Solicitor Recommends City Appeal Before Rehiring Employees

City Solicitor Robert Mangiaratti said it's likely the city will file a complaint against the Civil Service Commission's decision in Bristol County Superior Court.

Attleboro's solicitor said the city will likely appeal a Civil Service Commission's decision to order the Attleboro Redevelopment Authority (ARA) to rehire former ARA Director Michael Milanoski and ARA Chief Financial Officer Meg Ross.  Attorney Robert Mangiaratti will recommend to the city that a complaint against the commission be filed in Bristol County Superior Court, he said Friday afternoon after receving the commission's decision. "We believe the hearing officer made inaccurate findings of fact and not based on evidence and that the officer made errors of law," Mangiaratti said. "We will be making a recommendation to the ARA to appeal and assume they will decide to appeal." If the ARA agrees with the city solicitor's recommendation…

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Bob

8:34 pm on Monday, June 6, 2011

Good point, Steven! Point of clarification, Civil Service is a "quasi-judicial agency" that can only make recommendations but not enforce law. Unfortunately, this recommendation is only going to drag things out. Disturbing fact, the testimony given on the plaintiff side consisted of Mike Milanoski and Max Volterra. Mike was one of the individuals laid off so therefore the only credible witness on…   more ›

Redevelopment Authority Under Pressure to Fill Attleboro Industrial Park's Vacant Lots

Attleboro Redevelopment Authority took shots from officials on the empty Industrial park on Commerce Way.

The Attleboro Redevelopment Authority has its hands full with filling an empty industrial park, restoration projects and dealing with a lawsuit.  ARA Chairman and former Attleboro Mayor Judith Robbins was under fire by City Assessor Stan Nacewicz during the ARA's Thursday night meeting. Nacewicz said he foreshadowed a gloomy outlook  and dire forecast regarding the fate of various parcels in the city's 189-acre industrial park on Commerce Way.  Nacewicz said  “time is slipping by” to bring businesses to the park, which is still missing power lines and continues to be in severe debt. Ron Dubuc, assistant superintendent of operations for the city of Attleboro, reported that “electrical lines are “going in slowly but surely." “Some of those …

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'Boro Beat: There Goes the Neighborhood

Faced with prospect of rezoning for apartments, Tiffany Street residents go NIMBY route.

If given the choice, would you rather see an apartment building go up in your sightline or run the risk of costing your city hundreds of thousands—or even millions—of dollars? While Tiffany Street residents don't have a say in what happens in the rezoning of Commerce Way, that hasn't stopped them from putting up a big stink about it since the idea of apartments was first suggested, and agreed upon by the Attleboro Redevelopment Authority and owner W.B. Construction & Development of Seekonk. This is the typical "not in my backyard" revolt. Sure, it would be great if the land could be used for single-family homes, but is it more desirable to rezone the parcel for apartments or cost the city—and its taxpayers by extension—a huge chunk of …

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Public Weighs in on Riverbank Restoration and Walk

It was the first public presentation of the city's plan for a riverwalk.

The Attleboro Redevelopment Authority held a special session to present a slide show on plans for the Ten Mile River Bank Stabilization and Restoration Project, encourage feedback and field any concerns. An attentive audience of two dozen people included board members, city officials, a representative for Sen. Richard Ross,  Attleboro Garden Club members and abutting property owners met at City Hall to see the plans designed by Michelle West and Rick Claytor of the Horsley Witten Group of Sandwich. West assured everyone that bank stabilization and invasive species management will have little impact on the river bank. "There is not massive bank erosion," she said. "Measures can be used such as using core rolls made of fibrous material or …

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