05/26/1992 FINANCE COMMITTEE Minutes

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MASHPEE FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES MAY 26, 1992 MEETING COMMENCED AT 7:00 P.M. Members Present: Deirdre Greelish, Chairperson; Dan Goggin; Tony Gallo, Ed Baker; Denise Sullivan and Roger Dunivan. MINUTES: Ed Baker motioned to accept the minutes of May 20, 1990, with the correction in paragraph 1 of Old Business from $450 to $150 in the Board of Health's mileage expense request. Dan Goggin seconded the motion with the correction and the minutes were accepted as written by a unanimous vote of 6-0. OLD BUSINESS Steven Greelish, Board. of Health, was present at the meeting to again discuss the department's request for $2, 364.00. The request is for appropriating money through June 30, 1992 to bring the assistant agent to full time status which he will be in July, as voted at Town. Meeting. The request also includes $80 for a hand held tape recorder and $150 for increased mileage expenses. Mr. Greelish stated that if the committee would agree to appropriate money for the assistant agent he would drop the request for the tape recorder. Mr. Goggin told the committee that he had a chance to speak with town counsel and that Mr. Reardon's response was that "it is all in the interpretation of the request, as to whether it is an emergency or not" . Mr. Reardon was unable to give the committee a black or white answer. Mr. Greelish explained that it was in fact an emergency for the department. Presently it is coming into the busiest time of the year. The department has hotels, pools and restaurants that are opening and need inspections. Mr. Greelish explained that there have been preliminary inspections done, 'but follow-ups were now needed and there was not enough man power. Concerns that the committee had were, why hadn't something been done on town floor at the Special Town Meeting? Mr. Gallo and Mr. Dunivan felt that Mr. Greelish had ample time prior to his March letter to file an article in the . Special Town warrant. They felt that the. problem was foreseen prior to the article filing deadline. They also felt that if the department has been able to survive through June with the assistant agent at 28 hours they could wait until July. The committee also had a ruling from the Department of Revenue dated December 18, 1990, indicating that was not an acceptable request. The ruling was in regard to a fire department in another town, but the committee felt that it was a very similar situation. Also Mr. Gallo mentioned that he thought this request, if approved, would set a precendent for other departments that at a later time the Finance Committee might regret.