BOS minutes 12-16-14

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Minutes 
Board of Selectmen 
December 16, 2014 
Memorial Hall - Salah Meeting Room 
Present: Victor D. Del Vecchio, Chairman, Avril Elkort, Vice-Chairman, John J. Connolly, Clerk, Robert E. 
Burr, Jr., Member, Gerald A. Salvatori, Jr., Member, William T. Friel, Town Administrator, Jennifer Bright, 
Administrative Secretary. 
Meeting was called to order at 6:05 p.m. 
Motion was made to go into executive session for the purpose of AFSCME Grievance and collective 
bargaining strategy. 
Mr. Del Vecchio declared that discussing this matter in open meeting would have a detrimental effect on 
the bargaining position of the Town of Canton and therefore will be discussed in Executive Session. 
Each answered in the affirmative. 
Mr. Del Vecchio: Affirmative 
Ms. Elkort: Affirmative 
Mr. Connolly: Affirmative 
Mr. Salvatori: Affirmative 
Mr. Burr: Affirmative 
It was noted that the BOS would be reconvening in open session after executive session. 
Meeting was reconvened at 7:05 p.m. 
Motion was made to transfer a Common Victualler's License from NMB Ltd. d/b/a Subway to Shiv Food 
Inc. d/b/a Subway 31 Washington Street, Kinjal Patel, Manager. 
Motion: Mr. Connolly Second: Ms. Elkort Motion: 5-0 
Special Education Budget Presentation— School Committee and Jeff Granatino, Superintendent of Public 
Schools and Cindy Thomas, Chairman of the School Committee. Reuki Schutt and Barry Nectow were 
also present to represent the Schools. 
The School representatives briefed the Board on the current Special Education Budget. It was noted 
that as of now, the schools are on target with the allocated budget. There have been no lost over runs 
at the point in the year. The shortfall is being attributed to more early intervention and more 
connection to services. Also, Canton has been increasing its programs for special education and can 
therefore keep more students in district and save money. 
The other issue raised was amending the school start times. Cindy Thomas, School Committee Chairman 
noted that research has found that young people are biologically on a different time clock than mature 
adults. They need more sleep and function better later in the day. She noted that the safety and health 
of the students is the School Committee's top priority and that is why they are proposing changing the 
start time of the schools. She noted they have received positive feedback from the community. The 
main obstacle to overcome in order to achieve this would be the busses. The current bus system is