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Page 2 .joint Meeting June 15, 1995 Ms. King informed the Committee that the joint meeting scheduled between the Finance Committee and the Board of Selectmen would be held on June 15, 1995 at 6:OOPM in the Library. The meeting would involve discussion of the Capital Improvement Committee and other Personnel items. Mr. Goggin stated that he would be unable to attend that meeting, but that the question from the Selectmen would be if the Finance Committee would adhere to the sum of money in the Long Range Plan. Ms. King felt that the Finance Committee would, but because of the Town Hall renovations there would be changes needed_ Mr. Golub stated that he has no problem increasing the CIP's budget, but he wished to know where the money would come from. He also wished to know why the extra money would not be used to stabilize the tax rate? Mr_ Goggin felt that the Committee should stick to the Long Range Plan and definitely not approve an override . Ms. King mentioned that the outer years of the CIP budget are way over_ Mr. Golub mentioned that the Executive Secretary believed that the decrease in future debt should be applied to capital items and not operation of the Town. Mr. Goggin stated that the Long Range Plan had taken this decrease into consideration. Personnel Administration Plan Ms. King discussed the meeting which discussed the reclassification. she mentioned that many employees did not pay much attention to their new job description until they saw some figures. She mentioned that some employees were upset that the Union had not gotten involved. Mr. Goggin thought the consultants did an excellent job, but he had difficulty with the proposed step increases. The Committee referred to page 29 of the proposal, B. Step Increases V. General Salary Adjustments. Mr. Goggin stated that he would feel better if there were no step increases. Ms. King also states that the 35 hour v. the 37 1/2 hour days would be discussed again. Both Mr_ Golub and Mr. Bacigalupi felt that if the steps were used, then they would need to be carefully monitored and managed. Mr. Goggin felt that a lid should be placed on salary increases to avoid employees receiving an 8% increases in a year's time. Mr. Golub suggested that any employee wishing to receive more than the lid would need to go before the Board of Selectmen. Mr. Golub also suggested giving department heads a set limit and letting them do with it what they want in regard to giving their employees a salary increase _ Mr_ Goggin suggested letting the selectmen deal with department heads and giving them a salary increase of 4% only. Mr. King stated that she would rework the numbers in the Long Range Plan. The Committee previously used 3%. IShe admitted that it would be tight using 4%_ Liaison Assignments Ms. King reworked the Liaison Assignments and handed them out . She