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THIRTY-SECOND MEETING WARRANT COMMITTEE MARCH 14, 2006
PRESENT: K. Conlon, T. Lowney, J. Conley, W. Connors, H. Crichlow, L. Dee, N. Gray, S. Keel, B. Mason, P. Nolan, J. O’Connor, L. Walker, C. Winston
ABSENT: D. Biagiotti, T. Hurley
RESERVE FUND BALANCE: $253,046
Assessors Set Aside: 5,123
BALANCE: $247,923
Chair Conlon called the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m.
A conference was held with Chief Appraiser Jeffrey d’Ambly who reviewed with the Committee the Board of Assessors FY 2007 budget request of $204,146. Both Personnel Services and General Expense requests, including establishing a web site for residents to view their assessments, were discussed. The Chair thanked Mr. d’Ambly for his excellent presentation.
A conference was held with Treasurer/Collector Kevin G. Sorgi who reviewed with the Committee ths Treasurer/Collector’s FY 2007 budget request of $279,776. Both Personnel Services and General Expense requests were discussed. The Chair thanked Mr. Sorgi for his excellent presentation.
Warrant Committee member Barbara Mason recused herself. A conference was held with Cemetery Superintendent Therese Desmond-Sills and Cemetery Trustee Robert Mason, who reviewed with the Committee the Cemetery Department’s FY 2007 request of $599,983. Discussion included the Personnel Services and General Expenses, cost of and income received from the sale of grave liners and capital needs of the Cemetery Department. Cemetery Superintendent Sills credited the Copeland Foundation for its past extremely generous contributions to the Cemetery and for its contribution of $500,000 toward construction costs related to the renovation projects at 211 Centre Street and the work-shed building. Cemetery Trustee Mason distributed a schedule of Cemetery service charges and grave and lot prices The Chair thanked Superintendent Desmond-Sills and Cemetery Trustee Mason for attending and for their excellent presentation. Warrant Committee member Mason returned to the meeting.
A conference was held with School Committee Chair Glenn Pavlicek, School Superintendent Magdalene Giffune, Assistant Superintendent Mary Gormley and Assistant Superintendent of Business Paul Hilton, who discussed the School Department’s FY 2007 budget requests. Also in attendance was School Committee member Mary Kelly. Superintendent Giffune distributed a tiered approach to the School Department’s budget request of $3,165,087. There followed a discussion of budget requests for special education, staffing, maintenance and operational costs for the School Department. Also distributed and reviewed were the School Department’s responses to budget questions raised by the Warrant Committee, a chart of certified professional school employees, FY 2005 and 2006 Special Education costs and a ten-town
survey of FY 2005 athletic fees. The Chair thanked Chair Pavlicek, Superintendent Giffune, Assistant Superintendent Gormley and Business Superintendent Hilton for attending and for their excellent presentation of the School Department FY 2007 budget.
On a motion mad by Member Dee and seconded by Member Winston, the Committee approved the minutes of March 13, 2006 by a vote of 10-0-2.
The Chair distributed a chart of the impact on the average Milton house valued at $538,900 of various denominations of a possible future override.
The meeting adjourned at 10:30 p.m.
RESERVE FUND BALANCE: $253,046
Assessors Set Aside: 5,123
BALANCE: $247,923
The next meeting of the Warrant Committee is on Wednesday, March 15, 2006.
Respectfully submitted,
Carol A. Blute, Senior Administrative Clerk
March 14, 2006
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