1998-03-03 Board of Selectmen Executive Session Minutes

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Board of Selectmen Meeting Executive Session March 3, 1998 The meeting was convened at 6:35 p.m. in the Selectmen's Meeting Room, 16 Lowell Street, Reading, Massachusetts. Present were Chairman Camille Anthony, Vice Chairman Bruce MacDonald, Secretary Sally Hoyt, Selectmen Dan Ensminger and George Hines, Town Manager Peter Hechenbleikner, Town Counsel H Theodore Cohen. Labor Negotiations The Town Manager reviewed the labor negotiations process. On motion by MacDonald seconded by Ensminger, the Board authorized the Town Manager to negotiate labor contracts not to exceed the amounts in the following schedule subject to modification and final approval by the Board of Selectmen: Dispatchers — 2.1% per year for three years plus step increases based on performance evaluations; Police Patrol Officers — 2.5% per year for three years with concessions on time off for new Officers and containment of sick leave use; Police Superior Officers — 2.5% per year for three years with concessions on time off for new Superior Officers and containment of sick leave use; DPW — 2.5% per year for three years; Engineers/WTP — 2.1% per year for three years plus step increase based on performance evaluation; Fire Fighters— 2.5% per year for three years. On a roll call vote all five members of the Board voted in the affirmative. Liti ation Eric's Greenhouse - Town Counsel reviewed the status of Eric's Greenhouse. A complaint for contempt has been filed months ago. We are asking the court to reactivate this complaint. Goddard has applied for a building permit for additional greenhouses to the rear. They've been denied for a number of reasons. We will watch for construction. We will go for daily fines. We'll get photographic evidence of the piles of bark mulch. On motion by MacDonald seconded by Ensminger, the Board of Selectmen voted to seize negotiations with Thomas Goddard doing business as Eric's Greenhouse relative to amending the prior court order regarding zoning cases, and direct Town Counsel to proceed with enforcement in this case. On a roll call vote, the motion was unanimously carried. Summit Villaie — The Town Manager reviewed the status of the Summit Village case and correspondence by Latham and Latham. On motion by MacDonald seconded by Hoyt, the Board voted not to support the application before CPDC by Dolben also known as Summit Village to modify the terms of the PRD approval to waive the left turn lane from South Street to Main Street and the transportation mitigation requirements, until such time as all fees and monies owed to the Town of Reading have been paid in full. On a roll call vote, the motion was unanimously approved.