HomeMy WebLinkAbout2017-02-07 Board of Selectmen HandoutDRAFT MOTIONS
BOARD OF SELECTMEN MEETING
February 7, 2017
Halsey, Sexton, Berman, Arena, Ensminger LeLacheur
5b) Move that the Board of Selectmen appoint the following employees as
Records Access Officers:
RMLD Executive Assistant (Jeanne Foti)
RPD Administrative Secretary (Joanne Power)
6a) Move that the Board of Selectmen approve the minutes of January 24,
2017 as amended.
Move that the Board of Selectmen adjourn the meeting at p.m.
lei,
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Office Hour
John Arena
Sadwick
6:30
Badge Pinning - Police & Fire promotions and
new hires
Segalla &
Burns
7:15
Town procurement policy
Jenkins
7:30
Records Officer (additions)
Kraunelis
7:40
Cable Advisory working group (Goal #13)
Kraunelis
7:45
Hearing
Preview - Annual Town Meeting
LeLacheur
8:00
Hearing
FY18 Budget & Financial Status
LeLacheur
8:30
Proposed Resolution 7 :20
Economic Development project - site visit
updates & qualitative aspects Wilson 7:30
Close Annual Town Meeting Warrant LeLacheur 9:00
Office Hour
John Halsey
Sadwick
6:30
RMLD General Manager update
O'Brien
7:20
Economic Development project update
Wilson
8:30
Town Personnel Policies (draft version)
Perkins
8:00
Percy Avenue: improvements on a private way
LeLacheur
7:40
Hearing
Approve stop sign on Auburn Street at Beacon
Street
Tuesday
8:15
Hearing
Water, Sewer and Storm Water Rates for FY18
(effective December 2017 billing)
LeLacheur
8:00
Hearing
FY18 Non Union Classification and
Compensation
LeLacheur
8:30
Community Projects (Boards & Committees)
LeLacheur
8:45
Office Hour Dan Ensminger 6:30
Board Reorganization LeLacheur 7:00
Appoint Board of Assessor VASC 7:05
MAPC Member Report
Sadwick
7:15
Economic Development update
Corona
7:30
Economic Development project update
Wilson
8:30
Vote Annual Town Meeting Warrant Articles
LeLacheur
9:30
Local elections April 4, 2017
Tuesday
Office Hour Dan Ensminger 6:30
Board Reorganization LeLacheur 7:00
Appoint Board of Assessor VASC 7:05
Board & Committee updates ILeLacheur 7:20
Office Hour 6:30
Appoint Boards & Committees VASC 7:20
FY18 Non Union Classification & Compensation
Hearing Plans LeLacheur 7:_50
Future Agendas
Library Building Project update LeLacheur
Discuss Board Liaison Assignments
Chair
7:10
Town Accountant Quarterly Report
Angstrom
7:30
Thursday
Reading Ice Arena Liason Report
McFadden
7:45
RMLD CAB Member Report
Cohen
8:00
Housing Authority Report
Whyte
8:15
Climate Advisory Committee
Review BOS /TM Goals ILeLacheur
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8:30
Board & Committee updates ILeLacheur 7:20
Office Hour 6:30
Appoint Boards & Committees VASC 7:20
FY18 Non Union Classification & Compensation
Hearing Plans LeLacheur 7:_50
Future Agendas
Library Building Project update LeLacheur
Town Meeting April 24, Lull
ivionuay
Town Meeting April 27, 2017
Thursday
Town Meeting May 1, 2017
Monday
May 2, 2017
Office Hour
6:30
Board & Committee updates
LeLacheur
7:45
Town Meeting May 4, 2017
Thursday
May 16, 2017
Board & Committee updates
LeLacheur
7:20
Board & Committee updates ILeLacheur 7:20
Office Hour 6:30
Appoint Boards & Committees VASC 7:20
FY18 Non Union Classification & Compensation
Hearing Plans LeLacheur 7:_50
Future Agendas
Library Building Project update LeLacheur
1b]
Board of Selectmen Policies: Article 1 General
Operating Procedures
LeLacheur
Board of Selectmen Policies: Article 2 Volunteer
Boards /Committees /Commissions
LeLacheur
Board of Selectmen Policies: Article 3 Licenses
LeLacheur
Review Inflow & Infiltration policy
Percival
Downtown Parking
Segalla
Recurring Items
Close Warrant: Apr'17 TM by 2/28
Close Warrant: Nov '17 TM by 9/26
Review BOS /TM Goals
Dec & June
Semi -ann
Appointments of Boards & Committees
June
Annual
Hearing
Approve Classification & Compensation
June
Annual
Hearing
Tax Classification
October
Annual
Approve licenses
December
Annual
Reports to BOS
Town Accountant Report
Qtrly
RCTV members Report
Semi -ann
CAB (RMLD) member Report
Semi -ann
MAPC member Report
Annual
Reading Housing Authority Report
Annual
Reading Ice Arena Report
Annual
BOS Appointed Boards & Committees
Annual
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Annual Town
Meeting - April
2017
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Art. # Article Description
Sponsor
Details
Notes
Local Elect-ion
2
Reports
