1993-03-16 Board of Selectmen Minutes

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Minutes of the Board of Selectmen Meeting March 16, 1993 The meeting was convened at 7 : 30 p.m. in the Senior Center, 49 Pleasant Street, Reading, MA 01867. Present were Chairman Dan Ensminger, Vice Chairman George Hines, Secretary Sally Hoyt, Selectmen Eugene Nigro and Bill Burditt, Town Manager Peter Hechenbleikner and the following list of interested parties: Richard Smith, Gary Demopolus, Leon DePalma, Lance Watson, Ed Al- len, Nick DeMatteo, Irene & Les York, Greg Smith, Sean Murphy, Rob Bennett, Liz Cuffe, Jenn Pustorino, Jonathan Edwards, Dick Howard, David Nugent, Lois Bond, Linda Nordberg, Gladys Cail, Marie Sweeny, Gail Wood, Ron Wood. Approval of Minutes On motion by Hoyt seconded by Hines the minutes of February 2 , 1993 were approved as amended by a vote of 3-0-2 with Nigro and Burditt abstaining. On motion by Hines seconded by Burditt the minutes of March 2 , 1993 were approved by a vote of 4-0-1 with Hines abstaining. Liaison Reports Bill Burditt indicated that he had attended the Girl Scout week function, and the Senior Center Reception for those involved in the project. Sally Hoyt attended Girl Scout week event with Bill Burditt and Gene Nigro. She attended the Prop 2 1/2 meeting at the Lecture Hall. She attended .the Housing Partnership meeting, and the Housing Partnership reorganized and appointed Paul Kelly as Chairman and Sally Nitzsche as Vice Chairman with Ralph Colorusso as Secretary. Christopher Vaccaro is the Housing Partnerships liaison to the Bear Hill Evaluation Committee. Hoyt indicated that she had received a call from Loretta Spaulding offering a "hopper" as a gift to the Senior Center. A decision needs to be made immediately with respect to the gift. The dedication for the Senior Center will be Sunday afternoon. Rabies clinics are set for Saturday. The Recreation Summer Camp is filled and a waiting list is established. She noted in the Northwest Weekly that Stoneham is making money on recycling but they don't have curbside recycling and it is staffed by volunteers. Gene Nigro indicated that the Friends of Library have donated $6,500 for development of a video collection and the Library is looking for public input with regard to this collection. The RMLD is meeting with the affected communities on March 31, 1993 to discuss the DPU decision. The Girl Scout week event was a very nice affair and Nigro indicated that he is glad to see the scouting program encouraging community values. George Hines expressed congratulations to Town work forces on the snow cleaning up of the blizzard. He attended the Override forum and was impressed with the number of people involved. He at- tended a scoping session regarding traffic and voting and felt , that it was a good meeting and people were open minded. He sug- y