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January 5th, 2010
BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETING
December 30, 2009
Members present: Carmine Fabrizio, Mike Shea, Jim Covey, Becki Pike, Tom Gately, Lori Hogan and Bonnie Moroney.
7:01 PM meeting brought to order by Tom Gately.
Lori said there was one correction in the 12/23/09 minutes. She said the public meeting on Jan 13, will be for Money Warrants and Revenues.
Lori motioned to accept corrected minutes, Carmine second and it passed
Bill Dowling came by request to go over the Warrant that he had entered for the Glass Crusher.
Lori asked what we were doing with our glass now and Bill explained that we ship it to Littleton
For $250.00 for 20 tons and we are sending about 40 tons per year. Each truck holds 20 tons.
Bill said we could sell the crushed glass for draining and to mix with fill. He said that the Highway Dept. would have to learn to use this and save money on fill, and that whatever he ground up could be stored for years in the area that he was for it.
Lori said that at the rate that Bill discussed it would take 19 ½ years to get back the cost of this equipment.
Tom asked who was in favor of recommending the warrant for the glass crusher. All voted to recommend accept Lori apposed. So it passed.
Discussion was opened about the town employee insurance. Bonnie said she was working on what she had but had not finished it yet. Lori asked if she could guess how much lower it might be. Bonnie explained that this had not been completed, and the board had not voted on it yet, so she really had not idea what it would come out to. She said she didn’t have all the figures for the dental, and disability, so that she could not come up with any totals.
Bonnie then went over the salary spread sheet that she had done in order for people to see where the salaries were being spread out to on the budget. Lori had added to the spread sheet that Bonnie had done so they both addressed what was on them. Lori asked if the select board would be changing the recommendation for the 3% increase after listening to the findings that she had presented from her study in the LGC books. Bonnie said that she would not speak for the select board but felt that they had made the recommendations for the 3% and that the Budget Comm. would do whatever they wanted.
Lori motioned to leave the salaries at the currant amounts but give the select board a Salary Contingency of $5,000.00 to give increases to whomever they felt warranted them. Carmine second. Mike and Lori voted for this, apposed was Jim, Becki, and Carmine, Tom and Bonnie abstained. So it didn’t pass.
Jim motioned 0% wage increase and Carmine second. Jim then pulled back his motion and then Carmine as well.
Jim motioned to give a 1 ½% across the board increase, but there was no second.
Becki motioned 0% increase, Carmine second. For was Becki, Jim and Carmine, against was Lori, and abstained was Bonnie, Tom and Mike. So it passed.
Need to vote on OT lines.
4150.10-114 Selectman Office Staff OT, Bonnie explained that this is a new line this year as there had not been an OT line set up for the office before. Bonnie motioned to accept the $2500.00 line item, Carmine second and it passed.
4210.10-104 PD OT Lori motioned to drop this amount down to $20,000.00, Jim second and it passed, Bonnie abstained.
4220.10-201 FD OT Lori motioned to drop this amount down to $10,000.00, she said that she felt that last year it had been higher, as Jeremy had just started so more money was needed. Jim second and it passed. Bonnie abstained.
We hadn’t voted on several other lines, so while in the FD so voted on them.
4220.10-102 Lori motioned to leave at $4,500.00 Carmine second and it passed.
4312.10-102 HD OT Tom motioned to take down to $5,000.00, and Jim second, it passed. Bonnie was apposed and Lori abstained.
Lori was entering all the changes into her computer as they were being changed, and said at the time the proposed 2010 budget was at a -7%
Lori wanted to propose a cut to the Employee insurance line for $20,000.00. Becki second and it was passed. Bonnie abstained.
Bonnie also explained that she was still working on the figures and the select board had not voted, so that the committee will have to revisit this again when we have the correct amounts.
She said on the 6th she will have a better idea.
Lori said that the Recreation Comm. had met and decided that in order to help with the taxes they wanted to change the request to fence in the basket ball court. So because of that Lori wanted to change two different line items that we had already voted on.
4520-10-320 Rec Field/Court Repair was voted in at $1000.00 and she wished to take it down to $300.00. Jim second and it passed.
4194.10-430 Repairs and Maint. Town Buildings, Lori motioned to take that down to $23,000.00
Jim second and it passed.
4210.10-204 Gasoline Carmine motioned to take this down to $10,000.00 Becki second and it passed. Bonnie apposed, Tom abstained.
4312.10-901 Sidewalk Repair, Tom said Billy had planned on doing the section across from the Grandview, as he needed to replace the hydrant. Lori motioned to take to $5,000.00, Becki second and it passed. Bonnie and Tom opposed.
Lori went over the Capital Reserve Funds that she had gotten from John Foster. She said that we should have warrants for Water Improvement Fund and the New Land and Building Capital Reserve Funds. Bonnie said she would write some up and submit to the select board Monday evening.
Lori motioned after looking at the Capital Reserve Summary to go back and reopen the recommendations for the Library and Computer Technology. Becki second and it passed.
Lori motioned not to recommend supporting the Computer Tech. Capital Reserve Fund, Becki second and it passed.
Becki motioned not to recommend supporting the Library Capital Reserve Fund, Lori second and it passed.
Bonnie said that she would contact the PD and the Highway Dept about the warrants that they wanted to put in so she could have the select board vote on them and bring them to the meeting on the 6th. She also reminded everybody that the feel good warrants were not in and they also would be presented at the meeting to vote on.
Lori asked Bonnie to remind Maryclare that she needed the revenues for 2010 so she could have them ready to present.
Lori also went over the way that we might want to present the budget to the public session and the strategy behind it. She suggested that we show the -% that will go down on the budget and that if they vote for all the Capital Reserve Funds the -% that will be left.
Bonnie motioned to adjourn the meeting at 9:05PM and Lori second and it passed.
Next meeting Jan 6th.