Selectmen Meeting Notes

Selectmen Appoint State Hospital Redevelopment Committee and Debate Medfield Day Permit

The Medfield Board of Selectmen met Tuesday at Town Hall to discuss the following town business.

Correction (Wednesday, May 2, 2012 at 2:57 p.m.): Medfield's Mediation Committee will be meeting in closed session with the mediator in the coming weeks and not DCAM regarding the mediation of cleanup at the former Medfield State Hospital. The tentative date was Tuesday, May 7 but Assistant Town Administrator Kristine Trierweiler said it will not take place then and is looking to schedule the meeting during the week of May 14. On Tuesday, the Medfield Board of Selectmen voted unanimously to appoint a Medfield State Hospital Redevelopment Committee to review state data in relation to the town’s reuse options for the state hospital property. The decision came two weeks after members of the board voiced different opinions on whether or not …

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MEMO Responds to Peterson’s Comments Regarding Medfield Day

MEMO's request to hold Discover Medfield Day on Sept. 17 was approved, 2-1 by the Board of Selectmen at Tuesday's meeting.

The selectmen received a letter from Brandie Morris, the Medfield Employers and Merchants Organization (MEMO) president, responding to comments made by selectmen chair Osler Peterson that the organization's event, Medfield Day, is not “revenue neutral” because, according to Peterson, the organization does not pay for town services from the police and DPW and asked if that is fair to the town and other organizations in the town who do pay for those services. Selectman Mark Fisher read the letter aloud at Tuesday’s selectmen meeting at Peterson’s request. This is what the letter said: Dear Selectmen and Selectwoman: Thank you for reading this letter aloud at the Aug. 2, 2011 Board meeting. I appreciate the opportunity to address the Board …

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