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Finance Committee Minutes Page 2. January 13, 1988 Vern expressed her belief that this should be deficit spending. Carl stated that he would rather deal with this in a "piecemeal" fashion. Carl moved that the Finance Committee authorize $20,000 for deferred expenditure and all members concurred. Carl noted that he did this with the understanding that Ernie would be back before the Finance. Committee for more money at a later date. • Request for Trnsfer From The Reserve Fund - $150 Historical Commission - Anna E. Tanneyhill, Chairperson This request is to .cover secretarial services for fiscal year 1988 activities. This $150 would cover additional secretarial services to complete fiscal '88 activities. The Chairperson and the Commission members were not aware that there had been a $500 limit placed on secretarial services for the current fiscal year. Vern noted that Finance Committee members had left some funds in an unclassified account and she recommended that the funds be taken from this account. The Transfer was disapproved, however all Finance Committee members present agreed the $150 should be taken from the unclassified account. Carl proceeded to inform the members that a letter had been received from Paul F. Levy, Executive Director of the Massachusetts Water Authority in Boston seeking to determine whether or not the town of Mashpee had any land suitable for a sludge processing facility or a landfill which would be used in the Boston Harbor reclamation project. Chairman Heller dictated a letter to the Authority that no such place existed in the community. Carl informed the members that he and John Ferriday had met with Cape Cod Tech representatives as this represents a large cost to the town. Carl noted that there is a $6,000 cost per student at present and this is the result of decreasing enrollment at the school. John expressed his belief that it was a wonderful vocational/technical school. The population at the school has gone down thus the cost per pupil goes up. Carl noted that the school feels there are two basic problems; 1. the school is used as a dumping ground for special needs students and 2. it is also a place to put unwilling students, and those who just do not fit in to the public school system. The final outcome of the meeting was that officials at the school agreed to address the issue of a 5-year survival plan. They are presently starting a program to train welfare recipients job skills. The Finance Committee members next turned their attention to the Warrant for the February 1st Special Town Meeting. Carl noted that there was $52,948.49 in available Free Cash and $43, 170 of this had to be allocated for the Fire Department contract, as stated in Article #1. Article #2 concerns the sale of the fire-hose truck. Carl noted that this truck had only been used about 4 times. This particular fire truck is described as mostly tank with miles and miles of hose. Carl noted that to sell it would mean to sell at a loss, unless the town is prepared to wait for a buyer. Carl expressed his belief that the article should substitute a proposal stating that