WARRANT COMMITTEE MINUTES
NINTH MEETING January 12, 2005
PRESENT: E. Innes, T. Lowney, E. Redo, W. Connors, R. Musto, M. Kelly, N. Monroe, M. Ellis, D. Biagiotti, C. Winston, J. Tarvin
ABSENT: K. Hodlin, K. Conlon, B. Mason, L. Dee
RESERVE FUND BALANCE: $365,784
The minutes of the January 10, 2005 meeting were accepted 8-0-0 as amended.
Chairman Innes announced that since Monday, January 17, is a federal holiday, the committee will not meet. The next meeting will be Wednesday, January 19.
The Committee discussed the confusion concerning whether the School Department is requesting a vehicle as part of the Capital Article for the February Special Town Meeting. The majority of the Committee feels that unless there is a compelling need for this vehicle, it should not be included in the Special Town Meeting capital article.
Chair Innes asked Committee member Eric Redo to request that the Capital Planning Committee get a definitive answer from the School Committee as to whether there is a compelling need for this vehicle.
Public Works and Cemetery Subcommittee Chair Tim Lowney presented questions to the Committee that will be forwarded to the heads of each of these departments and led a discussion among Committee members requesting any additional questions they might have.
Chair Innes asked members of the Committee to be thinking about whether or not they would recommend a Capital override to fund the Capital Stabilization Fund and/or an Operating override to mitigate cuts in the previous year’s budgets.
The Committee discussed the PILOT status of the Blue Hills acreage.
RESERVE FUND BALANCE $443,964
School Committee Set-Aside 78,180
TOTAL RESERVE FUND BALANCE $365,784
The meeting adjourned at 8:40 p.m.
The next meeting of the Warrant Committee will be January 19, 2005.
Respectfully submitted,
Paula Rizzi
January 16, 2005
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