Foxborough Selectmen Mull Public Negotiations with Kraft Group
Negotiations between the town and the Kraft Group continue to be a hot topic with the latest discussion centered on whether talks between the two sides should be done in public session.
Foxborough’s Board of Selectmen has some important decisions to make at its Oct. 30 meeting regarding the status of negotiations with the Kraft Group for future development at Patriot Place. Chief among those decisions will be whether or not negotiations between the town and the Kraft Group should be done publicly. The suggestion was first made by Board of Selectmen vice chair Mark Sullivan after Town Counsel Richard Gelerman informed the board the town negotiating committee it appointed in September was subject to Open Meeting Law because of how that committee was created. To read more on why the negotiating committee was subject to Open Meeting Law, click here. “No disrespect, I got a better idea,” Sullivan said after hearing Gelerman’s …
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Steve
8:47 am on Monday, October 22, 2012
It does not matter what or how is negotiated, it takes a final public vote by the BOS to send any deal to town meeting. Having a public negotiation with 5 BOS members, all with different agenda's, will result in no progress. Come to a consensus on what you want, give the town manager his marching orders and see what comes back as a deal. If it acceptable then send it to town meeting, if it not … more ›