1993-01-19 Board of Selectmen Minutes

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Minutes of the Board of Selectmen Meeting January 19, 1993 The meeting was convened at 7:38 p.m. in the Selectmen's Meeting - Room at 16 Lowell Street, Reading, MA. Present were Chairman Dan Ensminger, Vice Chairman George Hines, Secretary Sally Hoyt, Selectmen Bill Burditt and Eugene Nigro, Town Manager Peter Hechenbleikner and the following list of interested parties: Michael S. Herlihy, Barbara Melanson, Donna Walsh, Anne Lane, Jean Laskey, Tom Madden, Dick Knowles, Bob Muse, Jason Brown, Tom Chase, Tom Lautzenheiser, Jim Conner, Linda D. Griset, Indira Balkissoon, Carl McFadden, Kevin McCue, Jon Ewing, Bud Dickey, Bryan Hodgkins, Joe Tarantino, Sally Sabo, Diane A. Weggel, Helen S. Lawthers, Mary D. Avery, Barbara Fagan, Jack Fagan, -Bob Weg- gel, Willard Johnson, Paul Andrew Johnson, Joan Neary, Mary J. Andreola, Nancy Eaton, William J. Hughes Jr. , Arthur O'Brien. The Board of Selectmen presented certificates of community serv- ice to a number of organizations and individuals who had par- ticipated in the Adopt a Family Program. Ruth Cogan, Director of Human Services, presented the program and list of recipients. On motion by Nigro seconded by Burditt the minutes of January 5, 1993 were approved as amended by a vote of 5-0-0. The Board ex- pressed thanks to Cathy Quimby for producing these minutes in the absence of the Town Manager. Liaison Reports Bill Burditt presented a letter from the Board of Selectmen to Nancy Graham on her 50th birthday. The letter was very much ap- preciated. Sally Hoyt reported on various Human Service activities. She at- tended Senator Tisei's swearing in ceremony and escorted him to the podium. The Teen Center Committee is looking for a home. At the Mass Municipal Association she attended sessions on con- solidating departments and services, many of which have been implemented in Reading. She indicated that Public Safety was consolidated in Lynnfield, but that was a smaller community. She attended an Environmental Law Workshop and a session on Error Free Municipal Hearings. Eugene Nigro had no report but noted that he hopes next year that the Town will be able to acknowledge Martin Luther King Birthday in some special way. George Hines has not attended any meetings since the last Selectmen's Meeting. He did extend congratulations to the Clergy Association on behalf of the Board of Selectmen regarding it's letter that was recently in the Chronicle. He has received phone calls related to Metco and school space issues and wonders if continuation of Metco needs evaluation considering school space problems. He feels that more information on Metco needs to be diseminated. He reiterated his support for the Walnut Street im- provements having travelled through that intersection recently.