1993-05-11 Board of Selectmen Minutes

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Minutes of the Board of Selectmen Meeting May 11, 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, Vice Chairman George Hines, Secretary Sally Hoyt, tr Selectmen .Bill Burditt and Eugene Nigro, Town Manager Peter I. Hechenbleikner and the following list of interested parties: Ed Marchand, Norman Perry, Gary Demopoulos, Bili Brown, Peter Daly, John Lippitt, William Dalton, Lois Bond, Deirdre Hanley, Donald L. Wood. Approval of Minutes On motion by Nigro seconded by Burditt the minutes of the Selectmen's Meeting of April 27, 1993 were approved by a vote of 5-0-0. Liaison Reports/Selectmen's Comments Bill Burditt had no report. Sally Hoyt reported on happenings in Recreation and Elder Serv- ices. The Council on Aging is trying to get landscaping at the Senior Center donated. She received complaints regarding Johanna Drive. being used for drivers education and Registry use. She discussed the fact that the Soft Second Loan Program application has gone in, but that Reading would probably not be eligible this year. The Reading Housing Partnership is looking at the issue. She presented a proposal to reduce the size of Reading Housing Partnership. This will have to be subject to a separate hearing. Eugene Nigro met with the Library Planning Committee. The State has indicated that the Reading plan is the best of all that they received. The Planning Committee brainstormed with regard to fund raising. Tomorrow morning NSPC is meeting here in Reading for the Regional Planning Meeting. George Hines had no meetings other than Town Meetings. He ac- knowledged the excellent work of the Town staff who were involved in preparing the Budget. He noted that the North Suburban Plan- ning Council meeting will be in Reading tomorrow and Reading was very instrumental in establishing this organization. To deal with attendance issues, they are looking at the possibility of having fewer meetings and meetings at alternate times. Hines ex- pressed pleasure that the Police Chief was here and wanted to talk about the news article regarding the crime rate. Dan Ensminger attended a Cracker Barrell meeting at the Senior Center. He also attended the MMA Regional meeting with George Hines. He gave an update on issues including the State 94 Budget, Lottery Aid, the Gas Tax, Education Reform, and Chapter 90 monies. He expressed concern about the Video Poker proposal because it will be negative to the Town and that there is no sharing of those revenues with the cities and towns. The addi- tional monies for Chapter 90 could be funded out of the $300 mil- lion balance in the Gas Tax funds.