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Minutes of the Public Hearing January 11, 2012
January 13th, 2012
CARROLL BUDGET COMMITTEE
MINUTES OF PUBLIC HEARING
January 11, 2012
These minutes should be reviewed in conjunction with the subsequent meeting minutes, at which a review is conducted and any approved amendments recorded.
Members in attendance: Chair Sue Kraabel, Vice Chair Linda Dowling, Secretary Karen Moran, Joan Karpf, Dan Walker, Bill Vecchio, Mark Catalano Select Board Representative.
Member of the public present: Mike Gooden
Chair called the hearing to order at 6:35.
Minutes of Public Hearing 1/4/2012
Chair noted that on the first page, in the paragraph beginning with “Jeff Duncan questioned the Carroll Information Group’s”…the following sentence begins “Chair noted the encumbering…” and it should have been “Mark noted the encumbering…” Dan motioned to accept the 1/4/2012 minutes as amended, Mark seconded, all were in favor.
Hearing
Purpose of this hearing was to review warrant articles. Article #3 is the operating budget proposed by the Budget Committee. Karen motioned to recommend the budget, Dan seconded. There were 6 members in favor and Linda against.
General displeasure expressed by committee members at the timing of receipt of the articles, as there was little or no time to get a full understanding of the reasoning behind the requests.
Brief discussion took place regarding when the tax rate is set, if the money is “put” into the unreserved fund balance at year end. Amount of unreserved fund is determined by the financial auditors, typically at the beginning of September. Tax rate set in October/November annually, using prior year actual figures.
Town fiscal year is calendar. Tax year is April through March. State fiscal year is July through June.
Discussion took place regarding the article relating to the 80/20 split of the ambulance revenue fund. A revote took place recommending approval of 100% of the revenue into the ambulance special revenue fund. Due to wording changes, a revote was taken on the article. Mark recommended, Karen seconded. Bill, Dan, Sue, Mark, Karen in favor. Joan and Linda against. Lengthy discussion took place when Mark asked why there was a vote against.
Discussion followed with a review of a petition article to use $80,000 of the ambulance special revenue fund to pay for operating costs. Comparison of the transfer station recycling special revenue fund was made, indicating that as the operating line items were seen to be paid by the SRF, each year more line items were reduced on the operating budget and paid out of the SRF. Same might work better than trying to do the entire ambulance operating budget. Further discussion about capital improvement plans, vehicle replacements, costs, timing etc. took place. After further discussion, Joan motioned to recommend the petition article, Linda seconded. Mark abstained as he had voted earlier in the evening at the Selectboard meeting. Joan and Linda voted to recommend the article. Karen, Bill, Dan, Sue voted against recommending the article.
Discussion took place regarding an article for $60,000 to buy sick leave. After discussion, Joan motioned to recommend the article, Dan seconded. Joan, Dan, Bill, Sue, Mark voted to recommend, Karen abstained from the vote due to lack of information. Budget Committee recommends the article by a vote of 6 in favor, 0 against, 1 abstained.
Discussion took place regarding additions to the following capital reserve funds and on motions made and seconded, the following votes resulted:
$15,000 to Municipal Truck Capital Reserve Fund-recommended by the Budget Committee 7-0
$18,000 to Police Cruiser Capital Reserve Fund- Mark, Joan, Linda, Sue voted against, Karen, Bill, Dan voted to recommended. Budget Committee does not recommend the article by a vote of 4-3.
$10,000 Highway Equipment Capital Reserve Fund. Joan abstained from the vote due to lack of information. Budget Committee recommends the article by a vote of 6 in favor, 0 against, 1 abstained.
$2,000 Computer Technology Fund - Budget Committee recommends the article with 6 in favor and Joan voting against the recommendation
$2,000 Library Improvement Capital Reserve-Budget Committee voted against this article by a vote of 4-2 with Mark abstaining. Karen and Dan voted in favor of the article, Bill, Sue, Joan, Linda voted against.
$10,000 Landfill Closure CRF-Budget Committee recommends the article by a vote of 7-0
$20,000 Road Improvement CRF- Budget Committee recommends the article by a vote of 7-0
$30,000 New Land and Building CRF-Budget Committee recommends the article by a vote of 6 in favor, Joan against
$19,000 to purchase a pickup truck for the fire department, with funding from the special revenue fund. Mark abstained from the vote, Joan and Linda voted against, Karen, Bill, Dan, Sue voted in favor.
$350 for Tri-County Cap Meals-on-Wheels. Budget Committee recommends the article by a vote of 7-0
After lengthy discussion, Karen motioned to leave the ambulance portion of the operating budget intact, Dan seconded. Karen, Dan, Bill, Sue, Mark agreed with the motion, Joan and Linda opposed.
Discussion took place regarding the amount of the $80,000 petition article and the ability to change it at the deliberative session.
Discussion took place regarding tourism in general, with comments made that tourism is doing phenomenally well. Lengthy discussion took place regarding the opposite view.
Joan noted a 2007 study done by UNH Economist Ross Gittell, regarding the Mt Washington Hotel and resort. A link to the study would be provided to the members. Link below was forwarded to all members after the meeting. http://brettonwoods.com/pdfs/mtwashpublicpresentation_02_06_08.pdf
Discussion took place regarding the MS-7 form which must be completed, signed by the Committee, and posted with the town warrant by the end of the month. Karen and Sue are compiling the form. On a motion by Joan at 8:25 and seconded by Karen, Chair noted the Committee will adjourn and meet on Wednesday January 18, 2012 at 7:00 pm to sign the MS-7. Any questions about the form will be discussed at that time.
Respectfully submitted:
/s/ Karen Moran, Secretary