1986-06-30 Board of Selectmen Minutes

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A MEETING OF THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN JUNE 30 , 1986 A meeting of the Board of Selectmen convened on June 30, 1986 , 7 : 30 p .m. , in the Selectmen ' s Conference Room of the Town Hall Executive Offices located at 6 Lowell Street , Reading , Massachusetts . Present were Chairman Paul E. Landers , and Board Members Russell T . Graham, Eugene R. Nigro , John H. Russell , Mary S . Ziegler. Also in attendance was Acting Executive Secretary Anthony V. Fletcher. The Chairman called the meeting to order and discussion followed by Acting Executive Secretary Fletcher with regard to a letter from the State House signed by Govenor Dukakis declaring a "Let Freedom Ring Celebration". Mr. Fletcher asked if local churches could be notified to ring their bells at 10 :55 p .m. on July 3rd and again on July 4th at 2 : 00 p .m. The Selectmen agreed with the request . Following the Celebration Day request , an announcement was made by the Acting Executive Secretary informing the Board that Town Counsel , Attorney H. Theodore Cohen was hospitalized due to a bicycle accident and any Town questions or concerns should be directed to his replacement Attorney Ronald Cochinski. On the first order of business the Board reviewed the minutes of the June 24th meeting . A correction was noted on page four , fourth paragraph , to read "a Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering" . After the necessary corrections , the Board voted 5 : 0 in favor to accept the minutes of the meeting . The next order of business was a merit review of the Building Inspector , Stuart LeClair . A discussion followed with Board Members sighting both the positive and negative aspects of Mr. LeClair ' s performance. Questions pertaining to the goals of the Building Inspector were discussed followed by a motion from the Chairman to grant Mr. LeClair a 5% merit increase as of June 30 , 1986 which will also include another automatic 52% as of July 1 , 1986 . The Board voted in favor, 5 : 0 . The interview schedule for the Town Manager ' s position was brought up for discussion by Chairman Landers . George Hines , Chairman of the review committee, had informed the Chair that one of the final candidates for consideration has declined from pursuing the position due to another job offer . As for the other three candidates the interview schedule will be as follows : Tuesday, July 15th , 7 : 00 p .m. - Randolph Forrester Thursday, July 17th , 7 : 00 p .m. - Calvin Teague- 9 : 00 p .m. - Peter Hechenbleikner All members of the Board of Selectmen were in agreement to proceed as _soon as possible in order to reach a speedy conclusion to the Town Manager ' s appointment .