MEXICO — Selectmen met in an executive session late Tuesday night to discuss a Recreation Department personnel matter.

The board and Town Manager John Madigan entered into the closed session at 7:35 p.m. with Dawson Walton, director of the fitness center. A few minutes later, Recreation Director Chris Sevigny entered the session and Walton left soon after.

At 7:55 p.m., the Recreation Center’s custodian, Raymond Vaillancourt, entered the discussion.

The board, Sevigny and Vaillancourt were still meeting at 8:30 p.m.

According to the agenda, the board was scheduled to go into another closed session later in the meeting with Police Chief James Theriault to discuss a police complaint.

In a related matter, a third scheduled executive session had been planned to discuss a police grievance. That session was postponed until the Oct. 23 board meeting when the department’s union representative could be present.

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In other matters at Tuesday’s meeting, Madigan updated the board on several road issues, including the completion of the Leavitt Street paving project.

They also approved spending about $20,000 to resurface Oxford Street and another $600 to patch cracked sealing on a section of Ledgeview Avenue.

Selectmen also volunteered to personally donate $60 to the Mountain Valley Middle School Renaissance Program, and received a request from RSU 10 to make comments on a multimillion dollar federal grant the district is applying for.

The board also:

* appointed Calvin Lyons as the election warden for the Nov. 6 vote;

* accepted a $41,000 state snow machine grant and appointed Nicholas Brown as the project director; and

* announced a Halloween Walk at the Recreation Center for Oct. 26 and 27. Events begin at 6 p.m.


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