A change in leadership on the Bourne Finance Committee has taken place.
Renee A. Gratis was named the committeeâs new chairwoman during its remote Zoom meeting on Monday, June 7. Ms. Gratis takes over for Mary Jane Mastrangelo who was recently elected to the Bourne Board of Selectmen. Ms. Mastrangelo had to give up her seat on the finance committee due to her election as a selectman.
Ms. Gratis had been serving as co-vice-chairwoman of the finance committee, along with her colleague on the committee, Amanda Bongiovanni. During Monday s meeting, Ms. Bongiovanni was elected to continue as vice-chairwoman. The committee voted in favor of having one person serve in that position instead of two.
Bourne Town Counsel Robert S. Troy has advised town officials that recently elected selectwoman Mary Jane Mastrangelo cannot serve on the Bourne Wastewater Facility Design and Building Committee as the designee of the Bourne Capital Outlay Committee. She can, however, serve as the designee of the Bourne Board of Sewer Commissioners, despite a provision in the Bourne Town Charter prohibiting selectmen/sewer commissioners from serving on other town boards and committees.
Mr. Troy offered his opinion on the matter in an email response to several questions posed by the Bourne Board of Selectmen. Board members asked if the capital committee has the authority to designate someone who has resigned from the committee as the groupâs representative to the wastewater building committee.
The Bourne Capital Outlay Committee has voted in favor of recommending that newly elected selectwoman Mary Jane Mastrangelo continue in her role as the committee s representative to the Bourne Wastewater
By WXTK News
A controversial Select Board race in Bourne is over.
Mary Jane Mastrangelo and incumbent Jared MacDonald were the winners of a five-candidate field in Tuesday’s election.
Incumbent James Potter leveled various accusations of impropriety against Mastrangelo in her capacity as the chair of the Bourne Finance Committee, which led the Select Board to hire a special counsel to resolve the matter.
Potter came in third place in yesterday s election.
There were also Select Board races in three other Cape Cod towns yesterday.
In Falmouth, a vacant seat was picked up by Onjalé Scott Price.
In Yarmouth, incumbent Daniel Horgan and newcomer Peter Q. Smith were the winners.
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