March 28, 2024

My name is David Sullivan Jr and I am running for reelection to the Seekonk Planning Board.

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I am a lifelong resident of Seekonk and a graduate of Seekonk High School. I ran for the Planning Board five years ago after speaking with a number of residents about the needs of the Town and whether or not I could help in the process. The results were a resounding "Yes!" that I could help the Town in a positive way. I had done a lot of research, reading State Law, watching footage of previous Planning Board meetings etc to prepare myself for the position.

After assuming my seat in office I realized that I had a lot of misconceptions and misunderstanding of how the Planning Board truly operates. Mainly I thought they had more authority than they actually do. Without actually being on the Board, reviewing materials and then having to actually make a decision did I realize the amount of State Laws, State Regulations, Local By Laws and Court Decisions ie. Case Law are involved. All of these severely restrict the individuals ability to make decisions and vote as a member of the Board. All decisions must be based in Law as I described. There is no individual ability to deviate in making a decision.

I have enjoyed my time as a member of the Planning Board and look forward to another term representing Seekonk as best I can. I have been the Chairman of the Board for the last two years. During these last two years I have tried to initiate positive change for the Town of Seekonk. One example is that I was the driving force to amend our local Rules and Regulations to reflect changes in the Towns ability to maintain actual Surety in the construction of subdivisions in Town while another was to amend these same Rules and Regulations to require that any Surety Amount be in Prevailing Wage. Up until 2018 this was not done. If for any reason the Town would have to step in to address a problem with a development it did not have sufficient funds to do so. Now we ensure that there is enough funding, at the time of filing, to complete the work. All positive change to benefit Seekonk.

Again please let me thank you for the chance to serve on the Planning Board and I would like to respectfully ask you to support my reelection to the Seekonk Planning Board on April 1 2019!

Sincerely,
David Sullivan Jr
Seekonk Ma.

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