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MINUTES of the iR]IINUTEMAN REG C ' R,;. VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL
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PRESENT Mmes Wales cne Sm 1 ; ; 1..';:s;_. '. ,then, Bilodeau, Courtright, Hull,
Merluzzo, Moi;o-C: .s.ense n ar - pert
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ABSENT Messrs Cron, k '.ey and Morse
The meeting was called to order by int.: Chu .uii t. 3; i5 p m
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Minutes of the previous meeting were approved as written I
The Treasurer reported a regular budget account balance of $20,607 82 and a construc-
tion account balance of $485.71
The following vote was adopted pursuant to Chapter 1025 of the Acts of 1973 by the
vote of 9 members voting in the affirmative, 9 members of the 12-member School
Committee being present-
WHEREAS, the towns of Acton, Arlington, Belmont, Boxborough, Carlisle, Con-
cord, Lexington, Lincoln, Stow, Sudbury, Wayland and Weston established a regional
school district under the provisions of Chapter 71 of the General Laws of Massachusetts,
as amended, known as Minuteman Regional Vocational Technical School District, and
,,- for that purpose entered into an agreement entitled "Agreement with Respect to the
Establishment of a Technical and Vocational Regional School District" (hereinafter
called the "Agreement"); and
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WHEREAS, Chapter 1025 of the Acts of 1973 of the Commonwealth of
4. Massachusetts authorizes any regional district school committee without regard to the 1
amendment procedure in its regional school district agreement to amend such agreement
for the purpose of changing the various dates set forth therein for the adoption of an
annual budget, including a tentative annual budget, and for certification by the
regional school district treasurer to the treasurer of each member town of the amounts of
such budget apportioned to that town and making technical changes to carry out the pro-
visions of clause (rn) of section 16 and section 161B of Chapter 71 of the General Laws
as amended by sections 1 and 2 of said Chapter 1025;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT VOTED, pursuant to said Chapter 1025, to amend the I
Agreement as follows, viz
Amend Section V, subsection (B) entitled Tentative Operating and Maintenance
Budget and subsection (C) entitled Final Operating and Maintenance Budget, by deleting
said two subsections in their entirety and substituting therefor the following new sub-
sections (B) and (C):
(B) Tentative Operating and Maintenance Budget
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""lv^'reamer, = �.." s.:Gii a,d JC: e Cs 'ien7GliVe operating
and mann;enance .J�'..,; ... :�. c: ig £s.:..l yea:, attaching thereto
provision fo any insal ."nc.:.t o: orinc,pal of "iTerest to become due in
such fiscal yec: on cry bonds of otho. evidence of indebtedness of the
/� District and any o costs -o be apportioned to the member
towns The sc .i Cc mail a cony to the chairman of the
board of selact ;.,: ce e- advisory committee, if any, of
each member town a; leas, fifteen days prior to ;he dc.e on wh,ch the
final operasing and rnc"sitenance budge is adopted, itemized as follows
orin such further detai as the Committee may deem advisable:
Admin is..raison
2 Instruct ion
3 Other school sery"ces
4 Operating and maintenance of plant
5 nixed charges
6 Acquisition of fixed assets
7 Community services
8 Debt retirement and debt service
9 Programs with other districts and private schools
(C) Final Operating and Maintenance Budget
ixThe Comm, ree shall adont an annual operating and maintenance budget
for the ensuing scal year not icier than terry-five da .s rior to the
earliest date on wliict—the business session of the annual town meeting
of any member town is ro be held, but in no event later than March 31,
provided that sdid budget need not be adopted earlier than February 1
Said annual operating and maintenance budget shall include debt and
interest charges and any other current capital costs as separate items, and
the said Committee shall apportion the amounts necessary to be raised in
order to meet the said budget in accordance with the provisions of
Section IV The amounts so apportioned to each member town shall be
ceitified by the district treasurer to the treasurer of such member town
within thirty days from the date on which the annual operating and
maintenance budget is adopted by the Committee, and each such town
shall, at the next annual town meeting, appropriate the amounts so
certified
FURTHER VOTED- This amendment shall take effect immediately
The Chairman opened rhe pub' c hearing on the M.nuteman School budget for
1974-1975 which was dicussec u engcL
The Data Processing Adv;sory Cumm. tee Cha man Jack Canty, introduced the members
of this group to the Sciio°s foot, evsewea ac's'Wiles to date and set up a
work session with the School Committee for 8 p m on November 27, 1973
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The Educa,con Comrm.'t-ee w, --' .. ‘. -evrew rig Bob Ganem's survey of
mentally retardea you, gsi;:.; Paco WierRizzo relayed the
request of the Aring AL. .so. Caucai on inat Arlington be
allowed to await i e random sei..o,:on of ;:oi'1 s'iudenis For Minuteman before
choosing the 20% o'i the town cuo:a to be .,-:ec'icd Sy the town
The Commitee voted unar ,no ,o ca -ecsurer to advance monies not to
exceed a tote: Of 5 sub-oct to the aaproval of
the Superintendent-Director, the Chairman of the School Commst.ee and the Chairman
of the Building Committee and the irecsurer
The meet ng was adjourned a, m;dnigh.,
Respectfully submitted,
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Ann S Gilbert
..:cretary
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Approved December 4, 1973
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