Board of Selectmen
State of the -- Town Selectmen Chair
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Motion to Table -
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Instructions
Board of Selectmen
Motion to Table -
Amend the Capital
Improvement Program
Presentation - Town Manager Bob
4
FY 2017 - FY 2027
Board of Selectmen
LeLacheur____
FINCOM Report -
Amend the FY 2017
5
Budget
�FINCOM ___]Presentation
- Bob LeLacheur
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1 FINCOM Report -
Approve Payment of
Presentation Town Accountant
6
Prior Year's Bills
Board of Selectmen
Sharon Angstrom
10
Declare Surplus
7
Materials
Board of Selectmen
Presentation - Sharon Angstrom
Fund OPEB Trust
Board of Selectmen
Presentation - Sharon Angstrom
8
FINCOM Report -
Oakland Road - declare
9
as surplus only
Board of Selectmen
Presentation - Bob LeLacheur
FINCOM Report -
Increase Library Debt -
10
Cost of Project
-Bob LeLacheur
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Amend Zoning Bylaws
5.3.1; 5.3.2; 5.4.7 -
19
Accessory Apartments
CPDC
Presentation -
Amend Zoning Bylaws
20
2.0 - Definitions
Presentation -
Amend Zoning Bylaws -
21
Ban Retail Marijuana
CPDC
Presentation -
Amend Zoning Bylaws -
Retail Marijuana
22
Moratorium
CPDC
Presentation -
Amend Zoning Bylaws -
4011 District general
23
changes
;CPDC
Presentation -
Amend Zoning Bylaws -
add Downtown
Business B zoning
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district
CPDC
Presentation -
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Amend Zoning Bylaws -
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add parcels along Main
Street from the Railroad
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tracks to Haven Street
CPDC
Presentation -
Members pursuant to
the Reading Home Rule
26
Charter
Board of Selectmen
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From: LeLacheur, Bob
Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2017 10:18 AM
To: Saunders, Caitlin
Subject: FW: [Reading MA] Override
BOS packet
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From: Gemme, Laura
Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2017 10:18 AM
To: LeLacheur, Bob; Kraunelis, Matthew
Subject: FW: [Reading MA] Override
See the message below
Laura A Gemme CMC, CMMC
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16 Lowell Street
Reading, MA 01867
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Sent: Tuesday, February 7, 2017 10:15 AM
To: Gemme, Laura
Subject: [Reading MA] Override
Hello Igemme,
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Please do not even consider putting an override to a vote it was defeated less than 4 months ago live with what you
have ,Thanks Bill
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Schena, Paula
From:
Sent:
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Subject:
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Sent from my iPhone
Begin forwarded message:
LeLacheur, Bob
Friday, February 03, 2017 7:48 PM
Schena, Paula
Fwd: Support
From: "Borawski, Jeanne" < Jeanne .borawskigreading.kl2.ma.us>
Date: February 3, 2017 at 7:42:46 PM EST
To: "blelacheurnci.readin ma.us" <blelacheurgci.readin .ma.us >, John Halsey
<j ohnhalsey_gverizon.net>
Cc: "Doherty, John" <John. Dohertygreading. k I 2.ma.us>
Subject: Fw: Support
Hi Bob and John,
I received permission from these parents to share this note with the BOS, as the content
impacts both of our boards.
Thanks,
Jeanne
From: Jason Faris <4faris1 @gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, January 30, 2017 4:56 PM
To: Borawski, Jeanne; King, Joanne
Cc: Katie Faris
Subject: Support
Dear Jeanne and Joanne,
We just wanted to send a note of support (and thanks) to you, the entire school committee, and our
school from concerned parents of multiple children in the Reading school system.
We are strongly thankful for the work of the committee to advocate for our children, teachers,
administrators, and schools, and realize that you are fighting a difficult and frustrating landscape of
conflicting priorities. Although we can only imagine how difficult this must be on the school level, we
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want you to know that parents clearly share your dismay. We believe that the parents of Reading as a
whole are committed to advocate for the schools and to find solutions.
