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June 25, 2008 LexMedia. 2. Alan mentioned that LexMedia is in the process of moving into Kline Hall and that Kite’s End will soon be vacated. There is a new executive Director – Florence DelSanto. Minutes. 3. Minutes of meetings held on March 10, March 31, April 16, April 28 and May 5 were discussed, minor edits were made and were unanimously (7-0) . approvedAlan urged members to get minutes of past meetings drafted. Health Insurance. 4. Alan recapped that there was a group formed to meet with Carl Valente after the joint BoS/School Committee/Appropriation Committee meeting on June 16. The group consists of Deborah Brown and Mike Kennealy from the Appropriation Committee, Jeanne Krieger and Peter Kelley from the BoS, and Rod Cole and Margaret Coppe from the School Committee (and their first meeting is on July 2). We discussed the fact that it is an objective to conduct as much of our discussions regarding health insurance and any reporting back to the Committee by Deborah and Mike in an open meeting format versus in executive session and that executive session is appropriate for a conversation where information to be presented could be detrimental to contract negotiations if made public. It was suggested that open meeting discussions could include information used to educate ourselves in terms of determining parameters and possibilities and that strategy conversations around what position we should take should be in executive session. Bill Lahey, Town Counsel, is looking into this and will be providing Alan with advice on what is appropriate. Eric Michelson reported that he has started to gather data which is available on the DOR website with respect to personnel expenses and that he will contact the DOR database administrator for assistance on how to easily obtain information on health benefits. He mentioned that there has been a study done (and it is publicly available) on the benefits structure for public safety employees. We discussed Medicare provisions and concluded that it would be helpful to have Rob Addelson go over the facts with us so that we have a thorough and accurate understanding of the considerations. Future Meeting Schedule 5. . July 10, August 7, September 4. Miscellaneous. , 6.It was reported thatPam Hoffman and Susan McLeishwhose terms were expiring on June 30, were both reappointed to the committee (and both accepted). Additionally, Glenn Parker has been appointed to the Committee effective July 1. The meeting was adjourned at 9:32 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Susan McLeish Approved July 10, 2008 - 2 -