8/31/1987 BOARD OF SELECTMEN Minutes

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� r r y{. Board of Selectmen's t , Minutes of August 31 , 1987 continuance of Mr. Deane' service and Gaffney Associates service for a maximum of $2,000 for roof repairso Se l # Carter asked if he were under a contract now' The Executive Secretary replied that he originally subi tted a proposal to the town to review the roof project and prepare spec i f i cat i ons not exceeding $4,000 unless authorized by the Town. Theon-site investigation toad considerable peri d of time be au a he did the work and then felt more comfortable if he brought in another roofing consultant. i original proposal was that during performance of corrective work, he would make job visitations and rake contract o ini tratioris Sel . Carter replied "no for the additional $2,000" . Sel . Thomas asked if there was anything unforeseen that the Board was not aware of The Executive Secretary said that he thinks the problem was far greater in scope than anyone had anticipated when they engaged his services to look Dver the roof . He said that he initiallywalked the roof once last December prior to giving the proposal . Once he was authorized to proceed and surveyed it in greater depth , he felt he needed another person to come in who does roofs, Se l # Lawrence said that if he wasn't capable of coming up with an original estirate, they hired the wrong guy to begin with. He said he did not 4eel the town should pay for his incapability. Se l . Carter moved not to give ,000 as requested; Se 1 . Hanson seconded. 'dote was unanimous. Se 1 . Hanson said if the guy wanted to come in and convince the Board f i t# he could. Sel . Lawrence commented that he houl dn-"t have gone out and hired someone else without coming to the Board and saying why he needed to do that . Discussion of August 31 S ecial Town Meeting Motions The Executive Secretary said that one of the issues undecided was the method o4 the accounting system for the water department which we . operate . advised the Board that there was a meeting last Thursday which Mrs. Thomas, Verne Polka, Town Accountant ; Mr . Jones from the Water Commission ; and the Asst Accountant as well as representa- tives from the Department of Revenues attended. Based on the discussion at that meeting, it is recommended that the funds be requested for Article 3 and that they be transferred from another account . It will be a $10,000 appropriation including the expense account . It was recommended that the article on enterprise funds and off-set receipts be indefinitely postponed. As a brief explanation, the Executive Secretary said that the Department of Revenue is for the enterprise system except that the enterprise accounting system a authorized by general law, the Bureau of Accounts has not established the rules and regulations by which it can be operated. As a practical matter , we cannot use it right now. The Board agreed t indefinitely postpone Article 1 .