1/10/2013 FINANCE COMMITTEE Minutes

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ti NEW BUSINESS ont'd . Transfer Requests. Joyce Mason n had no transfer requests, but had ar request for ar voucher approval for the audit by Sullivan & Rogers in the amount of$22,000. Chris Avis made a motion that the Finance Committee approve the $22,000 voucher request for the audit by Sullivan & Rogers. [Dark Davini seconded the motion. The motion was unanimously approved. . Liaison Reports. School Committee. h ark Davini reported that the School Commiftee Committeeis in the process of reviewing applicants for the school Superintendent position} the process to be finalized in the month of February 2013. The final applicants will be interviewed by the Search Committee members for their ultimate decision. DPW.. Charles Gaior distributed a chard on transfer station tonnages and reyolarble , noting that transfer tonnage went down again by 275 tons from the prior year. On the recycle side, when the Town want to single stream, the tonnage went up by 125 tons, this year being the sane ars.last year. Further discussion on Pay-As-You-Throw will come before the Board down the road. . Review of December 201 Departmental Budget Meetings. - Human Services, 12119112—George Schmidt reported his attendance at the meeting. Their budget is-lower than last year's as a result of the elimination of rent expense fog-the department's headquarters. Library, 12119112— George Schmidt stated.that in addition to two new staff members � approved at the October 2012 Town Fleeting, the library is now requesting two new staff positions to be created. George Schmidt invited the library representative to attend the 1/24/13 Finance Committee meeting to explain and justify this request. Finance-Committee members are asked to familiarize themselves with the Library justification for this additional staff personnel in advance of the meeting. Any new staff positions recommended would need to be approved by the Town Meeting. - Selectmen,, Accounting, Assessing, Human Resources,, 12119112— Charles Ga for attended these meetings and reported all were fairly routine presentations. Marilyn Farren, Director of Human Resources, will be retiring at the end of February, 2013. - Senior Center— Oskar Klenert stated that he had been unable to attend the department budget meetings assigned to him, but had followed yip with Jim Long, Director of the senior Center. Mr. Long is retiring at the end of January, 2013, but has included a request in the 2014 budget for an increase in funding for additional drivers. - P lie 'ire - Mark Davini reported equipment requests from both departments, and will invite both Chiefs to attnd the next Finance Committee ,meeting to explain their requests. - School Committee— Mark Davini reported that ar preliminary budget draft had been prepared-b Ann Bradshaw and provided to the School Committee just 24 hours before the budget meeting. There were line item questions raised. Ann Bradshaw reminded the committee of the option t extract salary budgets from the rest of the budget to be voted on as a separate budget item by the Town Meeting. Ann Bradshaw added that School Counsel has always advised against this practice. Mark Davin', stated that the preliminary budget had been presented using the Munis system.