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Meeting from Jan 4, 2011
January 9th, 2011
BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETING
January 4, 2011
Members present: Lori Hogan, Mike Shea, Carmine Fabrizo, Tom Gately, Becki Pike, Jim Covey and Bonnie Moroney
Guests: Bill Dowling, Mark Catalano, Nancy Metigay, Joan Karpf, and Linda Dowling
Meeting called to order at 7:03 by Lori
Roll call taken, all present
Carmine motioned to accept minutes from Dec 20th meeting, Beckie second and it was passed. Jim abstained.
Lori said that at the present time we are at a 5% decrease from last year. She asked for a vote on who thinks we need to decrease the budget more then that. Jim, Beckie, Lori and Carmine voted yes.
Lori opened the discussion about the office staff and their having to reduce hours in order to reduce the budget as was asked of them. Mark Catalono said that he felt it was strange that that dept had to reduce. He said that nobody likes to reduce their hours to cut the budget, but feels that he would rather be the one who makes up his mind for his future rather then waiting for somebody else to do it for him.
There was discussion about the survey and several different ways that it could be translated by different people. Jim insisted that it read that the people wanted to decrease the budget and go to less full time and more part time employees. Tom didn’t agree to that translation.
Jim proposed that we needed to cut positions he said by removing two we could save approximately $100,000.00
1) The road agent position, reduce staffing from 2 to 1.
2) Police Dept. he felt that one of the two senior people should go. As they were the highest paid. He said that the Chief had a wife that worked full time. Bonnie reminded him that Chief Trammell did not take the employee health benefits and his wife did not work full time.
He said well Officer Smalley could collect his pension. Bonnie being very tired after a cold had to control her temper so said nothing about that!
Lori said that it sounded like Jim was questioning the staffing of the police dept.
Joan said we could get 2 part time people to work instead.
Lori said that she would like to make a list of what things people wanted to discuss for changing or addressing.
Misc lines – not to exceed $300.00 per dept. or committee Lori motioned, Jim second and it was passed
Legal from $18,000.00 to $16,000.00 Lori motioned, Jim second and it passed.
Repair and Maint. of Govn. Bldg from $20,000.00 down to $15,000.00 Bonnie motioned, Beckie second and it was passed.
Contingency from $5,000.00 down to $4,000.00 Bonnie motioned, Jim second and it passed.
Library Books & Material from $1,800.00 down to $1,300.00. Lori motioned and Carmine second and it was passed.
Memorial Day from $500.00 down to $450.00 Lori motioned, Beckie second and it was passed.
Conservation, Lori said that each dept/committee had cut some no matter how small their budget was, and she felt that the Conservation should be cut $50.00, as well.
Joan said that if the committee did that it would feel like a slap in the face. Being such a low amount and the people who are involved paying for a lot of the things themselves. Beckie said that they didn’t use much of the money that was there. Joan said that they are planning on buying signs for the Ammonusuc River and it will cost for them to do that.
Conservation from $500.00 down to $450.00 Tom motioned and Carmine second and it was passed. Jim voted no.
Dog cost from $300.00 to $150.00 Tom motioned and Beckie second and it passed, Bonnie abstained.
Health Officer Travel, Tom motioned taking it from $350.00 to $250.00
Carmine second and it was passed.
Clothing allowance, Tom motioned to make all employees clothing allowance $300.00 each not $750.00. Bonnie asked to add please amend the motion to not include the contract that was already going for the highway dept. Tom agreed to amend his motion and Bonnie second and it was passed.
Lori motioned to change the Police Dept uniform cleaning from $750.00 to $500.00, Beckie second and it was passed. Bonnie abstained.
Lori asked Bill Dowling to address the Tipping to see if we can take this down any more.
Bill said that he did 20 ton less this year then last year. Lori motioned to take the tipping down to $16,221.00 and Carmine second and it was passed.
It was asked what was going to be done about the highway dept. Bonnie said that the Board was having a non-public personnel meeting tomorrow morning with Greg and Scott and that the board will let the Budget Committee know what it will be doing tomorrow night.
Mark said that there should not be any scheduled overtime. He felt that the overtime should be cut across the board and that the dept should come to the select board when they needed to use over time for emergencies. The over time on the fire dept. was mentioned and Bonnie said that Jeff had explained in detail that there are very few people that answer the calls anymore and that two people are needed on each run. She said that she had watched one morning when going to the store that Jeremy was sitting in the ambulance waiting for a second person to come and ride with him. It ended up that Jeff had to come in and be the second person.
Lori felt that they needed to use more creative scheduling and figure out a way to cover all these missing spots with only one person.
It was discussed that maybe money could be put into the contingency line and the select board could permit the dept to use some of that. Bonnie said that she was not 100% sure but other times anytime it had to do with payroll it always had to have its own number not one line the contingency had.
Beckie made a motion that all departments overtime not exceed $3,000.00. Jim second and it passed. Bonnie abstained.
It was asked it there was any other discussion. Nothing.
The discussion on the highway dept will be tabled for tonight.
Next was to address the warrant articles.
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Thirty Seven Thousand Dollars ($37,000.00) to purchase a new police cruiser and to fund this appropriation by authorizing the withdrawal of Twenty Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) from the Police Cruiser Capital Reserve Fund with the balance of Twelve Thousand Dollars ($12,000.00) to come from the Town’s Unreserved Fund Balance as of December 31, 2010. No new money to be raised from taxation.
The first copy the committee got did not include the comment “No new money to be raised from taxation” and also that the $25,000.00 was coming from the Police Cruiser
Capital Reserve Fund. It was voted to recommend this warrant as amended with these items.
