04/06/1989 FINANCE COMMITTEE Minutes

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Finance Committee Minutes April 6 , 1989 Page 3 . Members of the Finance Committee were in agreement that it would be wrong to establish a precedent signalling out one group for compensation . The Finance Committee Chairman informed members that Article #68 would also have to be amended as Town Counsel had advised that it could not be funded as stated . Carl proposed the following ammendment : I move the town raise and appropriate $1 , 500 to the Mashpee Arts Council , Expense Account so they can contract with the Mashpee Arts Council Inc . , to have this non-profit corporation provide cultural services to the residents of the town . Finance Committee members were in agreement with this and Jane Coogan of the Mashpee Arts Council joined the meeting and agreed with the proposed amendment . The next item addressed was the $35 , 923 proposed additional funding for the Leisure Services Department . Finance Committee Members had orginally agreed to fund $87 , 717 of the Leisure Services . $4 , 328 from the Community School and $83 , 389 from Park and Rec . Finance Committee discussed increasing this funding $35 , 923 . The total appropriattion to the Leisure Services would thus be $123 , 640 , of this $13 , 729 would be from Community School and $109 , 911 from the Park and Rec Budget . Finance Committee voted and approved by majority vote with Tony Gallo opposed_. Member Gallo expressed his opposition to having two school overrides facing the town and putting the $303 , 903 in excess funds to any other purpose other than education . He believes that schools should have the primary consideration and felt the philosophy of the Finance Committee was not good . lie therefore noted that he would have to oppose all recommendations for the use of the excess funds . Finance Committee voted and approved by majority vote , with Tony Gallo opposing to put $96 , 131 back into the Police FY90 budget . The Finance Committee considered putting $24 , 844 back into the - Fire Department budget .. The Committee voted and rejected the recommendation , it was reconsidered and rejected again . On the third reconsideration members by majority vote agreed to put $24 , 844 back into the Fire budget , with two opposing votes , Tony Gallo and Ed Dolan . The Finance Committee voted by_majority vote to replace $11 , 658 in the Selectmen ' s budget ( $5 , 000 for data processing and $6 , 658 for apart-time custodian , with Dolan and Gallo opposed . The Finance Committee voted and approved on the second consideration b ma 'orit vote to put ac rn o e DPW Budget with Vaccaro , Gallo and Dolan opposed .