SELECTMEN To Discuss COVID-19, Mask Donations, Proposed Apartments, Annual Town Meeting & More On May 11

WILMINGTON, MA — The Wilmington Board of Selectmen meets this Monday, May 11, 2020 at 7pm. The meeting will take place online and shown live on WCTV (Channel 9 on Comcast and Channel 37 on Verizon) at http://www.wctv.org. (Members can also listen in to the meeting by dialing 1-646-558-8656 and entering meeting ID 884 8123 9606 and then press # and press # again at the next voice prompt.)

There are some noteworthy items on the agenda, including:

• Selectmen will receive an update from Town Health Director Shelley Newhouse and Fire Chief Bill Cavanaugh on the town’s COVID-19 response.
• Selectmen will acknowledge and thank Scott, Dylan and Jack McLeod for their recent donation of masks to the Wilmington Police Department.
• Selectmen will discuss the criteria for local preference relative to the proposed Princeton Properties apartment complex on Jefferson Road. Selectmen will hear a presentation from Town Planning Director Valerie Gingirch and then make a recommendation to the Board of Appeals on the matter.
• Selectmen will receive an update from Town Manager Jeff Hull on legislation relative to Town Meeting Quorums.
• Selectmen will receive an update from Hull on a potential water line to Cook Avenue.
• Selectmen will receive an update on the Town’s Yard Waste Drop-Off Center.
• Selectmen will receive an update on the Town Beach summer 2020 season.
• Selectmen will receive an update on the Town’s Memorial Day Parade and Ceremony.
• Selectmen will receive an update on the recruitment of election workers for upcoming elections.
• Selectmen will receive an update from the DPW on the town’s vegetation management plan.
• Selectmen will consider signing the warrant for the 2020 Annual Town Meeting.
• Selectmen will consider a request to light the Town Common red, white and blue.
• Selectmen will consider establishing an electronic signature policy.
• Selectmen will make an appointment to the Town’s Scholarship Committee to fill a vacancy.
• Selectmen will consider requests from two school employees to also be allowed to also work for the town’s Recreation Department this summer.

Wilmington Apple intends to report on many of the items above – and any other news that comes from the meeting — over the next two weeks. Wilmington Apple will live-tweet the meeting HERE.

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