The Board of Selectmen will meet on Monday, Feb. 13 in Town Building.
The selectmen will convene briefly in the Selectmen’s Meeting Room to review the agenda before recessing to attend the Finance Committee's proposed fiscal 2013 budget presentation. The FinCom will review slides covering the budget guidelines, budget review process, funding sources for operating and capital budgets, and steps leading to Town Meeting.
After the presentation, the board will return to receiving public comment and then consider and approve the consent calendar.
At approximately 8 p.m., Superintendent Ed Bouquillon and members of the Minuteman School Committee leadership will provide information about their academic and vocational-technical programs, review the proposed fiscal 2013 district budget, discuss enrollment trends, and scope of the future capital building project. The selectmen will also learn more about the article proposing the establishment of a stabilization fund for the school district for capital maintenance needs, and consider the appointment of a Wayland resident to serve on the Minuteman School Building Committee.
Later, the board will consider establishing a temporary advisory committee to make recommendations on amenities to the town green at Town Center; appoint a finance subcommittee to assist the 375th Anniversary Commemoration Committee; and approve a modification to the mission statement of the Cable Television Advisory Committee to clarify limits on responsibility for the MAN (the network connecting municipal and school buildings).
Next, the selectmen will review the status of various articles submitted for inclusion in the 2012 Annual Town Meeting Warrant. It is customary that the text of some articles are modified to achieve stated goals and meet legal requirements during the vetting process that is ongoing through the printing of the warrant in mid-March. Petitioners advocating for a change in the mode of selecting the Finance Committee and to the budget preparation and review process will discuss potential amendments to the article. The board will consider the order of articles for the warrant.
The selectmen will then review correspondence before listening to the weekly report of Town Administrator Fred Turkington and previewing the schedule and agenda topics for the next several meetings. The selectmen will then offer their reports and concerns, including an update on continuing efforts to improve financial reporting and a discussion on possible modifications to the mitigation agreement for the Danforth Green housing project off Old Connecticut Path just over the town line in Framingham. Recent interest in reducing the size of the project and offering new benefits to both towns are tied to requests for changes in the mitigation plan.
The meeting begins at 7 p.m. in the Selectmen’s Meeting Room.
