10/18/2010 FINANCE COMMITTEE Minutes

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Minutes of the Finance Committee October 18, 2010, :00 p.m. Meeting called to order at: Chairman of the Finance Committee, Oskar Klenert; called the meeting to order at 6:05 p.m. at the Mashpee High School. Present: Roll Call: Chairman Oskar Klenert; Vice Chairman Chuck Gasior; Robert Chalker; Bill Johnson; Dr. Mark Davini (arrival 6:08 p.m.); Chris Avis (arrival. :1.1 p.m.); George Schmidt Others: Brian Kerhl, Mashpee Enterprise (arrival 6:13 p.m. Excused: None. I.Request for'transfers: Association of Finance Committees. $200.00 request for transfer. II.Annroval of Minutes: Chris Avis moved to approve Minutes of August 12, 2010. George Schmidt seconded. Vice Chairman Chuck Gasior and Bill Johnson abstained Brom vote as they were not present at August 12, 2010.meeting. Vice Chairman Chuck Gasior moved to approve Minutes of September 2, 2010. Robert Chalker seconded. Chris Avis abstained from vote as he was not present at September 2,2010 meeting. 111. Correspondence and Communication: - IV.New usiness: V. 1d Business: General Review of Warrant mi les: Revisit isit Articles 5 & 6 re: Mashpee LibM—Vote of full committee. There was a review regarding the vote that was taken at a previous meeting, as well as the article Witten in the Mashpee Enterprise. Chris Avis believes the reason we opted to postpone the meeting is because some of the members were not present. Chairman Klenert commented on the article in the Enterprise which he strongly feels offered another opinion, and Chairman Klenert offered an opportunity during this meeting for further debate. Dr. Davini inquired about possible volunteers for the library positions. Bill Johnson inquired as t why positions cannot be approved at time of�ding, simultaneously. IIx. � Johnson also inquired as to the advantage of creating positions that are not yet funded, and further if this job creation was intended to relieve the workload on the staff or provide better service to the pyblie. fir. Davini is concerned about being "backed into a corner" by approving these positions in advance. Vice Chairman Chuck G sior discussed the current hiring freeze. Positions will not be funded until the freeze is lifted. Chairman Klenert stated that if there is a shortage of personnel at the library., they will need to continue to work with the staff that they have until this freeze is lifted, there were comments regarding insufficient supervisory personnel on the second floor because of the layout of the structure. George Schmidt noted the issue of safety. Mr. Avis suggested fixed cost, such as surveillance cameras. The positions to be voted on and the tasks that . they would'be prfnxng were reied by both Chuck Lair and Mr. Avis. There are five full bine employees and one part time employee at the library. In addition, there are 1011