Our school system is widely perceived in the Greater Boston area as high performing, and as many at
the meetings have indicated, the reputation of the school system is the major reason that so many
families (including ours) have flocked to Reading. We must not jeopardize this tradition of excellence
in our schools with damaging cuts to the budget and resultant increases in class size, and reduction in
curricular offerings, among other impacts.
We also want you to know that these Wood End parents (and likely many others) fully support the
school committee's decision to restore the teachers and para- educators, as well as maintaining the
funding for the science program to the 2018 school budget. Given that there appears to be available
free cash discussed at the recent public meetings, coupled with the (unfortunately) unsuccessful
override, utilizing this fund (or some other budgetary solution not yet imagined) could represent the
only current mechanism for achieving this in 2018. While we both fully support a renewed attempt at
an overrride (and would enthusiastically help to fight for its passage),at a recent meeting at the public
library, the selectmen were unclear about the prospects for another override in April. We are hopeful
that this will be still be pursued in the near term, and we intend to volunteer and assist with this effort
in any way we can to increase participation. Even if an override were ultimately pursued, however,
should the override be unsuccessful, it would still leave the students (and teachers) in Reading in a
precarious position for 2018. Therefore, given that the free cash appears to be above target (and was
recently raised above the prior target level), we cannot see a compelling reason why our children's
education and schools should suffer when a solution (admittedly temporary) is within grasp.
Thank you for all of your efforts on behalf of the children of Reading!
Sincerely,
Jason and Katie Faris
Schena, Paula
From: LeLacheur, Bob
Sent: Monday, February 06, 2017 10:20 AM
To: Schena, Paula
Subject: FW: Please consider adding override vote in April
From: Elizabeth Witham [mailto:lizwithamll@yahoo.com]
Sent: Monday, February 06, 2017 10:19 AM
To: Reading - Selectmen
Subject: Please consider adding override vote in April
Hello,
I have been a resident of Reading for the last 14+ years with children attending the J.W. Killam Elementary and
Arthur W. Coolidge Middle School. My children have benefited from the services the schools have had to offer
during their time in the Reading Public Schools, but their success and achievement is at risk by the financial
budget cuts proposed for our district.
I strongly request that the Board of Selectmen consider an adding an override vote in April to address the
financial gap in the school budget. Reading is starting to fall behind other districts and towns in our area and
removing some of the services on plan will have significant impact on students moving on to college after high
school. The proposed cuts are simply unacceptable.
The issue with the previous override vote was twofold:
- It was too large: There was too much bundled into the single vote. Residents couldn't fathom taking on a
$7M override for everything that was included. Breaking it down into smaller chunks would have a better
chance of any part of it getting passed.
- The date was not optimal: I was aware of the override vote, but I was not aware of the different date from the
national election for the vote. If it wasn't for the fact that I live in the high school area and saw the traffic, I
would not have realized there was the vote that day. This was a failure of the town from communicating it
clearly enough to residents. I receive email and voicemail messages about traffic patterns, tax bills, water bills.
An alert to the town residents about the special vote - a non - partisan message should have been sent out.
Please add an override vote in April to address the financial gap in the school budget and communicate it out
clearly to all residents. Our town and the students that attend our schools depend on it.
Sincerely,
Elizabeth Witham
28 Auburn Street
Reading, MA
LeLacheur, Bob
From: Marianne Downing <mariannedowning @comcast.net>
Sent: Friday, January 27, 2017 9:50 AM
To: Reading - Selectmen; Town Manager
Subject: Reading SC decision re: Free Cash and April Override
Dear Board of Selectmen:
As you all know by now, the School Committee took a vote to approve an unbalanced budget. It is not clear to me
that they explicitly asked you for an override in April as part of this vote. It is not clear to me that they remembered
they need to ask you for an override in April (or an override in the future some time), e.g. the fall. Or is their sending
you the unbalanced budget the way of saying : here is our budget, you need to balance it, where the balancing can be
(a) getting it from free cash, or (b) having an override to find the money or (c) some combination (e.g., free cash for
one time like science curriculum)? I may not have the process ordered correctly.
I am very much torn in two directions on this, but my bottom line is that I do support the Board of Selectmen seeking
an April override or fall override as the only permanent way to fix this issue. Whether the override is in April or the
Fall is probably your decision as a Board. But Chuck's measure to use free cash appears to be a creative and
reasonably thought out way to not create a chaos in middle school programming while we wait for either
override. But it cannot be the only solution. And it might not pass town meeting. Also, my deepest worry is that
some low attention voters in this town will think the free cash solved the problem and that "they" (town government)
can keep "finding" money to solve the problem in coming years, and thus will forget the override need come fall.
