12/12/2006 FINANCE COMMITTEE Minutes

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Mashpee Finance Committee Minutes December 12, 2006 Mashpee Town Mall,Room 41 Meeting called to order at: Chairman Chris Avis called the meeting of the Finance Committee to order at 6:35 p.m. at the Mashpee Town Hall. Present: Chris Avis, Chairman; Chuck Ga.sior,vice Chairman; Lynda Carroll; Ken Patrick; Bob Hutchinson, Sandra Lindsey and Bill Johnson. Absent; None. Others: Joyce Mason, Town Manager; Terrie Cook, Selectman; Brian Kerhl, Reporter,Mashpee Enterprise. I. Approval of Minutes: Chris Avis moved to approve the Minutes of the November 12, 2006 Meeting. Chuck Gasior seconded. All were in favor. No discussion. 11. Correspondence: Liaison Updates:. Chris Avis started the meeting With the liaison updates/budgets. Chris discussed reviewing the budget dates so that additional meetings could be scheduled in order to move forward. Bill Johnson asked Joyce Mason n about departments,their expenditures and how that relates to their total budget. Bill suggested that if they FinCorn) were able to see the budgets over the last couple years, in addition to the proposed budgets,the Committee would be able to evaluate importance and issues in the most cost effective way in terms of their resources. Joyce Mason indicated to Bill that she would be able to provide budgets presented over the past couple fiscal years. Bill Johnson reviewed his areas of responsibility, one being the Selectmen's Department. It was noted that the total amount in the budget this year is about Five Hundred Thirty Eight Thousand $53 ,000. Dollars, of which Three Hundred and Three $ o ,00.00 Dollars is salary. The potential issue is that the contract is up in.Tune, and Bill asked Joyce how that is reflected in the budget. The other major expenses were for legal services, due to the Tribal issues that the Town is involved in. Also,this is the year of contract negotiations. Originally the budget was One Hundred Sixty Thousand($160,000.00)Dollars,but there was a