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Board of Selectmen Minutes March 12,2001 Page Seven. GIS Presentation: Dave Bailey,Director of Assessors and Chair of adhoc GIS Implementation Unit,was present at the meeting to give a presentation on GIS. He gave Selectman a packet of information on ArcNews. The Town Administrator noted that the main issue is whether they can continue to operate GIS with person that was the Assistant Town Planner and the GIS Coordinator or should they start thinking about setting up the position of full- time GIS Coordinator under the Data Processing budget and separate out from the Town Planner position. Mr. Bailey explained they did not have anyone full-time to run the system and what they contemplated was having an Assistant Town Planner as a front man and a committee comprised of the Administrator of DPW, someone from the Water District,the MIS person and himself to direct the Assistant Town Planner. He anticipates it Mll be used for public safety work,DPW work,and the water district will hopefully make use of it. He is are set up and using the system but other departments are not on Board because there is no one to shepherd them through it. He feels it is the future of record keeping for municipal government. It is a lot of work for an Assistant Town Planner and if it falls on that person the Town will spend a lot of money for independent consultants to design applications. Discussion followed regarding are they better off right now to hire a consultant and if it could be a shared position with the water district. Selectman Green asked if there was enough work in the Town of Mashpee to put on a full-time GIS person for set up and get everyone up to speed and Mr_Bailey said absolutely that within the next 5 years the town will need a full time person. The Town Administrator thanked Mr. Bailey and recognized the work he has done from the start of the program,as a result the Assessing Department is one of the leaders in(lie Commonwealth. New Business: Approval of Undated Rules&.Regulations--Old Indian Cemetery_: Correspondence received from Mashpee Cemetery Commissioner dated February 12, 2001,regarding Updated Rule and Regulations for the Old Indian Cemetery and informing the BOS that at a meeting held on February 10,2001 by the Mashpee Cemetery Commission,Mr.Leigh N.Potter was appointed Chairman and Mr.Paul Avrett was appointed Clerk, A copy of the Rules and Regulation for the Old Indian Cemetery were attached for approval by the Board of Selectmen. Present at the meeting was Mr.Hamilton Whiting who submitted correspondence to the Selectmen relative to the regulations governing the Old Indian Cemetery. He stated one of his concerns was the removal of American flags from veteran's graves and gave the Board a copy of the M.G.L. and U.S.Flag:Federal Law Relating to Display. He requested that the regulations contain language that provides the American flag to be displayed on veteran's graves in accordance with the laws. Mr_Hamilton also had concerns with#2 and#5 of the rules and regulations. He mows the family plot himself and asked Why artificial flowers need to be removed by May 1a6, what about the r