HomeMy WebLinkAbout2005-02-05 Board of Selectmen Minutes Board of Selectmen Meeting
i Saturday, February 5,2005
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For ease of archiving, the order that items appear in these minutes reflects the order in which
the items appeared on the agenda for that meeting, and are not necessarily the order in which
any item was taken up by the Board.
The meeting convened at 9:00 a.m. in the Town Hall Conference Room, 16 Lowell Street,
Reading, Massachusetts. Present were Chairman Richard Schubert, Vice Chairman
Camille Anthony, Secretary Gail Wood, Selectmen Joe Duffy and George Hines,
Department Heads Fire Chief Greg Burns, Police Chief Bob Silva, Public Works Director Ted
McIntire, Acting Library Director Elizabeth Dickinson, Finance Director Beth Klepeis, Town
Accountant Richard Foley, Town Manager Peter Hechenbleikner and the following list of
interested parties: Town Meeting Member Bill Brown, Library Trustee Vicki Yablonsky, Mellisa
Russell from the Advocate.
.Discussion/Action Items
Review FY 2006 Budget - The Town Manager reviewed the revised revenues for FY 2006. He
pointed out changes in the overlay reserve, fines, interest earnings, State aid and the Reading Ice
Arena Authority. There was discussion about how the State aid figures were derived, and the
Town Manager noted that the Town Accountant had done a full analysis of the Governor's
proposed budget and its effect on Reading. The'total increase in State aid from FY 2005 to FY
2006 was $237,379. The Town had previously anticipated a reduction in State aid.
The Town Manager went over the list of reductions that have been made to date in the various
departments, and indicated that the final $53,003 will be spread evenly among all departments.
The chart shows what the effect of this would be per department, and we will be meeting with
the-departments next week to finalize how this would be done.
Vice Chairman Camille Anthony asked if we would be doing the Road Capital Program. She
asked fora state of the roads report. There was additional discussion on the Capital
Improvements Advisory Committee establishment, and Selectman George Hines indicated that
he was going to meet with the major"stake holders" to talk about this.
There was discussion on the health insurance program. During the month of March, there will be
a Forum for the Finance Committee, Board of Selectmen, School Committee and.for the general
public on what the different issues are with regard to health insurance for municipal employees.
There beim no further business, on motion by Anthony seconded by Duffy, the Board of
Selectmen voted to adiourn their meeting of February 5, 2005 at 10:30 a.m. by a vote of
5-0-0.
Respectfully submitted,
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