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69 -316 Selectmen's Meeting — March 2, 2016 • A 2.5% cost of living adjustment in Fiscal Year 2016; • A 2.0% cost of living adjustment in Fiscal Year 2017; • A 1.0% cost of living adjustment effective 7/01/2017; • A 1.0% cost of living adjustment effective 01/01/2018 in Fiscal Year 2018; • A change in the way clothing is provided, from a reimbursement basis to a vendor - provided Quarter- Master system. Elimination of $250.00 annual clothing allowance in exchange for one (1) time payments of $250.00 in Fiscal Year 2017 and Fiscal Year 2018; • Creation of a labor /management committee to select a vendor that will provide the Town with good quality and fitting work uniforms; • The Town will conduct a Classification and Compensation Study of all positions covered by the contract by June 30, 2018. The cost of the study is included in the FY2017 budget request; • Clarification that time granted from the sick leave bank is on a "rolling calendar" basis; • Creation of a "cooling off' period prior to Step 1 in the grievance procedure; and • Increasing the current snow /plowing overtime incentive from $800 to $1,000 for zero (0) snow events missed; from $400 to $800 for one (1) snow event missed and $300 to $600 for two (2) snow events missed. The last time this incentive was increased was 2001. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted 4 — 0 to approve and authorize the Town Manager to sign the collective bargaining agreement between the Town and the AFSCME DPW Local 1703 for the period of FY16 -18. Mothers Out Front /Sustainable Lexington Committee Mark Sandeen, Chair, Sustainable Lexington Committee, and Lisa Fitzgibbons, Mothers Out Front, presented three issues for discussion. The first is on the Board writing a letter to National Grid on natural gas leaks in Lexington, the second is a letter on solar to selected officials, and the third is on discussing Article 16 the Getting to Net Zero initiative. Approve Letter to Utility Company In November 2015 SLC /MOF came before you to discuss natural gas leaks and you requested we provide recommendations to the BOS. At that meeting the BOS asked the committee to develop some of the recommendations and they are reporting on that progress. The committee is asking the Board to move forward on the recommendations: hold a public hearing; open the House floor on natural gas leaks, under the auspices of the BOS, Rep. Jay Kaufman and sponsored by Senators Michael Barrett and Ken Donnelly. That public meeting will be on May 17, at Cary Memorial Hall at 7:00 p.m. We will be inviting representatives from National Grid as well as subject matter experts from Boston University, the Sierra Club, etc. As part of the letter to National Grid we are recommending they provide the Town three things: 1) an updated inventory of the natural gas distribution pipelines in Town indicating the location,