09/10/1991 FINANCE COMMITTEE Minutes

Home Browse Search

i I Finance Committee Minutes September 10, 1991 Page 4 . The article for $187 . 79 for the Harbormaster FY91 ' Unpaid Bills Account represents a gasoline bill that needs to be paid. The article amending the zoning by-law "Groundwater Protection District" does not involve money and will not require Finance Committee recommendation. The article submitted by the Town Planner caused concern and discussion. Thi-s article is to transfer money to the Planning Department Salary & Wage Account . The purpose of this is to increase the hours of the secretary and. restore her to full time . The Town Planner in explaining this request has noted that reducing the secretary to 32 hours per work has had serious impact on the department ' s work and has caused financial hardship on. the individual after five years of service to the town. The figure for this article $975 . The money actually involved is $2, 614 . 15 . Tom is going to take an unpaid leave of absence and the money he would have earned will be put to the secretary. ,aim noted that the inherent danger in this was that if the Commi.tte raised the number of hours the following year she is at full time . To recommend this article is to recommend an increase in the secretary' s hours . Tony expressed concern, noting that if we do it for one department we need to do it for others . He further added that the Committee reduced her hours because they did not have the money and they still don' t have the money. The Committee needs to express faith in their decision. Deirdre noted that there is just one person in this office and one support person and perhaps the town might go for this when they realize that the planner is willing to sacrifice some of his salary. Al noted that he would hate to lose a good employee for a few dollars , and he felt the Committee needs to know if there is a strong reason- for this request . Deirdre noted that if a person with all this experience leaves the town for other employment the town has lost more than the $975 . Members agreed to address this article again. Tony questioned why the secretary wouldn' t do it for the amount of money that the Town Planner was willing to give from his salary account . The article to transfer $2 , 081 . 08 from the Planning Department GIS Account to the Planning Department Unpaid Bills Account is to correct a problem. Denise Sullivan agreed to check into the article requesting a transfer from the Waterways Improvement Fund to the Harbormaster Expense Budget .