School Committee Seeking Volunteers for Other Post-Employment Benefits (OPEB) Management Advisory Committee
Dear Stakeholders,
On Wednesday April 26th, 2023, the Nashoba Regional School Committee voted on and unanimously approved a motion to form an Other Post-Employment Benefits (OPEB) Management Advisory Committee (OMAC). The purpose of forming this advisory committee is to invite public participation towards making a recommendation to the school committee on a long-term strategy to fiscally address the district’s OPEB liability. The OMAC will be tasked with recommending a strategy to the school committee by December 31st, 2023, so that the district may include it as a feature of its FY25 budget. Once the OMAC delivers this recommendation, the committee will dissolve itself, unless it is decided that the advisory is needed for further related matters.
As approved on the April 26th meeting, the committee will consist of the following seven voting members:
Town Administrator (or their designee) from each town (3)
One resident from each town (3)
One School Committee representative (1)
Additionally, the OMAC will include one non-voting, central office district representative.
The school committee is currently seeking volunteers to fill each of the member positions as soon as possible so that the work of developing a viable solution to funding the liability can begin. If multiple residents from a single town volunteer, membership will be selected via lottery. Once the makeup of the committee is established, the membership will be voted on and approved at a subsequent school committee meeting. I will then reach out to volunteers directly to confirm their membership and the work of the advisory committee can begin. If you are interested in sitting on this advisory, kindly submit your request to me by May 31st, 2023.
Regards,
Mike Horesh
Nashoba Regional School Committee