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Finance Agendas 2014-01-09
AGENDA – Thursday, 9 January, 2014; 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

Guest:  Kenneth J. Hull, Assessor, Town of Orleans

Meeting with Mr. Hull [Dale Fuller]
  • Determining residential and commercial property values
  • Observations on trends/fluctuations in property valuations
  • Other
Approval of Minutes:  Dec. 12, 2014 [Ralph Cuomo]

Administrative items:
  • Finance Committee FY 2014 budget review schedule
  • BoS meeting coverage assignments
  • Additional items
Status updates/follow up: [the Committee]
Items on Finance Committee FY 2014 "issues list"
  • Wastewater management
  • Tri-Town
  • Rock Harbor dredging
  • Rock Harbor re-designation
  • Legal opinion on questions/issues with potential implications for the use of Namskaket Marsh for wastewater treatment
  • Other
Additional items
  • Aspinet agreement/road layout
  • "Piping plovers beach closures/management issue
  • other
Board, Committee, and Department Reports:
Liaison reports:
  • Renewable Energy Committee [Paul Rooker]
  • Affordable Housing Committee [John Laurino; Mark Carron]
  • Board of Selectmen Report  Jan. 8, 2014 [Gwen Holden Kelly]
  • Board of Health [Dale Fuller]  
  • Board of Water & Sewer Commissioners [Gwen Holden Kelly]
  • Community Preservation Committee [John Laurino; Mark Carron]
  • Planning Board [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.
  • Potential fiscal and other benefits to Orleans of creating a Town-wide municipal wireless network to provide internet services to residents and visitors
  • Weighing the merits of capital equipment leasing versus purchasing
Future meetings:
  • Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014:  To be determined
  • Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014:  To be determined
  • Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014:  To be determined
Adjourn




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.
Depending on the lateness of the hour, Board, Committee, and Department Reports may be postponed to a subsequent Finance Committee meeting.