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April 30, 2007

Petitions seeking Charlestown voters' action certified

CHARLESTOWN – The numbers are in.

The town clerk today certified signatures on petitions asking voters at the financial meeting on June 4 to authorize action on several controversial issues.

At first look, it appears voters will have a say in whether embattled Town Councilman James M. Mageau should finish his term, which expires in November 2008.

They would also weigh in whether the salary of Town Administrator Edward M. Barrett should be cut to $300 a month due to irregularities in his appointment. Three councilmen-elect met at a Wakefield restaurant days after the election to offer him the position, a meeting that the state Attorney General’s Office has since ruled violated the Open Meetings Act.

But whether the petitions will ever make it to the June 4 ballot depends on a legal ruling by Town Solicitor Robert E. Craven. Craven is to submit his opinion by Friday.

A public hearing on the warrant item proposals has been scheduled for May 7.

--- Journal staff writer Maria Armental

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