12/04/1989 FINANCE COMMITTEE Minutes

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MEETINGS: December 11th at`5:30 p m. January 9th at 7 p.m,.: January_23rd at 7 p.m. P. O. BOX 110E ��1BLF.COe� MASHPEE. MA 02649 Finance Committee Minutes Town Hall December 4, 1989 Present: Ed Dolan, John Ferriday, Tony Gallo, Carl Heller and Jim Vaccaro i The Finance Committee meeting convened at 7 p.m. Chairman Dolan informed the Committee that at 7:30 they would be joining the Selectmen's meeting v to vote to fill the vacancy on the Finance Committee. Mr. Towner resigned November 7th, 1989 and two people have informed the Selectmen that they would be interested in filling the vacancy. They are the former Town Accountant, Vern Polka and Bill. Jones. The Chairman distributed to the Committee the FY91 Budget Summary forms. Departments have been informed that they must submit two budgets, one that will enable the department to maintain existing services and one that will reduce their FY90 appropriation for salary and expenses by 10%. The departments have been asked to include a narrative of what services and personnel will be -cut by a 10% reduction in appropriation. The Chairman stated that there was a budget meeting November 30th and all department heads were asked to attend and the new UMAS accounting forms were explained in detail. Dolan noted that it was his belief that there would probably have to be some Layoffs next year, and that municipalities fall under a different category - municipalities must pay 100% of the cost of unemployment . The Chairman asked members to consider a Request for Transfer from the Town Clerk in the amount of $1,398.64 to pay for the codification of the bylaws. Ed noted that the money had been authorized for a 3-year period, however this was the fourth year and the account has been closed . Other bills had been previously paid. Jim Vaccaro questioned whether the work had been done in the three--year period. He expressed his concern that this could not be considered an unforseen expense. Vaccaro motioned that this Request for Transfer be put on hold till more information is available. Tony Gallo seconded the motion and all the members present were in agreement. The second Request for Transfer to be considered was submitted by the Selectmen. This request seeks $1,000 for Out-of-State Travel. The current balance in this account is $768.93. This request is considered unforseen 6 due to the fact that two of the candidates for the position of Executive Secretary arefrom out-of-state. It was noted on the request that additional monies may be required at a later date should the Selectmen choose one of the candidates from out-of-state for a final interview_ Tony Gallo noted that the 'Selectmen had previously stated that they did not want an individual from