10/16/1990 FINANCE COMMITTEE Minutes

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otuit of C tt$�T ee P. O. Box 1109 MASHPEE. MA 02649 FINANCE COMMITTEE MINUTES Town Hall October 16, 1990 Present: Carole Dunivan, John Ferriday, Tony Gallo, Deirdre Greelish, Carl Heller, Vern Polka, and Jim Vaccaro Tile Finance Committee meeting commenced at 7 p.m. The first order of business was approval of the minutes. The minutes of the September 12th meeting were amended by Chairman Vaccaro. Carole recommended that the amended minutes be approved, the motion was seconded by Vern' and there was unanimous approval. The minutes of October lst were also reviewed. Carl Heller motioned for approval, seconded by Carole and there was a unanimous vote of approval, Ernie Virgilio addressed the Finance Committee regarding snow and ice removal. Ernie explained that the State has enacted legislation (Procurement Act 30B) which will require that towns go out to bid to. hire private contractors for snow and ice removal. It further requires that contractors have 1 million dollars worth of insurance and truck operators must be paid in accordance with state guidelines. Ernie noted that this would create- a 25--35% increase in the cost of snow and ice removal for Mashpee. Ernie further noted that the state issued the law on September 13, and excluded themselves. There is a clause in the Act which would allow .tile- t6wf to---use c�Qntractors that they have used over the last three years if they earned less than $10,000 (each year) . 1,hese contractors can be calle"d and they would be required to bid for the maximum they were paid in thaf'�--'tsi-0�oe-year period. Ernie is hopeful that all the contractors he previod sly used will be back on board for the town. It was noted that if the Executive Secretary of the town declares an emergency situation, then Ernie can''go forward and just call contractors. The DPW turr-un;t,Iy has five plows and 396 miles of road to plow (including private roads) . _Ernie explained that the town has two front-end loaders. One would be good with a plow on it and the ot',;er truck would need some work before it could plow. He felt that if he could buy a plow for the front--end loader and winterize the 10-wheeler he could do the roads - but expressed concern about how :Long i.t would take. The Chairman of the finance Committee asked if Ernie could put a proposal together illustrating how much it would cost to outfit the front-end loader and the 10-wheeler. Kevin Harrington stated that if there should be a snow prior to getting this straightened out he would declare an emergency.