Wellfleet Finance Committee
Minutes of Meeting of April 23, 2009
Senior Center Conference Room, 7:00 p.m.
Present: Chair Patricia Foley, Berta Bruinooge, Arlene Kirsch, Dennis Murphy, Robert Kelly, Sylvia Smith, Stephen Oliver, John Makely
Also Attending: Town Moderator Harry Terkanian
Chair Patricia Foley called the meeting to order at 7:05 p.m.
Town Meeting Planning
Article 6
Makely moved to recommend Article 6. Bruinooge seconded, and the motion carried 8-0.
Article 7
Makely moved to recommend Article 7. Murphy seconded, and the motion carried 8-0.
Article 8
Kirsch moved to recommend Article 8. Bruinooge seconded, and the motion carried 8-0.
Article 9
Kirsch moved to recommend Article 9. Murphy seconded, and the motion carried 8-0.
Article 10
Bruinooge moved to recommend Article 10. Kelly seconded, and the motion carried 8-0.
Article 11
Kirsch moved to recommend Article 11. Murphy seconded, and the motion carried 8-0.
Article 33
Bruinooge moved to not recommend Article 33. Foley seconded, and the motion carried 8-0.
Article 1
Kirsch moved to revisit Article 1. Oliver seconded, and the motion to revisit carried 7-1.
Kirsch moved that FinCom recommend Article 1 as it is now presented. Bruinooge seconded. The Committee considered the Fire Department Article 1 transfer request of $30,000 in Chief Silverman’s memo dated April 22, 2009.
Kirsch withdrew her motion, and Bruinooge withdrew her second.
Kirsch moved to take no position on the $30,000 transfer because the information came too late to take a position. Smith seconded and the motion carried 8-0.
Article 21
FinCom and Mr. Terkanian discussed the Nauset Regional School memo of April 14, 2009. FinCom decided not to revisit Article 21.
Operating Budget
Article 2 changed because of changes to the Wellfleet Elementary School Line 300. Mr. Terkanian indicated he would be presenting the Operating Budget the way he always does by each section.
Bruinooge moved to reduce the Wellfleet Elementary Line 300 to $2,189,233 by taking out $18,502 and to reduce the “Raise & Appropriate” request by the same amount. Makely seconded. The motion carried 8-0.
Town Meeting Hand-Out
Bruinooge distributed the hand-out “To the Voters of Wellfleet!” which will be given out at Town Meeting.
Future Budget Procedure
Kirsch moved that a policy be established that in the future when FinCom knows that it will discuss a Department Budget, the department be notified. There was no second, so she expanded on the rationale for her proposal. Mr. Terkanian discussed the Budget process and future direction for the schedule.
Minutes of 3/26/09
Murphy moved to approve the minutes of March 26, 2009. Makely seconded, and the motion carried 7-0.
Other Business
Pat Foley announced that this was her last meeting as a member of FinCom. Bruinooge announced that she is resigning after Town Meeting. Bruinooge said she recommends term limits for Town officials. Kirsch said that she regretfully is not going to continue after Town Meeting. John Makely, as he announced before, will complete his term at the close of Town Meeting. Sylvia Smith said she is considering dropping out of FinCom after Town Meeting.
Adjournment
Kirsch moved to adjourn. Makely seconded, and the meeting was adjourned by consensus at 8:45 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
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Mary Rogers, Committee Secretary Robert Kelly
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Dennis Murphy
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Stephen Oliver
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Finance Committee approved these minutes at the meeting held 5/27/09.
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