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61-315 Selectmen's Meeting - February 8, 1999 Board members, after discussion of the options, asked Nancy to offer the Arts and Crafts Society the possibility of adding 8 more permits without increasing the number of rented spaces at their lot. We will not guarantee to pay them; however if we sell some or all of the 8 more permits, we will turn the revenue over to them. Ms. Kolb will report back to the Board on the offer in two weeks. Flexible Work Schedule Assistant Town Manager Linda Crew Vine reviewed a proposal to formalize a long-standing practice of full-time non-union employees enjoying the benefit of a flexible work schedule. Board members all wholeheartedly endorsed the proposal. Joint Meeting with School Committee School Committee members Mrs. Peltz, Mrs. Elberger, Mrs. DiGiammarino, Mr. Rosenberg and Mr. Long, Superintendent Karla Brooks Baehr, School Director of Business and Finance Susan Boltan and Director of Facilities, Grounds and Support Services John Moynihan joined the meeting at 9:00 p.m. for the purpose of discussing attempts at closing a $2.5 million budget gap. Mrs. Peltz indicated the School committee had asked the Superintendent two weeks ago to look for a $1.5 million reduction in her original budget. The Superintendent is in that neighborhood now. Dr. Baehr would like time to fully advise the affected staff and solicit their support. The School Committee will be meeting on February 23 to present a reduced proposal and conduct a public hearing. Mr. White reported that he had preliminarily identified about $1 million of action. We are anticipating some increase in State Aid and we are trying to determine and fine tune the lottery receipts. This amounts to additional revenue between $127,000 and $269,000. We have taken a further look at the relationship with NESWC. We have been setting aside funds anticipating an increase in tipping fees and I am recommending we use $240,000 for the FY2000 budget. Also, John Ryan and I have had preliminary discussions with the School Department around bonding scenarios. It looks like we can package some of our borowing and there is a chance of saving between $220,000 and $270,000. That leaves between $220,000 and $360,000 of reductions in DPW. Mr. White also indicated that his numbers do not take into account the $72,000 increase in the VoTech budget nor any of the supplemental requests. Mrs. Peltz also indicated that the School Committee had not factored in the $283,000 anticipated revenue enhancements.