1994-03-08 Board of Selectmen Minutes

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Board of Selectmen Meeting March 8, 1994 The meeting was convened at 6:54 p.m. in the Selectmen's Meeting Room, 16 Lowell Street, Reading, MA. Present were Chairman George Hines, Vice Chairman Gene Nigro, Secretary Sally Hoyt, Selectmen Dan Ensminger and Bili Burditt, Town Manager Peter I. Hechenbleikner. On motion by Ensminger seconded by Burditt the Board voted to go into Executive Session in preparation for a strategy session for negotiations for non-union personnel and contract negotiations with non-union personnel, to come back into open session at ap- proximately 8: 00 p.m. On roll call vote: Hines yes, Nigro abstained, Hoyt yes, Ensminger yes, Burditt yes. The Board reconvened in open session at 8:00 p.m. The following list of interested parties were present: Bob Ward, Nancy Eaton, Bob McCurry, Jeanne McCorry, . Virginia Harper, Camille Anthony, Lois K. Bond. Approval of Minutes On motion by Nigro seconded by Hoyt the Board voted to approve the minutes of February 8, 1994, as amended by a vote of 5-0-0. On motion by Ensminger seconded by Burditt the Board voted to ap- prove the minutes of February 15, 1994 as amended by a vote of 4-0-1 with Nigro abstaining. .........._ Liaison Reports/Selectmen's Comments Ensminger indicated that he had attended a Budget Committee meet- ing, and tentative agreements on allocation of resources has been reached. He attended the Mineral Street Bridge Task Force meet- ing. He noted that Bill Robertson, Town Engineer, is leaving. He gave the Board an update on the status of litigation regarding MWRA rates. The group of communities has not yet begun to work - they are still collecting money. They expect a commitment of $50, 000 and expect to file suit by June 1, 1994. Gene Nigro congratulated the Reading Public Library on its 10th Anniversary at its location at the Highland School. He noted a number of events that took place including a jazz concert, and a talk by Clark Booth, as well as a sleepover. He also attended the Reading Business Park Task Force meeting and a marketing package for the site is being developed. The Town is also look- ing at a PWED grant. Sally Hoyt noted activities of the Division of Elder Services in- cluding an AARP meeting, and a health care workshop at the Senior Center. The Rabies Clinic will be held March 12 for dogs, and March 19 for cats. Registrations are being accepted for summer camp and swimming programs for the summer recreation program. This is being done on a mail-in basis. She attended the Arts Center Task Force at the RMLD building. She attended the Reading Public Library's 10th Anniversary Celebration and noted that Elia Marnik and Jack Cairl did a great job. She was pleased to see thatthe Woburn Police Department won a grant for Community Oriented Policing.