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EADING SCHOOL COMMITTEE MINUTES <br />JANUARY 3. 1983 <br />73 <br />Call to Order <br />Chairman Garroway called to order a regular meeting of the Reading School Committee <br />on January 3, 1983, at 7:00 p. m., in the Central Office Conference Room. All <br />members were present (Mr. Landers arrived at 7:30 p. m.). Present also were <br />Superintendent Wells and Assistant Superintendents Munnelly and Winslow. <br />There were seven visitors, including representatives of the Finance Committee, <br />the Citizens Advisory Council and the Daily Times and Chronicle. <br />Approval of Minutes of December 20, 1982 <br />Mr. Coco moved, seconded by Mr. Nigro, and it was unanimously voted to approve the <br />minutes of the meeting of December 20, 1982. <br />Approval of Bills and Payrolls <br />Warrants for bills and payrolls were authorized as follows: <br />Bills <br />December 31, 1982 - General Expense - Total - $12,981.81 <br />Payrolls <br />December 30, 1982 - Weekly - Total - $24,272.33 <br />January 7, 1983 - Weekly - Total - $23,628.76 <br />Citizens' Input <br />There was no citizens' input. <br />School Committee Policy on Equality of Staff and Instructional Expenditures in the <br />Schools (AF) <br />A motion for final adoption of the School Committee Policy on Equality of Staff and <br />Instructional Expenditures in the Schools (AF) was made by Mr. Nigro, seconded by <br />Mr. Allen, and voted unanimously. <br />Budget Review -- Detail of Expense Budget <br />Chairman Garroway said the Committee would go through the expense portion of the <br />budget page by page and that he would entertain a motion after each section had been <br />discussed. He added that, hopefully, by the end of the evening there would be a <br />preliminary FY84 budget to submit to the Finance Committee. He also said that <br />between the time of the submission and the February 8th Finance Committee hearing <br />there will be time to do some fine tuning. A final vote on the budget will be taken <br />before Town Meeting. <br />Prior to the Committee's review of the athletic expense budget Dr. Wells noted that <br />despite declining enrollments there has been an increased participation in sports. <br />He added that the Athletic Department has fallen behind in some items and therefore, <br />the proposed budget reflects a 15% increase over last year. However, gate receipts, <br />which were $9,500 this year, are estimated at $14,800 for the coming year because more <br />