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own of <br /> Ell <br /> • <br /> • lawn Nall <br /> fflashprr. aflm'02649 <br /> ANCE COMMITTEE <br /> FINANCE CE COMMITT MINUTES <br /> Town Hall <br /> March 1 , 1986 <br /> Present : Finance Committee members , Frederic Blythe , Carol <br /> Dunivan , Carl eller , Joyce Howell , Lou Bronek , <br /> and William Towner , and the Town Accountant Vern <br /> Polka :. <br /> } k• <br /> The Finance Committee meeting convened at 6 p .m, on the- <br /> agenda for this meeting was a review of the FY87 Police budget, <br /> with Chief Curtis Frye , Deputy Chief , Maur ice .Cooper and F . <br /> Executive Secretary , Joseph Murphy , <br /> Joseph Murphy appeared first before the Finance Committee.,. <br /> regarding the new radio -system, He explained that the Y8T . . <br /> Police Budget appears to have a large increase because of this <br /> new communications system and the required dispatchers . In view <br /> of the fact that all town departments will benefit from this <br /> new system because of the capabilities created , Mr . Murphy <br /> recommended to the Finance Committee that the dispatchers ' <br /> salaries be broken away from the police budget . <br /> Mr . Murphy further explained that the present system will <br /> be given to other departments , this would include the hand—held <br /> units and the mobile units . All calls in the new communications <br /> system will be channelled through the police department . The <br /> radio purchase will be an article for the Annual 'Town Meeting . <br /> No timeframe has been established for installation and operation . <br /> Estimated cast on the new lease equipment is approximately <br /> $160 , 000 . 'There will be a need to run both systems simultaneously <br /> for a time till the new system is established , <br /> Chairman Blythe recommended subdividing the police budget <br /> for FY87 creating an item for Communications and a Dispatchers ' <br /> Wage Account . <br /> The Finance Committee reviewed the police department gages . <br /> The dispatcher wages- were pulled away into a separate account . <br /> The $8 , 073 . 60 for Special Police Officers (Summer ) , was deleted <br /> from wages . And the Finance Committee noted that last' year ' s <br /> budget did not include the account Overtire (Coverage for <br /> Vacation & Sick) and this represented $423, 007 . 68 in the FY87 <br /> budget . <br /> 4 <br />