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After executive session, Selectboard directs Town Administrator to create blind bid rubric for procurements
Summary
Following executive session, the Selectboard voted 5‑0 to instruct the Town Administrator to develop a general rubric for bid processes and a blind bid procedure to use at the board's discretion.
The Selectboard moved into executive session Jan. 22 for matters related to labor relations and confidential attorney–client communication, then emerged and approved a motion to change procurement practice.
Chair Casey Mathieu moved to find that premature public knowledge of specified matters would disadvantage the town and the board entered executive session (motion passed 5‑0). After exiting executive session, the board voted 5‑0 to instruct the Town Administrator to create a general rubric for future bid processes and to develop a blind bid process that the Selectboard could use at its discretion. The motion was presented as a step to increase fairness and reduce potential bias in contracting.
The board did not adopt the rubric at the meeting; it instead directed the administrator to draft the policy for future consideration and implementation.
