HomeMy WebLinkAbout1988-02-16 Board of Selectmen Minutes MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN MEETING
February 16 , 1988
Members present were Chairman John H. Russell, Secretary Russell
T. Graham, Selectmen Paul E. Landers and Mary S. Ziegler, Town
Manager Peter I. Hechenbleikner, and several interested citizens.
The Board of Selectmen reviewed the various articles in the
proposed warrant.
On motion by Ziegler, seconded by Landers the Board of Selectmen
approved Appendix A and B as Appendices to the Personnel By-Laws
for those positions which are applicable, by a vote of 4-0-0.
1 At 8 o' clock p.m. the Warrant was closed on a motion by Ziegler,
seconded by Landers and approved by a vote of 4-0-0 .
The Town Moderator asked, with regard to the proposed Article 33
on removal of Town Meeting Members, whether or not the positions
actually become vacant; how or if this affects the number of mem-
bers needed for a quorum; and how these positions are filled.
Town Counsel will be questioned regarding these matters.
With regard to the budget, Bill Burditt from the Finance Com-
mittee expressed concern that the budget does not deal with
issues of increased cost of trash removal, salaries not yet nego-
tiated, additional costs of snow and ice removal, and how special
articles would be funded. He indicated that we were depending a
lot on the use of free cash, and on the sale of the Embassy
Suites and Homart sites.
' John Russell asked about a quarterly report for workers ' compen-
sation.
The Board of Selectmen approved the Town Manager ' s Budget with
the fine tuning needed on a motion by Ziegler, seconded by Graham
by a vote of 3-0-0 (Paul Landers had left the meeting by this
time ) .
A motion was made by Ziegler, seconded by Graham, that the meet-
ing be adjourned. All were in favor and the meeting was ad-
journed at 9 : 35 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Secretary