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Selectmen to Offer Acting Town Manager Position to Fire, Police Chiefs Fire Department promotes two from within Mass Pike to pay to bring water from Westborough to two homes
Above, Fire Lt. Ken Clark gets officially
promoted to Deputy Fire Chief at the Selectmen's meeting as his wife
Marie
pins his new badge on and Chief Daugherty looks on. Photo below, former
Lt. George Gross pins a Lieutenant badge on his son Patrick, as
Patrick's daughter holds on and turns back to look at her family.
by Robert Falcione
June 6, 2007
— The Selectmen last evening discussed options available for appointing
an Acting Town Two major considerations, the added expense of hiring someone from the outside temporarily, and Mr. Troiano's unknown prognosis, weighed heavily on the decision of the Selectmen to ask Chief of Police Thomas Irvin and Fire Chief Gary Daugherty if either of them would be able to help out as Acting Town Manager for up to a four-month term. The situation will be assessed after the first three months to see the sort of prognosis that may become known for Mr. Troiano. Fire Chief Daugherty expressed an eagerness for the position on an interim basis in a HopNews interview on Monday. Police Chief Irvin also said he would help out if asked by Selectmen. However, the Police Department could be expected to be consumed in matters surrounding the upcoming trial later this year of Neil Entwistle, who sits in jail above the Cambridge Courthouse, accused of killing his wife and baby during their short seven-day residence in Hopkinton. The Selectmen had considered five options that were presented by Selectman Mike Shepard, who called the first option the "do nothing" option, and jokingly asked the press to treat that term carefully. The do nothing option actually referred to making no changes to the status quo, during which time the individual Selectmen have picked up the slack and carried an extra workload. The other options included spending money or making longer term decisions, neither of which appealed to Selectmen this evening. Chair Muriel Kramer volunteered to speak with the chiefs. "I have actually had conversations with both individuals," said Mrs. Kramer. "Both of them have offered to step up in a number of ways. "We'll plan to have a firm plan in place by the 12th [of June]," she said.
Mass Pike Promise
Wood Street residents Mark Crosby and Peter Pandolfino, who own adjacent
homes across from the E.L. Problems with appliances has plagued both families, coming to the public's attention during the various hearings to expand the E. L. Harvey facility. Scientific tests done at the time proved that the type of sodium polluting their drinking wells was not coming from the facility across the street, but was the type used in road salt, the type used by the Mass Pike. Mr. Crosby was outside his home this afternoon working to repair a toilet tank when the HopNews reporter arrived. He said he had the contract inside, but in return for the water service, he said he would have to absolve the Mass Pike of any claims. "My last coffee maker lasted a month," he said. The Selectmen, who need to sign off on the matter, agreed to discuss it at their next meeting.
Weston Nurseries Selectmen discussed the buy-all option for the purchase of Weston Nurseries at Special Town Meeting on June 11. There would have been a second option, to partner with TPL in a land conservation/development project that, if all worked as planned, would have cost the town about $3.2 million to own close to 500 acres. But TPL withdrew, leaving the only choice for Town Meeting next Monday is to buy or not, depending on how the motion is formed. Members of H.O.P.E., largely residents of East Hopkinton who became organized after the publicity of the sale of the land in 2005, are expected to give a presentation to Town meeting members, as is Boulder Capital, who have already made several presentations to various boards, and one to all boards and committees, and who have a purchase and sale with the owners. H.O.P.E. member Mavis O'Leary asked, "Why should we entertain another presentation by Boulder?" Mrs. Kramer answered, "I feel better about getting the full information in front of people." Selectman Brian Herr mentioned Roberts Rules, which govern parliamentary proceedings, and Hopkinton Town Meeting. Under Roberts Rules, a presentation of a matter not under consideration presumably cannot be made. However, Mrs. Kramer said that the Boulder presentation would be under the umbrella of the LUSC presentation.
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Manager in view of the continued hospitalization of Town Manager Anthony
Troiano since his May 15 head-on collision. Town workers have donated
1,000 hours of their sick time to his benefit. 
Harvey facility, have been notified by the Mass Turnpike Authority,
according to Public Health Administrator Tom Ryder, that the authority
will pay for a water main to be laid from Westborough to their homes to
supply them with that town's water. Mr. Ryder estimated the cost to be
between $60-$70,000.