The Board of Selectmen had several appointments to different boards and committees during its Nov. 28 meeting, including accepting the resignation of an alternate Planning Board member.
“This letter represents my formal notice to resign from my position as an alternate on the Hudson Planning Board, effective immediately,” Autumn Scott wrote in a letter.
Scott explained that she had resigned “due to several heavy personal matters, including a death in the family, that has kept me out of state for many weeks.”
“At this time, I must prioritize supporting my family and my personal mental health and am unable to continue in this role,” she wrote. “I sincerely apologize for any inconveniences caused by my absence.”
Selectmen, Dillon Dumont, noted that the process had begun by the Board of Selectmen to remove her from the board, and he thought resigning was the right way to go.
Chair, Marilyn McGrath, noted that there is responsibility that comes with being on a board. “If they take an oath of office, they have to adhere to that oath,” McGrath said.
Selectmen, Bob Guessferd, who is the liaison for the Planning Board, noted that they made efforts to work with her. “The bottom line was we were finally able to communicate with her and this was the result,” Guessferd said.
The Selectmen also voted to re-appoint Normand Martin to the Zoning Board of Adjustment (ZBA).
Guessferd said the last time it came up, there were concerns over social media “and things like that with him.” He asked Dumont, who is the liaison to the ZBA, how he has been doing. Dumont said he’s been attending the meetings, “he’s shown interest in it,” and that he hasn’t had issues with him or anyone else on the board.
Over the past few years, Martin had been criticized for making a number of statements on social media regarding the public and their involvement in local issues while he was a member of the Board of Selectmen.
McGrath said, “I think he’s paid his penance for the inarticulate and certainly questionable comment… at a selectmen’s meeting when he was on the board of selectmen.” She said she was on the ZBA with him before, when he was Chair, and added, “I thought that he did a very good job as Chair.” “I think that time has long since passed,” she said.
Selectmen, Kara Ro, was the lone vote against the appointment.
The Selectmen also reappointed Linda Krisciunas as an alternate member of the Conservation Commission.
