Alison Manugian

“Mr. Degen moved that the Select Board grant permission for the building name to be changed from Prescott School to Prescott Community Center subject to a formal application and HDC approval. Ms. Pine seconded the motion. Mr. Cunningham said he was going to vote against this adding he didn't see any issue with leaving it further adding people knew that it was the Prescott School and that the Community Center was also well known. Mr. Reilly said he had a little issue with it as the landowner was not making the request but the tenant. Ms. Pine said that the tenant was advertising who they were adding that was common practice. Ms. Pine gave examples of other properties around town where the tenant was not the owner of a particular property but the signage represented the tenant's business. She said she saw no issue changing the name of the building. Ms. Pine asked if anyone had registered a comment about this. Mr. Haddad said he received one call in opposition of this proposed change. Mr. Degen said that the Board had no input into the restaurant at the Country Club when they named the restaurant and put signage out by the street. He said that the legacy of the Prescott School was still there. Ms. Manugian said that the signs at the Country Club were out by the road and not on the building which was different. Mr. Cunningham said that the Tarbell School was still named the Tarbell School even though there was housing there. He said that the Community Center had a beautiful sign out front that told people what they were and did there and didn't see it as confusing. Mr. Steve Lane said that the Friends of Prescott voted to drop the word school from their name and call it Prescott Community Center. He said people were afraid of change but wanted to change it to what it was. Mr. Cunningham said that the Friends had done a great job identifying themselves but didn't think the building name was going to confuse people. Roll Call: Reilly-nay; Degen-aye; Pine-aye; Cunningham-nay; Manugian-nay - The motion failed 3-2..” (Motion: Degen, second: Pine)

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“Ms. Manugian moved to grant the Juneteenth holiday, that all town buildings would be closed on June 20, 2022 and employees paid for this day. Mr. Cunningham seconded the motion. Ms. Pine said that the Commonwealth had made it a holiday and was glad they were also. Mr. Degen said he could not support this adding the unions had had their agreements ratified and creating holiday pay for this day without opening the contracts was not something he could support adding he fully supported the closure of the buildings in recognition of the Juneteenth Holiday. He suggested that they eliminate the last sentence of the press release and vote separately on the holiday pay. Ms. Pine said that they had discussed this and thought some things carried over from previous negotiation years adding this would be no different. Mr. Cunningham said he couldn't see this being difficult to add this to the contracts. Mr. Haddad said that if this was voted that evening, they would reach out to the unions and add side letters to the contracts. Mr. Degen said that he didn't agree with the process. The motion carried 4-1 with Mr. Degen opposed..” (Motion: Manugian, second: Cunningham)

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“Mr. Cunningham moved that they increase the budget number for the pool deck at the Country Club to $110,000 to come from the capital stabilization fund. Ms. Pine seconded the motion. Mr. Degen said he was tired of numbers coming forward for projects that were not correct. He said it was important to have the correct numbers before them the first time. Ms. Pine said she couldn't dispute this adding the pandemic and world events were still impacting the costs of everything with numbers changing dramatically every week. Mr. Haddad said that with regard to this, this was put into the capital budget 5 years ago and took responsibility for not updating this. Mr. Haddad said that they had always gone to Town Meeting with bids in hand but couldn't control what the CPC required as they came to him after they had gone through their process. Mr. Haddad said that they had always done a good job with bidding out projects. Ms. Pine suggested scheduling a meeting with the CPC to discuss improvements to their process. The motion carried 4-1 with Mr. Degen opposed..” (Motion: Cunningham, second: Pine)

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“Ms. Manugian moved that they require masks at Town Meeting. Ms. Pine seconded the motion. Ms. Pine said she didn't think they would require masks but with the recent uptick thought they should consider it. Ms. Collette said that the Board of Health wasn't aware of this discussion but said she had been at three different forums recently where masks were required. She said that when you get in an indoor situation, where it could be crowded it seemed prudent to ask people to wear masks. She said that this was her own opinion. The motion carried 3-2 with Mr. Reilly and Mr. Degen not in favor..” (Motion: Manugian, second: Pine)

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“Mr. Cunningham moved that they approve the $15,000 FY22 request for a line-item transfer for the Destination Groton Committee. Mr. Reilly seconded the motion. The motion carried 3-2 in favor with Ms. Manugian and Mr. Degen opposed..” (Motion: Cunningham, second: Reilly)

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“Mr. Degen moved that they authorize the Town Manager to put out an RFP for engineering services to correct flooding issues on Broadmeadow Road using ARPA funds and to bring back cost proposals for the Select Board to discuss. Mr. Cunningham seconded the motion. Ms. Manugian asked what the ultimate goal was for Broadmeadow. The motion carried 4-1 with Ms. Manugian opposed..” (Motion: Degen, second: Cunningham)

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“Mr. Degen moved to rescind the engineering study money of $320k for the Nod Road sewer improvements and limit it to remaining $200k. Ms. Manugian seconded the motion. Ms. Manugian asked what would happen if they did this. Mr. Haddad said that the Town would need to come up with the funds to perform the engineering study and didn't have an issue with this motion. Mr. Reilly said he recalled that it needed to be a shovel ready project. Mr. Haddad said that they would. Ms. Manugian said that to get the design work done was in their best interest and didn't support this. Mr. Haddad said that he would come back to the Board before spending any of this money. Roll Call: Reilly-nay; Manugian-nay; Pine-nay; Degen-aye.” (Motion: Degen, second: Manugian)

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“Mr. Cunningham moved to approve the request for a one day all alcohol license to the Nashoba Valley Chamber of Commerce for Taste of Nashoba to be held on Tuesday, March 22, 2022. Ms. Manugian seconded the motion. Roll Call: Pine-aye; Manugian-aye; Reilly-aye; Cunningham-aye; Degen-recused.” (Motion: Cunningham, second: Manugian)

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“Mr. Degen moved that the Board authorize the Chair, Becky Pine, to sign the warrants in conjunction with the Town Manager until March 20, 2022 or until the Board meets again in person sooner. Mr. Cunningham seconded. Roll Call: Manugian-aye; Cunningham-aye; Degen-aye; Pine-abstain.” (Motion: Degen, second: Cunningham)

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“Mr. Degen moved that the Select Board mandate that all employees receive a Covid booster by March 15 th unless medication reasons dictate that they can not with a medical note from their doctor noting why and if collective bargaining impacted this decision that it be brought back to the Board for discussion. Ms. Manugian seconded the motion. Roll Call: Degen-aye; Cunningham-aye; Manugian-aye; Pine-aye; Reilly-nay.” (Motion: Degen, second: Manugian)

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