6/3/1987 BOARD OF SELECTMEN Minutes

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i Board of Selectmen Page Two Regular Meeting Wednesday r June 3 , 1987 OLD BUSINESS : 1. Solid-Waste Transfer Statione Selectman Carter moved that the Board of Selectmen e ecute the inter-municipal agreement between the towns of Iashpe , Falmouth and Sandwich for the con. struction, maintenance and operation of a solid-waste rail transfer station at the Massachusetts Military Reservation at Otis Air National Guard Base . Mr. Hanson moved to appoint peter Lawrence as the Board of Selectmen designee to the Board of Managers of the transfer Station for a. tern to expire June 30, 1987. Mr, Carter seconded the ..mooti n axed the o�te' was unanimous . r. Carter moved 4 that lir. Hanson be appoint'e- d 'as alternate designee ' to the Board of Managers ,, Mr. Gottlieb seconded the motion. The vote was unanimous . 2. School system re : prowsed FY 88 budget reductions Dr. DeMouray Superintendent-Elect o f the lashpe e Bub-110c Schools , stated in his written communication of May 25, 1987 that 'AAs a. result of the recent defeat of the budget override , the Mash ee School System rust reduce its operating budget for FY 88 by 105,000t "0 05,000, "0 A list of proposed budget cuts that will be recommended to the I ashpee School Committee at its next regular meeting was attached. 3. Superintendent o f Schools re : budgetdeficit. In a memorandum dated May 7t 1987 , Superintendent Nicholson stated that re-examination of projected expenses within the regular day budget and the requirements of special education for the remain'ing school year indicates that the present deficit amount will be approximately $15,000. The original estimated potential budget t deficit was approxi- mately g �� in March of x987. The Finance Committeehas "ear- marked" that amount from the Reserve Fund to offset the deficit, Selectmen Carter expressed concern over this budget deficit and sug- gested that a meeting be arranged between the Board of Selectmen and the School Committee to discuss methods to prevent future occurrences of deficit, Mr,, 'Hanson suggested and it was unanimously agreed that the Board of Selectmen should be kept informed by the Finance Committee regarding proposed expenditures from monies left in the Reserve Fund . 4. Massachusetts Municipal Association. The Board o Selectmen briefly discussed the matter of a, proposed amendment to the Articles of Orgaaization to limit the Directors ' and Officers , Ilabi- lity in dertain respects as outlined in a memorandum frome Associa- tion soc - a tion dated May, 1987 at their meeting of May 27, 1987. At that time Selectman Gottlieb had offered to attend the meeting of members of the Association to be held on June 9 , 1987. It was unanlmOuSly agreed that ChainvOnan Thomas will sign the the proxy Grote in favor of the proposed amendment, 5. Popponesset Dredging Project - letter from Dr.. Aubrey The Board of Selectmen had discussed the�r letter dated a from - � � � Aubrey which concerned expenses for this project. Mrse Thomas stated that Town Counsel has prepared an addendum to r, Aubre ��s con- tract which wilde ermit the - p payment f oe e�pens e with the , Board-'s. approval-. The addendum has-' be erg sent to Dr. Aubrey for his review,