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Jj ARTICLES 9: Kids Klub Enterprise Fund. Submitted by: Department of Leisure Services The Department of Leisure Services operates the Kids Klub Childcare Center, a toddler/pre- school facility housed in the former senior center facility on Meeting House Road, North. The facility operates as an enterprise fund, i.e., the user fees collected completely offset the cost of operating the facility. This Article will authorize the Department of Leisure Services to continue to operate this facility from user fees to cover the as an enterprise:fund and authorizes the appropriation of$254,245 f FY 08 cost of operating the facility. Approval of this appropriation will have no impact on the FY 08 budget or the 2007 tax rate. THE FINANCE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF ARTICLE 9. ARTICLE 10. Reinstate Assessor's Stipend Submitted by: Board of Assessors and Director of Assessing During the budget deliberations at the May 2006 Town Meeting, a motion was made from the floor to eliminate the annual stipend paid to the three members of the Board of Assessors totaling $3,600. The motion was approved. The board and Director have submitted this article to authorize the re-instatement of the annual stipends on the basis of the incurred costs of obtaining certification and personal expenses related to field inspections of properties. Funds were not included in the FY08 budget to fund this expense. THE FINANCE COMM][TTEEHAS CONSISTENTLY BEEN OPPOSED TO THE PAYMENT OF STIPENDS TO MEMBERS OUBOARDS AND COMMITTEES AND THEREFORE RECOMMENDS THE DEFEAT OF ARTICLE 10. ARTICLE 11, Transfer of Retirees to Medicare. Submitted by: Board of Selectmen One of the fastest growing municipal costs is the employee medical insurance benefit. In the FY 08 budget, the increase in this line item alone is over$448,000,or almost 10%. Massachusetts law allows a municipality to adopt a requirement that all covered employees over the age of 65 enroll in Medicare, Parts A and B. In this way, first dollar coverage is borne by Medicare, and the employee's private medical plan becomes a supplemental plan. Currently retired Mashpee employees over the age of 65 remain on the town medical plan. Significant savings are anticipated as these employees are shifted to Medicare. Retirees will see:no loss of medical coverage as a result. 'THE FINANCE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF ARTICLE II 19