03/10/1992 FINANCE COMMITTEE Minutes

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MASHPEE FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES MARCH 10, 1992 MEETING COMMENCED AT 7:00 P.M. Members Present: Tony Gallo, Chairman; Deidre Greelish; Al Polsi; Dan Goggin; John Ferriday; Ed Baker and Denise Sullivan. MINUTES MOTION by John Ferriday and seconded by Deidre Greelish to accept the minutes of March 3 , 1992 as printed. Members voted unanimously to accept the minutes as printed. MOTION by John Ferriday and seconded by Al Polsi to accept the minutes of March 4 , 1992 as printed. Members voted unanimously to accept the minutes as printed. Deidre Greelish passed out the estimate given by the two professionals, which she had spoken about previously, regarding their proposed figures for a 15 room addition. Her feeling was that the difference to the tax payer was so slight that she felt the Finance Committeee air on the side of trusting the estimates given by the School Building Needs Committee and Carlson Engineering. Present at the meeting for the School Buildings Need Committee were Peter Dinizio, Alec Watt, and Carl McDonald. Ms. Greelish mentioned that should the job be completed _ using 1.6 million, we should be in a position to trust the selectmen and Needs Committee Members to use some restraint. John Ferriday mentioned also that we really do not have anything to do with that and we do need to trust the people who are actually involved to do the right thing. Finance Committee Members then went on to discuss some specific items with Mr. Dinizio, Mr. Watt and Mr. McDonald. Mr. Goggin questioned the number of rooms they used for their calculations. Mr. Dinizio explained that their calculations were based on a total of 60 rooms for both schools, 30 rooms in each. Mr. Dinizio also stated that at the Special Town Meeting on Monday, Dr. DeMoura would speak for the first half of the presentation and then the committee will address what their solution is as a committee. Mr. Dinizio also indicated that the committee is pursuing State Aid. He stated that they can't tell taxpayers that they will receive reimbursement, but that they are trying their best. There- was a question asked about the figures the committee had come up with. Mr. Dinizio stated that Carlson Engineering put in all current wage rates and requirements into their computer and it came up with specific numbers. He also mentioned that his committee voted to stand by these numbers. He stated that he trusted Carlson's estimates. Mr. Gallo indicated that he would like the Finance Committee tonight to vote one way or the other for the 15 room addition.