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February 13, 2013
Warrant Committee
February 13, 2013
Thirtieth meeting

Present:        J. Wilson, D. Turner, K. Sorgi, G. Noonan, T. Hays, C. Cahill, F. Kelly, R. Hallisey, C. Tougias, R. Boehler, J. Nkwak, J. Creedon, S. Genega (remote)

Absent:         N. Bourque, K. Chase

Reserve Fund:           $404, 628.65
Set Aside (Police)              $125,000.00
Set Aside (131 Eliot)   $ 73,278.00
                        $206,350.65

  • Chair Wilson called the meeting to order at 6:33 pm in the Carol Blute Conference room; this is the second of the two meetings replacing the postponed All Day Meeting.  (T. Cahill)
  • Chair Wilson recognized the following department heads for their last presentation of their FY 2014 Budget and one time monies requests to the Warrant Committee. (T. Cahill)
Tom Hurley, Board of Selectmen  Bill Clark, Planning
Annemarie Fagan, Interim TA     Amy Dexter, Town Accountant
Will Adamczyk, Library Director Brendan McLaughlin, Library Trustee
Joe Lynch, DPW Director         Richard Wells, Police Chief     
Therese Desmond, Cemetery       Bob Mason, Cemetery Trustee
Mary Gormley, Schools           John Phelan, Schools
Matt Gillis, Schools                    Glen Pavlicek, Schools
Bill Ritchie, Consolidated Facilities   Emily Innes, Planning Board

  • On a motion made by Member Tougias and seconded by Member Turner $100,000 was appropriated for the Article funding the Master Plan. A role call voted passed the motion unanimously. 13/0/0 (T. Hays)
  • Chair Wilson opened a discussion of possible appropriations of recurring revenue for FY 2014. (T. Hays)
  • On a motion made by Member Tougias and seconded by Member Cahill, an additional $1,502,612 was appropriated to the school budget. A role call vote sustained the motion with all in favor save Member Noonan who abstained. 12/0/1. (T. Hays)
  • On a motion made by Member Cahill and seconded by Member Turner, an additional $129,388 was appropriated to departments of the town. A role call vote upheld the motion unanimously. 13/0/0. (T. Hays)
  • On a motion made by Member Turner and seconded by Member Cahill, an additional $314,030 was appropriated to departments of the town. A role call vote passed the motion unanimously. 13/0/0. (T. Hays)

  • Chair Wilson recognized Chairman of the Board of Selectmen Tom Hurley who advanced the notion that in the interest of parity an overlooked effect of many FY 2013 contracts on the FY 2014 budget process should now be taken into account. Chaos ensued. Eventually it emerged that the total impact of $69,004 to the budget required departmental detail for proper consideration in the current deliberations. Interim Town Manager Annemarie Fagan volunteered to retrieve the information. (T. Hays)
  • Chair Wilson welcomed State Senator Brian Joyce to address the Warrant Committee.  In a wide-ranging exposition, Senator Joyce shared his perspective on state and Milton issues and opportunities. (T. Hays)
  • Chair Wilson thanked the Senator for his remarks and resumed the discussion of possible appropriations of recurring revenue for FY 2014. (T. Hays)
  • On a motion made by Member Tougias and seconded by Member Hays the Warrant Committee voted to change the revenue number to 100% funding from the state. On a role call vote the change was defeated unanimously. 0/13/0 (T. Cahill)
  • On a motion made by Member Turner and seconded by Member Cahill the Warrant Committee voted $40,543 to the School SPED transportation with a role call vote, voting unanimously. 13/0/0 (T. Cahill)
  • Member Turner made a motion to move $549,060 to the Reserve Fund to then allot monies for one time needs later. After discussion, Member Turner withdrew his motion. (T. Cahill)
  • On a motion made by Member Hays and seconded by Member Tougias the Warrant Committee voted $380,000 to the schools for one time money requests. A friendly amendment was made by Member Hays to increase this request by $60,000 for a total of $440,000 of one time monies. With a role call vote the Warrant Committee defeated the motion 5/6/2. (T. Cahill)
  • On a motion made by Member Turner and seconded by Member Tougias the Warrant Committee voted the following one time money expenses for additional requests for the following departments: Police $32,148; Schools $440,000, Library $44, 476; Planning $1,500; Consolidated Facilities $6,000 (Pierce Stage) $3,000 (Chimney); DPW $20,000; Treasurer $897; Training Planning $183. With a role call vote the Warrant Committee voted unanimously. 13/0/0 (T. Cahill)
  • Chair Wilson announced at this time that the Warrant Committee had balanced the FY 2014 budget. (T. Cahill)
  • On a motion made by Member Turner and seconded by Member Genega the Warrant Committee voted unanimously to adjourn the meeting at 11:40 pm.  
Reserve Fund:           $404, 628.65
Set Aside (Police)              $125,000.00
Set Aside (131 Eliot)   $ 73,278.00
                        $206,350.65

Respectfully submitted,
Tricia Cahill, Warrant Committee Clerk (T. Cahill)
Ted Hays, Secretary (T. Hays)