1993-03-30 Board of Selectmen Minutes

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Minutes of Board of Selectmen Meeting March 30, 1993 The meeting convened at 7 : 30 p.m. in the Selectmen's Meeting Room, 16 Lowell Street, Reading, MA. Present were Chairman Dan Ensminger, Selectmen Eugene Nigro and Bill Burditt, Town Manager Peter I. Hechenbleikner. Vice Chairman George Hines joined the meeting at 8:45 p.m. The following list of interested parties were also present: James E. Biller and Ron Wood. On motion by Nigro seconded by Burditt the minutes of March 16, 1993 were approved as amended by a vote of 3-0-0. Liaison Reports Bill Burditt commented that he had met with Congressman Torkildson and the Congressman had committed to work with Reading on local issues. He attended the Senior Center opening. The Bear Hill Evaluation Committee met on the 24th and 29th and will be meeting on Tuesday, April 6. Gene Nigro indicated that the Friends of the Reading Public Library hosted a lecture by John Kenneth Galbraith that was very well attended. He attended the Senior Center Open House and wished to express thanks to Nils Nordberg for catering this af- fair. The RMLD community meeting is tomorrow at the Lord Wakefield. He extended congratulations to successful candidates and to the people who worked for the override. Dan Ensminger indicated that he had attended the Senior Center dedication. He attended a Pre-Town Meeting session with the Moderator. He announced a future MMA Regional meeting on Thursday 4/29/93. The Northeast Environmental Expo is scheduled for April 13-15 and he has tickets. He received a letter from Walter Spaulding expressing concern that FinCom had recommended cuts to the custodial staff at the School Department. This was not the case. He added to Eugene Nigro's congratulations to can- didates and regarding the override. He indicated that informa- tion is available on exemptions and deferrals if property owners need them. Public Comment Jim Biller indicated that we are a community that collectively shares it's hardships and, triumphs. The science team from Coolidge Middle School recently won the state-wide Science Olym- piad, and will go to Colorado in May for the national competi- tion. He commended the students and especially teachers Dougherty and Reinerman who had made themselves available before and after school and on Saturdays to coach the team. The team needs to raise approximately $12, 000 to make this trip, and dona- tions from the community would be gratefully accepted. Ron Wood outlined that 91% of the voters voted for the Presiders- tial election, and only 50. 1% for the Town election. More people should come out for the local elections. He objected to the political activity at the Senior Center at its dedication -