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Minutes 03/25/2009
TOWN OF HARVARD

FINANCE COMMITTEE

Minutes

 

Meeting Date:       March 25, 2009

Meeting Place:      Town Hall

Members Present:    George McKenna (Chair) Steve Colwell, Marie Crowley Sobalvarro, Marie Fagan, Bob Thurston    

     Others Present:     Associate member Collyn Bradley, Lorraine Leonard, Finance Director; Tim Bragan, Town Administrator.

Meeting Time:       7:05 pm

 

Adjournment Time:    9:09 pm

Discussions and Actions

 

l  Fin Comm Chair opened meeting 7:05 pm.

l  Minutes of March 21 accepted as amended.

l  Fin Comm Chair shared letter from HES students and teachers supporting Article 8 (Smart boards). Presentation of Smart Board concepts by Harvard Elementary School teachers. Commentary supporting Article 8 by Capital Planning Committee member.  Fin Comm members expressed support of the concept but some expressed concern over allocating the funds from Stabilization—asked if alternative source of funds could be found. Public Commentary by Selectman noted the School superintendent is looking for other source of funds, and Article 8 is just a backstop measure. Fin Comm voted to approve Article 8 by 4:1.

l  Town center sewer action group wants to defer Articles 23-25 (sewer district home rule, debt exclusion town center sewer, and engineering design for wastewater treatment) until Special Town Meeting in June, so they did not attend Fin Comm meeting. 

l  Discussion of other Warrant Articles:

roved

l  Review of Calculator

l  Presentation by Community Preservation Committee of Articles 27-33.

l  Review of Town comparison spreadsheet.

l  Move to adjourn at 9:09 PM.