Nottingham Budget Committee
Thursday October 20, 2011~- 7:00 PM
Nottingham Town Offices Conference Room #1
approved
Members at Large |
Additional Role |
Term Ends |
x |
Chet Batchelder |
Vice Chair School Survey Rep Alternate |
2012
|
E |
Donna Danis |
Chair |
2012 |
x |
Michael Koester |
Member at large School Building Advisory Committee |
2014 |
x |
Gail Mills* |
Appointed School Survey Rep |
2012 |
E |
Barbara Scannell |
Member at large School Building Advisory Committee Alternate
|
2013 |
x |
Doug Simmons |
Member at large CIP Committee Rep |
2012 |
x |
Bunny Walder* |
Appointed Member |
2012 |
E |
Rick Morrissey* |
Appointed Member |
2012 |
x |
Peter Perron* |
Appointed Member CIP Committee Rep |
2012 |
* Member appointed by committee to fill vacancy, term will be up at next election. |
Other Board Membership |
Board Representing |
Term Ends |
x |
Hal Rafter |
Selectmen Representative |
|
x |
Susan Levenson |
School Board Rep |
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7:00~~~~ Call to order and introductions
7:02~~~~ Review/approve Minutes:~ October 6
Gail, Hal motion Sue abstain
7:05~~~~ Review Town 3rd Quarter Financials (handed out by Hal at 10/6 meeting. Bring your copy)
Spending freeze, due to fuel costs, implemented 3-4 wks ago
Expense Sheet Questions from BC
- Pete-wondering about assistance, do people know? We budget for it, not being used.
- Hal- BOS could include note in Nott. Newsletter
- Chet-town has managed $ well in past
Bunny- Looks as though town budget is overspent by 140%?
- Hal- misleading # 2012 NSD. School dist shows up here as $ collected
- $9million will pass thru to school;
- Would be easier to read budget if this doesn’t show up as a town money.
- Could be incorporated as an intercompany spreadsheet.
Are we getting a bill from data verification and mapping project?
- Line-41911050-Planning board- engineering reimbursement fees, $5000
- Hal- os rev(offset of revenue) billing to developers/ will ask
Mike- 415310520- $200 in enforcement not spent? (Hal)
Conservation commission fund spent $3300, which will probably be transferred by CC fund (Hal)
Revenue Sheet (930) Questions
Rooms and meal tax contribution = $0, where is it form state?
7:20pm~~~ Review School 1st Quarter Financials
Sue- no anticipated balance or revenue showing in this report
Request to SAU to reformat.
Warrant articles passed out for BC.
- Bus to CBNA is a recurring cost? Town website and SAU are different wording and #.
- Chet- wording was amended on the floor.
- One year contract for bus, to be renegotiated in with DHS bus contract.
- Chet- why don’t we get a smaller bus to DHS? Ridership is between 25-30 people on each of 5 busses. Is any technical assistance offered through contract?
- Could we do a matrix for merging busses? UNH students as community project?
- Transportation committee may be needed. Will work on.
- Health Management Program at UNH does community service may be a possibility.
Sue- Default budget not yet given to sch board.
- Contractual transportation is a 1 year contract, shouldn’t be in default budget.
- Chet- assumes towns’ people would put bus CBNA on this years’ sch budget. Straight budget line item in my opinion.
- Mike-If CBNA busses are on operating budget and not on default budget, may be an incentive to vote for operating budget.
Evergreen law embedded in contract regardless according to Frank Markiewicz.
Impact of retirement- sch board had tuition rates $10,947 DHS, $11,820 CBNA, (check on numbers)
- Small buffer in tuition to offset retirement participation increase, -- $26000 in black expected.
- Budget frozen at this time. Fuel charges increasing,
Doug-Medicaid administrator- Is that still a position? Sue to check
- Sheds still are being used. Volume discount, but what is cost of using space for storage.
- Shuttle paper from a storage space to school?
- Contract negotiations-2 meetings going very well. Nov 17th will be date to finalize update.
7:45pm Surplus spending accounting --$63,860
- Gym floor
- Testing -NEWA in fall
- General supplies art ,library, reading, gym, music
- Fire alarm not audible on playground
- Smart boards- training, laptops -$20,000
- New Sp Ed student
- Shelving, 2 storage sheds
- Web to school portal required- result of NH bullying law
- Reverse 911- hold back $
- Furniture broken desks, chairs, stepladders and mats.
Chet-flagged for surplus in 2012, as they are prepaid. Buy, buy…. blows whole integrity of budget process.
Sue- at least more transparent.
Hal- did you have a spending freeze in effect for the last few months
- Yes/ $141,000 surplus turned back to SAU
Doug-Surplus in 2012 budget, does that relate to decrease in next years’ budget?
- Sue- sees it as” acceleration of tech plan”.
7:50pm
Teacher’s Contract –
- Give sch board input as they prepare info as it becomes available, after negotiation
- Chet-Crux of contract articles 8, 10, and 11.
- Mike- Contract that did not pass last year. Are they similar? Already know what questions ought to be from that.
- Doug- Better understanding if budget passes with teachers paying more of their own health insurance. Could be significant, Based on last years’ unpassed budget. Step increases and health insurance unknowns.
- Whole contract, cost analysis and comparison have been pretty good. Numbers can be laid out pretty easily.
- Retroactive and got raises back.
- Contract negotiations have started.
Sue- BC wanted sch board to had bond hearing earlier. (Jan 10th first day- Jan 17th last day-) Sch board will have public meeting for the bond meeting before BC public meeting. Maybe same night..
- Bond hearing a day or two after. Would B C need to reconvene to look at that article? Should be prior to the Jan12th or 17th BC.
8:20pm
1/11 Wed., Sat 1/14 Saturday anticipated meeting dates,
8:22~~~~ Committee/Department Reports
-~~~~~~~ School: Sue
-~~~~~~~ School Building Committee: Michael/Barb
Info night----Nov 2 prior to sch board meeting.7pm.
Architects at meeting-Nov 8 @ 7pm
Neighborhood meetings—flyers will be circulated
Oct 21- Jack Caldon
Oct 28-Lorraine Ferland
Nov 4 Deb Gier
Nov 11-Karen Davidson
Nov 18 -
Dec 2 - Deb Merrick
-~~~~~~~ BOS: Hal
Dept heads began meeting. Budget review Nov 10 for 1st draft.
2010 financial statements for 2010, independent auditors’ reports. Gasby 25 (disclosure of post employment health benefits,), hired a consultant to be in compliance this year.
School tour
Nov 7- requesting NH reps and senator at a Nott. Forum, to review Concord issues. Will update as known.
A redistricting is going on. Because of 2008 law suit, each town can have a representative. Remains to be seen. 3300 population and above will have their own representative.
-~~~~~~~ CIP: Peter /Doug Board members include Tom Sweeny, Phil English, Arthur Stockus, Mary Bonser, Pete and Doug
- School building talk,??? $186/ sq ft. (max. for NH funding) ???
- School population flat for last 7 years. Why the emergency to do it now?
- Sped population has changed and impacts school usage.
- Mike- What are anticipated costs for each year. What is annual pay off?
- Some dept have projections to 2019
-Survey Committee: Gail/Chet No meetings
8:40~~~~ Round table / Adjourn
Upcoming meetings
Nov 10th - 1st draft for town budget
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