HomeMy WebLinkAbout1969-02-28-DPSC-rpt.pdf REPORT OF THE DATA PROCESSING STUDY COMIIITTHE
(Article 58 - 1965 Town. Meeting
I February 28 , 1969
Article 43 of the 1968 Annual Town Meeting authorized the appoint-
mont of a comrittee to study the feasibility of establishing a Muntcipa
Data Procesing Center for the use of any deo,%Etmunt, officie, bcard,
committo and wiencv of the Town, in using the ,3choo1 committee and
any public authority within the Town, The committee %,y1; instructed to
report to the Annual Town Meeting of 1969. Its members were to be
appointed by the Moderator, and be composed of town meeting members and
representatives from the Appropriation Committee, Capital Expenditures
Committee , School Committee, Board of Se/ectmen, and the Comptroller.
The following committee was appointed:
John R. Bavano Town Meeting Member
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Robert V. Whitman, Town Meeting Member
Edward E. Furael, Appropriation Committee Member
jack L. Mitchell„ Capital Expenditures Committee Member
Robert H. varwell, School Coimittee Member
Allan 1% Kenney, Board of Selectman Member
Richard M. Perry Comptroller
The committee WAS named in late Say, 1968 . Its first organizational
meeting was hold in early Junco at which time Richard M, Pery was elect-
ed chairman.
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All Town departmentso boards , committee:so and commiz,;sions , were asked
to furnish information that would give the ,?tudy committee background
information an to Its present methods and prooFtdres for precessing itn
data.
The comittee met with the School Committee eand discussed the present
equipment used by them (including their punch card equipment) and the
various applications on it . The uses of the ncw eauipment to be purchas-
ed under project LOCAL was also discussed, ;tnd its future possible use
by the Town, Meetings were also held with other departments to discuss
their mede or opgration.
In Noverobez, after several meetingsit became apparent that it would
be impossible to complete its study End make a report to the 1969 annual
Tom Meeting o the'eefore en article was submitted, to extend to the 1970
annual Town Meeting the t within which the Committee shall report.
In a progross report, end meeting with the Selectmen in January,
it N'as pointed out that there was a great deal of analysis and background
study to be completed before a recommendation could be made. If the time
for reporting is extended it is the intention of the committee to split
into smn11 teak forces aKd with possible additioai vo/unteer helP from
the TMA or other interested cita.2:enso to actually go Into th..0, various
dcpaclato and make an an-depth methods and pr duo study,
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