AGENDA – Thursday, 10 October, 2013; 7:00 PM, Nauset Room, Town Hall
7:00 p.m. Call to Order. Remind all that meeting is being televised and taped, and that ceiling microphones are present in the audience area of the meeting room.
Public Comment
Approval of Minutes: Sept. 26, 2013 [Peter O'Meara]
Administrative items: [Gwen Holden Kelly; Dale Fuller]
Board of Selectmen's FY 2015 budget policy
Consider designation of a FinCom liaison to the Planning Board
Scheduling of meetings in support of work plan tasks:
- Status of follow up to schedule meetings with . . .
- . . . Orleans Fire Department officials on post-season review of Beach EMT program experience
- . . . Dr. Richard Hoffmann, NRSD superintendent, on availability of MSBA funds for Nauset Middle School roof project
- . . . members of the OESC and Orleans representatives to the NRSC
- . . . Orleans Assessor Kenneth Hull on the valuation of properties and setting of tax rates
- Review adequacy of current FinCom meeting schedule to support Committee work plan tasks
Finance Committee FY 2014 "issues list" follow up:
- FY 2013 budget turn backs analysis [Dale Fuller; Mark Carron]
- "Budget template" task [Joshua Larson; John Laurino]
- Town building and facilities maintenance projects [Gwen A. Holden Kelly; Dale Fuller]
- Wastewater management:
- Tri-Town decommissioning
- Other
- Budget recommendations for communication to Board of Selectmen [the Committee]
- Planning Board request for input from the FinCom on questions concerning Orleans' changing demographics that should be explored to gain insight into the implications of these changes and knowledge to support and inform strategic planning and spending decisions going forward [Gwen Holden Kelly]
Status updates/follow up items:
- Oct. 2, 2013, Orleans Police Department Strategic Planning Session [Mark Carron; Bill Weil]
- Additional items
Board, Committee, and Department Reports:
Liaison reports:
- Renewable Energy Committee [Paul Rooker]
- Affordable Housing Committee [John Laurino; Mark Carron]
- Board of Selectmen Report Oct. 2, 2013 [Ralph Cuomo]; Oct. 9, 2013 [Gwen Holden Kelly]
- Board of Health [Dale Fuller]
- Board of Water & Sewer Commissioners [Gwen Holden Kelly]
- Community Preservation Committee [John Laurino; Mark Carron]
- Nauset Regional School Committee (NRSC); NRSC Budget/Transportation Subcommittees; Orleans Elementary School Committee (OES) [Joshua Larson; Ralph Cuomo]
Suggested topics for future meetings:
Any topics introduced by Committee members under this agenda item will be scheduled for discussion at a future meeting.
Future meetings:
Thursday, Oct. 24, 2013:
- Recommendations to Board of Selectmen for the Board's consideration in developing the FY 2015 Town budget
- Budget templates task
- Discussion of Finance Committee FY 2014 budget request
Thursday, Nov. 13, 2013: To be determined
Thursday, Dec. 12, 2013: To be determined
Adjourn
1) This agenda lists all matters that reasonably are anticipated by the Chair to be discussed at this meeting. Not all items listed, in fact, may be discussed; other items not listed may be brought up for discussion to the extent permitted by law.
2)Depending on the lateness of the hour, Board, Committee, and Department Reports may be postponed to a subsequent Finance Committee meeting.
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