Fast work of the Town Manager and Town Clerk allowed for the board of selectmen to hold an emergency meeting last night and place the vacant seat on the regular town spring election. The quick action saved the town about $12,000. Under the rules of the office of Selectmen, when a seat is officially vacated, the board must call for an election to fill the seat if not within 120 days of a regularly scheduled election. The concern was that the selectmen also had to request the seat placed on the ballot no less than 15 days prior to the closing of date for which request to take out papers can be made. With a full board present on Tuesday Night, the Board voted unanimously to place the seat on the April 4 ballot and Town Clerk Eileen Gates, received the written request and is acting on it. The seat will be for the remainder of a three year term and runs through April 2010. (MiddleboroughNews.com, January 27, 2009)