1/27/1992 BOARD OF SELECTMEN Minutes

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BOARD OF SELECTMEN 'age MINUTES MONDAY, JANUARY 27, 1992 Dr . Deioura re; FY 92 Emergency School Aid : The sum of $250, 700 is requested by the School Department for emergency educational assistance relates Br . Deioura . For an example, i f Mashpee is awarded $100,000, 50 of the sum is a grant and the remaining % is to be paid back over the next five years at $10,000 per year. The cherry sheet reimbursement would have to increase by the amount of money we are expected to pay back indicates Dr, DeMoura . If the reimbursement doesn ' t increase sufficiently, that year is forgiven. Selectman Lawrence has no objection, but in the final analysis we will be paying back the Commonwealth. If the grant is successful , it should be -ear-marked for exactly what the grant is to be used for he indicates . Mrs , Greeff.i sh not'es that this i a one shot deal with this type of application. She commends the usage ,.for the reading program and specific priorities, but. not to hire new staff . We will not be hiring new staff indicates Dr. Deioura. The focus is .not to lay off. He notes that chapter 70 and 71 funds are for ed- ucational reimbursement in special education and transportation. Mr . Ferriday has recommended to view this further. The determina- tion of the spending cap is due to the financial problems in Town which are personnel . Our .reality is to lay off personnel . If we don ' t act upon this, it will not be on their desk by January 30th indicates Dr. Deloura, Mr , Harrington recommends to submit the application. We would be remiss if we didn ' t pursue the funding. Selectman Lawrence notes that he is reluctantly supportive with no idea of the cost in the final analysis . Selectman Jacobson adds that if we apply for the aid and obtain the funding, we could chose to reject it if lt'�effect .us financially. *The motion was made by Selectman Lawrence to support the application for FY 92 Emergency School Aid. The motion was seconded by Selectman Mills . The vote of the Board is unanimous . The vote is 3-0 . 7 p.m. Special Town Meeting Req nest; There is an expected rapid rise in the school population as previously noted by the school Building Com i-ttee , , Mr. Jones has recommended to proceed. as quickly as possible with -the Special Town Meeting request to construct additional classrooms at the Middle School , The School committee met with the School Building Committee today and voted to support the construction of fifteen additional classrooms at the Middle school . The school. Committee favors the Special Town Meeting to inform the people of the crisis , Dr. Pette notes that all of us should work together to make the people aware of the situation, With the overload of Town Meeting, Dr. DeMoura recommends that it would be advantageous to hold a Special Town Meeting. The Finance Committee needs to know before May as to how the people wish to proceed relates *. Gree1ish. If the plan is rejected, the Finance Committee needs time to come up with another plan. She suggests to inform the people of ongoing costs to maintain the full scenario such as staffing, energy and moving costs involved. ti