HomeMy WebLinkAbout1995-09-27 School Committee Minutes - Joint with Finance CommitteeREADING PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Reading, Massachusetts
SCHOOL COMMITTEE MEETING
JOINT MEETING WITH FINANCE COMMITTEE SEPTEMBER 27 1995
CALL TO ORDER
The Joint Meeting was called to order at 8:00 p.m. in the Meeting Room at Town Hall. All
members of the School Committee were present except Timothy Twomey. Also in attendance
were Superintendent Dr. Harry K. Harutunian, Assistant Superintendent Dennis Richards, Town
Treasurer Elizabeth Klepeis and Town Accountant Richard Foley.
UNION CONTRACT SETTLEMENTS
Chairman Matthew Cummings reviewed the contract settlement with the Reading Teachers
Association and the Educational Assistants.
Dr. I larry Harutunian reviewed the process he used to analyze the Fiscal Year 199.5 budget and
then explained how each account in the Fiscal Year 1996 budget was reconciled in August 1995.
$211,000 was transferred to Special Education to cover projected costs. $277,000 is the pro-
jected deficit for Fiscal Year 1996.
Dr. 1 larutunian then invited questions on the budget materials. Several Finance Committee
members thanked the Superintendent for the materials, praising him for the clarity and detail of
the presentation of information.
ADJOURN
At 8_55 o.m__tile meeting was adiourned_on a motion made bv Robert Spadafora and seconded by
Susan ('avicchi.
Ms. Cavicchi, Mr. Cummings, Ms. D'Antona, Mr. Spadafora and Mr. Stohlman
—Re ectf ly s`ubmitted
Harr Harutunian, Ph.D.
Super ntendent of Schools