1986-01-06 Board of Selectmen Minutes

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D R A F T s MEETING NOTES January 6, 1986 Members Present: P. Landers, M. Ziegler, J. Russell, E. Nigro P. Dustin absent. The meeting opened at 7:35 and the Board was informed they had an appoint- ment with the FinCom at 7:30 on Thursday, January 9th, to discuss their transfer requests. Mr. Nigro reported he had attended the opening ceremonies of the new community residence home for handicapped on Bancroft Ave. At that time Mr. Dempster of the Housing Authority inquired about the status of the Fair Housing Committee's report, and the delegation of responsibility for the proposed Rivers housing units. Mr. Russell reported that the four new firefighters had started today, and would be trained under Captain Campbell. Mrs. Ziegler read a proclamation for United Cerebral Palsy Week into the record, and the Board voted unanimously to declare January 12-18 as United Cerebral Palsy Week. Mr. Landers reqttsted the Adm. Assistant to contact the State Board of Educa- tion to determine what is necessary to comply with the vote of the School Committee in authorizing the Selectmen to locate the Senior Citizens' , Drop-In Center at Pearl Street. Mrs. Ziegler requested Adm. Assistant to check on proper form for article requested by the Voke School regarding acceptance of Sec. 13 of Chapter 188. The Board met with Mr. Farrell and discussed the Veterans' budget. en theeincreased the Board that a tranfer of over $700 would be necessary to co in his new clerk's salary for this fiscal year, and indicated that he had made reductions in the expenses, and reduced the Aid BeaeTeasonableits from 4considera0tion0. ,He mentioned that a further reduction to 40 might b The Board then met with Beth Klepeis, Joe Schlotman, Dave Pratt to discuss insurance matters. Mrs. Klepeis reviewed the situation of the HMO's drawing away subscribers and leaving a pool of retirees and chronically ill employees in the BC program, the ever, increasing costs, and the status of the Master Health Plus program in light of the recently signed 3 year firefighters contract which includes our present program. She also requested that the Board consider taking the necessary action to change the anniversary dates to July 1st to make fiscal planning more practical. rMp. Pratt expressed his concern that even after the recent James report, we still don't know if BC practices and charges are accurate and fair. He introduced Kevin Connelly of Coopers Lybrand who discussed his proposal to do an actuarial study to answer these questions. ia r , L