MONSON FINANCE COMMITTEE MINUTES APRIL 11, 2011
Present: Jim Pennington, Maureen O’Sullivan, Peter Fimognari, Bob Margerison, Gerry Brayton, Bob Finnegan, Kurt Kaiser, Brenda Payette (Administrative Assistant), Deborah Mahar (Finance Director), Ed Maia (Board of Selectmen), Richard Guertin (Town Moderator), Gretchen Neggers (Town Administrator)
Absent: Christine Edwards, William Dominguez
The meeting was convened at 6:47pm
A motion was made to accept the minutes of the 11/8/2010 meeting; it was SECONDED and SO VOTED with Mr. Kaiser abstaining.
A motion was made to accept the minutes of the 12/6/2010 meeting; it was SECONDED and SO VOTED with Mr. Kaiser and Ms. O’Sullivan abstaining.
A motion was made to accept the minutes of the 1/10/2011 meeting; it was SECONDED and SO VOTED with Mr. Kaiser and Mr. Fimognari abstaining.
A motion was made to accept the minutes of the 1/24/2011 meeting; it was SECONDED and SO VOTED with Mr. Kaiser abstaining.
A motion was made to accept the minutes of the 4/4/2011 meeting; it was SECONDED and SO VOTED with a word correction.
CORRESPONDENCE:
- April 10, 2011 letter from Monson Cemetery Commission to the Finance Committee.
- Request for Transfer from the Reserve Fund
- Dated 4/11/2011
- Amount requested: $2,000
- To repair the connection between the town office building and the town sewer system.
- Motion made to transfer $2,000 from the Reserve Fund to account#01-192-5250 to repair connection between town office building and town sewer system; it was SECONDED and SO VOTED.
- Association of Town Finance Committees Newsletter April 2011
MEETINGS ATTENDED BY MEMBERS:
OLD BUSINESS / NEW BUSINESS:
- Fema money update: still waiting to hear the status.
- Review of the proposed cuts made from 3/28/2011 meeting-total amount $145,000.00
- Make sure not to reduce too much from the Library budget-could affect waiver.
- Discussion on letter received from Cemetery Commission to not fund position.
- Strong recommendation to the three departments to work together and share labor.
- FinCom’s approach least evasive-ie: not eliminating entire departments.
- Suggested to fund only half the amount so a part time position is available.
- Suggested not reducing Cemetery budget but reduce Park and Recreation budget—what would that look like.
- $17,000 back in from the override but $17,000 shortfall from Petroleum Diesel so it is a wash.
- Shortfall of about $130,000.00
- Motion made to recommend the following budget reductions to the Board of Selectmen:
- $10,000 911 grant towards dispatch salaries
- $80,000 from transportation budget
- $25,000 from Highway budget
- $2,500 from Cemetery Salary budget
- $4,500 from Law Department
- $4,000 from Library budget
- $4,000 from COA budget
- Total in $130,000.00 would balance shortfall
Motion was SECONDED and SO VOTED.
Agenda items for next meeting:
7:00pm Leslie Duthie
7:15pm Board of Selectmen
Continue to review department budgets.
The next scheduled meeting of the Finance Committee is:
Monday, April 25, 2011 at 6:45pm.
The meeting was adjourned at 9:00pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Brenda I. Payette
Administrative Assistant to the Finance Committee
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