1982-02-08 School Committee Minutes

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SCHOOL COMMITTEE MINUTES FEBRUARY 8, 1982 Call to Order The regular meeting of the Reading School Committee was called to order by Chairman Landers on February 8, 1982, at 8:08 p. m., in the Superintendent's Conference Room. All members were present, as were Superintendent Wells and Assistant Superintendent Winslow. Dr. Munnelly was unable to attend due to a death in the family. There were four visitors, among them representatives of the Finance Committee, Citi- zens Advisory Committee and the Daily Chronicle. Approval of Minutes of February 1, 1982 Mr. Nigro moved, seconded by Mr. Coco, and the Committee voted unanimously to accept the minutes of the meeting of February 1, 1982. Approval of Bills and Payrolls Warrants for bills and payrolls were authorized as follows: Bills February 12, 1982 - General Expense - Total - $24,L38.39 Payrolls February 11, 1982 - Teachers - Total - $2835272.87 February 12, 1982 - Weekly - Total - $23,618.17 Citizens Input Mr. Gerald Zerfas questioned the School Committee's meeting in the Superintendent's Office preceding the Call to Order - quoting from the "Open Meeing Law." He asked why the meeting was held. Chairman Landers said the Law provides for emergency executive sessions, adding that something had come to his attention mid day which necessitated the meeting. Mr. Zerfas asked the reason for the meeting and the Chairman said it was to discuss matters pertaining to bargaining and negotiations. FY83 Expense Budget - Fy82 Surplus Chairman Landers said he would like the Committee to consider the budget first and then the matter of using the FY82 surplus to fund some items of the FY83 budget (expense portion). Mrs. Philbrick questioned whether the Committee had thoroughly gone over the athletic portion of the budget. Dr. Wells suggested that, due to the fact there would be a new athletic director, the School Committee vote the same amount voted in FY81 except that he recommended $1,200 for lining the fields be transferred to the custodian overtime account (4000 series). Mr. Winslow then went over a list of 27 priority ##2 and #3 items, totaling $55,2+9, which had been eliminated from the Fy83 Budget. He noted that in most cases these items could only be postponed for another year or two. Mr. Coco moved, seconded by Mr. Garroway, and it was unanimously voted to allocate $13,505 for School Committeee Expense (1100 series) for FY83. This amount includes $3,0( to r"einstitue the publication of "Tile Chaff boaru."