1996-05-BOS-min - Laserfiche WebLink

Browse Search

$ J$3QZ Selectmen's Meeting Minutes May 1, 1996 A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held on Wednesday, May 1, 1996 in the Selectmen's Meeting Room, Town Office Building at 7:30 p.m. Chairman McSweeney, Mr. Dailey, Mr. Busa, Mr. Fenn, Mrs. Eddison; Mr. C ohen, Town Counsel; Mr. white, Town Manager; and Ms. Smith, Executive Clerk, were present. Hanscom Field GEIR U�pdate Process The Chairman asked Mr. Fenn to review the letter he was asking the Board to send to Secretary Cox Mr. Fenn explained that the letter requests Secretary Coxe to formally enhance the GEIR Update process currently being conducted by Massport for Hanscom Field by appointing a public advisory group to meet monthly with Massport to review progress; require a pre -- publication dram, along with significant workpapers and backup documents from Massport, which will be available for review; extend the timelines for public comment on these documents to 60 days; and subsequent to the publication of the draft and final updates, conduct public review sessions allowing for public comment and Massport responses, including an opportunity for consultants, technical reviewers for the communities and others to make their presentation. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to send the letter described to Secretary Coxe. Minuteman Vocational Assessment Nyles Barnert was present to explain the assessment process of the Minuteman Vocational Technical School District. The original agreement among the District Towns was that all communities should pay the same minimums. The Town of Arlington has objected. He further explained what would happen if six of the District Towns reject the budget. The Appropriation Committee is recommending that the Lexington figure be reduced by $8,832 to bring it down to the minimum. Mr. B arnert explained that even if the assessment amount is reduced by only $1.00, it constitutes a rejection of the Minuteman budget. It was agreed that there should be . more earlier participation by members of the Appropriation Committee and the Board of Selectmen at the Minuteman School Committee budget meetings.