6/27/2007 FINANCE COMMITTEE Minutes

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Use of Executive Session: Them was brief discussion regarding the use of Executive Session, and Sandra Lindsey's handout regarding Open Meeting Lav was also discussed, and policy and procedure of the sub-committee, Bob Hutchinson commented further on policy and procedure, and whether or not there needs to be Minutes of the meetings. Sandra Lindsey noted that according to Open Meeting Law,mutes must be taken. Finance Committee replacement member: Bill Johnson had a brief discussion with FIs. Mason, Ms. Cook,and the Committee regarding ideas for making the Finance Committee position more appealing. One of the ideas was a job fair. Joke confirmed that the advertisements for the position are still on-going. The Committee discussed difficulty in general of getting people on Boards and stated that since there are no major issues, or high taxes,there sloes not seem to be an interest. There was discussion of promoting Board seats to High School seniors to get therm interested, and possibly involved. Janice Mills addressed the Committee and discussed her thoughts on how the School Department is perceived through the media. She feels the many new officials are also "tiew>'to the Cape with ideas of their oven from their prior Cities and Towns. She stated further they (the new officials) feel can run Mashpee with their own ideas, and feels it intimidates the residents. FinCom web Dagg u date: Bill Johnson and Sandra Lindsey discussed the format of the web page. lis. Lindsey will work with Bruce Stello to enhance the format. Mr. Johnson wants more information on web page, and posting of the Agenda and Minutes. FinCom Agendadistribution: Chris Avis reviewed his own procedures for Bill Johnson regarding posting and distribution of the Agenda. Janice Mills requested that the School Committee be added to the distribution list. Bill Johnson also requested Board Secretary to have additional copies available during the meetings for the public and others