Final
2005 Pentucket Regional Agreement Task Force
Meeting of August 24, 2005
7:00 PM – First Floor Hearing Room
West Newbury Town Office Building, 381 Main Street
Call To Order - 7:10 pm
Attendees
· Glen Kemper - contact Kris Pyle, to get BOS email address for Bill Kemper
· Sandy Venner
· Bonnie Collins
· Bill Dark
· Tom Atwood
· Maureen Moran
Absent
· Bob Sinibaldi (Merrimac Selectman alternate)
· Ann O’Sullivan (WN Selectman alternate)
· Mary Harada (WN Member at Large)
· Andrew Wildes (Groveland Member at Large)
· Barbara Sheehan (Groveland Selectman Alternate)
· Betty Gorski (Groveland Selectman Alternate)
Agenda
Correspondence
· Note from citizen from Merrimac requested a public folder. The committee decided to have both a press folder and a public folder available at all meetings.
· Word back from Central Office – okay to meet in Middle School Conference Room every other Wednesday as of next meeting
Minutes
July 27,2005
· Dr. Darke made a motion to approve the minutes as amended, Mr. Atwood seconded
· 7/27 vote of minutes For; Atwood, Darke and Collins, Abstained Venner and Kemper (not at 7/27 meeting)
August 10, 2005
· Ms. Venner made a motion to approve the minutes as mended, Mr. Atwood seconded
· 8/10 vote of minutes- For; Atwood, Collins, Kemper, Venner abstained Darke (not at 8/10 meeting)
Old Business
A. Identify Merrimac representatives, alternate vs. voting members
· Bonnie Collins - Voting Selectman
· Sandy Venner - citizen at large
· Bob Sinibaldi - alternate Selectman
B. Elect a Coordinator/Chairman
· Mr. Kemper – made a motion to rescind motion from August 10th meeting to elect coordinator and facilitator
o Vote; unanimous
· Mr. Kemper made motion to make Ms. Collins the Chairman of the RA Task Force, Mr. Atwood seconded
o Vote; For Kemper, Venner, Darke and Atwood, abstained Collins
C. Identify and elect a facilitator
Ms. Collins will pursue finding a facilitator on an as needed basis, per the committee
D. Prioritize RA points identified in July 27, 2005 minutes
Ms. Venner suggested the following groupings of RA points:
Budget and assessment
Leases and Building maintenance
All others
Dr. Darke made a motion to prioritize the groupings in the above order.
Vote; Unanimous
E. Data Collection update
· Most of the information can be obtained by Ms. Collins via the DOE website
· Status of questions
1. Question 1 – excluded
2. Question 2 - Chapter 70 – Ms. Collins to get data off the DOE website, or through Jeff Wulfson. Ms. Collins will call Jeff Wulfson to get information and invite him to one of the RA Task force meeting.
3. Question 4 – What are the minimum contributions, Ms. Collins got via website
4. Question 5 – bill sent to towns – Mr. Kemper will ask Ms. Blais for WN PRSD annual assessment for the last 10 years broken down by base, supplemental, capital and Stabilization. Dr. Darke will ask Mr. Levesque for same info for Groveland. Ms. Collins will get from Ms. McLeod for Merrimac
5. 2 step method, what would the assessment of been the past 5 years. – Ms. Collins will calculate for the last 5 years and send results to PRSD business office for confirmation.
6. Magnet Classes – Peter McGinn provided the definition.
7. Approved Changes to the Agreement by the DOE – the School Business Office will provide
New Business
Action Items
· Nick Tarzia (citizen from Merrimac) volunteered to help gather this information. Ms. Moran and Mr. Tarzia will work together to go through the PRSD Business Office RA folders and put together a binder for use by this Task Force. This will include a timeline of the changes to the RA.
· Ms. Collins to Invite Jeff Wulfson to attend a RA Task Force meeting
· Dr. Darke, Ms. Collins and Mr. Kemper will ask their Town Finance Directors to provide each towns’ assessment over the last 10 years broken down by Base Budget, Supplemental Budget, Capital and Stabilization.
· Ms. Collins will provide a list of assessment methods that are found in the 8 Regional Agreement given to her by the SC along with copies of assessment pages.
· Ms. Collins to forward to WN and Groveland BOS offices information for the “Net School Spending” seminar being held on September 14th.
· Selectman members of the Task Force will come to the next meeting telling everyone where the minutes will be posted in each town.
Wrap Up Session
Adjournment
Mr. Kemper made motion to adjourn and seconded by Ms. Venner. Vote Unanimous.
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