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3 <br /> BUDGET PRESENTATION BY BOARD OF HEALTH <br /> ROBERT CRAM,CHAIRMAN,BOARD OF HEALTH <br /> ELIAS MCOUAID,HEALTH AGENT,BOARD OF HEALTH: <br /> Mr. Cram distributed a copy of an article from the"Enterprise"dated March 18,which lists <br /> the Human Service Agencies serving Mashpee residents. Mr. Cram noted that this lists 10 of <br /> the 13 agencies involved in the Health Budget Request. He noted that some of these items <br /> prior to this year were listed as separate items on the Town Warrant and were voted on <br /> individually at the Town Meeting. He noted that this year,at the request of the Selectmen, <br /> they are all under the budget of the Board of Health. The substantial increase is showing <br /> under Human Services. <br /> r Request for Transfer: <br /> Mr. Golub questioned Mr.Cram on the Request for Transfer for$3,500. Mr. Cram stated <br /> that they have found a way to take care of it. Mr. Golub noted,for the record,that <br /> the Board of Health Request for Transfer in the amount of$3,500 from the Reserve Account <br /> can be withdrawn. <br /> Health Department BudeeMWessional&Technical Services: <br /> i Mr. Golub questioned,with regards to the budget and the list of agencies,why there is a <br /> substantial increase. Mr.McQuaid distributed a copy of a worksheet for the budget which <br /> breaks down the Professional and Technical Account. In the current fiscal year,$47,665 was <br /> appropriated This has been increased to$75,635 due to increases in Professional and <br /> f Technical Services—Cape Cod Child Development of$1,700,Independence House of <br /> $1,270,Battered Women of$5,000,VNA/Family Quest of$15,000,and Laboratory Services <br /> of$5,000. The figure for Laboratory Services is due to the fact that,for unexpected reasons, <br /> we may be asked to take water samples and have them analyzed by the Barnstable County <br /> z Health Department,which they have done in the past for no charge. We are now told to <br /> expect to have to pay for these. This is an estimated amount which could be higher or lower. <br /> Mr.McQuaid noted that they discussed this major increase with the Board of Selectmen and <br /> rafter discussing this at length with them,they decided to support his request of$75,635 for <br /> this account. <br /> Mr. Cram noted that much of the debate with the Board of Selectmen was whether we should <br /> pm these items back as separate articles on the warrant this year,as it had been in previous <br /> years,and let the voters decide on the articles;or,do we incorporate it in our budget at their <br /> request. After much discussion, it was decided to leave it incorporated so everything falls <br /> under one thing,which is under the Board of Health budget this year,as opposed to separate <br /> articles. The reason they did this was because they wanted to get all Human Service Agencies <br /> under one category as far as funding. These have been level funded for years. <br /> Mr. Cram stated that we have a Human Services Council which is composed of many <br /> different departments. Their function is to sit down with these organizations and try to <br /> delineate and go over their funding requests. <br /> Mr.McQuaid stated that the Executive Secretary initially recommended to the Selectmen that <br /> they drop the request for$75,000 to$50,000. However,since they calculated a percentage <br /> drop in each of these agencies,they were able to convince the Selectmen to fund the entire <br />