11/18/1987 FINANCE COMMITTEE Minutes

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. ffobill of � lsIlpee P. O. BOX 1108 MASHPEE. MA 02649 FINANCE COMMITTEE MINUTES Town Hall November 18, 1987 Present: Edward Dolan, Carol Dunivan, John Ferriday, Carl Heller, Joyce Howell, i and William Towner Vern Polka, Town Accountant The Finance Committee convened at 7 p.m. First order of business was the Requests for Transfer. The first request .was from Town Clerk Labute for $395.55• This represents funds used for the printing of ballots and constable posting for the Water District Commissioners election. Jane Labute has also submitted a Request for Transfer for $391.23. This represents monies expended for wages for the Water District Election. Both these Requests were approved b by the Finance Committee with the condition that once the Water District is j funded, the Water District must refund these monies to the town general fund. The third Request for Transfer was in the amount of $3,600 and was signed by B. Jean Thomas. This request represents monies to bury temporary water linesat 4. Summerwood buildings. It had originally been hoped that the water distribution system would be constructed before the onset of freezing weather. This likely will not occur. Finance Committee members discussed the article in the November 18th issue of the Mashpee Messenger which noted that the Town of Mashpee may or may not be responsible for the contamination of water at the Summerwood complex. In view of this article the Finance Committee voted approval of this request with the condition that the town water district rebate these funds to the town general fund from the legally responsible party or parties. The Finance Committee meeting adjourned to meet with Selectmen, Thomas, Gottlieb, Hansen and Executive Secretary J. Murphy at 7:15 p.m. in the Selectmen's office to discuss policy issues with regard to the budget review process. The Selectmen and the Finance Committee members discussed how_ the budget was to be handled this year. The Executive Secretary distributed to Committee members a memo dated October 21, 1987 with some budget guidelines and questions for consideration. Murphy noted that this year would be different in that there would only be one budget document, not a preliminary and a final document. This resulted in some confusion last year. Chairman Heller noted that he thought the best way to approach it was to start out with the omnibus budget done and show what the town can afford.