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Finance Agendas 2014-07-24
AGENDA – Thursday, 24 July, 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:  July 10, 2014 [Joseph Cardito]

Briefing for new Finance Committee members on Committee responsibilities; procedures and protocols; and activities [The Committee]
  • The Town Charter:  Mark Carron
  • Schedules, operating procedures, and other administrative items:  Gwen Holden Kelly
  • Observations on unique and challenging aspects of Municipal Finance:  John Laurino
  • The schools:  Joshua Larson & Ralph Cuomo
  • Open Meeting Law requirements:  Joshua Larson
  • Committee/Department liaison responsibilities:   Gwen Holden Kelly
  • The Minutes, and some thoughts from their first year as a Finance Committee members:  Ralph Cuomo & Peter O'Meara
Finance Committee FY 2015 administrative items  [Gwen Holden Kelly]
  • Signing of Orleans Finance Department Signature Authorization form for FY 2015
  • Updated member contact information list
  • FY 2015 Department and Committee liaison assignments
Review of Finance Committee FY 2015 priority topics/issues list [the Committee]

Status updates/follow up: [the Committee]
  • July 10, 2014, decision of Nauset Regional School Committee to extend the contract of departing Superintendent Richard Hoffman to enable him to meet requirements for eligibility to receive maximum retirement benefits
  • Water Quality Advisory ("Stakeholders") Panel July 16, 2014 meeting
  • Capped Landfill Solar PV Project
  • October 27, 2014, Special Town Meeting
  • Rock Harbor dredging schedule
  • Other

Board, Committee, and Department Reports:
  • Liaison reports:
  • Renewable Energy Committee
  • Affordable Housing Committee
  • Board of Selectmen Report[s]  July 16, 2014 [Mark Carron]
  • Board of Health
  • Board of Water & Sewer Commissioners
  • Community Preservation Committee
  • Planning Board
  • Nauset Regional School Committee (NRSC); NRSC Budget/Transportation Subcommittees; Orleans Elementary School Committee (OES)
  • 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.

Future meetings:
  • No Finance Committee meetings scheduled for August
  • Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014:  Agenda to be determined
  • Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014:  Joint Board of Selectmen/Finance Committee joint public hearing on FY 2016 budget priorities
  • Thursday, Sept. 18, 2014:  Agenda to be determined
  • Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014:  Agenda to be determined
Adjourn