COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES

August 17, 2009 @ 6:00 p.m.

Room B, Audrey P Beck Building

Present: Leigh Duffy (Chair), Bruce Clouette

Chair Leigh Duffy called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. 

Minutes of the July 20, 2009 meeting were approved as presented.

The Committee members discussed the volunteer applications and the available committee openings and agreed to make the following recommendations to the Town Council:

Alfred Montoya to the Parks Advisory Committee

Lisa Young to the Mansfield Advocates for Children

Robert Kremer and Brian McCarthy to full members of the Housing Board of Appeals

Will Bigl as an alternate member of the Housing Board of Appeals.

Bruce Clouette will contact each of the volunteers regarding their appointments.

The Committee agreed to hold off on making recommendations for the University Town Relations Committee until they have an opportunity to advertise the positions.

Ms. Duffy updated the Committee on the upcoming Volunteer Recognition Event to be held in connection with the Town Picnic in September.  Mr. Clouette agreed to present remarks at the event.  The plan is to have a table where ribbons will be distributed with a trifold showing the committees.  The Town Clerk will send out an invitation to all staff that assist with committees for dissemination to committee members and invitations to committee members without staff assistance.

The meeting was adjourned at 7:05 p.m.

Mary Stanton, Town Clerk