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Finance Committee March 29, 1990 page 2. Pam demanded to know if the Finance Committee would support her article for this position and the Chairman informed her that the committee to date has not made any official recommendations on articles. $33,270 has been set aside to fund articles. Pam informed all present that she wanted to go on record as stating that she needed this part-time position to get the bills out, and if she is one month late it will cost the town $40,000! Tom Fudala, the Town Planner addressed the Finance .Committee about the additional cut of $18,770 the committee had recommended to Kevin's recommendation. He demanded that the committee tell him where to effect these cuts, and demanded to know where the Finance Committee had put the money. He stated that the figures given for his budget were ridiculous and questioned how do you fire i a person. He noted that he had received the largest % cut of any budget and felt it was not justified especially in view of the passage of the Cape Cod Commission Act. It was the worst possible time to cut planning staff. Fudala stated that the money to fund his budget should come from the FinCom Reserve and $1,000 from the Town Accountant's wage account. Bill Jones a Mashpee resident expressed his belief that the Finance Committee had made a very short-sighted cut and Selectman Jacobson noted that she could see a real need for this department and that some more work should be done on this budget. Chairman Dolan stated that it was the consensus of the Finance Committee that 2'2 people could adequately run this department. Fudala vowed to fight on town meeting floor. A member of the Planning Board asked to addressed the Board budget of $16,500. The consulting fees had been cut from this budget. The Finance Committee felt that this Board should use the funds in the Selectmen's Legal Engineering & Consulting Account for their consulting needs. Ed noted that the money is still available to them however it is under the control of the Selectmen. The Selectmen in attendance were in agreement that there should only be one account for this purpose and they would consider requests from the Board. It was felt that one account would avoid duplication of services. The Sewer Commission budget was addressed also by Tom Fudala. His original request was for $25,000. The Finance Committee has recommended $1,000 for this account. Again Chairman Dolan stated that most of the money that the Sewer Commission had requested was for legal and engineering and all requests for these monies should go to the Selectmen's account for this purpose. Chairman Dolan abstained from the presentation of the Leisure Services budget and member Vaccaro presented the figure of $110,359 as the total for this budget. There were no questions or discussions about the budget by those present. Anne Shaw the Tax Collector next addressed the meeting. She noted that her original budget request was $162,543 and the Finance Committee is recommending $144,094. She stated that she has already given up the lock box for $15,000 which would have increased the cash flow for the town. The Finance Committee had cut her overtime wages and then announced she could have $1,000. Although she is an elected official she stated that she felt that she had a verbal agreement with the Finance Committee regarding increases to her salary and she feels she is entitled to a step. Ed stated that he could only recommend the 29 for her as he is for all town employees and she does not fall in to any set plan of steps.