1983-02-28 School Committee Minutes

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107 READING SCHOOL COMMITTEE MINUTES FEBRUARY 28, 1983 Call to Order A regular meeting of the Reading School Committee was called to order by Chairman Garroway on February 28, 1983, at 7:30 p, m., in the Central Office Conference Room. Mr. Nigro was absent. All other members were present, as were Superintendent Wells and Assistant Superintendents Munnelly and Winslow. There were eight visitors, including Mrs. Ruth McNaney and Mrs. Mary Blake of the Cafeteria Employees Union, Food Services Director Miss Catherine Cook, and repre- sentatives of the Citizens Advisory Council and the Daily Times and Chronicle. Executive Session Immediately after the call to order the Chairman announced that the regular agenda would be suspended so that the Committee could hear a Level III Grievance brought by the Cafeteria Workers of the Reading Schools (AfSCME, Council 93, Local 1703). Mrs. Philbrick moved, seconded by Mr. Allen, that the Committee enter into execu- tive session to hear a grievance. The motion carried on a unanimous roll call vote. The Committee remained in executive session until 7:54 p. m., when the open session resumed. Bills and Payroll Warrants for bills and payroll were authorized as follows: Bills February 25, 1983 - General Expense - Total - $52,199.09. March 4, 1983 - General Expense - Total - $25,557.34. Payroll March 4, 1983 - Weekly - Total - $23,906.58 Approval of Minutes of February 14, 1983 On a motion by Mr. Landers, seconded by Mr. Allen, the Committee voted unanimously to approve the minutes of the meeting of February 14, 1983. Citizens' Input There was no citizens' input. Policy Review The Chairman postponed this agenda item until Mr. Nigro, who is chairman of the Committee to Review Policies, returns from vacation. Budget Review Dr. Wells recommended that the School Committee go on record that they would not pursue relocating the Central Office in FY84 but instead vote to allocate the $50,000 budgetted for the move for items previously deleted from the FY84 budget. This would mean the budget would still be within the Finance Committee guidelines, that many nrinrity ;tamg rmild he restored to the budget. and that the School Department budget base would not be lowered for future years. Dr. Wells presented a list of 12 items (document B -2 -b) that he recommended be restored to the budget.