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Attending: Nick Holmes, Brett St.Clair, Brigitte Cook, Scott Ives and Jackie Kennedy

Brett called the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m.

Motion by Nick to accept the minutes of the February 8 meeting was made and seconded by Jackie. Motion passed

Nick talked about the training session the committee will offer to newly elected officials. Elections are March 8 and the training session will be held Friday 11 March at 5:30 p.m. at the Town Clerk’s office. Nick and Brigitte will hold the session. There will be an additional training session for board and committee members appointed by the Selectmen at a later date.

Mr. Herlihy addressed the committee and requested that he wanted to make a public statement before we started proceeding with a Pre-hearing conference. Mr. Herlihy then addressed his comments to Mr. Chicoine. Mr. Herlihy apologized for comments he made about Mr. Chicoine at the January ZBA meeting. Mr. Chicoine accepted the apology and asked to withdraw his pending complaint before the Ethics Committee against Mr. Herlihy.

The committee accepted the withdrawal and commends both parties for living up to the spirit of the ethic code by opening communications to solve the issue between themselves.

Dan Nault asked to make a comment to the committee about his concerns with the definition of recusing one self from a board or committee. There was discussion and scenarios used to differentiate between disclosure and recusal. The committee thought this would make a good discussion item at an upcoming working committee session.

Ron Slocum asked to speak to the committee regarding the part of the Ethic Code that addresses the process of exhausting all options open to a complainant. Ron was seeking clarification of the process. Discussion and scenarios were played out and the committee thought this would be a subject that deserved further discussion at an upcoming working committee session.

Motion to adjourn at 8:30 p.m. was made by Jackie, second by Brett. Motion passed.

Respectfully submitted for the committee by:

Jacqueline A. Kennedy