Advisory Committee Present: Scott Powell
January 16, 2007 Burt Shnitzler
Stanley Wysocki
Richard Fly
Andrew Burnett
The Advisory Committee met at the Town Hall at 7:30 p.m.
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
Present: Harold Brown, DPW, Shelly O’Toole, DPW Administrative Assistant, Curt Plante and Panny Gerken, Selectmen
190 Buildings: The total budget requests for FY08 buildings account was $112,950.
FY07 was $118,183. The repairs line item was budgeted at $68,000 and included $37,000 for security cameras for Florence Sawyer and Emerson Schools and $15,000 for repairs to the Kids Dreamland playground to bring it into code compliance.
294 Tree Warden: The tree warden budget was level funded except for the addition of $2,000 in the other expenses account for police details when doing tree work on town roads.
421 Highway Department: This budget increased from $673,296 in FY07 to $691,620 for FY08. Mr. Brown asked that the line item for gasoline and stickers be split into two line items.
The purchase of service, gasoline and oil/lube line items showed a decrease over FY07. The hearing, stickers, tires, diesel, equipment, meetings and equipment line items were level funded. The electric line item showed an increase due to rising costs for electricity. The repair line item showed an increase because of aging equipment. The telephone line item was budged at $7,000 which included the Nextel cell phones for the department. The office supplies and parts and supplies line items showed an increase due to the rising costs for supplies.
422 Construction/Maintenance: The budget increased from $186,000 in FY07 to $190,000 for FY08. The wage line item was increased due to additional police details.
423 Snow/Sand/Overtime: Various line items within this budget were increased or decreased but bottom line is that the budget was level funded at $142,000. At the request of the Board of Selectmen Mr. Brown will issue snow reports after each storm.
433 Transfer Station: The overall budget was decreased from $211,340 to $196,423.
This decrease was a result of the telephone expenses in this account being absorbed in account 421 Highway Department; no hazardous waste day being scheduled for FY08 and the electric and trash hauling cost being lower than FY06. The wage line item of $51,398.80 was also reduced by $210 that was originally budgeted for a detail officer for the hazardous waste day.
491 Cemetery: The overall budget was decreased from $13,050 to $13,000.
Articles: As a result of discussions with Mr. Brown the following articles were removed from the ATM warrant: the mower tractor, funds for repair of sidewalks in Town Center, the 2004 Ford Crown Victoria and the funds for a drainage study.
COLA
The Advisory Committee and Board of Selectmen received a letter from the Personnel Committee recommending a 3% Cost of Living Adjustment for FY08.
CONSERVATION COMMISSION
The Conservation Commission submitted a revised budget indicated an increase in the in-state travel line item from $100 to $150. This is a result of budget discussions with the Advisory Committee on December 12, 2006.
FEBRUARY MEETINGS
Tuesday, February 6, 2007
Board of Assessors, Treasurer & Town Accountant and the Public Ways Safety Committee
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
Ambulance and Fire Departments
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
Community Preservation Act
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