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�I January 17, 1981
Present
Mary W Miley, Chairman, Alfred Busa, Robert Kent; School
Committee Members Otis Brown, Chairman, Jean Gaudet and
Frank Michelman; Robert Hutchinson, Town Manager and John
Lawson, Superintendent of Schools Also, Mr Beck, Candidate
for School Committee
Mrs Miley welcomed the School Committee members and pointed out that
the purpose of the meeting was to have a discussion of mutual concerns in
light of the fiscal problems the Town confronts dealing with Proposition
21 Both groups agreed that they should work together in a spirit of
cooperation as their primary obligation is to the Town The Manager
reviewed the fact that if budget assumptions are correct and if the tax-
able list is higher than anticipated, fees of the magnitude proposed by
the Manager might not be necessary
School Committee members indicated that they understood the Manager's
rationale for a 55%/45% sharing of any rollback and accepted it as a
planning device reserving their right to question it at a later time based
upon school priorities
The Selectmen had the Manager review cuts that had been made for this
year's budget already, exclusive of next year The School Committee
pointed out that it was looking at additional cuts as well but special
education costs were running higher than they anticipated to offset cuts
that they might make
Both the School and the Town acknowledged that where possible positions
are not being filled and all cost cutting measures are being reviewed As
both the School Committee and the Board of Selectmen were in the process of
reviewing budgets submitted by the Administrators, the Manager and the
Superintendent of Schools, it was recommended that another meeting be held
on Thursday, February 5 at 5 00 P.M
The meeting adjourned at 10 50 A.M
Respectfully submitted,
Robert M Hutchinson, Jr
Town Manager
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