Information for Meeting of Board of Selectmen
Monday January 6, 2020 6 PM EST

Selectmen’s Meeting								January 6, 2020
Town Hall, 3rd Floor Auditorium, 30 Martin Street

AGENDA
6:00 p.m.	Public Comment.

6:05 p.m.	Town Clerk to discuss her recommendation to initiate an Electioneering Policy with respect to early and absentee voting.

6:15 p.m.	Curt and Lindsay Bergeron to discuss concerns with the Board’s proposed 
entertainment licensing policy.

6:30 p.m.	Josh Webber, seeking annual weekday entertainment license for Great Marsh Restaurant.

7:00 p.m.  	Continued review of entertainment license application forms, process, and potential policy.

8:00 p.m.	Town Accountant, Treasurer/Collector, Chief of Police to answer any questions and/or provide any requested details concerning their reports of accomplishment for calendar year 2019 and their proposed goals for calendar year 2020.

Brendhan Zubricki:  Presentation of his Town Administrator’s Report for the period December 14th, 2019 through January 3, 2020, regarding the following:  
•	Review of Possible Local Licensing Process for Retail Marijuana
•	Harbormaster Initiatives Update
•	Chief of Police Recommendations for Downtown Parking Prohibition
•	Continued Discussion of Town Administrator’s Calendar Year 2020 Goals
•	Public Safety Facility Project Update and Potential Change Order
•	Final FY21 Operating and Capital Budget Request Documents
•	Further Review of Possible Annual Town Meeting Article Topics
•	Quarterly Review of Executive Session Minutes for Potential Release

OTHER BUSINESS:
	Approve the weekly warrant in the amount of $.
	Vote to exempt from Section 20 of Chapter 268A of the General Laws, the contracts and amounts for the individuals listed below contained within the 12/19/2019 warrant pursuant to subsection (d) of said Section.
NAME	VENDOR	DATE	AMOUNT	DEPT’S BILL
Scott DeWitt	Perkins Marine	12/09/2019	$ 1,980.00	Selectmen
Ernie Nieberle	Nieberle’s	11/24/2019	$    290.00	Snow Removal

	Vote to exempt from Section 20 of Chapter 268A of the General Laws, the contracts and amounts for the individuals listed below contained within the 12/26/19 warrant pursuant to subsection (d) of said Section.
NAME	VENDOR	DATE	AMOUNT	DEPT’S BILL
Jim McNeilly 	McNeilly EMS	12/18/2019	$      54.00	Police
Jim McNeilly	McNeilly EMS	12/18/2019	$    145.00	Fire
Jim McNeilly	McNeilly EMS	12/18/2019	$    648.00	Fire

	Approve the minutes for the Selectmen’s December 16, 2019, Open Meeting.
	Vote to accept the following gifts to the Police Department:
•	Helen & David Tory	$  20
•	Ed & Pat Marchetti	$300
•	Catherine Palmer	$200
•	Estate of Di Athans	$250
	Vote to approve and sign the State contract to receive a $5,000 grant to the Essex River Cultural District.
	Vote to designate the Essex Town Hall, 30 Martin Street, Essex, as the official polling location for early voting for the March3, 2020 Presidential Primary Election.
	Vote to accept the resignation of Stacy Capotosto from the Youth Commission.
	Countersignature of water pipe easement releases from the owners of 7 John Wise Avenue concerning an easement over 11 John Wise Avenue.
	Consider resident request to add a zoning bylaw proposal to the annual Town Meeting warrant regulating where retail marijuana establishments may be located.
	Conomo Point Matters:
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	Items that could not be reasonably anticipated by the Open Meeting Law posting deadline.

LICENSING:  None.
	
REMINDERS:
•	The Town Hall will be closed on Monday, January 20, 2020, in honor of Martin Luther King Day.
•	The Economic Development Committee will be hosting an Open House in the Town Hall Auditorium on Wednesday, January 8, 2020, at 7:00 p.m.
•	The Essex Housing Coalition will be hosting an Open House in the Town Hall Auditorium on Wednesday, January 22, 2020 at 7:00 p.m.
•	The next regular Board of Selectmen’s meeting will take place on Monday, January 27, at 6:00 p.m. in the 2nd floor Stage Conference area of the Town Hall on Martin Street.

EXECUTIVE SESSION:  None.