Finance Committee
Meeting Minutes
Monday March 12, 2018 7pm
Bellingham Municipal Center
Arcand Room
1. FinCom Present: J Allam, J. Collamati, K. Keppler, K Grant, J Flannery, K Clark
2. FinCom Absent: M Fernandes
3. Meeting Commenced: 7pm
4. Police Department Budget Review – The Police Chief presented the FY 2019 account 210 Police Department budget expenses totaling $3,348,445. Salary increases of $27K and expense increases of $8K were outlined. FC recommended ac 210 6/0.
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5. Fire Department Budget Review– The Fire Chief presented the FY 2019 account 220 Fire Department budget expenses totaling $3,008,569. Staffing needs and various line item expenses were outlined. FC recommended ac 220 6/0.
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6. DPW Budget Review – The DPW Director presented the FY 2019 accounts 421 Highway Administration, 422 Highway Construction, 423 Snow and ice, 425 Highway equipment maintenance, 426 Gas and Oil, and 490 Storm water Management expenses and outlined/noted various expense line items. FC recommended accounts 421, 422, 423, 425, 426, and 490 6/0.
$120,000 from Water Surplus to cover study and remediation costs for a TTHM violation. FC recommended $120,000 6/0.
$20,000 from Water Surplus to replace drives at water pump stations #4 and #5. FC recommended $20,000 6/0.
Trash Enterprise FY 2019 expenses totaling $1,615,216 were recommended by the FC 6/0.
Sewer Enterprise FY 2019 expenses totaling $1,407,611 were recommended by the FC 6/0.
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7. Budget Discussion–Additional general fund and water enterprise budgets to be reviewed March 26.
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8. New Business: Emails, Bills, Correspondence: Next meeting March 26 7pm.
Meeting Adjourned: 8:35pm. 6/0.
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