1999-01-13 School Committee Minutes

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READING SCHOOL COMMITTEE Reading, Massachusetts Regular Session January 13 1999 CALL TO ORDER Mr. Twomey called the meeting to order at 7:35 p.m. Present were members Dahl, Stohlman, Twomey, Cavicchi. Also present were Superintendent Harutunian, Associate Superintendent Richards and Town Accountant, Richard Foley. BILLS & PAYROLL There were no Bills & Payroll. SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT The Superintendent distributed a Town Calendar. CITIZEN'S INPUT There was no Citizen's Input. SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDED BUDGET The Superintendent asked all Budget Parents who were present to stand and state their name and the school that they are representing. Dr. Harutunian stated that the discussion tonight would be Maintenance Budget. He explained that Page 66 was a Summary of the maintenance budget. We are requesting $ 1,174,199 for Personal Services and $ 1, 174,349 for Non - Personal. We are only discussing the School side tonight, the cost of cleaning and maintaining. We have corrected the spelling of Assistant on Page 67. The Superintendent explained the difference between Personel and Personal. There was a question on the Director Salary line. The salary line reflects only a 1.8% increase. The line reflects a turn over in the Director position in the past year. The first year salary for a new director would be different from a second year salary for an existing director. The next question dealt with the Clerical Line. It was decided after discussion that the FTE in Column one would be changed from 0.6 to 1.0 and that the FTE in Column 4 would be changed from 1.5 to 1.75. One of the secretaries went from part time to full time during the year. The extra money to increase this position came from the allocation we received ($ 42.821). The Peat Marwick report indicates that the office definitely needs two secretaries.