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The recently formed Department of Unemployment Assistance’s Task Force on Municipalities is composed of eight members: one public, one taxpayer, two from municipalities, two from labor, one designated by the Speaker of the House, one by the Senate President, and chaired by Secretary Goldstein. The Task Force's mandate is to consider issues around municipal employees receiving UI benefits, particularly teachers during the summer, school bus drivers, public safety employees reaching maximum service age of 65, salaried members of boards and commissions, and any other issues that develop from reviewing submissions that were received from the cities and towns. The Task Force members are Senator Dan Wolf, Representative  David Torrisi,  Mayor Setti Warren (Newton), Mayor Kim Driscoll (Salem), Michael Widmer (Massachusetts Taxpayers Association), Paul Toner (Massachusetts Teachers Association), Jen Springer, and Judge Raya Dreben (ret.).