04/15/1987 FINANCE COMMITTEE Minutes

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I Finance Committee Minutes April 15 , 1987 Page 2 . Special Town Meeting- Warrant . Article 1 . Is for Legal & Engineering and seeks to appropriate and transfer funds to this account in the amount of $20 , 000 . The Executive Secretary noted that this did not add up correctly but this was his recommendation for transferring funds ; $940 from the lockbox , $300 from Revenue Sharing and $400 from- bill printing . The Legal and Engineering account would just have to wait . This Article does not have the Finance Committee recommendation , it will be debated on Town Meeting floor . Article 2 . Is for police and fire indemnification $1 , 000 . It is recommended that the funds be transferred from the Chief & Deputy Fire Chief Salary Account . This is recommended by the Finance Committee Article 3 . Is for $5 , 000 for Advertising . $2 , 500 of this would be transferred from the Chief and Deputy Fire Chief ' s Salary Account and $2 , 500 from the bill printing . This is recommended by the Finance Committee . Article 4 . Medicare , $1 , 000 to be transferred from the lockbox , This Article is recommended by the Finance Committee , Article 5 . Seeks to transfer $450 from the Bill Printing Account to the Treasurer 's-Expense Account for the purchase of a lateral file . The Finance Committee did not recommend this Article - it will be debated on Town Hall floor . Article 6 . Seeks to transfer $15 , 000 in an inter-department transfer to the Police Wage Account . Murphy noted that they lost one officer this year , an officer was injured last summer and this same officer was injured in a cruiser accident this past winter . These positions had to be covered and there were overtime costs incurred . The Finance Committee is recommending this Article . Article 7 . This Article seeks to tansfer $6 , 500 from the Fire Chief ' s and the Deuputy Fire Chief ' s Salary Account to the Firefighter Wage Account . This was largely due to the management practices of the former Fire Chief and the practices are now changed . The Finance j Committee is recommending this Article . Article 8 . Seeks town approval to appropriate and transfer from available funds a sum of money to the Snow & Ice Expense Account - $100 , 000 . There is a $100 , 000 deficit in Snow & Ice . The State has granted the , town $2 , 854 in aid . Murphy noted that at this point he is not sure if the funds will be applied against the $100 , 000 or put in the General Fund . Finance Committee is recommending the Article .