Town of Rutland
Finance Committee Meeting
Meeting Minutes: 3/31/16
Finance Committee Meeting Opened: 7:08 pm
Finance Committee Attendance: Lyndon Nichols, Karen Nahrwold, Debbie Kristoff, Carl Bindoo and Tom Ruchala
Finance Committee Absent: David Bigelow
Sheila Dibb, Stephanie Bacon, Mike Pantos and Margaret Nartowicz were also present.
Carl made the motion to accept the meeting minutes from 3/24/16. Tom Ruchala seconded the motion. Unanimously accepted.
Special Town Meeting Warrants:
Article 1: Police FY16 contract negotiations retroactive back to July 1, 2015. Total could be up to $25,333.36. Board of Selectmen placed the article. Karen made the motion that the Finance Committee will recommend the town vote FAVORABLY on this article. Carl seconded the motion. Unanimously accepted.
Article 2: Regional Dispatch $109,250 over spent in wages ($48,000 is Rutland’s share) Nick DaDalt was present to discuss. Grant funding for the Director of Communications wages was not given. ($71,000) Remaining amount of approx. $38,000 is due to 2,004 overtime hours that resulted due to 3 full time resignations during the first 6 months of the fiscal year. Also, there was an employee who was placed on Administrative Leave and then subsequently suspended.
Karen Nahrwold questioned as to why the Finance Committee was not brought into the loop on this matter prior to now. Nick’s response was that he kept his supervisors in the loop.
Board of Selectmen decided not to place this warrant as they would do short term borrowing to fund this item.
Adam – IT Director was present. Discussion was that Adam has applied for $180K in grants to bring wireless to all town buildings. He is working closely with MASS IT on a Disaster Recovery Plan for the town. He is also working on Websites and Social media for the town.
Article 19: Server and Related Equipment $26,156 Board of Selectmen placed this article.
Article 12: Glenwood Snow/Ice Guards $17,480 Board of Selectmen placed this article
Article 13: Board of Selectmen tabled this article until next meeting.
RESERVE FUND TRANSFER: Carl made the motion to approve the transfer from Reserve Fund to 001-151-5200-000 for $5,000.00 for legal fees that Margaret submitted. Debbie seconded the motion. Discussion was that this is in addition to the prior transfer for additional legal fees. Unanimously accepted.
COMMITTEE VACANCY: Karen made the motion to table this discussion as there were a couple of other people who have expressed interest in the position. Carl seconded the motion. Unanimously accepted.
Carl made the motion to adjourn. Seconded by Tom. Unanimously accepted to adjourn at 9:09 p.m.
Submitted by: ___Karen Nahrwold__________________________________
Karen Nahrwold, Secretary
Approved on ____4/7/2016____________________
___Lyndon S. Nichols _________________________________
Lyndon S. Nichols, Chairman
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