10/07/1991 FINANCE COMMITTEE Minutes

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r , OWN w afull of Cfi ng4per t. P. p, BOX 11013 �,OLE MASHPEE. MA 02649 Mashpee Finance Committee Minutes October. 7, 1991 A special meeting of the Finance Committee was held at the Mashpee Middle School prior to the Annual Fall Town Meeting. The meeting began at 6:42 PM with the following in attendance. John Ferriday, Tony Gallo, Deirdre Greelish, Al Polsi and Jim Vaccaro. On a motion by Mr. Gallo seconded by Mr. Ferriday, the Committee voted 4-0 (with Mrs. Greelish abstaining) to transfer $200 from the FINCOM reserve account to the elections and registrations account for reimbursement of costs related to recall preparations. With Vice-Chairman Gallo presiding (Chairman Vaccaro stepped down) the Committee voted 4-0 to transfer $1,375 ($600 to the expense account for printing ballots and $775 for election expenses) to cover the costs of a Special Election for Selectman on December 7, 1991. The motion was made by Mr. Polsi and seconded by Mr. Ferriday. This leaves a balance in the Reserve Account of $120,564. The Committee met with representatives of the Council on Aging concerning AFTM Article 32 (COA representatives included Elizabeth Jones, Bob Osborne, Bob Con- nell and Lynn Waterman. . . . .Board of Health Member Stephen Greelish also partici - pated in the discussion) . On a motion by Mr. Polsi seconded by Chairman Vaccaro the Committee voted to reconsider it previous recommendation. Discussion involved the following factors: The scope of and the need for the proposed services from VNA. The inability of using State Grant funds for these purposes. The commitment from COA and the concurrence of BOH member Greelish that the $1,800 could be absorbed by using funds currently dedicated to less critical human service contracts in FY93. On a motion by Mr. Polsi , seconded by Mr. Gallo, the Committee voted to recommend Article 32 provided that funds were available to be raised and appropriated at that time in the AFTM. The vote was 4-0 with Mrs. Greelish abstaining as the money would be appropriated to the BOH expense account. Fire Chief Robert Ridgeway joined the FINCOM to discusses AFTM Article 13. Mr. Gallo expressed concerns relative to whether current fire apparatus is sufficient to reach 35 foot high buildings and whether the Fire Chief had been consulted by the Planning Board regarding this article. The Chief indicated that current apparatus can only reach 27 feet and mutual aid from Falmouth or Osterville would be required. He indicated that the Fire Department master plan called for the 1