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Finance Agendas 2014-02-06
AGENDA – Thursday, 6 February, 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 [s]:  None

Approval of Minutes:  Jan. 30, 2014 [Peter O'Meara]

FY 2015 budget:  
Finance Committee FY 2015 departmental budget reviews [Gwen Holden Kelly; Dale Fuller]
  • Finance Administration:  TeleCom:123; Media Ops.:124; Fin. Director:135; Assessing:141; Treas/Collector:145; Mgmt. Info. Systs.:155; Veterans Servs.: 543; Princ. Notes & Bds.:710; Int. Notes & Bds.:751; Mass. Assess.:820; County Assess.:830; Other Assess.:840; Unemploy. Comp.:913; Employ. Health Ins.:914
  • Town Administrator: TA Ofc. Bgt:122; Town Clerk:161; Zoning Appeals Brd.:  176; Town Repts./Mtgs.:195; Old Kings Hwy.:690; Mem./Vets. Day:692; Spec. Events/Info.:699; Insurance Bds.:  912
  • Finance Committee:131
Joint BoS/FinCom departmental budget review meetings
Schedule:  [Gwen Holden Kelly]
  • Feb. 13, 2014: Fire Department:  Fire/Rescue:220;  Fire Bldg:221;  Emergency Mgmt:291
  • Feb. 20, 2014: Police Department:  Police/Comm.:210; Police Bldg.:211; Fuel:213
  • Feb. 26, 2014:  Department of Public Works & Natural Resources: Parks and Beaches: Town Bldgs.:192; Comm. Ctr.:198; Windmill:649; Parks/Beaches:650; Highways Department:  Tree:294; Highway:421; Snow Removal:423; Transfer Station:431; Water Department: 450; Shellfish/Harbormaster: 295; Street Lights:424
  • March 5, 2014:  Schools: Cape Cod Regional Technical High School:330; Nauset Regional Schools:310; Orleans Elementary School:300  [tentative]
Preparation for joint BoS/FinCom FY 2014 departmental budget review meetings [the Committee]

Miscellaneous budget notes

Additional items

FY 2016 -2020 Capital Improvement Plan:  [the Committee]
Feb. 20, 2014, joint BoS/FinCom CIP public hearing

CIP hearing
  • Draft flyer
  • Other
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
Town solar projects

Other

Additional items
  • Aspinet agreement/road layout
  • "Piping plovers beach closures/management issue
  • Potential zoning amendments for the May 2014 Annual Town Meeting
  • Other
Board, Committee, and Department Reports:
Liaison reports:
  • Renewable Energy Committee [Paul Rooker]
  • Affordable Housing Committee [John Laurino; Mark Carron]
  • Board of Selectmen Report  Feb. 4, 2014 Gwen Holden Kelly]; Feb. 5, 2014 [Peter O'Meara]
  • 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]
Other:

Suggested topics for future meetings:
Any topics introduced by Committee members under this agenda item will be scheduled for discussion at a future meeting.
  • Developing a Town technology plan
  • Weighing the merits of capital equipment leasing versus purchasing
Future meetings:
Feb. 13, 2014:  
  • Joint FinCom/BoS budget review session, Fire Department
  • Discussion:  Town technology plan - The concept; Scope and focus
Feb. 20, 2014:
  • Joint BoS/FinCom public hearing on the Capital Improvement
  • Joint FinCom/BoS budget review session, Police Department
Feb. 26, 2014:  
  • Joint FinCom/BoS budget review session, Department of Public Works & Natural Resources
Feb. 27, 2014:  
  • FinCom FY 2015 departmental budget reviews:  [See FinCom budget review schedule]
  • Discussion of topics to be addressed in FinCom "annual report" for Annual Town Meeting Warrant
Adjourn