CATCH IT IF YOU CAN THIRD Edition

• Published in: The Boston globe
• Main Author: Robert Carroll, Robert Knox, Emily Sweeney, Robert Carroll, Carolyn Y. Johnson, Sandy Coleman, Matt Carroll, John Laidler, Peter Schworm and David Connolly
• Format: Newspaper Article
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, Mass Boston Globe Media Partners, LLC 09.10.2005
• ISSN: 0743-1791

MAYORAL PLAN ADVANCES Selectmen recommended a plan to substitute a mayor and Town Council for the current Town Meeting and Board of Selectmen. Selectmen praised the committee appointed this summer to draw up the mayoral form of government for accomplishing its task so quickly. If the Oct. 24 Special Town Meeting approves the plan, it will go before voters at next spring's town election. Voters will also be asked to vote on an alternative plan that substitutes a strong town manager for the current executive secretary as the town's top administrator. Town counsel Barbara St. Andre ruled recently that if both proposals pass at the polls, the one that receives the most votes will go forward. - Robert Knox SELECTMEN CHOOSE 16 SPENDING PROPOSALS The Board of Selectmen at its meeting Monday selected a list of 16 capital spending proposals it will put before the Nov. 1 Special Town Meeting. The requests total $166,095, which would be taken from the town's capital fund. The board selected the projects from a longer list of proposals that totaled $518,000. Among the requests to go to Special Town Meeting are $33,570 to replace the computer server at Town Hall; $23,000 to replace a restroom at a Department of Public Works building; $20,575 to renovate the police dispatch center; $15,000 to repair a firetruck; $15,000 for a computer server at North Pembroke Elementary School; and $12,000 to make the front entrance of the library more accessible to people with disabilities. - [John Laidler] AGREEMENT ON TRAFFIC PLAN FOR GREENBUSH CONSTRUCTION The town has entered into an agreement with the MBTA regarding the movement of traffic during construction of the Greenbush commuter rail line. The document signed by the Board of Selectmen and MBTA officials last week specifically addresses steps that will be taken to maintain traffic flow at sites where grade crossings and their infrastructure such as traffic signals and median barriers will be built, according to town ombudsman Susan Phippen. The locations covered are First Parish Road, Hollett Street, Captain Pierce Road, and the intersection at North Scituate Village that includes Henry Turner Bailey Road, Gannett Road, Booth Hill Road, and Country Way. Hollett Street, for example, will be closed for about 10 weeks, during which motorists will need to seek alternate routes. First Parish Road will close for about 12 weeks, but a temporary road will be built nearby. For more information on the agreement, go to the town's website, www.town.scituate.ma.us, and click on the Greenbush page. - John Laidler