11/27/1990 FINANCE COMMITTEE Minutes

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Finance Committee Minutes November 27, 1990 Page 3. motioned that the Finance Committee request that an article be placed on the warrant for December 17th, 1990 requesting a transfer from Free Cash to the Reserve Account in the amount of $50,000. Carl seconded this motion. There was one vote against the motion by Carole, who felt $55,000 would be more appropriate, all other members present were in agreement. Chairman Vaccaro stated that both the School Committee and the Board of Selectmen are looking for a Fincom recommendation regarding the -FY 91 Falmouth Tuition deficit. The estimated deficit is somewhere between $175,000-$200,000. There are no exact figures but the cost is approximately $5,000 per student. Jim stressed that this has been around for 5 months and it needs to be taken care of. The committee needs to determine if the school department is to pay for it or the town or a combination of the two. Jim stated that there were 10 students who stated their intention to ;o to Cape Cod Tech and at the last minute changed their minds and decided to go to Falmouth High School. This represents a cost of $50,000 and was unforseen by the school department. Deirdre noted that she felt the school should absorb the deficit from their budget. Jim informed the committee that if the town were to absorb this cost there would only be $45,000 left in Free Cash for next year and this would really put us in a "hole." Tony expressed his concerns that the children were the ones who were going to suffer from this by a reduction in school programs. Deirdre noted that it was the School. Committee's determination to give the school a 20% salary increase over three years. Members of the. committee expressed-th-eiratd� v this in view of the fact that all the other town departments had agreed to a 2% raise. Vern motioned the Finance Committee recommend that $50,000 of the deficit be paid by the town-'and the remainder come from the school.. This motion was seconded by Carl. There was one vote against this motion by member Gallo, all others were in agreement with the motion: Kevin Harrington addressed the committee regarding South Cape Beach. At present he noted there are two proposals. 1. The state would give the town $620,000 to repair and complete Great Oak Road. The state will construct a new town beach to the east of the present beach and assume all costs. There would be a swop of land . The new parking lot would accommodate more cars, however- the lot would be approximately 300 feet from the beach. 2. The second proposal would allow the town to keep its existing the beach. The lot, however, is in-an environmentally- sensitive- area and there is concern that if something should happen to the lot the town would not be able to rebuild it. Carl motioned that ..the Fincom support the recommendation of the South Cape Advisory Council to accept the first proposal. This was seconded by Deirdere. Carl., Vern, Deirdre and Jim were in agreement with this motion. Members Gallo and Dunivan had to leave the meeting prior to a vpte onrthe South Cape Beach issue (8•45 p.m.) . Kevin agreed to put the committee recommendation on the warrant of the December 17th town meeting.