Wellfleet Finance Committee
Minutes of Meeting of December 3, 2009
Senior Center Conference Room, 7:00 p.m.
Present: Dennis Murphy, Chairman; Robert Kelly, John T. Morrissey, Robert Wallace, Janet Loewenstein, Donna Robertson, Liz Sorrell, Sylvia Smith
Regrets: Sam Bradford
Also Attending: Marilyn Crary
Chairman Dennis Murphy called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.
Minutes of 11/19/09
Kelly moved to approve the minutes of November 19, 2009. Loewenstein seconded, and the motion carried 6-0.
Mail
The State Ethics Commission had sent out instructions for completing the mandatory online training program. Bob Kelly explained what he had learned about the program and what he had calculated as the time that would be used by Town employees to take part in the program. The Board discussed the program.
Building Maintenance
FinCom discussed sending a letter to the Board of Selectmen regarding tracking Town building maintenance through a computer program. The Building and Needs Committee had approached FinCom about this proposal at its November 19, 2009 meeting. Loewenstein moved to draft a letter to the Building and Needs Committee recommending that they prioritize their list of preventative and remedial maintenance needs and draft another letter to BOS explaining that FinCom will be working on major building repairs through the Capital Improvement Plan and will be supporting Building and Needs’ Committee’s request. Sorrell seconded, and the motion carried 8-0.
Capital Improvement Plan & Budget
Marilyn Crary was present to discuss the Capital requests that Department Heads have submitted for the five-year Capital Improvement Plan (CIP). The Town Administrator had prepared the CIP, but it was not yet printed. Crary said that FinCom would be able to pick up the Operating Budget by Monday morning, December 7. She discussed the details of the Budget Recap sheet, which was not yet finalized. FinCom discussed preparation for the Joint Budget meeting with the Selectmen and the probability of meeting separately with some of the Department Heads.
Other Business
John Morrissey distributed his liaison report from the Energy Committee and reviewed it with FinCom.
Adjournment
Loewenstein moved to adjourn. Sorrell seconded, and the motion carried 8-0. The meeting was adjourned at 9:25 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
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Mary Rogers, Committee Secretary Dennis Murphy, Chairman
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Date
Finance Committee approved these minutes at the meeting held 12/16/09.
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