BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Town of Sunapee, NH
MINUTES OF A MEETING OF THE BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Monday January 11, 2010
A meeting of the Budget Advisory Committee (the “BAC”) of the Town of
Sunapee, NH, was held on January 11, 2010 at 3:00pm at the town offices meeting
room.
Members Present:
Spec Bowers, chair
Ken Mayer
Charlie Smith
Shane Hastings
Rich Duperey
Also Present as guests were:
None
Members Absent:
None
Call to Order
Spec Bowers called the meeting to order 3:10pm and Richard Duperey recorded
the minutes. A quorum of members was present, and the meeting, having been duly
convened, was ready to proceed with business.
Old Business:
Minutes from the December 21th 2009 were reviewed by the committee and
accepted, as presented.
New Business:
Spec Bowers updated the other BAC members on a meeting he had with the
school superintendent and the school board chairman on December 22, 2009. Spec
discussed with them the BAC’s recommendations on the school budget, as previously
discussed and approved by the BAC.
Spec offered the “step raises” issue as included in the proposed teacher’s
contract as a topic of discussion. After some discussion it was agreed that the BAC not
offer a recommendation issue.
Members of the BAC discussed some of their observations during their tours,
which were taken in October and November 2009. The BAC had toured the following
facilities:
• Highway Department
• Transfer Station
• Public Safety Center
• Abbott Library
• Wastewater Treatment Plant
• Elementary School
• Middle/High School
• Blodgett House
• Sherburne Gym
Generally, the BAC’s impression of the town’s employees and facilities viewed
during the tours was very favorable. The BAC’s impressions were that our town’s
department heads and employees attempt to be as efficient as possible with the
resources available to them.
The next item of business discussed was the renovation of the Blodgett House.
After review of the current estimate prepared by Northcape Design, the BAC
recommends rejecting the project as presented. The square-foot costs for renovation
appears extremely expensive and creates the need to explore more economical
alternatives.
The BAC also recommends that projects/proposals presented in the future
contain estimates of annual operating costs of the project.
The last item of business discussed was the “Rough Draft” of the BAC Annual
Report. Committee members offered suggestions and corrections to the draft, leaving it
to Spec to finalize the document.
In the absence of any expected future business items, it was decided not to
schedule another meeting at this time.
Adjournment
There being no further business to come before the meeting, the meeting was
adjourned at 4:48pm.
Respectfully submitted,
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Richard R Duperey, Recording Secretary
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