Westwood Select Board Will Meet On December 21

Press release from the Town of Westwood:

December 17, 2020

Select Board Meeting

• Date: 12/21/2020 5:00 PM
• Location: Via Zoom Webinar

Pursuant to Governor Baker’s March 12, 2020 Order suspending Certain Provisions of the Open Meeting Law MGL C. 30A, §18 and the Governor’s March 23, 2020 Emergency Order imposing strict limitations on the number of people that may gather in one place, the December 21, 2020 Select Board meeting will be conducted via remote participation by the Board.

WESTWOOD MEDIA CENTER LIVE STREAM OF SELECT BOARD MEETING:

The meeting will be live streamed by Westwood Media Center and the public can view the meeting here. Our government channels will be broadcasting the meeting on Comcast channel 12 and Verizon channel 42.

The public is encouraged to watch our meeting via Westwood Media Center live stream and join via Zoom webinar as instructed below. The public will be allowed to make comments, if they wish to do so, during the portions of the meeting designated for public comment.

Every effort will be made to ensure that the public can adequately access the proceedings, via technological means. In the event that we are unable to do so, despite our best efforts, we will post on the town website, www.townhall.westwood.ma.us, an audio or video recording, or transcript, as soon as practicable after the meeting.

Dec 21, 2020 05:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Topic: Select Board Meeting

Please click the link below to join the webinar:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81934866027?pwd=V0J2R3MzZE1mRmp5ZzhPdEY4em42Zz09

Passcode: 533178

Or Telephone:

888 475 4499 (Toll Free) or 877 853 5257 (Toll Free)

Webinar ID: 819 3486 6027

ATTENDANCE AND CALL TO ORDER: 5:00 pm, via Zoom Remote Participation
Pledge of Allegiance
Grant Permission to Westwood Media Center and anyone else wishes to record the meeting.

A. CHAIR’S UPDATE
• Holiday Cardboard Only Dumpster- 50 Carby Street
• Christmas Tree Pickup- January 4th to January 15th, 2021

B. NEW BUSINESS
• Initial Warrant Article Discussion- May 2021 Annual Town Meeting

C. OLD BUSINESS
• Appointments and Reappointments of Boards and Committees

D. REGULAR MINUTES
Meeting Minutes of: December 7, 2020

E. OTHER BUSINESS THAT MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE BOARD

F. PUBLIC AND PRESS

G. NEXT MEETING – January 11, 2021 at 5:00 pm via Zoom

Executive Session Script

The Select Board will be going into Executive Session to discuss one issue, pursuant to G.L. c.30A, §21(a)(3) to discuss strategy with respect to an ongoing litigation; discussion of which would have a detrimental effect on the position of the governing body if conducted in open session. The Board will be returning to open session.

H. EXECUTIVE SESSION

I. RETURN TO OPEN SESSION
• Amazon Warehouse, 732-750 Everett Street, Norwood MA

J. ADJOURNMENT

K. DEPARTMENT REPORTS AND FOR YOUR INFORMATION

Order of agenda items subject to change

Agenda: 122120 Meeting Notice with Agenda

This press release was produced by the Town of Westwood. The views expressed here are the author’s own.