Budget Committee Meeting
March 31, 2015
Attendance: Jane Cirone, Chairperson, Walter Wasson, Vice Chairperson, Katherine Post, Ronald
Richardson, Carolyn Brown, Ellen Kasprzyk
Absent: Martha Hurd-Call,
Meeting opened at 6:04 pm
Correction to the last meeting minutes:
The Law Enforcement motion was made and seconded to Accept as Presented with no recommendations. The vote was 6 – 0 instead of 4 – 0 as previously reported.
Budget Review of Departments:
The following departments were reviewed and accepted at the previous meeting:
Code Enforcement: Motion made and seconded to Accept as Amended – 5 – 1.
General Admin: Motion made and seconded to Accept as Amended – 5 – 1.
Planning: Motion made and seconded to Accept as Amended – 6 – 0.
Appeals Board: Motion made and seconded to Accept as Amended – 6 – 0.
Law Enforcemnt: Motion made and seconded to Accept as Presented with no recommendations – 6 – 0.
The following departments were reviewed this meeting:
Public Safety:
Motion made and seconded to Accept as Presented with no recommendations – 6 – 0.
General Assistance:
Motion made and seconded to Accept as Presented with no recommendations – 6 – 0.
Public Works:
Motion made and seconded to Accept as Presented with no recommendations – 6 – 0.
Solid Waste:
Motion made and seconded to reduce Special Waste Disposal by $10,000 – 5 – 1.
Motion made and seconded to Accept as Amended with this recommendation – 5 – 1.
It was noted there appears to be over budgeting trending in this account over the past few years.
2012 – 2013 2013 - 2014
Appropriation $579,142 Appropriated $579,677
Expended $523,537 Expended $521,315
Unexpended $ 53,872 Unexpended $ 60,095
Recreation:
Motion made and seconded to Accept as Presented with no recommendations – 6 – 0.
Donations:
*Motion made and seconded to add $2,000 for the School House Arts Center at the 3/25/15 meeting – 4 – 0.
It was noted the Town Council recommended the Leavitt’s Mill Free Health Center donation should be $1,200. We corrected this on page 192 of our budget page.
Motion made and seconded to Accept as Amended with these recommendations – 6 – 0.
Employee Benefits
Motion made and seconded to reduce Employee Uniforms by $1,000 – 5 – 1.
Motion made and seconded to Accept as Amended with this recommendation – 5 - 1
Recommendations from this meeting:
Recommend the Town survey other sources for the cost of Worker’s Compensation. It was noted the Town of Gorham recently changed from the MMA Group Worker’s Compensation and received a sizable reduction in costs.
Recommend the Town of Standish give consideration to Employees participation in cost-sharing for the Group Insurance premiums. Most private businesses and increasing numbers of municipalities are passing a portion of this cost to the employees.
A motion was made and seconded to adjourn at 8:20 pm. Next meeting will be Wednesday, April 1st at 6:00 pm.
Respectfully Submitted,
Katherine Post
Secretary
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