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60 -322 Selectmen's fleeting s July 1, 1996 Personnel The Manager has been very successful with the recent additions to his staff. The interview and selection process that he has instituted welcomes participation from many different segments of our Town. we ask that he continue to involve the Personnel Advisory Board in personnel and related platters. Finally, we recognize that the Manager is a talented professional. we realize that working with fire members of the Board is not an easy task. You have listened to the thoughts, concerns, and goals of each of us and successfully guided the Town through a very Challenging Year. we thank you for all your efforts and look forward to the challenges of the future together. Ms. McKenna wanted to know if there was a decision on what to do with the contract. Mr. McSweeney stated that the contract is a separate issue and will be taken up closer to when the contract expires. The contract is independent of the evaluation. Massachusetts Hig hway Facilit and Antenna Replacement Mr. Michael S. Gi aimo, Attorney for Bell Atlantic NYNEX Mobile (BANM) and Sheila R. Becker, BANM spoke regarding the reconstruction of the existing communications tower owned by and located on land of the Massachusetts Highway D on the Lexing on/Arlin . g y p .� � on town line. The Massachusetts Highway Department has a program called "wiring Massachusetts" by which they are trying to reconstruct the communications sites at their various sites in Massachusetts or to construct communication facilities where there are none, one of the sites that is scheduled for replacement is the one on the Lexing ton/Arlington line. The wa the y program works is the state gets essentially free turnkey construction in exchange for allowing private vendors to mount antennas on the structure, along with the state and whatever local facility equipment is mounted on that structure. It is a turnkey project that various companies would have irrevocable license from the state to do. The companies participating in this one are BANM, Sprint, Cellular one, AT&T, along with the Mass. Highway Department. This is a way to put facilities adjacent to highways where they belong rather than have eo le look for sites p p elsewhere. The Highway Department asked BANM to appear on public agenda to make sure that Town officials were aware of this program and to receive any comments they alight have. The Board was shown a drawing of where the new antenna would be located. The depot and the entrance are in Arlington, but the antenna would be in the corporate boundaries of Lexington. The new Zoo foot tower would be built before the old one is removed. Construction has not started yet.