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Selectmen’s Meeting September 9, 2015 A meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held on Wednesday, September 9, 2015, at 9:00 a.m. in the Selectmen Meeting Room of the Town Office Building. Chairman Pato, Mr. Kelley, Mr. Cohen, Ms. Ciccolo and Ms. Barry; and Mr. Valente, Town Manager; and Ms. Pease, Executive Clerk, were present. Selectmen Concerns and Liaison Reports Ms. Barry reminded the Board and residents about the Public Information Meeting regarding the Minuteman Statue and the Minutemen Monument being held tonight at the Public Services Building Cafeteria at 201 Bedford Street. Mr. Pato reminded the Board and residents about the test sidewalks that have been poured near the Cary Memorial Building. He expects the Historic Districts Commission and the Commission on Disability to finalize the sidewalk materials and design soon. Town Manager Report Mr. Valente reported on four items: 1.Ralph Pecora was introduced as the new Water and Sewer Superintendent. 2.Carol Kowalski has accepted the position of Assistant Town Manager for Development. She is currently the Director of Planning and Community Development for the Town of Arlington. A start date has not been determined at this time, but looking at October. 3.The Conservation and Recreation and Community Programs Departments are having an event on Sunday, September 27, 2015, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at Cotton Farm. Since there is a bumper crop of apples this year, residents will be able to pick apples and there will also be a nature walk. 4.Since there was an article recently in the Boston Globe about natural gas leaks, Assistant Chief Tremblay will report to the Selectmen at their September 21 meeting on the process the Town follows when they receive a report of a gas odor. Proposed FY2016 Water and Sewer Rates Mr. Addelson, Assistant Town Manager for Finance, presented the following information in support of the proposed FY2016 water and wastewater rates:  FY2015 Operating Results for water and wastewater operations;  Water and wastewater expenditure history, including proposed amendments to the FY2016 budgets adopted at the 2015 Annual town meeting to serve as the basis for proposed FY2016 rates;  Water consumption history for FY2006 to FY2015, including estimates of FY2016 usage to be used in calculating proposed FY2016 water and wastewater rates;  A history of water purchased from MWRA, by month, from 1998 through June 2015;