FINANCE COMMITTEE – PUBLIC SESSION
Mashpee Town Hall – Selectmen’s Meeting Room 1
Minutes of the Meeting of Thursday, August 23, 2012
Committee Members Present: Member Absent: Also Present:
George Schmidt, Chairman Oskar Klenert Joyce Mason, Town Manager
Charles Gasior, Vice Chairman Tom Mayo, Asst. Town Mgr
Mark Davini, Clerk Theresa Cook, EDIC Rep
Christopher Avis
CALL TO ORDER
Chairman George Schmidt called the meeting to order at 6:30 PM.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
The audience recited the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag.
George Schmidt reported that four members of the Finance Committee were present this evening, with committee member Oskar Klenert on an excused absence, and at the moment there are two vacancies on the Committee. The positions have been posted and advertised in the Mashpee Enterprise. The closing date for consideration of responses to the postings is Friday, August 31, 2012.
PUBLIC COMMENT
None.
REVIEW OF MINUTES
Charles Gasior made a motion, seconded by Christopher Avis, that the minutes from the Finance Committee Public Session held on June 21, 2012, be approved as presented.
The motion was approved with three in favor, and one abstention (Mark Davini).
NEW BUSINESS
- BOS Liaison Comments – None.
- Transfer Requests – None.
Appropriations Requests
1) Association of Town Finance Committees - $200 membership fee - which was approved at a previous Finance Committee meeting. Committee members signed the appropriation request.
2) Sullivan & Rogers & Co., LLC - $8,000 - Town Audit Expense. Mark Davini made a motion to approve the appropriation to Sullivan & Rogers. Charles Gasior seconded the motion. The motion was unanimously approved. Committee members signed the appropriation request.
- Liaison Assignments/ Reports
1. The committee members revised liaison assignments for 2012, and will finalize assignments after new committee appointments.
2. Joyce Mason commented on David Leary’s resignation as Treasurer, stating that Mr. Leary was hired on a part time basis in order to take advantage of health insurance savings. The department is in very good shape but now there is a need for a fulltime hands-on staff person. Ms. Mason stated that there will be an audit at the time of Mr. Leary’s departure, but no problems are anticipated. Ms. Mason added that the Town regrets Mr. Leary’s departure.
3. Joyce Mason reported that the Board of Selectmen, at their Sept. 10th meeting, are scheduled to decide whether to reconsider the return to the School Committee the $300,000-plus funds that were turned back to the Town at the end of the 2012 school year. Jose Franco, School Committee chairman, will be present at the BOS 9/10/12 meeting.
4. School Committee Liaison Report. George Schmidt reported that at the last School Committee meeting, it was reported that the BOS had voted to postpone the decision on return of the $300,000+plus funds until their meeting on Sept. 10th.
5. DPW Liaison Report. Chris Avis reported that Joyce Mason, Rodney Collins and Catherine Laurent met last evening. Catherine Laurent has been working with Cape Light Compact and reported that they are going to be putting out an RFP next May for free installation of all LED street lights in the Town of Mashpee. Chris Avis stated that there will be a test area of the LED lights installed on Rt. 151 from Frank Hicks Drive down to Old Barnstable Road. The projected estimate of savings to the Town is 50% over the current street lights being used.
6. Joyce Mason distributed a FY 2012 End of Year Report and a Revenue Analysis for FY 2012.
- Review of October Town Meeting Warrant Articles
- Joyce Mason reviewed for the Committee the 19 proposed articles for the October Annual Town Meeting. Representatives from the Library Trustees will be invited to attend the September 4th 2012 Finance Committee meeting to present their case for creation and funding of two new part-time Circulation Assistant positions (each 19 hours per week) for the Mashpee Public Library effective 11/01/12.
- Tom Mayo presented a detailed description of the article to see if the Town will vote to approve the Economic Development Plan as prepared by the Economic Development Industrial Corporation (EDIC). This article seeks to approve an economic development plan that provides the framework for disposition of real property owned by the Mashpee EDIC. The EDIC’s enabling legislation requires that an economic development plan be drafted and approved by a 2/3 vote of Town Meeting.
NEXT MEETINGS
The next two meetings of the Finance Committee are scheduled as follows:
Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2012 – 6:30 PM – Selectmen’s Meeting Room 1
Monday, Sept .10, 2012 – 6:30 PM – BOS/Finance Committee Joint Meeting, Selectmen’s Meeting Room 1.
As there was no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 7:50 PM.
Respectfully submitted,
Ina G. Schlobohm
Recording Secretary
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