10/04/1989 FINANCE COMMITTEE Minutes

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Finance Committee October 4, 1989 Page 3. Article 17 - Is for the reimbursement to the school for money used for the water problem. The current request is for $76,000. Nutting noted that this may be significantly reduced before town meeting. There is a need for more reports and the $76,000 may be on the high side. $76,000 represents an entire year with this water problem and it doesn't appear that it will continue for the entire year. There is also the legal issue involved here and no blame has been established as of yet and there may be no one at fault in this lead problem. Article 18 - $2,100 to pay the- guard at the' State Landing for last two weekends in the summer and start up in the spring. There is no revolving account for this. Article 19 - Submitted by the A.ccoun:tant , this article seeks $8,000 to fund a 24-hour position. This position was created at town meeting but not funded. Selectmen are in support of this. It is needed but voters failed to pass an override to fund it. Now the money is available and it should be funded. Article 20 - This article is for an 18-hour position for the Building Inspector. It was the intent of the Selectmen to put the money for this position-in the Selectmen's Personnel Services Account and they would assign the individual to the department that .needs'. the help. Dotg Boyd the Building I n s.p:e c t ar was in support of this idea. If a moratorium should take effect his workload would drop significantly. Selectman Lawrence stated that he felt that this should be the case with the position for the Board of Health, also. This type of a situation would provide flexibility. Article 21 - $786 - Inter-departmental transfer. Article 22 - This article .i-s- for a full-time position in the Assessor's Office. This position was created at town meeting, but not funded. Currently the office has three part-time people. The Assessors have now taken on the water district bills, this means 8,000 more bills per year. To maintain the current level of service they feel they need additional help. The cost of the article is $13,232.15. This money would be transferred from Free Cash. Article 23 - Article 23 seeks a 30-hour position in the Conservation office. They are seeking $7,473.90 to fund the position. The cost of the position would be offset by fees and also money taken from the Board Secretary Salary Account. Currently the person works 18 hours per week in the conservation office. Article 24 - This article seeks to create a full-time position for the Board of Health under the Selectmen's Personnel Services. The Selectmen are of the opinion that the Board of Health should not have full control of this position, because if things slow down they want to be able to re-assign them. This would recognize the immediate needs of the department and provide for flexibility when the work slows down.