09/30/1987 FINANCE COMMITTEE Minutes

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Finance Committee Minutes September 30 , 1987 Page 3 . I department . These funds would be used for office help while they are looking for a temporary agent . Finance Committee members were unanimous in their approval of this Article . Article #10 seeks to appropriate and transfer money from the Assessors Clerical Salary Account to the Assessors Wages Account . Murphy noted that the money figure is not yet in . Article #11 seeks to transfer $500 from the Conservation Officer Salary Account to the Board Secretaries Account to be used for the Conservation Commission secretary . Murphy noted that a new Conservation Officer has been hired . However , additional secretarial monies were required between the former and the new agent . Article #12 seeks to appropriate and transfer $1 , 338 from the Police Expense Account to the Out—of—State Travel Account . The Board of Selectmen gave approval for the firearms instructor to attend the national conference which was held out of state . Article #13 seeks to appropriate and transfer $600 from the Cablevision Committee Expense Acccount to the Board Secretaries Account to be used by the Cablevision Committee for secretarial services . The Executive Secretary noted that the funds would come from within the Cablevision ' s own expense budget . Article #14 seeks to appropriate and transfer a sum of money from the Fire Chief Salary Account and a sum of money from the Revenue Available for Appropriation Account or other available funds to the Fire Department Wages Account . Representatives of the Fire Department were on—hand to explain to all present the situation of the Fire Department . The figure of $43 , 000 was arrived at after much discussion . But then the Selectmen and Finance Committee had to figure out where to get the $43 , 000 to keep the fire department in operation . Joseph Murphy suggested the following : as no Chief has been hired as of date $15 , 000 or thereabouts might be available from the Chiefs Salary Account , 6 , 000 might come from the Briarwood debt issuance cost , leaving a need for $22 , 000 more . Jean Thomas asked that $22 , 000 come from free cash , leaving only $17 , 000 in this account . Selectman Lawrence emphasized that if the decision were made to give the department the $43 , 000 this level must be strictly maintained till June 30th to insure that the Fire Department will not be coming back for more money and taking it away from everyone else . Jean Thomas noted that unforseen events can ' t be predicted , but this is the best prediction . The Executive Secretary stated that he would check into the figures . Article #15 seeks to appropriate and transfer a sum of money from available funds to the Fire Deparmtne Expense Account to offset the repair and upkeep of the Fire Department vehicles due