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1 SELECTMEN'S MEETING January 6, 1975 A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held in the Selectmen's Meeting Room, Town Office Building, on Monday evening, January 6, 1976, at 7:30 p.m. Chairman Kenney, Messrs. Bailey, Buse, and Mrs. Battin; Mr. O'Connell, Town Manager; Mr. Cohen, Town Counsel; Mr. McSweeney, Director of Public Works/Engineering; Mrs. MCCurdy, Executive Clerk, Were present. At the request of the Town Clerk, the following jurors weae drawn: Dora A. Carr 455 Lowell Street Bernard R. Danti 74 Bloomfield Street Mr. O'Connell informed the Board that the Minute Man Regional Vocational School is scheduled to be opened on January 13, 1975, and as a result of a letter from our Building Commissioner, he had alerted the School Superintendent that all necessary permits must be obtained in order to have a Certificate of Occupancy issued. Mr. O'Connell recommended the approval of the Board of a reserve transfer of $1100 to Account 2930 -Office Machine Repairs, due to a mechanical failure during the water billing period. If these repairs are made, it will mean several more years of use for this machine; a new machine would cost approximately $5-6,000. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to request approval of the Appropriation Committee of a transfer from the Reserve Fund to Account 2930 in the amount of $1100. 177 Jurors Transfer - Acct. 2930 Mr. O'Connell discussed the Center swimming pool recreation Center area. This pool is about 40 years old and, last year, Mr. Bertini Pool had expressed his concern about a possible breakdown. In our review, Area we pinpointed two different problems - the old water filter on the main pool and an inadequate number of boy's toilet facilities. We first determined it would be $20,000 to redesign and modernize the. pool but, out of related capital budget planning, the decision was made to make $10,000 available to study the recreation need, and assigned it to the Planning Board for study. We included in that plan a trailer with toilet facilities. Since that time, as a result of more information and estimates of cost of installing khat system Mr. McSweeney determined that the program, if it followed the State standards, would represent an additional $35,000. We do not be- lieve that the condition of the pool and the question of the future can in any way justify going this far on a maintenance type program. We suggest that the Board call for a meeting with the Planning Board and the Recreation Committee to re-examine what the best short- range course of action would be. Can we get by if the addition of a filter is going to cost $40,000? It is no longer a get -by maintenance but a major renovation.