MINUTES

HAMPDEN ADVISORY COMMITTEE

March 31, 2003

Present; K. Pessolano, B. deSousa, P. Nossal, M. Crowley, R. Fadus

Guests: J. Smith

The meeting began at 6:00pm.

Minutes: The minutes from March 23rd were approved as written.

Discussion: General discussion surrounded the override and the repercussions if it failed.

The HWRSD has stated that if there are concessions on teacher salaries, savings would be utilized to restore music to the elementary students in Wilbraham who lost this last year.

Jim spoke in regards to salaries. He is looking for consistency in pay raises across the board and feels it is not right to ask the taxpayers to fund salary increases through an override.

Warrant articles were reviewed for the STM and the ATM.

The transfer station funding issue was visited again. The committee recommends raising bag fees or instituting a sticker program to cover the cost of the tipping fees therefore making the dump self- funding.

The meeting adjourned at 7:00 pm for the hearing and will reconvene on Tues. April 1^st at 6:00 pm.

Respectfully submitted,

Susan Rauscher