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Board of Selectmen Meeting <br /> January 26, 1999 <br /> The meeting was convened at 7:32 p.m. in the Selectmen's Meeting Room, lb Lowell Street, <br /> Reading, Massachusetts. Present were Chairman Bruce MacDonald, Vice Chairman Sally Hoyt, <br /> Secretary Matthew Nestor, Selectmen Camille Anthony and George Hines, Town Manager Peter <br /> Hechenbleikner, Assistant Town Manager Russell Dean, Paula Schena and the following list of <br /> interested parties: Pasquale Iapicca, Michael Saunders, Peter Reinhart, David Bryant, Carol <br /> Roberts. <br /> Reports and Comments <br /> Selectmen's Liaison Reports and Comments — Sally Hoyt attended the MMA Conference. She <br /> congratulated the Reading Hockey Team for winning 50 games, Sean Collins for scoring his <br /> 1.00`x' goal, Senator Tisei for being selected as the Assistant Minority Leader, and Brad Jones for <br /> being selected as the Minority Whip. She also noted that she is a member of the Reading Clock <br /> and Bell Fund Committee and the Committee is looking for contributions. <br /> George Hines noted that he attended the MMA Conference, and he represented the Board at John <br /> Carpenter's Eagle Scout Ceremony. He attended a School Committee budget hearing, and noted <br /> that he had distributed the feasibility study to the Board. One of the recommendations in the <br /> study is to displace non-High School uses. He noted that the Reading Business Park Negotiating <br /> Committee met last Friday, and the Town could have a Letter of Intent within the next couple of <br /> weeks. <br /> Camille Anthony suggested that the Solid Waste Advisory Committee do an Earth Day <br /> combined with Community Day. <br /> Matthew Nestor noted that he had received a lot of calls regarding the Special Election, and a lot <br /> of complaints regarding the snow plowing. <br /> Public Comment—There was no public comment. <br /> Town Manager's Report <br /> ® Karen DeFrancesco has been appointed as Acting Conservation Administrator <br /> while we go through the hiring process. <br /> + Scott Dole has been hired as Reading's newest firefighter, replacing Jim Stevenson <br /> who is retiring,, Scott and Firefighter Michael Wood will be attending the Fire- <br /> fighting Academy beginning next Monday. <br /> + We have made an offer of employment to a Planner, and the offer has been accepted. <br /> All offers of employment are subject to passing a medical exam and once we have <br /> gotten that clearance, I will announce the name of our new Planner who will be <br /> starting in April. <br />