5/3/1993 FINANCE COMMITTEE Minutes

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MASHPEE FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES MAY 3 , 1993 MEETING COMMENCED AT 6:OOPM Members Present: Deirdre Greelish, Chairperson; Dan Goggin; Denise Sullivan; Tony Gallo; John Ferriday and Ed Baker. Roger Dunivan was unable to attend. Members of the Finance Committee discussed two transfer requests made by the Board of Selectmen and Anne Shaw, Treasurer/Tax Collector. The Board of Selectmen were requesting $3,190 be transferred from the reserve fund to pay for the expense of postage for the mailing of the quarter;y tax bills. Ms. Shaw was requesting $2 , 271 . 99 to cover the costs of printing and mailing the quarterly tax bills. She claimed that in October of 1992 when it was voted at town meeting to send quarterly bills, she had not budgeted enough money to complete the mailings quarterly. Ed Baker MOTIONED to transfer $3 ,190 to the Board of Selectmen's Expense Account and $2 , 271. 99 be transferred to the Treasurer/Tax Collector's Expense Account for the reasons stated above. Denise Sullivan seconded the Motion and members voted 5-0 in approval of the transfers. Dan Goggin was not present for the vote. Ms. Greelish mentioned that the line item for the ambulance payment will be moved to the October meeting because there was not enough money in Ambulance Receipts. Members discussed Article 10 in the Special Town Warrant. Ms. Greelish explained that the Selectmen would Motion to complete the study for the new junior/senior high school. She would like to amend the Motion and have it read that the Finance Committee recommends completion of the study, but that the $100,000 come from available funds and not be a debt exclusion. Members discussed Article 5 of the Annual Town Warrant which appropriates a sum of money to the Medical Insurance Account and to the Medicare Account to fund the fringe benefits for the new positions created in the school. Ms. Greelish stated that if the school department gets the extra $43 ,000 for all day kindergarten then they will be looking for this to pass. She stated that Fincomm would support the article, but that she would not recommend because she is not in favor of all day kindergarten. Mr. Baker also stated that the recommendation on Article 5 depended on what would happen with the kindergarten issue. Mr. Baker stated that he would recommend the Article with a reduced figure. Selectmen would be recommending $15,822 if the kindergarten goes through. Members discussed Article 6 of the Annual Town Warrant. Ed Baker MOTIONED to NOT approve Article 6. John Ferriday seconded the Motion and members voted 6--0 in favor of NOT approving.