Middle School Conference Room
7:00 P.M. Meeting Time Date: November 30, 2005
I. Call to order 7:10 pm
Present – Barbara Sheehan
Mary Harada
Bill Darke
Glen Kemper
Sandy Venner
Mary Jacoby
Carol Trainor
Absent – Bonnie Collins
Tom Atwood
II. Agenda – No published agenda
III. Correspondence
IV. Minutes (approve)
a. Minutes from November 23rd will be voted at next meeting.
V. Old Business
a. Capital assessment – leave per pupil expenditure. Motion made by Sandy Venner to keep Capital assessment the same as it is today seconded by Maureen Moran. Vote Unanimous
b. Changes can only be made at Annual Town meeting- recommends to keep same. Motion made by Sandy Venner to keep changes only made at Annual Town meeting and seconded by Maureen Moran. Section 16b – Vote Unanimous (Note: this is because West Newbury’s quorum is lower for special town meetings.)
c. Stabilization only can be used if the item is eligible to be bonded for 10 years -leave alone. Motion made by Mary and seconded by sandy to leave the Stabilization section alone. Vote Sandy, Mary, Bill, Mary J, Maureen against Glen Kemper
d. Vote should be 2 out 3 for last years base plus 2-½ % plus 50% of prior years new growth. And then remainder would be 3 out of 3
I. Get revenue over the last 10 years
1. Groveland Bill Darke
2. West Newbury – Glen Kemper
3. Merrimac – Sandy Venner
e. If we move forward with f above then we must be committed to go for special legislation
f. Number of School Committee members – Bonnie will bring opinion from Steve Finnegan – on School Committee members and how to reduce number to the next meeting. Sandy made a motion and seconded by Mary to reduce member of school to 9 and keep weighted vote. Need to confirm with Legal council about not changing weighted vote
Sandy made a motion and seconded by Maureen to not have term limits the ballot box is term limit. Vote Unanimous
VI. New Business – below items will be added to the next agenda
a. Review Calendar
Next meeting 12/7 and 12/14
Action item – Bonnie write the language for Assessment method change.
Sandy
Each board of selectman would like to endorse package
b. Discuss how to communicate progress made by the task force. Newspaper articles, etc.
VII. Wrap Up Session
VIII. Adjournment – 8:45pm
Motion made by Bill Darke and seconded by Mary Harada to adjourn meeting
Vote: unanimous
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