understanding was that this appointing
authority was to appoint or approve the nominees of other committees. However, Town
Counsel has made a ruling that contradicts that, that he hopes will be made public. This
Committee could be held liable for not going through the correct procedure for removing a
member. He recalled a past situation, where a sitting member of a Committee was
removed, who appealed, and won, at great expense to the Town. As a result, a formal
removal process was defined in the Charter. If that comes back to the Committee, the
Appointment Committee will need to go through a removal process and hold hearings.
Mr. Foulds also noted that the Appointment Committee has had Issues with approving
meeting minutes over the years, as it typically meets once per year, and often two of the
three members are different each year, so new members often abstain on approving
minutes. He stated that the Appointment Committee may need to come up with a way to
handle that in the future, and that he will look into that with Town Counsel.
Mr. Bacci stated the Select Board is reviewing the memo from Town Counsel that Mr. Foulds
referenced at their meeting tomorrow night. Mr. Foulds requested that members of the
Appointment Committee be notified to ensure that the Appointment Committee has done
the right things.
Nancy Twomey, Vice Chair of the Permanent Building Committee, asked the Appointment
Committee to keep In mind that the PBC is comprised of professionals who have differing
opinions, but are open to listening and making decisions based on facts. She asked the
Appointment Committee to appoint people who are willing to listen, look at facts,
understand, and make important decisions.
Pat Tompkins, Chair of the PBC, asked for clarification for nominations for ReCAL. Mr. Wise
stated that he clarified earlier that Mark Dockser was the recommended appointee of the
Select Board, and Nancy Ziemlak was the recommended appointee of the Council on Aging.
He echoed Ms. Twomey's comments and noted that he has the utmost respect for everyone
on the PBC, but he feels like politics are creeping Into the appointments. He noted that it is
important to appoint members who are open minded, and will address an engineering
problem without a political agenda.
Approve Prior Meeting Minutes:
On a motion by Thomas Wise, seconded by Carlo Bacci, the Permanent Building
Committee Appointment Committee voted 3-0-0 to approve the meeting minutes
of June 11, 2024.
Roll call vote: Thomas Wise — Yes, Carlo Bacci — Yes, Alan Foulds — Yes.
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On a motion by Carlo Bacci, seconded by Thomas Wise, the Permanent Building
Committee Appointment Committee voted unanimously 3-0-0 to adjourn the
meeting at 12:17 pm.
Roll call vote: Thomas Wise - Yes, Carlo Bacci - Yes, Alan Foulds - Yes.
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