Wellfleet Finance Committee
Minutes of Meeting of March 3, 2010
Senior Center Conference Room, 7:00 p.m.
Present: Dennis Murphy, Chairman; Sam Bradford. Janet Loewenstein, Robert Kelly, John T. Morrissey, Robert Wallace, Sylvia Smith,
Regrets: Donna Robertson, Liz Sorrell
Also Attending: Town Administrator Paul Sieloff
Chairman Dennis Murphy called the meeting to order at 7:05 p.m.
Budget Recommendations
Shellfish Department Budget
Shellfish Warden Andrew Koch was present to discuss the Shellfish Budgets #179 -181, particularly line 180-5581.01 for cultch. Koch wanted to keep the cultch budget at $10,000. FinCom worked out a solution with him of encumbering $2,000.
Kelly moved to approve Budget #’s179-181 with the understanding that Koch will encumber money to cover cultch. Smith seconded, and the motion carried 7-0.
Housing Budget #189
Kelly returned to the Housing Budget that had been approved at the last meeting. He had investigated encumbered and other money available to the Housing Authority. Kelly moved to revisit the Housing Budget #189 and place it at 0. Smith seconded. Kelly and Smith withdrew the motion and second.
Loewenstein moved to rescind the previous vote to approve Budget #189. Kelly seconded, and the motion carried 7-0.
Kelly moved to place the Housing Budget #189 at 0. Smith seconded. Discussion followed. The motion to cut #189 carried 4-2-1.
Fire Department # 220
Bradford moved to approve Fire Budget #220. Smith seconded. FinCom and Paul Sieloff discussed Fire Department Overtime. Sieloff said that the Overtime line was good in his opinion even though FinCom members had reservations about it being an accurate figure. FinCom plans to address this at Town Meeting by explaining the historic background on Overtime. The motion carried 7-0.
Budget #’s 510-945
Lowenstein moved to approve #s 510-945. Smith seconded, and the motion carried 7-0.
Marina Enterprise Fund
Kelly moved to approve the Marina Enterprise Fund Budget. Bradford seconded, and the motion carried 7-0.
Recommendations for Warrant Articles
Loewenstein moved to recommend a Finance Committee Budget of $13,594,180. Smith seconded, and the motion carried 7-0.
Loewenstein moved to not recommend Article -1 (Operating Budget). Smith seconded, and the motion carried 7-0.
Loewenstein moved to recommend Article- 2 (transfers). Kelly seconded, and the motion carried 7-0.
Kelly moved to recommend Article D (Marina Enterprise Fund Budget). Murphy seconded, and the motion carried 7-0.
Kelly moved to recommend Article F (Town Clerk/Treasurer). Loewenstein seconded, and the motion carried 7-0.
Kelly moved to recommend Article G (Stabilization Fund). Smith seconded, and the motion carried 7-0.
Kelly moved to recommend Article I (Benefits Liability Trust Fund). Loewenstein seconded, and the motion carried 7-0.
Loewenstein moved to recommend Article Ia (Stormwater Runoff). Murphy seconded, and the motion carried 7-0.
Kelly moved to recommend Article J (CPA %s). Smith seconded, and the motion carried 7-0.
Kelly moved to recommend Article K (Pond Hill School CPA). Loewenstein seconded, and the motion carried 7-0.
Loewenstein moved to approve Article L (Habitat CPA). Murphy seconded, and the motion carried 7-0.
Loewenstein moved to recommend Article M (Hatch Cottage CPA). Murphy seconded, and the motion carried 5-2.
Kelly moved to recommend Article O (Borrowing Wastewater). Loewenstein seconded, and the motion carried 6-0-1.
Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned by consensus at 9:55 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 3//17/10.
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