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of JR151 cc ffl ashprr. I-Rc qs. 92649 ANCE COMMITTEE FINANCE COMMITTEE MINUTES Town Hall January 28 , 1987 Present : Finance Committee members , Frederic Blythe , Carol Dunivan , Carl Heller , Joyce Howell , William Towner The meeting commenced at 6 p . m. with Joseph Murphy , Executive Secretarv ; Jean Thomas , Selectman ; and Vern Polka , Town Accountant joining the meeting . ^r As first order of business , Mr . Murphy explained that an Assistant in the Assessors Department had resigned and it is necessary to fill this vacancy with a professional . The Assessors feel that $10 , 000 would carry them through till they hire someone . Murphy noted that there are approximately 9 , 000 parcels of land in town and 1/3 of these change hands every year , there is a great deal of development in the community and the Assessors are in the preliminary stages of re-evaluation . Murphy also stated that it was the goal to send the tax bills out on time in October - failure to do so could cost the town approximately a $15 , 000 . 1oss per month . If this position is not filled the entire process will be delayed . He noted that to hire a professional firm would be zostli.er than hiring a staff person . Murphy said the two options were : 1 . the Assessors not actually transfer the $10 , 000 from the Reserve Fund but make the commitment that it would transfer the money so that they could engage a contractor now or 2 . just straight transfer the $10 , 000 from the Reserve Fund . This $10 ,000 transfer , however , would rapresent 12% of the total Reserve Fund appropriation . The Finance Committee Chairman recommended the following and it was agreed upon by the members - the Committee supports the Assessors endeavor , however , they feel that they should let =he expense account run out and on the 23rd of March they will have have a Transfer on the desk for the balance of the funds which can not be found and they will support their Article . The next issue to be discussed was the cost of the snow storm of January 25th . The storm put the DPW budget $16 , 000 in the red . The severity of the storm required rental of front-end loaders and other heavy equipment at great expense . With another storm forecasted as at least two months of possible snow ahead , the DPW requested $50 , 000 deficit spending for snow and ice