AG Rules Southbridge School Committee Did Not Violate Meeting Law

Susan Spencer Teleggram & Gazette Staff

The Southbridge School Committee did not violate the state's Open Meeting Law when it voted to appoint an interim superintendent and a recording secretary in July, the attorney general's office ruled last week.

But Assistant Attorney General Hanne Rush wrote in her letter of Dec. 22 to the School Committee's lawyer, Kimberly Rozak, that because commitee Chairman Scott S. Lazo knew the identity of the sole candidate for each of the two positions, he should have posted their names on the meeting agendas.

Where Is The Attorney General?

Kenneth M. O’Brien

The Board of Health of the Town of Southbridge is comprised currently of two members, Anne Beinema and Rinaldo Bernadone.

In conformity with a point of order raised by former councilor Richard Logan, and as specifically provided for in the town charter, there is one vacancy.

Nevertheless, tomorrow evening (August 2), the subcommittee on Education and Human Services will vote on recommending to the full council the nomination of two additional members to the Board.

This is all part of an effort to return to the previously illegitimate five-member Board of Health and thus stack it with a majority that would favor the interests of our corporate overlords at Casella.