I would note that, after the financial forum, I spoke briefly with two prior "no" voters on the override, older voters
who had spoken at the forum that night, who said they could support a "modest" override of 2 mil to cover health
care cost increases. I know that is not enough but that is progress! But maybe somewhere between 2 mil and 7.5 mil
lies the acceptable number to the majority of voters (and I would guess it is more somewhere between 2 and 5 mil).
I trust your judgement in what you think is the best time for this override. My feeling is April.
Thanks,
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Board - Committee - Commission - Council:
Board of Selectmen
Date: 2017 -01 -24
Building: Reading Town Hall
Address: 16 Lowell Street
Purpose: General Business
Attendees: Members - Present:
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: Selectmen Meeting Room
Session: Open Session
Version:
Chair John Halsey, Kevin Sexton, Barry Berman, John Arena, Dan Ensminger
Members - Not Present:
Others Present:
Town Manager Bob LeLacheur, Town Accountant Sharon Angstrom,
Administrative Assistant Caitlin Saunders, Town Counsel Ray Miyares and
Associate Ivria Fried, Bill Brown, Kaitlyn Mercurio, Demetra Tseckares,
Meghan Young, James Martin, Gina McCormick, Kate Boyd, Erin Gaffen, Eric
Burkhart, Linda Phillips
Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Secretary Barry Berman
Topics of Discussion:
Reports and Comments
Selectmen's Liaison Reports
Mr. Berman noted he attended the MMA Conference over the weekend. The local aid
numbers were underwhelming but not unexpected. Every town is facing challenges when it
comes to economic development but no one town is the same.
Mr. Sexton noted he attended the final ZBA hearing for the 40B on Lincoln Street. The ZBA
have been working at this project for a year now and he commends them, Town staff and all
the residents who came out to give feedback.
Mr. Arena has been attending the School Committee meetings and he noted they have been
well attended by teachers, students and parents. The schools are taking a hit with this
budget and making cuts, the Committee needs to vote on a budget Monday night.
Mr. Halsey noted the Selectmen had the pleasure of attending an Eagle Scout award
ceremony and presented three awards to young men. He also noted the Health Agent is
leaving so we have a temporary replacement. The Board of Health will have a hearing on
tobacco regulations soon.
Town Manager Report
Mr. LeLacheur noted Reading DPW /Water Department was presented with a safety award.
Public Comment
Kaitlyn Mercurio, Demetra Tseckares, Gina McCormick noted they are human rights activist
and working together they have come up with a human rights resolution they would like the
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Town to adopt. They would like a spot on an upcoming agenda to explain further about why
they think Reading needs this.
Bill Brown noted he has heard talk about the School Committee asking for another override
vote. He wanted to remind the Selectmen that 60% voted no last time and it is simply too
soon and unnecessary to ask again right now.
Personnel & Appointments
Dan Ensminger second by Mr. Arena moved that the Board of Selectmen accept the
recommendations of the Volunteer Appointment Subcommittee as follows:
• Kevin Briere as an Associate on the Commissioner of Trust Funds with
a term expiring June 30, 2017;
• Gretchen Latowskv to the Climate Advisory Committee with a term
expiring June 30, 2018;
• George Wetmore to the Council on Aging with a term expiring June
30, 2017•
• Samantha Couture as an Associate member on the Historical
Commission with a term expiring June 30, 2017;
• Neil Cohen to the RMLD Citizen Advisory Board with a term expiring
June 30, 2017
The motion passed with a 5 -0 -0 vote.
Mr. Berman noted he was impressed with the quality of the folks who stepped up to
volunteer.
Discussion /Action Items
Town Accountant Quarterly Report
Town Accountant Sharon Angstrom noted 49% of Revenues have been collected. Vehicle
excise taxes go out in January so those will be coming in soon. FY16 books are almost
closed out. They are slowly fixing the General funds issue at the schools. There is no
overnight fix, it will take some time, but it is going in the right direction now.
Continued Hearing - Liquor License Policy
Town Counsel Mr. Miyares and his associate Ivria Fried were in attendance to present the
changes. The policy adds new definitions from the State. There were some fees the Board
needed to decide on for future applications. Our fees are generally in line with our peers.
The board conversed about the hours of permitted sale and decided they should look into
clubs hours in the future.
Mr. Berman, second by Mr. Ensminger move that the Board of Selectmen close the
hearing on amending Article 3 of the Board of Selectmen Policies The motion
Passed with a 5 -0 -0 vote.
Mr. Berman second by Mr. Ensminger move that the Board of Selectmen approve
the amendments to Article 3 of the Board of Selectmen Policies as presented The
motion passed with a 5 -0 -0 vote.
