SELECTMEN’S MEETING MONDAY, JANUARY 26, 2004 5:30 P.M.
In attendance: James G. Mullen, Jr., Marion V. McEttrick, Charles J. McCarthy, David W. Owen, Town Administrator, and Annemarie Fagan, Assistant Town Administrator.
The minutes of the January 20, 2004 meeting were approved.
2 Marion V. McEttrick moved, Charles J. McCarthy seconded and the Board voted unanimously to approve forwarding to the Warrant Committee two Reserve Fund Transfer Requests in the amount of $12,940 and $17,694 for the costs of Unemployment Compensation for the months of November and December, 2003 and to request a report from the School Department that would define the circumstances of each school employee who has been laid off and is receiving unemployment compensation and if these employees have had an opportunity to be rehired.
3 A conference was held with Kevin J. Mearn, Chief of Police. Discussed were two recent newspaper articles, the Globe Spotlight article on the Copeland Foundation and the Northeastern University Institute on Race and Justice Study Preliminary Report and the revised FY05 Police Department budget. Marion V. McEttrick moved, Charles J. McCarthy seconded and the Board voted unanimously to approve and forward to the Warrant Committee the revised FY05 Police Department budget in the amount of $5,427,254.
4 Marion V. McEttrick moved, Charles J. McCarthy seconded and the Board voted unanimously to approve and forward to the Warrant Committee the revised FY05 Building Department budget in the amount of $222,110.
5 Marion V. McEttrick moved, Charles J. McCarthy seconded and the Board voted unanimously to approve and forward to the Warrant Committee the revised FY05 Fire Department budget in the amount of $3,577,601.
6 Marion V. McEttrick moved, Charles J. McCarthy seconded and the Board voted unanimously approve and forward to the Warrant Committee the revised FY05 Town Office Building Department budget in the amount of $198,130.
7 Marion V. McEttrick moved, Charles J. McCarthy seconded and the Board voted unanimously at 6:40 p.m., with Marion V. McEttrick voting yes, Charles J. McCarthy voting yes, and James G. Mullen, Jr. voting yes, to approve entering into Executive Session to discuss real estate and to return to public session only for the purpose of adjournment.
Marion V. McEttrick moved, Charles J. McCarthy seconded and the Board voted unanimously to adjourn at 8:00 p.m.
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