FINANCE COMMITTEE – PUBLIC SESSION
Town Hall – Conference Room 1
Minutes of the Meeting of Thursday, March 15, 2012
Committee Members Present: Members Absent: Also Present:
Christopher Avis, Chairman James Condon Joyce Mason, Town Manager
Charles Gasior, Vice Chairman George Schmidt Tom Mayo, Asst. Town Manager
Mark Davini, Clerk Mike Richardson, BOS Liaison
Oskar Klenert
Robert Chalker
CALL TO ORDER
Chairman Christopher Avis called the meeting to order at 6:40 PM.
PUBLIC COMMENTS – None.
REVIEW OF MINUTES
Charles Gasior made a motion that the minutes from the 3/09/12 Finance Committee meeting be approved as presented. Mark Davini seconded the motion. The motion was unanimously approved.
NEW BUSINESS
- Transfers – None
- Appropriations Report – None
OLD BUSINESS
- Review of Special Town Meeting Warrants.
Articles1,2,3,4,5: Committee approved by a vote of 5- 0 (2 absent)
Article 6: will be removed from the warrant.
Article 7: approved by a vote of 4-1 (2 absent; Robert Chalker voted no)
Article 8: on hold for further information
Articles 9,10,11: approved by a vote of 5-0 (2 absent)
Article 12: approved by a vote of 4-1 (2 absent: Mark Davini voted no)
Article 13: approved by a vote of 5-0 (2 absent)
- Review of Annual Town Meeting Warrants
Article 1: approved by a vote of 5-0 (2 absent)
Article 2: Annual Operating Budget Items Reviewed
Moderator – approved by a vote of 5-0 (2 absent)
Police Department– approved by a vote of 5-0 (2 absent)
Fire Department – approved by a vote of 5-0 (2 absent)
School Department – on hold
(Review of Annual Town Meeting Warrants, cont’d)
Dept. of Public Works - approved by a vote of 5-0 (2 absent)
Snow & Ice – approved budget of $116,570 by a vote of 5-0 (2 absent)
Transfer Station & Recycling – approved by a vote of 5-0 (2 absent)
Town Hall Maintenance – approved by a vote of 5-0 (2 absent)
Library – approved by a vote of 5-0 (2 absent)
Interest and Principle on Debt – approved by a vote of 5-0 (2 absent)
Pensions & Unemployment – approved by a vote of 5-0 (2 absent)
Medical Insurance & Medicare – approved by a vote of 5-0 (2 absent)
General Insurance – approved by a vote of 5-0 (2 absent)
Articles 3,4: approved by a vote of 5-0 (2 absent)
Article 5: on hold
Articles 6,7,8,9,10: approved by a vote of 5-0 (2 absent)
Article 11: approved by a vote of 4-1 (2 absent: Christopher Avis voted no)
Article 12: approved by a vote of 3-2 (2 absent: Christopher Avis and Oskar Klenert voted no)
Articles 13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26 approved by a vote of 5-0 (2 absent)
Article 27: on hold
Article 28: no position taken by a vote of 4-1 (2 absent; Robert Chalker voted against taking no position on the article.)
Article 29: voted not to recommend approval of the article by a vote of 5-0 (2 absent). The committee felt that the article was not written in the proper form for the Town of Mashpee.
Charles Gasior made a motion to rescind the previous motion to not recommend approval of the article because the article was not written in the proper form for the Town of Mashpee. Robert Chalker seconded the motion. The motion was unanimously approved.
Mark Davini made a motion that the committee not recommend approval of Article 29. Charles Gasior seconded the motion. The motion was approved by a vote of 5-0 (2 absent).
David Bloomfield, member of the School Committee and liaison to the Cape Cod Regional Technical High School, introduced himself to the Committee. Mr. Bloomfield stated that it costs the Town $11,980 to send a Mashpee student to Sturgis.
NEXT MEETING
The next two meetings of the Finance Committee are scheduled as follows:
Monday, March 19, 2012 – Joint Meeting with Board of Selectmen, 6:30 PM, Conf.Rm.1
Thursday, March 22, 2012 – Public Forum, 6:30 PM Town Hall, Conf. Room 1
As there was no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 8:50 PM.
Respectfully submitted,
Ina G. Schlobohm
Recording Secretary
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