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Selectmen's Meeting February 5, 2007 A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held on Monday, February 5, 2007, at 7:30 p.m. in Cary Auditorium. Chairman Krieger, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Manz; Mr. Valente, Town Manager; and Ms. Chabot, Assistant to the Executive Clerk, were present. Public Comment Ashley Lieberman of 87 Cliffe Avenue is concerned about the crosswalk signs in the Center. As a driver, she has almost hit people on several occasions. She thinks that pedestrians feel entitled to cross without looking. When she is driving in the right lane she cannot see the sign if there are cars in the left lane. Mrs. Krieger said that Ms. Lieberman could address her concerns to the Police Department and the Traffic Safety Advisory Committee. By virtue of having spoken tonight, Ms. Lieberman's concerns will be conveyed to the appropriate people and will be considered. Selectmen Concerns and Liaison Reports Mrs. Krieger noted that the flag on the Battle Green is at half -mast in honor of Mary Miley, who passed away on Saturday, January 27, 2007. Ms. Miley was a Selectman from 1976 to 1983 and a member of the Appropriation Committee from 1993 to 1997. Town Manager Report Mr. Valente reported that Donna Hooper, the Town Clerk, has been working to upgrade our archives vault at Cary Hall and is also now working with the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners to see whether all of our archives have the right conditions. We will be part of a five -month monitoring process that will involve all of our vaults in the various departments at Town Hall. The result will be a database that gives us some understanding as to how well we are maintaining our historical records. At the Board's last meeting Mr. Cohen asked if the Town Manager could pull together information regarding how the cost of benefits for new employees, presented at a recent Summit Meeting, was calculated. Michael Young presented a handout of the process by which they arrived at those figures. The first page of the handout is the FY 2008 average benefits calculation for new hires who are municipal employees, and the second page is the calculation for school employees. In preparing the calculations, the staff used data from FY 2007 to determine what the average cost per employee should be in FY 2007. That amount is multiplied by 12% to determine the increase in FY 2008. If the Board has no further comments this will be made available to Town Meeting Members on their website and on the Town's website.