June 5, 2019

Joe Magnani made a motion to amend the resolution to remove #3. This motion was seconded by Joe Magnani with a vote of 2-3 (Mitchell, Kinsman, Scherer).

Yes: Greaves, MagnaniNo: Kinsman, Mitchell, SchererThe minutes give the count as “2-3 (Mitchell, Kinsman, Scherer)”, naming the three members in the majority against the amendment; Yolanda Greaves and Joe Magnani are shown voting yes. The minutes name Joe Magnani as both mover and seconder, so no seconder is shown. The minutes name Joseph Magnani as both the mover and the seconder, so no seconder is shown.

Rob Scherer made a motion to approve the resolution as presented to change the name from "Board of Selectmen" to "Select Board" with the change that the Charter Review Committee is urged to reflect these gender-neutral terms at the next revision. This motion was seconded by Brandi Kinsman with a vote of 3-2 (Greaves and Magnani).

Yes: Kinsman, Mitchell, SchererNo: Greaves, MagnaniThe minutes give the count followed by the minority in brackets (“3-2 (Greaves and Magnani)”); Yolanda Greaves and Joseph Magnani are shown as voting no and the other members present as voting yes.

Ashland Capital Plan Bonds Michael Herbert asked to authorize the Clerk of the Board to sign documents associated with the Ashland Capital Plan Bonds in the amount of $9,286,000.00 and vote that the maximum useful life exceeds 15 years on fire truck and modular classrooms. VOTE OF THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN L, the Clerk of the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Ashland, Massachusetts, certify that at a meeting of the board held June 5, 2019, of which meeting all members of the board were duly notified and at which a quorum was present, the following vote was unanimously passed, all of which appears upon the official record of the board in my custody: Voted: that the maximum useful life of the departmental equipment listed below to be financed with the proceeds of the $1,321,000 portion of the borrowing authorized by the vote of the Town passed May 1, 2019 (Article 4) is hereby determined pursuant to G.L. c.44, §7(1) to be as follows: Borrowing Amount Maximum Useful Life Purpose Warren School Modules $711,000 "15 Years Fire Pumper $610,000 15 Years Truck I further certify that the vote was taken at a meeting open to the public, that the vote was not taken by secret ballot, that a notice stating the place, date, time and agenda for the meeting (which agenda included the adoption of the above vote) was filed with the Town Clerk and a copy thereof posted in a manner conspicuously visible to the public at all hours in or on the municipal building that the office of the Town Clerk is lo

The minutes record the Clerk’s certificate of the bond votes as read into the record; they do not name a mover. The minutes do not say who made this motion.