7/27/1987 BOARD OF SELECTMEN Minutes

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I i Board of Selectmen Page Three Regular Meeting Monday July 27, 1987 the inter-town Mutual Aid system of handling emergencies , noting that if the Town Of Mashpee did not respond to a, mutual-aid call with a, full complement of firefighters and the necessary equipment, ent, as expected to and agreed to , then in all probability, other towns would not feel obligated to respond to I a.s pee 's calls for assist- ance ,, Acting chief Chase reported that the Town of Bourne has offered to supply the Town of l ashpee with the use of an engine at no cost when Iash.pee ' s attack engine is out of service for repairs . Bourn6 l s engine would be available to I a.sh.pee for as long as needed 3. S,Qhool Committee. School Superintendent Lincoln Del oura and members of the School. Committee were present to discuss measures that could be taken to prevent a deficit in the school budget, Dr, DeMoura presented a. schedule of enrollments for the kindergarten through eighth grade for years 1982 through 1986 and including projections through 1991. He also presented a proposed budget for FY 88t and a Special. Education budget showing tuitions for FY 86/87. He said that enrollments have been steadily increasing and that every available bit of space is being utlil ed for-. class- room space . Dr. De Moura, explained the budget outs of $�,000,00, for Y 88. In explaining Special Educa.ti n, he stated that special ed- ucation. d- u ation. is very, eery expensive and that there is no way to predict how many children will require special education. Mrs . McKay noted 0 that it is difficult to rake predictions regarding enrollments for an entire school year because s o mangy- families move in and out. Dr. Del dura said that there are no solutions as to how to avoid a. deficit this year and "I am looking for suggestions . The only thing left to us is to reduce the staff". I was agreed that the School Committee and Dr* DeMoura would report periodically so that the Board can be aware of what is proceeding and be able to heap work out solutiOns and perhaps re-route monies NEW BUSINESS 1. Assistant Shellfish Wardens . Shellfish Constable David Reran submitted a. proposed pa.y scale for Assistant warders in a. memorandum dated July 22, 1987. Mr. Gottlieb moved to accept the pay scale as presented by Constable Ryan. lir. Carter seconded the Motion. The vote was unanimous , 2. Parks & Recreation Department - substitutea.te attendants . In a. memorandum dated July 21 1987 , the Personnel. Board expressed its concurrence with the recommendation from the Director of the larks and Recreation Department to appoint Phillip Hicks and Lucille Mograss as substitute Gate Attendants for the