02/27/1991 FINANCE COMMITTEE Minutes

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fN��OW1V '� Tdan of Jma!s4 re {` P- 0. BOX 1108 NFASHPEE. MA 02649 FINANCE COMMITTEE MINUTES February 27, 1991 Mashpee Town Hall Present: Carole Dunivan, John Ferriday, Tony Gallo, Deirdre Greelish, Carl Heller, Vern Polka and Jim Vaccaro The Finance Committee meeting was called to order at 6:30 p.m. Chairman Vaccaro noted a revision to the minutes of February 20th. On- page 2.,, paragraph 1. the sentence "This would include the half-time salary of$13,000 for the clerk." should be amended to read "This would include the 20-hour per week salary of $13,000 for the clerk." Carole motioned the amended minutes be approved. The motion was 'seconded by Tony and there was unanimous approval. The minutes of February 25th will be considered•at the next meeting to allow members time to:review them. Jim noted several pieces of correspondence. The Town Clerk has informed the Committee that Carole Dunivan's term expires at the end of this election year. There were also letters of support for keeping the position of Director of Council on Aging a full-time position. The schedule of meetings for March is as follows: March 5th - finalize and send out preliminary budget recommendations March 12th Finance Committee will meet with department heads. Each will March 14th be allowed '20 min. A schedule of these-- meetings will be March 19th available if Selectmen would like to attend: March 21st -Final Finance Committee budget recommendations Jim reviewed a draft of the letter that will be distributed to the department heads stating the preliminary budget recommendations and the procedure for meeting with their liaisons or the Committee. Members approved of the draft. The Finance Committee took a short recess prior to the convening of the joint meeting with the Selectmen at 7 p.m. The Selectmen and the Executive Secretary joined the Finance Committee meeting at 7 p.m. Chairman Vaccaro distributed a memorandum "Notable Differences Between Prelimary FinCom Recommendations and Recommendations of the Board of Selectmen." A copy of this memorandum is attached. Jim reviewed the information noting the difference in the Committee's projected revenue and that of the Board of Selectmen and also items not included in the Board of Selectmen's.recommendations, and the notable differences in recommendations: