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Town of Reading <br /> Meeting Minutes <br /> IJIV IF(OR � - 1 <br /> Board - committee - commission - council: e C i <br /> Select Board <br /> Date: 2020-01-21 Time: 7:00 PM <br /> Building: Reading Town Hall Location: Select Board Meeting Room <br /> Address: 16 Lowell Street Session: Open Session <br /> Purpose: General Business Version: Final <br /> Attendees: Members - Present: <br /> Vanessa Alvarado, John Halsey, Anne Landry, Mark Dockser, Andy <br /> Friedmann <br /> Members - Not Present: <br /> Others Present: <br /> Town Manager Bob LeLacheur, Matt Holmen, Karen Herrick, John Means, <br /> David DiGiammacino, Thomas Wise, Megan Fidler-Carey, Amy Lannon, <br /> Caroline Gauthier, John Weston <br /> Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Caitlin Saunders <br /> Topics of Discussion: <br /> Ms. Alvarado called the meeting to order at 7:00 PM. <br /> Liaison Reports <br /> Mr. Halsey noted he had his office hour at the Pleasant Street Center. The seniors love <br /> having someone there to talk to and they want to the board to ask them what they want <br /> when it comes to a new senior center. <br /> Mr. Friedmann noted he had questions about two of the proposed positions in the budget. <br /> He spoke with Mr. LeLacheur and his feelings are that the benefits coordinator is a need but <br /> maybe the tree climber is more of a want at this moment. <br /> Ms. Landry thanked the Human Relations Advisory Committee for putting on another great <br /> Martin Luther King Day Celebration on Monday. <br /> Ms. Alvarado wanted to talk about the RMLD payments discussion. She noted they had a <br /> consultant do a study but she felt the study has flaws and needs to be further assessed. The <br /> budget will be impacted if the payment goes lower which is what is being proposed at this <br /> time. <br /> Town Managers Report <br /> Mr. LeLacheur noted on January 30'" at the Library community room there will be a <br /> neighborhood meeting for the former Daniel's House. They have invited the building owner <br /> and the proposed tenant. He would like to let the public know, there is a letter being <br /> circulated by neighbors with a staff persons name on it, that letter did NOT come from staff. <br /> Someone outside of town hall and staff created that letter and is circulating it to look like a <br /> town letter but it is not from the town. He noted he has asked Matt Kraunelis, <br /> Page 1 1 <br />