2/27/2014 FINANCE COMMITTEE Minutes

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'i .M' (Review f Town Manager's Budget, nt'd . E. Resident Services: Town Manager's recommended total budget: $1,458,191. Theresa Cook- made a motion that the Finance Committee mittee re rmmend approval of the Town Manager's $'1,468}191 recommended budget. Oskar Klenert seconded the motion. The motion was approved by a vote of 7-0. F. Other Departmental entad Appropriations: Town Manager's recommended total budget: $20,901 028. Theresa Cook made a motion that the Finance Committee re rxmend approval of the Town Manager's $20,901,028 recommended budget. Oskar Klenert seconded the emotion. The motion was approved by a vote of 7-0. G. General Expenses: Town Manager's recommended total budget: $14,671:006. Theresa Cook made a motion that the Finance Committee recommend approval of the Town Manager's $14,671,006 recommended mended budget. George Schmidt seconded the motion. The motion was approved by a vote of 7-0. Charles Gasi r stated that for the record, the Finance Committee vote for all department lines in the Town Manager's 2015 budget proposal was recommended for approval by a vote of 7-0 with the exception of Town Clerk/Elections and Street Lighting expenses which were placed on HOLD. George Schmidt made a motion that the Town Manager's budget for General Government in all categories with the exception of the Town Clerk/Elections be recommended mended for approval by the Finance Committee. Theresa Cool{ seconded the motion. The motion was unanimously approved. George Schmidt made a motion to plane on hold the Town Clerk/Elections item ofthe Town Manager's General Government portion of the annual budget. Theresa Cook seconded the motion. The motion was unanimously approved. Mark Davini stated that the committee would be receiving a memo from Town Clerk Deborah Dami explaining her justification for a raise request over and above the Town Manager's recommended budget for the Town Clerk Elections lire item. George Schmidt made a motion that the Finance Committee approve the Town Clerk's submission of a memo in plane of a personal appearance, in justification of her request for a wage increase, to be discussed at the Finance Committee meeting on March 13t Theresa Cook seconded the motion. The motion was unanimously approved. • Review of Capital Improvement Committee Report: Theresa Cook Theresa Cook reported that all departments making a capital request were represented at the last CIC meeting. Records rds are available providing information on the rationale behind all the requests. The DPW received the largest amount of$260,000 due to necessary vehicle equipment replacements. If approved, the Fire Department will replace two worn vehicles at $75,000, but is not increasing the total number of vehicles in their fleet. Total IT VM Server Munis will receive $28,000; School Dept. will receive $30,000 forWireless; and Police Dept. will receive $240,600 to cover 16 vehi le lease expenses and one boat engine. Ms. Cook stated that the CIC voted unanimously to approve the capital requests decided upon at their meeting. The vote will be approved by the Board of Selectmen. 3 L