To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the amount of Six Thousand Dollars ($6,000.00) to fund the salary of the Property-Code Enforcement Officer Salary. And further to authorize the withdrawal of such amount from the Planning Revenue Fund established in 2006 for that purpose. No money to be raised from new taxation. Recommended by the Selectmen
It was brought up by Bonnie that Maryclare had requested this be increased to $12,000.00 as Stan’s salary had been about $10,000.00 this year. Bonnie said as Mark Catalano was there she would make a motion that the Select Board recommend an increase to $12,000.00, Mark second and all in favor passed.
After the board voted to recommend the new amount, the budget committee voted to recommend this warrant as well.
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000.00
(One Thousand Dollars) for maintenance of the old landfill. This includes needs for actual physical maintenance, engineering and overseer expenses. The appropriation will come from the Landfill Closure Capital Reserve Fund established for this purpose. No money will be raised from new taxation. Recommended by the Selectmen
This was voted and recommended by the budget committee.
To see if the Town of Carroll will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,500.00 (One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars) to hold a Household Hazardous Waste Collection Program. The Program will provide resident’s access to a Household Hazardous Waste collection of household generated hazardous waste such as oil based paints, paint thinners, solvents, pesticides, gasoline and household cleaners. Recommended by the Selectmen.
This was voted and recommended by the budget committee.
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Nineteen Thousand Dollars ($19,000) to replace the existing 2002 Fire Department pick-up. The 2002 pick-up will be used to replace the 1997 Fire Department forestry vehicle, which is scheduled to be disposed of. The full amount is to be taken from the Fire Department and Ambulance Apparatus, Equipment, and Personnel Special Revenue Fund. No money to be raised from new taxation. Recommended by the Selectmen
This was recommended by the budget committee, Jim apposed.
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $8,736.00 (Eight Thousand Seven Hundred Thirty Six Dollars) for ground-water monitoring of the old landfill. $2,798.25 (Two Thousand Seven Hundred Ninety Eight Dollars and Twenty Five Cents) to pay for the engineer to take samples, produce reports and send the results to the Town and State. $5,937.75 (Five Thousand Nine Hundred Thirty Seven Dollars and Seventy Five cents) to pay the laboratory fees to process the samples. The total amount to come from the existing Landfill Closure Capital Reserve Fund established for this purpose. This warrant article will not require new taxation. Recommended by the Selectmen.
This was voted and recommended by the budget committee.
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate $14,000.00 (Fourteen Thousand Dollars) for the 2011 tipping of bulky waste and construction debris, the removal of tires, Freon, propane tanks, electronics, florescent light bulbs, and antifreeze, container lease, equipment repair and equipment purchase and further to authorize the withdrawal as needed from the Recycling Equipment Special Revenue Fund established at the 2001 Town Meeting for this purpose. No money will be raised from new taxation. Recommended by the Selectmen
This was voted and recommended by the budget committee, Lori abstained.
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00) and turn over such monies to The Carroll Information Group, a non-profit, charitable organization. The monies are to be used to help provide the service to the Town of recording and broadcasting government meetings and events of interest to the residents of Carroll. Recommended by the Selectmen.
There was a tie so that warrant was not recommended. It was asked what happened to the things that are purchased by the town’s money is something happens to this group. Linda Dowling said it would go to Channel 2. The Budget committee said that had a problem recommending to basically giving this money to them. Linda asked it they could reconsider it is she rewrote this, and they said yes.
To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate Seven Hundred Thousand Dollars ($700,000) for the purchase and improvements of the Twin Village Plaza located at 601 Route 3 South , and to authorize the issuance of not more than $600,000 of bonds or notes in accordance with the provisions of the Municipal Finance Act (RSA 33) and to authorize the Selectmen to issue and negotiate such bonds or notes and to determine the rate of interest thereon; furthermore, to authorize the withdrawal of $100,000 from the New Land and Building Capital Reserve Fund created for this purpose. Recommended by the Selectmen. (2/3-ballot vote required)
It was discussed that this didn’t say anything about the police dept or the rental property. Bonnie said she would take it back and have it redone and bring it back for a vote tomorrow evening. There was also discussion about setting up a special reserve fund for the rental money, it was felt that it would be better if it just went into the General fund and there for be counted as revenue so it can help offset the bond payments.
This was tabled until Bonnie can come back with it corrected and then the budget committee will vote on it.
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate $15,000 (Fifteen Thousand Dollars) to be placed in the Municipal Truck Capital Reserve Fund. Recommended by the Selectmen
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate $18,000 (Eighteen Thousand Dollars) to be placed in the Police Cruiser Capital Reserve Fund. Recommended by the Selectmen
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate $10,000 (Ten Thousand Dollars) to be placed in the Highway Equipment Capital Reserve Fund. Recommended by the Selectmen
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate $2,000 (Two Thousand Dollars) to be placed in the Computer Technology Capital Reserve Fund. Recommended by the Selectmen
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate $2,000 (Two Thousand Dollars) to be placed in the Library Improvement Capital Reserve Fund. Recommended by the Selectmen
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate $10,000 (Ten Thousand Dollars) to be placed in the Landfill Closure Capital Reserve Fund. Recommended by the Selectmen
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate $10,000 (Ten Thousand Dollars) to be placed in the Road Improvements Capital Reserve Fund. Recommended by the Selectmen
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate $30,000 (Thirty Thousand Dollars) to be placed in the New Land & Building Capital Reserve Fund Recommended by the Selectmen
All of the Capital Reserve Warrants were read and one vote was made to recommend them all. Tom motioned to recommend all as written and Carmine second and it was passed.
Jim motioned to adjourn the meeting at 10PM, Beckie second and it was done.