BOS minutes 11-14-17

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Board of Selectmen
Minutes
November 14, 2017
Memorial Hall, 801 Washington Street, Canton, MA
Salah Meeting Room
7:00 p.m.
Present: Chairman John J. Connolly I Vice Chairman Mark J. Porter (Clerk Kevin T. Feeney ~
Christopher J. Connolly I Thomas W. Theodore
Also Present: Charles J. Aspinwall, Town Administrator and Jennifer Kemalian, Administrative Secretary
The meeting was called to order at 7:02 p.m.
It was noted that Chairman Connolly was not in attendance at the meeting as he had personal business.
Chief Ken Berkowitz made the Board aware the Officer Kevin Albert had achieved the rank of Detective.
Detective Kevin Albert was congratulated by the Board.
The Canton High School Problem Solvers Club made a presentation to the Board. The students
introduced themselves and discussed the project they had been working on which was to bring
awareness to the community about teens with life altering disabilities. They noted that there had
recently been two stroke victims who attended Canton High School which is what started the project.
They described how there are not a lot of programs for teens with life altering injuries but they would
like to change that. They discussed a program at the Pappas Rehabilitation Center called Friends on
Fridays, where teens spend time playing with the kids who live there and building friendships.
The Board thanked the Problem Solvers for their presentation.
NSTAR Electric dba Eversource Energy was before the Board seeking approval for a utility petition to
install 145 feet of Conduit on Shawmut Road to provide electrical service for solar array.
Motion was made to approve the NSTAR Electric dba Eversource Energy utility petition as described.
Motion: Mr. Feeney Second: Mr. Connolly Vote: 4-0