2/28/1995 FINANCE COMMITTEE Minutes

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Page mixer, The Committee wished to have actual bard figures, Mr'. Golub stated that he would speak to Mr* Whritenour about it tomorrow, and Mr. Bacigalupi stated that he would speak to the Cable Manager. The meeting on March 1 , 1994 will b held at the Police Station. The Committee was also informed that the Selectmen will be meeting the next day a :O PM to discuss certain budgets in their Office, The Finance Committee is certainly welcome to attend. Council on Aging FY96 Budget Mr. Long was asked to give a brief history of the Council on Aging. It is a undated department by the state Government and has been a part of Mashpee since the 601s. Mr. Lona was asked about his staffing. He indicated that the office has one full time director, plus a 24 hour per weep outreach worker. There is also approximately 180 individuals who volunteer in a variety o programs, Fundamentally the Council on Aging is people of Mashpee helping people of Mashpee. It is a Monday through Friday operation which offers programs all day long. There is 2,150 residents o lk Mashpee who are considered senior citizens, which is age o+. According to Mr. Long, there is approximately 40 o to 600 participants. The Committee reviewed the department's budget. They noted that there was an increase in Personnel. Mr, long indicated that the request for a clerk had been deleted and also the hours of drivers had been decreased* There had also been some change to line item 0164 in-State travel) . The item has been reduced from $1,800 to $1,600, The vehicle maintenance line item totalling $3 ,500 has also been eliminated, Mr. Goggin asked about the request for a vehicle. It was explained that the state will pay 0% of the total cost of the vehicle. The Town needs to come up with $9,000. There is a request to the Capital Committee for this amount. Mr. Goggin asked when these revisions had been made? Mr. Long answered that he had met with the Selectmen last week, Ms. King asked him about his d pa tment's warrant article #24.. This article requests $15,000 to provide seniors with a real estate tax payment voucher program. Mr. Long explained that there is a lot of issues that still meed to be ironed out. He stated that there was some concern that the department would be setting up two types of volunteers, those who get paid and those who use the voucher pr gram. The Council needs to be careful that this does not become a job bank or personnel office. 'Mr. Long felt it was an exceptional idea but still bears some additional study. Ms. King mentioned that she was surprised at the amount o $15,000 especially because there is no mechanism in place in Town. she felt it should start out small.