1992-02-25 Board of Selectmen Executive Session Minutes

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Minutes of the Board of Selectmen Executive Session February 25, 1992 The Board went into Executive Session at 7:55 p.m. Present were Chairman Eugene Nigro, Secretary Dan Ensminger, Selectmen George Hines and Russ Graham, Town Manager Peter I. Hechenbleikner, Public Works Director Tony Fletcher, Assistant Public Works Director Ted McIntire, and FinCom Chairman Bill Burditt. Tony Fletcher and Dan Ensminger reviewed the survey material from the meeting they had on RESCO. The special. counsel and consultants for the consortium of cities and towns have estimated that RESCO initial costs of the plant retrofit of $66 million, revised by RESCO in July, 1991 to $62 million, and further revised by RESCO in their bill of January, 1992 to $57 million, should really be $28,800, 000. The Town's share of that, based on our tonnage of 2. 050 of the total plant tonnage, yields a bill of $110, 108. The Board reviewed a proposed letter to RESCO to accompany the check. The court date is set for June, 1992 . One of the interesting facts that was found in the discovery of the court case is that the retrofitting actually generates additional funding to RESCO, in the amount of approximately $12 , 100 per day for additional electricity generated, and additional capacity of the plant yielding a total of $16, 000 per day additional net income, or $250,000 per month. The Board agreed, that based on the advice of special counsel, the Board of Selectmen would agree to pay $110, 108 . 21 to RESCO as complete payment for calendar year 1991 pass through costs. On motion by Nigro, seconded by Hines, the Board voted to adjourn at 8:20 p.m. , and to come back into Executive Session following the conclusion of the regular meeting. All four members voted accordingly and the meeting was adjourned. The Board reconvened in Executive Session at 11: 23 p.m. The Board reviewed two labor negotiations issues: 1. The detail agreement between the Town, the Police Superior Officers, and the Police Patrol Officers. On motion by Hines, seconded by Ensminger, the Board voted to approve the agreement and authorize the Town Manager to sign it by a vote of 4-0-0. 2 . The Town Manager reviewed the Health Insurance issues with the Board of Selectmen. The Board directed the Town Manager to proceed with negotiations, but return to a 50-50 split of health insurance premiums after February, 1994, unless nego- tiated otherwise. On motion by Hines, seconded by Ensminger, the Board voted to ad- journ at 11:30 p.m. , with all four members voting in the affirma- tive. Resp ctfullly submitted, ecreta4l-y