1994-04-12 Board of Selectmen Minutes

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Board of Selectmen Meeting April 12, 1994 The meeting was convened at 7 : 30 p.m. in the Selectmen's Meeting Room, 16 Lowell Street, Reading, MA. Present were Chairman George Hines, Vice Chairman Bill Burditt, Secretary Sally Hoyt, Selectmen Dan Ensminger and Camille Anthony, Town Manager Peter Hechenbleikner, Town Counsel H Theodore Cohen, Coolidge Middle School Science Coaches John Doherty and Debby Reinemann, the Coolidge Middle School Science Team and their parents. Certificate of Appreciation - Coolidge Middle School Science Team - Following a "photo opportunity" the Board of Selectmen approved a certificate of appreciation and congratulations to the Coolidge Middle School Science Team which will be representing the Common- wealth of Massachusetts in the National Competition. Certificate of Appreciation - Eagle Scout Chris Lucas - On motion by Ensminger seconded by Burditt the Board approved a certificate of appreciation for Chris Lucas upon the attainment of his Eagle Scout Award by a vote of 5-0-0. On motion by Burditt seconded by Ensminger the Board voted to go into Executive Session for the purpose of the discussion of litigation, to come back into open session at 8 :40 p.m. All five members were polled and voted in the affirmative and the motion was carried. Discussion/Action items Public Hearing - PaylClassification Plan - The Board returned to open session at approximately 8: 35 p.m. The Board continued the hearing on the Non-Union Pay and Classification Plan. The Town Manager indicated there were several positions he had reviewed and based on the review had made changes to the Meals on Wheels Coordinator, the Volunteer Coordinator, and the Elder Services Director. , The Town Manager indicated that the program would be reviewed every two years so that the Town would not again "fall behind" in pay and classification. Ms. Anthony asked how the Town dealt with long term employees, and the Town Manager indicated that they would be placed in the appropriate step in their grade and that unless they are promoted they would at some point reach the top step and be eligible at that point only for "cost of living" salary increases. The title for the Health Director was discussed, and the Town Manager indi- cated that we should be consistent and either give the broad title or compound titles. George Hines asked if the Town could, with the 10% increase as the limiting factor, provide for a mechanism to move in steps in future years. The Town Manager in- dicated that this would be a possibility. Hines noted that with the 2 . 5% increase for FY94 , a projected 4 . 5% in FY95 and a 10% maximum increase as part of the classification that some of the salary increases could be as high as 17%