02/15/2000 FINANCE COMMITTEE Minutes

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k Finance Committee/February 15,2000 BUDGET VIEW: GREG TA LoiD.P.W. Mr.Greg Taylor was present to review the Fiscal Year 2001 Budget for the Departnent of Public works. DAML.Sa !wa e Mr. Taylor commented that the Selectmen have supported the addition of two laborers and a Deputy Director for the Public works DepaTtment. Mrs.Goulart questioned what step the Deputy Director ctor would be coning in at. W. Taylor stated that he Put the position at a mid-step in the range(Step . He stated that the reason he put it at this step was because he wanted someone to come in with a fair amount of experience to be able to handle the position. Ir.Taylor noted that the other two positions are at the Enid-step range(Step 5)pause someone within the organization could take the position at a next step. when a position opens,people within the town a town employee)are asked first if they are interested in the position. If someone from within the town tabes the position,they do not have to take it at the lowest step T by contract,they take it at the nit step c1mc t to mere'they are at. He noted that if someene comes in at a lower step,the money that is not used is put back into the General Fund, He commented that if you only put the lower step and you get someone who is a good candidate and with a fair amount of experience,you either don't take them or you hope to wait and do it again in the next year. It does not make a lot of sense to fund everything at the lowest step and took at it a " o or dies'issue. Mr.Taylor noted that the Skilled Laborers at Step 5 would be 1 .99hour des 40 hours times 52 tunes 2 positions would cost$54,0 .4 . The Deputy Director at Stela 3 would be $26.54/hour tines 40 hours times 52 weeks would cost$55,203.20. llrlr , Goulart questioned Mr.Taylor on how many People he has in the D.P.W. He infornned her that he has 1 empl yees m his staff plus administrators. Mrs.Goulart questioned Mr. Taylor if most of the wage increases are contractual differences. Mr. Taylor stated that they pretty much all are. He noW that his budget request for Salary age for Full Time Salary Admin went from $72,301 to$129,086. This includes the addition of the proposed duty Director. He noted that his budget request for Salary'ftge for Full Time workers Focal 254 went from $449,252 to$576,994. This includes the addition of four proposed employees. He further noted that the Selectmen supported two of the four positions requested and this reduced out i $524,144. A%fMnse There was discussion on Mr.Taylor's Expense Budget and he noted that they do different things at different tunes of the year. He noted that their expenses essentially end in November;they do most of their work in the Spring because the Spring construction season is longer than the after Labor Day to mid-November construction season.