Select Board Meeting (Post Executive Session) ~ March 15, 2023

2023-03-15 · Select Board · 1:26 · watch on YouTube →

This is the short public portion of the March 15, 2023 Select Board meeting held after the board came out of executive session. The board had gone into executive session to consider people who had applied for two town committees, and the recorded portion consists of the motion, a brief exchange about pronunciation, the vote, and adjournment. Cathy Sentner and Jeanne Costigan were appointed to the Durham Eureka Center Committee and Brian Lanoie was appointed as an alternate member of the Planning Board. The chair thanked the appointees for their willingness to serve, noted there were papers to sign, and the board adjourned. The whole recording runs well under two minutes and contains no other business.

What was discussed

1. 0:05
   Return from executive session

   The chair, Kevin Nadeau (?), reconvened in public after the board's executive session on people interested in being appointed to a couple of town committees, and asked for a motion, saying the appointments could be handled in a single motion.

2. 0:05
   Committee appointments

   Joe Tomm moved to appoint Cathy Sentner and Jeanne Costigan to the Durham Eureka Center Committee and Brian Lanoie as an alternate member of the Planning Board. The only discussion was a correction to the pronunciation of Lanoie's surname; the chair then called for further discussion and put the question.

3. 0:05
   Adjournment

   The chair said there were documents to sign and that this concluded the board's business, then asked for a motion to adjourn.

What was decided

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  Motion to appoint Cathy Sentner and Jeanne Costigan as members of the Durham Eureka Center Committee and to appoint Brian Lanoie as an alternate member of the Planning Board; moved by Joe Tomm, seconded by Richard George. The chair called for further discussion and then for all in favour; the minutes record it carried 4-0.passed
• 0:05
  Motion to adjourn; moved by Josh Klein-Golden, seconded by Joe Tomm. The chair declared the meeting adjourned; the minutes record it carried 4-0.passed

An outcome reads "unclear" where the recording does not state it plainly. The recogniser drops short words, and "the motion does not carry" is one missing word from its opposite.

Motions the minutes record

The town's own written account of what was decided, taken from bosmeetingminutes_031523.txt. It owes nothing to the recording or to a model: the clerk typed it, with the vote. Where the summary above claims a decision this list does not carry, the summary is the part to doubt.

• approve the warrant as presentedcarried 4-0

  Moved by Josh Klein-Golden, seconded by Joe Tomm

• consent the agendacarried 4-0

  Moved by Josh Klein-Golden, seconded by Joe Tomm

• move the Board into Executive Session pursuant to 1 M.R.S.A.§ 405 (6) (A) – Committee Appointmentcarried 4-0

  Moved by Kevin Nadeau, seconded by Joe Tomm

• appoint Cathy Sentner and Jeanne Costigan as members of the Durham Eureka Center Committee and appoint Brian Lanoie as an Alternate Member of the Planning Boardcarried 4-0

  Moved by Joe Tomm, seconded by Richard George

• adjourncarried 4-0

  Moved by Josh Klein-Golden, seconded by Joe Tomm

Worth knowing

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  The substance of these appointments was discussed in executive session under 1 M.R.S.A. § 405(6)(A), so the public record of the decision is the vote itself. No reasons, qualifications or competing applicants were stated on the recording.
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  The recording covers only the post-executive-session portion of the March 15 meeting. The warrant and consent agenda votes the minutes record for this date are not on this recording.

Motion language found in the transcript

Located by pattern matching, with no model involved: "I move that", "I'll second", "all those in favour". This is an independent check on the summary above: 1 passage of motion language, against 2 decisions summarised.

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