Wednesday, January 4, 2017

Live Reporting: Town Council - Jan 4, 2017

Present: Pellegri, Padula, Mercer, Vallee, Pfeffer, Bissanti, Jones
Absent: Dellorco


A. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

none for approval tonight
B. ANNOUNCEMENTS
C. PROCLAMATIONS/RECOGNITIONS

none tonight
D. CITIZEN COMMENTS

none tonight
E. APPOINTMENTS

none tonight
F. HEARINGS

none tonight
G. LICENSE TRANSACTIONS

none tonight
H. PRESENTATIONS/DISCUSSIONS
1. Discussion on Joint Town Council/Planning Board meetings
Jeff Nutting presents an overview on the possibility of creating a joint meeting for public hearing purposes. Technically it can be done but it is a requirement that the Planning Board provide a report to the Council before the Council would vote

Pellegri - recall having done this before, thinks it would be beneficial to help the process, who would sit where?

Pfeffer - not in favor of the joint meeting, the Planning Board needs a separate vote and the Council needs a separate meeting, 

Bissanti - refer to the memo from Mark Cerel, while it is legal it is not prudent. I will weigh in with Mark on this. The Planning Board folks I have talked with have issues with the possibility of repercussion with some of the discussions and decisions

Kelly - I can tell you we would be in charge (sorry Tony)
it has worked fine while I have been here

Cerel - you both serve different functions in your capacity. You would still need to have separate meetings to make decisions. How would you take minutes? lots of logistics issues to discuss

no sense of the Council to move forward with this item

summary - proposal for joint meetings not going anywhere (joint workshops are a separate item and they can happen with less issues)



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