Tewksbury Local Housing Partnership Votes To Discontinue Itself

TEWKSBURY, MA — Tewksbury's Local Housing Partnership recently voted to "discontinue" itself after failing to get any responses to a request for proposals for administrative assistance.

The committee voted 4-0 with 4 either absent or abstaining to "not continue with the LHP Committee as it now exists" Oct. 13, according to the meeting minutes.

The vote was first reported by the Tewksbury Carnation.

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The four members who voted in favor all planned to submit letters of resignation to the Select Board, according to the meeting minutes. The Town Crier obtained letters of resignation from Chair Nancy Reed and member Vincent Fratalia.

Fratalia and Reed cited lack of support from the town as a reason for the Partnership to discontinue.

Laura Caplan and Greg Peters also voted to discontinue the committee, while Jake Brothers abstained. The other three members were absent. According to the minutes, Anne Marie Stronach, the Select Board representative, had asked Reed to bring the idea of discontinuing up for discussion.

The committee was offering $30,000 for the request for proposals.

"There were a couple of calls regarding the RFP with questions" but nothing more, according to minutes.

According to the Town Crier, only the Select Board has the authority to dissolve a committee it created, like the Housing Partnership.

Christopher Huffaker can be reached at 412-265-8353 or chris.huffaker@patch.com.

An earlier version of this story misspelled the name of the committee chair. It has been corrected.