MONSON FINANCE COMMITTEE MINUTES APRIL 17, 2007
Present: Peter Fimognari, John Goodrich, Christine Edwards, Joel Keller, Bob Margerison, Maureen O’Sullivan, Jim Pennington, Brenda Payette (Administrative Assistant)
Also Present: Deb Mahar (Finance Director), Gretchen Neggers (Town Administrator), Ed Harrison (Selectmen), Jennifer Wroblewski (Journal Register), Lori Stabile (The Republican), Karen Patenaude (School Committee), Dorothy Jenkins (Town Collector), Steven Kozloski (Police Department), Marshall Harris (Fire Department), Craig Jalbert (Water/Sewer Department), John Morrell (Highway Department), Hope Bodwell (Library), Paul Lovell (Cemetery Department)
Absent: Tina Augustin, Pete Ross, Chris Carlin
The meeting was convened at 6:35 p.m.
A motion was made to hold minutes of the 4-9-07 meeting, Ms. Payette will resend them to FinCom members. It was seconded and SO VOTED, unanimously.
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Enterprise Budget: Sewer/Water Budget. FinCom members stated the budget looks to be reasonable with no major increases. Salary Increases all on the grid.
The Trash Enterprise going up. New contract with amounts split into two mailings.
At 7:00pm FinCom members went to the Senior Center for the Department Head Meeting.
Mr. Fimognari opened the discussion with a thank you to the Department Heads for working with FinCom during this budget year process. He asked if anyone had any questions.
· Mr. Jalbert (Water/Sewer Department) asked if FinCom had any recommendations on the Enterprise Budgets. Mr. Goodrich stated that FinCom looked at the budget and no formal action is needed, amounts look to be in line.
· Mr. Morrell (Highway Department), questioned as far as Highway Salaries line item 410, is that intended to keep what I already have? Ms. Mahar and Ms. Neggers responded that they need to look into this because of a change.
· Al remarked that he liked this format of meeting with the Department Heads and FinCom and asked if this could happen again.
With no other questions a motion was made to adjourn the meeting at 7:10pm.
· Ms. Patenaude (School Committee) approached FinCom members and asked to discuss the transportation budget. A motion was made to continue meeting.
· Ms. Patenaude stated the $29,000.00 increase in the transportation budget is for a new student to the school system and they need a driver and handicap accessible van.
· FinCom asked about contracting this service out. They requested a copy of the bid specifications
· Mr. Goodrich asked what the process is to tour and view jobs in the schools
· Ms. Patenaude has talked with Dr. Nabel about shadowing some people to see how they do their jobs. She suggested getting in touch with Dr. Nabel about setting something up.
The next scheduled meetings of the Finance Committee are:
Tuesday, April 24 and
Monday, April 30, 2007.
The meeting was adjourned at 7:35 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Brenda I. Payette
Administrative Assistant to the Finance Committee
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