9/10/2012 FINANCE COMMITTEE Minutes

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*:�• Town of Mas e hpe 16 Great Neck Road North 13LX, Ma hp ee Massachusetts 02649 Finance Commiftee/Board of Selectmen`Joint Session Town Hall — Confere.nee Room 'I September 10, 2012 —6:30 P Committee Members Present: Absent: George Schmidt, Chairman Charles Gasior, Vice Chairman Mark Davini, Clerk Oskar Klener t Christopher Arris Theresa Cook R Chairman George Schmidt called the Finance Committee meeting to order at 6:50 PM, for the purpose of reviewing the wa rra nt ru les for the October 15, 2 012 Town. Meeting. Sheriff Cummings and Fire Chief George Baker introduced themselves, and in turn spoke to the reasoning behind the request for Article 4, which would transfer $8,658 from Ambulance e F eceipt to the Fire & Rescue Department Expense Account. The funds would be used to corer ambulance to hospital communications services, ar system required by the Mass. Dept. of Public Health Ambulance Regulations. It was moved, seconded and unanimously approved by the Board of Selectmen to lift the hold on Article 4 (previously numbered Article . Paul Funk, Interim Business Administrator, I l shpee Public schools, introduced himself t 'the committee. Mr. Funk discussed the reasoning behind the School Committee request to place warrant article before the October Town Meeting asking for the return of the $836,000 returned t the Town in May, 2012, Mr. Funk started that the school budget would be in a crisis mode if they had to wait for Town Meeting approval in May 2018. After further questions from the Finance Committee and the Selectmen to Mr.-Funk and School Committee President Jose Franco, Town Manager Joyce Mason asked that the Board of Selectmen approve the request to place an article on the October Town Meeting, requesting transfer of$838,000 to the FY 2013 School Dept. Operating Budget, with the proviso that the School Committee stipulate how the funds will be expended, and that the total expenditures for the FY 2013 school budget not exceed $19,089,325. Ms. Mason started that this will allow the Town voters to decide whether or not to approve the return of the $836,000 to the school Committee. Ms. Mason added that she was not asking the Selectmen to recommend approval of the article. It was mored, seconded and approved,, -1by the Board of Selectmen to place the article on the October 2012 Town Meeting Warrant. Theresa Cook made a motion that the Finance Committee recommend approval of Article 4, t transfer- $3,656 from Ambulance receipts to the Fire & Rescue Dept. expense account, to pay Barnstable County Sheriff for ambulance to hospital communications services. Christopher Avis seconded the motion. The motion was approved by a vote of - (Charles Gasior absent).