FY18 Budget Discussion
Mr. Berman noted it really shook him the cuts and low staffing we have in Public Safety.
People do not realize it because you don't see it firsthand like when we you cut teachers or
a class.
Mr. Arena asked where we can look at fee changes. c Q
Mr. Berman asked what FY19 and FY20 look like for Police since we're already not filling
positions when someone retires. Mr. LeLacheur noted eventually we will probably have to
pull the School Resource Officer.
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Mr. LeLacheur noted we could separate the compost and depot fee to see how much of each
is used. Parking fees for downtown has been a topic before.
Mr. Halsey noted if we create a fee, he doesn't know if we can use a parking fee to fund a
7t" grade language class. All fees go into the general fund and then they get split up. It may
be time to explore a trash fee eventually.
Mr. Ensminger explained they're may be something new in the air about people approving
of a smaller override.
Mr. Halsey noted he does not think we are ready to have this conversation quite yet. The
School Committee has not even voted on a budget yet, they have only seen one draft. We
need to let them do their work, vote a budget and see what happens. Right now this is not
our fight. We don't have enough data yet and the School Committee has not even asked us
for anything yet.
Mr. Berman noted he does not think we are prepared for this discussion tonight, but do
think eventually we will be having it.
Mr. LeLacheur noted in the past, history shows Reading always fails an override before one
passes. The trick is trying to balance the "old Reading" and the "new Reading "; people who
just moved here and people who have lived here for their whole life.
Mr. Halsey explained he thinks people did not understand what they were going to get with
that override.
Amy Cole expressed her feelings that the Town has no urgency to help the Schools.
Mr. Halsey again explained that the School Committee has NOT submitted their budget yet.
The Selectmen can't do anything with no submitted budget. You have.only seen one option
and no alternatives. We need to wait and see what they come up with and more
importantly, what they vote on.
Erin Gaffen told the Selectmen they cannot wait and see'. These kids do not get that year
back. You have no urgency whatsoever and something needs to be done now.
Mr. Halsey explained they are not waiting years they are simply waiting a couple days to
see what the School Committee actually votes for a budget.
Mr. Arena explained he thinks there's money in the budget they can find to balance it.
Another override could fail again.
Mr. Halsey conveyed the Selectmen do take this seriously and do agree this is a major
issue. They need to let the School Committee do their part first.
Amy Cole asked what the danger is in asking for another override and it failing again. Mr.
Sexton explained if you fail again, that is not going to look good and you will have to wait
even longer to ask again.
Mr. Berman noted he needs to see the final budget before he goes any further with this
conversation. He also noted people need to stop pinning the schools against the town.
Linda Phillips explained there is so much misinformation going around. The school has
added more personnel and spent more money than most people are aware of. The budget
process for the schools is not what you think. They have money they are not using but
asking for more.
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Mr. Halsey explained they have read their budget and. that is why they want to see what
they come up with.
Linda Phillips noted the Schools cannot have it both ways. They can't have every program
and a teacher for every 10 kids. We're losing public safety which is just as important.
Amy Cole noted she can't believe this is such a big deal and asked the Selectmen why they
don't want to help the schools.
Mr. Halsey noted the Selectmen did everything they could during the last override process.
They can only do so much. It is NOT their budget and they can't tell the School Committee
what to do.
Mr. Berman, second by Mr. Ensminaer, moved that the Board of Selectmen approve
the minutes of December 13, 2016. The motion passed with a 5 -0 -0 vote.
Mr. Berman, second by Mr. Ensminaer, moved that the Board of Selectmen approve
the minutes of 3anuary 10, 2017. The motion passed with a 5 -0 -0 vote.
Mr. Berman, second by Mr. Arena moved that the Board of Selectmen approve the
minutes of 3anuary 11, 2017. The motion passed with a 5 -0 -0 vote.
Mr. Berman second by Mr. Ensminaer, moved that the Board of Selectmen approve
the minutes of 3anuary 12, 2017. The motion passed with a 5 -0 -0 vote.
Mr.Berman, second by Mr. Arena, move that the Board of Selectmen approve the
Executive Session minutes of October 13, 2016 as amended to correct
typographical errors. The motion passed with the following roll call vote:
Dan Ensminaer - yes
John Arena - yes
Kevin Sextion - yes
John Halsey - yes
Barry Berman - yes
Mr. Berman second by Mr. Arena. moved that the Board of Selectmen adiourn the.
meeting at 11:14 p.m. The motion passed with a 5 -0 -0 vote
Respectfully submitted,
Secretary
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