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* Bos Administrative Meeting <br /> x/26/81 <br /> Page 2. <br /> The Executive Secretary directed the Board' s attention to his <br /> Memo on Gerry halo, requesting their direction in the matter of <br /> continuing her health 'insurance payments. chm. Garland asked if <br /> he had di scus'sed the matter with the Personnel Board. Affirmative, <br /> but he had come' away with nothing. sed.. Thomas asked how the Exec. <br /> Secretary felt about putting her on extended leave. Exec. Secretary <br /> said he would . abide by any decision- -- .he reminded the Board that <br /> this is the last week the Town would be paying her whole salary -- <br /> after <br /> --of er this, then, Town will just be picking up the difference in what <br /> Workmen' s Corp. pays and her regular pay �- which really is a negli- <br /> gible amount, hm. Garland asked how long we might be forced to <br /> carry her, or how long Workmen' s Comp. might do so. ExecutiveSecre- <br /> tary said until a ,physician judged her ready to return to work. Chin. <br /> Garland asked- how much .we are paying on her insurace -- Answer: $80 <br /> a month, or , ' as i the Town' s required share. Sel. Thomas stated <br /> that in similar cases 'in the past, Torn Counsel has advised that the <br /> Town continue paying benefits, so there are precedents for this, she <br /> believes Gerry- was one of the former cases on which Town Counsel so <br /> advised. she wondered if 90 days seemed like a reasonable u t f <br /> time to continue paying benefits. Executive Secretary stated he would <br /> check pn the former cases, and search out -opinions rendered ty Joe <br /> Reardon. <br /> Regarding the agenda, Chin. Garland stated he felt it could be pre- <br /> pared .in a more buisnesslike. way -- he feels that there are times <br /> when the Board is "spinning it' s wheels" waiting for the time for an <br /> agenda item to appear. He doesn' t expect it to be as structured as <br /> the School Committee' s, but thinks that most of the things listed <br /> under "Action" could be placed on the Agenda itself. He also <br /> questioned whether it was necessary to compile the list of "essential" <br /> mail -- he feels if it is there. before, the Board, it is the rnemb ri <br /> responsibility to road it. Chip. Garland feels it is an unnecessary <br /> expenditure of time to have the mail listed. Sel.. Thomas said it <br /> has been done in the past .partly for the Town Counsel' s benefit -- <br /> and now for Kevin, who doesn' t apparently have the .time to read all <br /> the mail, Chm. Garland suggested that the Exec. Secretary contact <br /> both Sel. O' Connell and -Joe Reardon, to find out if they feel it is <br /> necessary to continue the practice, for the amount of benefit they <br /> derive from it. <br /> 7 `Executive Secretary brought up the subject of the proposed Special <br /> Town Fleeting, stating that many towns have such in the waning days <br /> of the fiscal year. He pointed out that there are some overruns in <br /> some of the smaller accounts , but none that would exceed the $19,000 <br /> remaining in the Reserve Account, if the Selectmen would prefer to go <br /> that route. One .o f these deals with the- Highway Dept. Mr, Murphy <br /> questioned how do -,_th -employees get the shoes to which they are <br /> entitled. Ch. Garland stated he felt they were just purchasing then <br /> on an individual basis - but he wondered if it wouldn' t be more e o- <br /> norai.cal for the Town to have a representative of Knapp' s or some <br /> other of the manufacturers of safety shoes , . come to the Town to take <br /> measurements, and then buy the shoes in quantity. Executive Secretary <br /> felt there would be a definite savings doing it this way. He will <br /> look into this ratter. <br />