NEWTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE

MINUTES OF SPECIAL MEETING – DECEMBER 27, 2001

EDUCATION CENTER, FRAZIER ROOM, 5:30 P.M.

PRESENT: Chairperson Verne Vance, Vice-Chairperson Anne Borg, Susan Albright, Rodney Barker, Susan Heyman, Anne Larner, Nancy Levine

ALSO PRESENT: School Committee elect: Patricia Kellogg, Attorney Michael Loughran

ABSENT: Andris Vizulis, Mayor David Cohen

CALL TO ORDER

Chairperson Verne Vance called the meeting to order at 7:35 p.m. and noted that the purpose of this meeting is to ratify the custodian's agreement.

Discussion

Attorney Loughran announced that the Newton School Custodians Association (SEIU Local 454) had ratified the Agreement the previous weekend.

Anne Borg, Negotiating Team Chairperson, reviewed the proposed Memorandum of Agreement.

MOTION: It was moved, by roll call vote, to ratify the Memorandum

of Agreement between the Newton School Committee and

the Newton School Custodians Association (SEIU Local 454)

effective July 1, 2000 - June 30, 2003.

(Heyman - Levine)

7 - 0 - 2

Absent: Vizulis, Mayor Cohen

ROLL CALL VOTE BY WARD:

Ward I, absent (Vizulis); Ward II, "yes" (Albright); Ward III, "yes" (Larner); Ward IV, "yes" (Levine); Ward V, "yes" (Heyman); Ward VI, "yes" (Barker); Ward VII, "yes" (Vance); Ward VIII, "yes" (Borg); Mayor Cohen, absent

Anne Borg commended the members of the negotiating team (Anne Larner, Attorney Loughran, Roberta Dollase, Assistant Superintendent for Human

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Resources, James Marini, Associate Superintendent, Michael Cronin, Chief of Operations).

ADJOURNMENT

The meeting was adjourned at 6:25 p.m.