03/05/1991 FINANCE COMMITTEE Minutes

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Finance Committee Minutes March 5, 1991 Page 2. • The Selectmen are waiting for firm money figures on the groundwater articles. • They unanimously voted to recommend that the money left in the .Middle School Roof Account and the Landfill Construction Account go to the Council on Aging addition. • They agreed to remove the mileage reimbursement article from the warrant. a Selectmen agreed that the upgrade for Assistant Assessor be put on hold. • The article for the data-collection person in the Assessor Office should be put on hold. o w , • The article for the s raise should be put on the same position as the PAP raise article. • Selectmen voted to remove the two articles submitted by the Fire Department from the warrant. • The article on the buy-back for the cranberry bog irrigation system was removed. • The article for the green-head fly- work was removed. The Selectmen made no motion to have an override. They are not prepared to put one on the warrant. Deirdre expressed concern about the Harbormaster's budget. The recommended budget does not include money to fund the attendant at the Mashpee Wakeby pond. Jim noted that this will. be covered through the Selectmen's budget. Jim informed the Committee that if there is a 4% raise for PAP personnel, $640 will have to be transferred to the Harbormaster salary account. He is not in the PAP. Tony addressed the recommended budget of the Police Department. He noted that the Finance Committee had recommended $35,000 more than the Selectmen for this budget. The cuts to this budget amount to 1 2/3%. This is the lowest percentage cut to the four major town budgets. He stated that he felt this cut wasn't enough in view of the cuts taken by the other departments. -Tony was of- the opinion that the Finance Committee should readdress this budget and the other major departments. Jim stressed the need to look carefully at the Police budget and keep in mind that they were running on a "leaner" budget than other major departments. He further noted that $10,000 had been added to aid in- the enforcement of public safety and drug education. The objective he stressed was police visibility and enforcement of rules. A collateral advantage to radar enforcement was revenue for the town, but this was not the primary consideration. Tony motioned that the Finance 'Committee reconsider the four major , budgets and address the differences in reduction percentages. The four major budgets being, Police, Fire, DPW and School. Deirdre seconded this motion. The motion failed with only one vote in favor by Gallo. I