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Minutes from Dec. 20th meeting

January 2nd, 2011

BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETING
December 20, 2010

Members present: Lori Hogan, Mike Shea, Carmine Fabrizo, Tom Gately, Becki Pike and Bonnie Moroney

Excused: Jim Covey

Guests: Bill Dowling, Frank Maturo, Joan Karpf, and Linda Dowling

Meeting called to order at 7:16 by Lori

Roll call taken, all present accept Jim has conflict.

Lori said that on Dec 14th minutes her name was spelled wrong on last page and on the second paragraph the word just was spelled incorrectly too.
Motion to accept the minutes from Dec, 8th and 14th was made by Mike, Tom second and it was passed. Tom abstained for the 14th as he left part way through the meeting due to illness.

Lori said that there were lines that had not been approved so we need to address each of them first.

Trustees of the Trust Funds
4130.10-138 - $840.00
4130.10-140 - $500.00
4130.10-14 - $75.00

Tom motioned to accept, Carmine second and it was passed.

Election & Registration
4140.109-130 thru 4140.10-300 for a total of $2501.00 down from last years $3801.00
Mike motioned to accept, Tom second and it was passed.

Planning Board 4191.10-800 - $15.00. Carmine motioned to accept, Beckie second and it passed.

4191.10-901 - $1.00
Tom motioned to accept, and Mike second and it passed. Bonnie said that the Select board was planning on running a warrant article to take the wages out of the Planning –Zoning Board Special Reserve Fund.

41-4.10-700 - $1,000.00 for the alarm system, Tom motioned to accept, Beckie second and it was passed

4240.10-200 Property Inspector - $1.00
4240.10-204 Property Insp Training - $450.00 Carmine motioned to accept, Bonnie second and both 200 and 204 passed.

4583.10-200 Memorial Day $500.00 Tom motioned to accept, Carmine second and it passed.

Health Officer 4419.10-100 thru 302 Tom motioned to accept, Carmine second and it passed.

Conservation 4611.10-300 thru 304 Tom motioned to accept, Carmine second and it passed.

Water Dept, 04-4332.10-405 thru 409 was not voted on before. Tom motioned to accept, Carmine second and it passed.

Solid Waste Disposal – We thanked Bill for coming back to go over our questions about the 10% cut on his budget.
Lori asked the committee to vote if they felt that Bill had but in the 10% cut for the 2011 budget. Beckie and Tom raised their hands, so we asked Bill to go over what he felt that he had cut.
Tipping reduced because of the amount of garbage brought in has gone down, so he lowered from $20,000. down to $18,221.00
Electric was reduced because the installation cost that was contracted is all over so he just has to pay for the electric used.
Gas, he decreased $100.00, but telephone was increased $200.00.
MSW hauling went from $5,000.00 down to $4, 3340.00
Increase in Asst. Salary from $11,982.00 to $12,285.00
Line 102 for $1,260 is to cover when Bill goes on vacation and somebody it there to cover for him.

4324.10-200 thru 4324.10-515 Motioned by Tom to accept, and second by Carmine, and it passed.
4324.10-516 Tom motioned to make $375.00 but no second.
Bill said in the past he had bought uniforms but put them under the misc. line or someplace else.

Beckie motioned to accept at $750.00 because he took the mist to $0. Mike second and it passed. Tom and Carmine apposed.

NH Retirement was $57,764.00 but should be $70,933.00
FICA should be $21,186.00
Medicare should be $9,184.00
Employee Insurance $171,905.00

Combination of the very large increase of dental insurance and one person being added for family.
Life coverage $100,000.00 need to check on, as when the select board picked this it was less expensive then the small ones that were being given. Need to check the policy as Bill Dowling says his did not say that much.

Personnel Administration 4155.10-200 thru301 Tom motioned to accept the revised amounts, Carmine second and it was passed.

Tom motioned to accept the change in salary line for the road agent and highway II so that if reflects the spread within the Govn Bldg. for $5,500.00.

Need to approve 4196.10-520 for $30,782.00 and 4196.10-520 Worker’s Compensation for $22,677.00
Bonnie motioned to accept the corrected amounts for these two lines, Beckie second and it passed.

Employee Benefits for water dept 4155.10-200 thru 4155.10-301 Tom motioned to accept, Beckie second and it was passed.

Lori said that with all the changes and with Tom’s motion for a 3% increase for employees, that it ended up with a 3% decrease on the budget. She said that we would need to find $114,232.00 more to take off the budget to come up with a 10% decrease.

It was decided to meet on Jan. 4th and 5th to go over everything and get ready for the public meetings on the 11th and 12th.

Tom motioned to adjourn at 9:17 and Beckie second. It was passed.