HomeMy WebLinkAbout2000-09-12 Board of Selectmen Minutes Board of Selectmen Meeting
September 12, 2000
The meeting convened at 8:02 p.m. in the Selectmen's Meeting Room, 16 Lowell Street,
Reading, Massachusetts. Present were Chairman Matthew Nestor, Selectmen Camille Anthony,
George Hines, Matthew Cummings, Town Manager Peter Hechenbleikner and Assistant Town
Manager Russell Dean,
Discussion/Action Items
Goal Setting - The Town Manager reviewed the purpose for the night's meeting was to go
through goals. The Town Manager went over the goals for the current year and.the status to
date. Potential goals for FY 2001 were also discussed.
The goals mentioned for 2001 included enhancing economic development to increase resources,
investments in efficiency and services, manage/improve resources to protect services, manage
board, committee and commission relationships, improve customer service, improve
communications, focus on diversity and violence prevention, short and long term financial
strategy and economic development strategy.
The Board of Selectmen discussed the goals and thought diversity and violence prevention
should be broken out as two separate goals. Affordable housing was an issue that needs attention
this year also. The Board determined that the top goals would include the following general
categories:
1. Continue the implementation of economic development strategy.
2. Manage Board, Committee and Commission relationships.
3. Develop a short-term and long-term financing strategy, including focus
on the building maintenance area and the budget process.
4. Develop a Traffic Management Program.
5. Develop and continue to implement water supply policy.
6. Continue to focus on violence prevention.
7. Continue to focus on the community diversity program.
8. Affordable housing.
The Town Manager and staff will "flesh out" these areas and have a draft to the Board of
Selectmen for further consideration.
On motion by Hines seconded by Anthony, the Board of Selectmen voted at 9:02 p.m. on a roll
call vote with all 4 members present voting in the affirmative to go into Executive Session for
the purposes of discussing collective bargaining strategy and approving minutes, not to come
back into Open Session.
Respectfully submitted,
Secretary