SAUGUS Vol. 25, No. 3 -FREETh e Advocate – A household word in Saugus! DVOD www.advocatenews.net By Mark E. Vogler W IN Waste Innovations is ready to sit down with the town offi cials and off er a proposal on what could be included in a new Host Community Agreement related to the operation of its trash-to-energy plant and the adjacent ash landfi ll on Route 107. “This has been great for us being a part of this committee,” WIN Waste Innovations Vice President of Environmental Affairs James Connolly told memCCATTEAT Published Every Friday Making the host happy WIN Waste Innovations nears a response to committee’s “to do” list for improving trash-to-energy site and landfi ll bers of the Board of Health’s WIN (Wheelabrator) Subcommittee at a meeting on Wednesday night (Jan. 19). “We have some concepts we’re working on – general WIN WASTE | SEE PAGE 13 Time to Vote on The Voke A DATE OF INTEREST: WIN Waste Innovations plans to present a proposal for a Host Community Agreement to the Board of Health’s “Landfi ll Committee” on Feb. 16 at 7 p.m. in the second fl oor auditorium at Saugus Town Hall. (Courtesy photo) A $1.5 million retirement loss State Appeals Court rules the forfeiture of former Saugus town manager Bisignani’s pension is constitutional By Mark E. Vogler T he state Appeals Court agrees with two lower THE WAY IT COULD LOOK: an artist’s rendering of the lobby in the proposed new Northeast Metropolitan Regional Vocational High School. In a special election set for Tuesday (Jan. 25), voters in 12 communities, including Saugus, will go to the polls to vote on a simple yes-no question: whether “to authorize the borrowing of $317,422,620 to pay costs of designing, constructing, originally equipping and furnishing a new Northeast Metropolitan Regional Vocational School and related athletic facilities, located at 100 Hemlock Road in Wakefi eld.” Voting for all 10 town precincts will take place at the Saugus Senior Center from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., instead of being held at the usual polling locations. Please see inside for story and letters to the editor. (Courtesy photo to The Saugus Advocate) court rulings that former Saugus Town Manager Andrew Bisignani should be denied a retirement allowance of more than $1.5 million – which it believes to be the largest pension forfeiture by a Massachusetts public employee. In an 18-page opinion issued last Friday (Jan. 14), Justice Amy Lyn Blake called Bisignani’s crimes “comparable to those of” former Massachusetts House Speakers Tom Finneran and Salvatore DiMasi – “high level public employees who were convicted of obstruction of justice, and multiple counts of devising a scheme to deprive the public of its right to honest services, APPEALS | SEE PAGE 4 781-233-4446 Friday, January 21, 2022 A LOSING COURT FIGHT: Former Saugus Town Manager Andrew Bisignani recently received more bad news about his pension. The state Appeals Court has issued an opinion upholding the forfeiture of his retirement allowance, which totals more than $1.5 million. (Saugus Advocate fi le photo) ANGELO’S FULL SERVICE Regular Unleaded $3.239 Mid Unleaded $3.299 Super $3.419 Diesel Fuel $3.559 "43 Years of Excellence!" 1978-2021 KERO $4.99 DEF $3.49 9 Diesel $3.299 9 HEATING OIL 24-Hour Burner Service Call for Current Price! (125—gallon minimum) DEF Available by Pump! Open an account and order online at: www.angelosoil.com (781) 231-3500 (781) 231-3003 367 LINCOLN AVE • SAUGUS • OPEN 7 DAYS Prices subject to change Ask about our Conditioner! FLEET
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