Board of Commissioners of Trust Funds
Minutes of the July 14, 2011 Meeting
Present: Robert Lutts, Raymond Vaillancourt, Thaddeus Buczko, and William P. Goreham
The meeting was called to order by Robert Lutts at 5:30 P.M.
The Board received $840 in checks for the Rolland Pineault Class of 41’ Scholarship fund. The checks will be forwarded to the Eastern Bank for deposit.
The Board received a statement from Deschamps Printing Co., Inc. for $437.00 to print the Read/Buffum/Smith Picnic tickets. Thaddeus Buczko made a motion to pay the statement from the Picnic Funds. The motion was seconded by William P. Goreham and voted unanimously.
The Salem Community Child Care sent the Board a thank you letter for the donation to their summer program.
The annual Harris Music Awards checks were sent ($25.00 each) to the top
three Seniors at Salem High School.
The Salem Council on Aging submitted requests for medication expense reimbursement for $1,370.81 from the Endicott Fund. Thaddeus Buczko made a motion to pay the requests. The motion was seconded by Raymond Vaillancourt and voted unanimously.
Raymond Vaillancourt made a motion to approve the minutes of the June 9, 2011 meeting. The motion was seconded by Thaddeus Buczko and voted unanimously.
Four Willows vendors submitted receipts for $1,138.75 for the Read/Smith/Buffum Picnic. The amounts will be taken from the Picnic Funds.
The second half of applicants for the FY12 Large Grants reviewed their requests with the Board:
North Shore Community Action Program - $17,500 Fuel Asst., $32,500 General Assistance, $1,000 Administration
Cyber Space - $5,000 current programs
Catholic Charities - $22,000, General/Fuel/Housing
Salem Philharmonics - $5,500 - free concerts
Boys & Girls Club of Great Salem - $10,000 - current programs
The Salvation Army - $7,000 – General/Fuel Assistance
The Pantry - $4,000 – Food
St. Joseph’s Pantry – $5, 000 - Food
Children’s Friend and Family - $5,000 SHS Teen Parent Program, $7,500 Mentor Program
St. Vincent de Paul – No Amount - Food, General Assistance
The Board met with all of the above participants and after review of the fourth quarter report from the bank, the Members will vote on the distribution of available funding.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 7:00 P.M.
Respectfully submitted:
F. Kay Fouhey, Clerk
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