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January 5th, 2013
TOWN OF CARROLL
BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETING
APPROVED MINUTES
December 12, 2012
Committee attendance: Linda Dowling; Chairman, Joan Karpf, Sue Kraabel, Jack Catalano and Mark Catalano; Select Board Liaison.
Also in attendance: Al Strasser
Review of minutes: 12/5/12
Sue requested Bill Boscynski's name be added to Also in attendance. Sue made a motion to accept the minutes as amended. Mark seconded the motion. Motion passed 5-0.
New Business:
Joan informed the Board that while she was doing the minutes she noticed that Sue voted for the budget involving the Treasurer's salary and thought that may appear to be a conflict of interest. Sue volunteered to be recorded as abstained. Corrections to the vote count were made. Joan handed out copies of State job descriptions for the positions of Treasurer, Town Clerk, and Tax Collector. She also handed out copies of information from LGC's latest wage and salary survey for Towns with a population under 1000. According to OEP, our Town has a population of 690. According to LGC's survey, our part time Treasurer's salary falls in line with the 23 Towns surveyed. In regards to Town Clerk and Tax Collector, there were differences. Carroll has a full time combined Clerk/Tax Collector position. Of the 23 Towns surveyed, 8 had the position combined while 15 had the positions separate. Of the 8 combined Clerk/TaxCollector positions, 7 towns were at part time. Of the 15 Towns that had separated the position, all were at part time. Discussion followed regarding part time vs full time positions. Joan also handed out a copy of her calculations of the total cost for wages and benefits for 2013. According to her calculations, 55% of the budget total was allocated for wages and benefits. She was open to any corrections to her calculations. Discussion followed.
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Further discussion on budget requests followed:
• Property Assessing: The 5 year payment plan of 24,000/yr would be presented in a warrant article. The line was reduced to 11,000 to cover additional expenses such as abatements and pick ups. .
• General Government Buildings: Electricity and heating oil totals were divided among the town buildings in an attempt to reflect each building's cost. The operating expense was reduced from $105,690 to 98,150. Sue motion to accept the break down figures and the new total. Mark seconded the motion. Motion passed 5-0.
• Insurance: Sue stated that the $31,000 figure came directly from LGC who handles the Town Insurance. Joan made a motion to accept the operating expense total of $50,681. Sue seconded the motion. Motion passed 5-0.
• Solid Waste Disposal: Supervisor salary increase of $8,969 to $33,280. Attendant salary increase of $7,931 to $24,311. Discussion followed regarding full time vs part time for Supervisor position. Sue and Jack sent a recommendation to the Select Board that the staff of the Transfer station be part time employees without benefits. Mark made a motion to accept the new recycling expense total of $87,478.00. Joan seconded the motion. Motion passed 4-0. Linda abstained.
Discussion followed on anticipated revenue:
• Current Use: Joan made a motion to accept $1000.00 as the land use change tax revenue. Sue seconded the motion. Motion passed 5-0.
• Sue motioned to accept $100.00 as the excavation tax revenue. Mark seconded the motion. Motion passed 5-0.
• Mark made a motion to accept $1500 as the timber yield tax revenue. Sue seconded the motion. Motion passed 5-0.
• Joan made a motion to accept $40,000 as the payment in lieu of taxes revenue. Sue seconded the motion. Motion passed 5-0.
• Mark made a motion to accept $30,000 as the interest on taxes revenue. Sue seconded the motion. Motion passed 5-0.
• Mark made a motion to accept $155,000 as the motor vehicle tax revenue. Sue seconded the motion. Motion passed 5-0.
• Sue made a motion to accept $400 as the motor vehicle titles revenue. Mark seconded the motion. Motion passed 5-0.
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• Mark made a motion to accept $2,300 as the MV Agent fee revenue. Sue seconded the motion. Motion approved 5-0.
• Sue made a motion to accept $200 as the ZBA fee revenue. Joan seconded the motion. Motion passed 5-0.
• Joan made a motion to accept $13,000 as the cable franchise revenue. Sue seconded the motion. Motion passed 5-0.
• Linda made a motion to accept $700 as the dog license revenue. Sue seconded the motion. Motion passed 5-0.
• Sue made a motion to accept $50 as the marriage license revenue. Mark seconded the motion. Motion passed 5-0.
• Sue made a motion to accept $50 as the Vitals revenue. Mark seconded the motion. Motion passed 5-0.
• Mark made a motion to accept $30,000 as the room & meals tax revenue. Joan seconded the motion. Motion passed 5-0.
• Sue made a motion to accept $20,000 as the Highway Block Grant revenue. Joan seconded the motion. Motion passed 5-0.
• Sue made a motion to accept $4000 as the rail fund revenue. Mark seconded the motion. Motion passed 5-0.
• Joan made a motion to accept $1,000 as the Police revenue. Mark seconded the motion. Motion passed 5-0.
• Sue made a motion to accept $1,000 as the Fire revenue. Joan seconded the motion. Mark rescind the motion and motioned to accept $2,000. Sue seconded the motion. Motion passed 5-0.
Joan made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Mark seconded the motion. Motion passed 5-0.
Meeting was adjourned at 9:30pm.
Respectfully submitted by Joan Karpf