03/10/1988 FINANCE COMMITTEE Minutes

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Finance Committee Minutes March 10, 1988 Page 3. The Librarian explained the $700 request for photocopier maintenance. She noted that to date the Library had turned back to the Town Treasurer $772 in photocopy revenue and $500 in overdue fines since the new Library opened on June 8, 1987. The -$700 requested would cover maintenance and needed supplies. The Library has submitted two Articles. The first Article is for a part-time Aide. This position would be 15 hours/week and the cost of the. Article would be $5,460. The Librarian noted at present there is a group of 30 volunteers, and they help keep the Library going. However, the Aide would be someone that they could train a little and would handle more than the volunteers. This position she felt is justfied by the increased usage of the Library and the increase number of hours the Library is open. The Library has also submitted an Article to create a part-time position 12 hours/week for a custodian. The Librarian noted that if this Article should pass on Town Meeting floor then $6,000 can be removed from the Library expenses. This Article would save the Town $2,000 and could partially fund the Aide position. Marilyn Farren joined the Finance Committee meeting to discuss the Personnel budget for FY89. Marilyn noted that one reason for the increase in expenses was the proposed increase submitted to the Town by Dr. George Silva for physicals. The Board Secretaries account figure was revised as the Goals and Priorities Committee is now defunct (removed $200) and the Sew. ommission is now on board (add $1,302) . The refined Personnel budgets figures are as follows: I Clerical $20, 115.40 Expense 8,812.00 Gen. Employee Education 11,000.00 Board Secretaries 31, 102.00 Mr. Eliason joined the meeting to discuss the Cablevision Committee budget. This was Mr. Eliason' s first time to submit a budget. Vern noted that journals, publications and subscriptions, memberships, telephone and in-state �^ travel all come under the account title expense. The combined total of these was $1,650. Vern further noted that postage, printing, advertising and supplies should not appear on this budget. The supplies are available at the Town Hall. The postage and printing comes from the Selectmen' s Municipal Fund as does the advertising. Eliason noted that the $2,000 for the secretarial services was just a guess. He stated that there will be a meeting every week for two months and after that there will be a meeting every other week. Vern said she would try to calculate this also. Mr. Eliason also had $20,000 in his budget for Legal Expense. This should appear as an Article and it is important that the Town realize that this cost is reimbursable by the franchisee. Vern noted that she would check into this, to see if the Selectmen had already included this in their Legal and Engineering. The total budget of the Cablevision Committee is $23,650 including the $20,000 Legal Expense.