02/12/1991 FINANCE COMMITTEE Minutes

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Finance Committee Minutes February 12, 1991 Page 3. • Expense Recommendations Vern recommends a $10,000 reduction to Repairs and Maintenence. She also recommends a cut of $10,000 to the Rentals & Leases-. • Supplies Recommendations Vern recommends office supplies be reduced from $5,000 to $2,500. She also recommends that Repairs & Maintenence Supplies be reduced from $191,000 to $54,500. The Groundkeeping Supplies should be reduced from $18,000 to $8,000. Vern has recommended total cuts amounting to $184,000 to the DPW budget. Jim noted that Vern will be present at the next meeting to answer questions and provide additional information regarding her recommendations. Jim asked the Committee to take the recommendations under advisement. Vern has also submitted recommendations for the Board of Health budget. Deirdre left the room for the presentation of these recommendations. • Vern has recommended that the part-time clerk position be eliminated representing a savings of $10,118. • She has two alternative recommendations for the agent and the assistant. First she suggested cutting the hours of both the agent and the assistant to save money and if this is not a workable situation she recommended the elimination of the assistant for a savings of $28,841. •. In expenses Vern suggested reducing the Professional and Technical Services which has a bottom line of $27,900. Regarding the Trash budget Vern's report stated that she had concerns about the recycling program, however buyers have now been found to pick up the glass and paper. She has one recommendation for a reduction to this budget. • The Contingency Fund for a Hazardous Waste Problem at Semass could be eliminated representing a savings of $10,205. If this were an emergency the Board of Health could make a request to the Reserve Fund. Carole ➢univan discussed the Fire Department budget with the Committee. She noted that she had met with the Chief on January 7th. Carole stated that she believed the Chief had come in with a good budget, she-noted that she would go along with Kevin Harrington's recommended cut of $25,000 to salaries and wages but no more and noted that she really was not in favor of that. Carole stressed the need for members to keep in mind that a lot of the services are mandated, and they are striving to have a paramedic on every shift. Carl agreed to check into the idea of a total volunteer Fire Service and the issue of ambulance privatization. Carole stated that she would check into the EMT training in-house. Deirdre questioned the $1,250 in dues and would like to know if they get anything from these memberships. Members asked Carole to check into how much of the overtime is required by contract and how much is not.