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Select Board chair says African Meeting House investigation RFP will be amended; critics press for outside investigator and emergency meeting
Summary
Select Board member Malcolm McNabb, chair of the African Meeting House procurement work group, apologized for omissions in the recent request for proposals and said an addendum will be issued; public commenters and committee members pressed for an out-of-region investigator, clearer language and a public emergency meeting.
Malcolm McNabb, Select Board member and chair of the African Meeting House procurement work group, said the request for proposals for an independent investigation will be corrected and that responses are due July 2.
The announcement came after public commenters and work-group members criticized the RFP’s wording and the committee’s handling of advertisement details. The committee plans to issue an addendum to clarify the RFP, McNabb said, and the town will re-notify the 17 firms that were sent the solicitation.
The dispute centers on language and scope omissions. Clifford Williams, a frequent public commenter, told the board the draft posted to the Boston Globe and other outlets “is not what we asked for and it's not what we're wanting,” and urged the board to hold an in-person emergency meeting so opponents can review the procurement in full. Williams said the RFP has been amended…
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