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Public Budget Meeting Jan. 11, 2011
January 29th, 2011
PUBLIC
BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETING
January 11, 2011
Members present: Lori Hogan, Mike Shea, Carmine Fabrizo, Tom Gately, Becki Pike, Jim Covey and Bonnie Moroney
Guests: Jeff Duncan, John Trammell, Bill Smalley, Mark Catalano, Joan Karpf, Donna Foster, Mike Gooden, Kelly Trammell, Scott Sonia, Al Strasser. Bill Dowling, Frank Maturo, Nancy Mitiguy, Edith and Dan Tucker, Larry Magor, Zorina Magor, Marc Brodeur, Mary Davine, Martha Fetko, Donna Matz and Linda Dowling
Lori introduced the members of the Budget Committee and explained that we will be having a two night meeting and for tonight we would be going over the proposed 2011 budget and Wednesday night would be the revenues, and warrants.
Information was handed out and the power point was also put on the screen for all to view. Lori first went over the
2010 Budget Summery
Expense
Less Revenues
Warrants Articles
Less CRF/SRF/Dept/Fund Bal
Pending
She then presented the Budget Revenues for 2010 and the projected for 2011.
Public Hearing – Budget Summery for 2011
Lori said that we had divided up the presentation of the budget and the Tom Gately had the first section.
Tom said that the Town offices had a 2% decrease from the 2010 budget, and that the Election & Registrations had a 34% decrease, but that was due largely to the fact that we only have one election in 2011 and that is would go back up in 2012.
Financial Administration had a 3% decrease and that the board had voted to put the ladies in the Selectman’s office back to 40 hours, and this was included.
Property Assessing was a 3% decrease, Legal was a 36% decrease and Personnel Admin. was a 2% decrease.
Beckie presented the Planning Board with a 9% decrease and the Board of Adjustment with a 2% increase, due to legal expense.
Lori mentioned that the Code Enforcement Officer was a $1.00 because there was a one time warrant article to pay him out of the Planning Revenue Fund.
General Government Buildings was down 19%
Cemeteries decreased 6%
Insurance was up 5%
Other Government decreased 80%
Jim presented the Public Safety
Police Dept. there was a decrease of 4% and with included a 3% pay increase.
Jeff Duncan did bring his budget down the 10% that had been requested but the budget committee more further cuts to make it a 15% decrease. One of the items that budget committee cut was all over time lines to not exceed $3,000.00.
Jeff said that he had received the contract price for the dispatch and there would be a slight increase on that line.
Property Inspections
A 79% decrease, but that is also because the property inspector’s wages was put into the one time warrant article to cover that for 2011.
Emergency Management
Decreased 94% it was originally a $1,800.00 budget but Dan cut it down to $103.00 for this year.
Mike presented the Highway Dept. with a 41% decrease.
Street lighting with an 11% decrease.
Solid Waste Disposal
With a decrease of 11%
Tipping fees were at a 30 ton decrease from last year, so it was able to be lowered from $20,000.00 down to $16,221.00.
Also the electric finance charge for the installation of the system was paid off last year, so electric was down from $6,300.00 to about $2,500.00.
Sewage Disposal remains the same.
Public Assistance had a 6% decrease.
Lori went over the Parks and Recreation, they had a 51% decrease.
Library was only a $12,997.00 line even with an employee so we calculated it without the wages and brought it down a 1% decrease.
Culture was decreased 10% using the beautification line.
Conservation was down 10%
Bonnie went over the water budget and said that it was over a 20% increase but the fact that last year was an experimental year without any knowledge of what it would take to run the dept. by itself. Also that fact that this year the Retirement, FICA, Medicare, Employee Insurance, and Suta would be part of the water department also.
She also reminded that the water dept was its own dept now and the cost was covered by the users and the new calculations should be adequate to cover this cost.
Public meeting ended at 8:15PM and the committee went into a regular budget meeting.
Jeff brought up the fact that 4220.10-500 Dispatch was going from $4300.00 to $4678.00 for a new contract price.
Tom motioned to accept the new price, Beckie second and it was passed.
Bonnie said that we had forgotten to add the line in under Government Buildings to cover the water consumption of those buildings.
Maryclare had assigned the number 4194.10-413 Water Consumption for $1,500.00.
Bonnie motioned to accept this new amount, Tom second and it was passed.
It was discussed to have a separate line under highway for training.
Under the water dept the 4332.10-101 Part time labor was decreased to $5,000.00 to match the part time labor under highway dept. These two lines are exchanges for when Greg or Scott work for the other dept. $5,000.00 of each of their salaries are reflected in that dept. Bonnie motioned to accept, Beckie second and it was passed, Lori abstained.
It was opened for discussion of minutes from Jan. 4th and 5th.
Jim said that on Jan 4th that Bonnie should remove “Bonnie being very tired after a cold had to control her temper so said nothing about that:” Jim also said that he had not said all the other things, but Bonnie said that he most certainly had and Tom agreed. Lori said that she would watch the taping and write down what was said.
On the Jan 5th minutes Lori said that she had been the one to suggest reestablishing the 40 hour week for the office. So on paragraph 5 it will read “Lori suggested we discuss reestablishing the 40 hour week. “
On page two at the bottom, it was changed from He said he wanted ….. to “If we weren’t able to cut the budget down that we might need to cut an officer.
Last page – Tom motioned to have the select board put in the over time for the PD and the Fire Dept. “to come out of the unreserved fund balance” in a warrant article.
Tom motioned to accept Jan 5th minutes as amended, Beckie second and it was passed.
Jan 4th to be tabled.
Lori said that we need to go over the Feel Good Warrants and vote on them.
Lori read all the feel good warrants, and asked for a vote to recommend. 100% voted to recommend.
There were two warrants that the budget committee had not voted on yet.
But they would vote on them tomorrow evening.
Tom motioned to adjourn at 8:54 PM, Beckie second and it was passed.