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PHerring Warden and the"'HTTTarbormaster; She indicated that all Edywas ,adding to this was the Dog Officer and the Conservation 'Agent., ;'.• .Deidre suggested" !sending+arletter tc Kevin°Harrington to res,,rect this ideajand review'it,again for ,the;May town- meeting. This is a good year tc do''it. "Membersragreed to this letter being written regarding the consolidation of the Harbormaster and Shellfish Departments. , ". Al recommended that the Executive Secretary show up at a meeting. ' ,Tony•indicated that 'if, we could get. Kevin into a meeting we could also discuss Ed's,proposal with him. Ed also recommended�.setting,a utilization fee. on boats and. private landings and private docks. ',Right now, the people in the Marina and at private docks°are not paging anything to- the town. ,Tory mentioned at this'point, we needed to.move on to the budgets. BUDGET 7,BUILDING DEPARTMENT Al Polsi is the liaison7 for this department: He handed out a packet "to the members, which he prepared for the FY93• .The packet detailed •' all of their activities for the past years, and Al asked that the Board-Members review 'it. Al did make some specific, recommendations. He felt we should not reduce the:salary portion of the budget and ,the _ only part of, this 'department that could be considered for reduction was the,expense`portion.. This would effect the money for the Sealer of Weights and Measures, -or mileage reimbursement to the wiring and plumbing/gas inspectors. He also requested •a part time clerk be approved to fill in for'ithe,Administrative Assistant during sick and vacation time. Al felt strongly that this department was- .functioning • - as efficiently as possible with the budget they have, and any major reduction would seriously" effect the necessary services they perform to .the town: Denise^ asked whether we needed a Sealer of •Weights and Measures. We do "by law: 'Al indicated.that all ,they are asking, for in their budget is a step ncrease�for their Administrative Assistant. The .step increase is less than 10oo'of the total salary..,,-Al indicated that they'would agree to a 10/ increase in their expense budget. Ed stated that we should ask Kevin to review the idea that whoever does the work should tie, set up by the Executive Secretary and'the Building Inspector and charge the-customers "the fee and travel expenses. Ed, Pelt that .the town should not be paying the Sealer of Weights and Measures anything, Al indicated that the Sealer of Weights and'Measures brought $887.00 into the town and it 'only cost the town $2,000.00. Al also indicated that itis a State`Mandate that we have a•Sealer'of Weights and Measures-and' the town sets the fee. Al stated that he would inquire Ed's questions about charging the customer, and returning' a percentage to the town. Members also discussed whether or not Al thought they were really working the hours they were getting -paid salary to work. Al thought they were plus some. Al also indicated that. if an inspector was not available when an inspection was required',,,the. amount- paid to someone to come in and do the inspection •yould�come from their own salary. Deidre then asked what was Al's recommendation. He felt that we should go with "Budget B, 1which is 'the level funded budget; accept the increase for Patricia White, and leave-the others as is. - Denise stated that Patricia White is getting paid $14.12 per hour and is entitle to the step increase on February 3, 1992."