08/26/1992 FINANCE COMMITTEE Minutes

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MASHPEE FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES AUGUST 26, 1992 MEETING COMMENCED AT 7:00 P.M. Members Present: Deirdre Greelish, Chairperson; Ed Baker; John Ferriday, Denise Sullivan and Roger Dunivan. MINUTES: Ed Baker MOTIONED to accept the minutes of July 28, 1992. Denise Sullivan seconded the motion and members voted to accept the minutes as written by a vote of 4-0. Robert Writenhour, Executive Secretary, was present at the meeting to introduce himself to the committee and discuss any questions or problems that they had at this time; and also to discuss where they stood jointly and where they were going. Issues discussed were the backhoe lease and whether it should be placed as an article on the town warrant, as a way of maintaining a policy for capital projects. The copy machine for the library was also discussed. Mr. Writenhour stated that he felt it could be put on hold for awhile. He indicated that he would like everyone involved to get together to discuss the pros and cons. The FinComm also felt that this was too early to make a decision regarding the copy machine. Mr. Ferriday also brought up the fact that the tax bills never get out on time and that both the tax collector and assessors always got what they requested and .still did not get the job done. Mr. Writenhour asked whether the committee considered estimated bills being sent possibly in July? The members stated that they had discussed quarterly tax bills, as well as estimated bills. Ms. Greelish mentioned that this is the first year that they even got the two departments to discuss estimated bills. Another thing brought to Mx. Writenhour's attention by Mr. Ferriday was that the committee was trying to get certain information out to the community, for example, state reports and how Mashpee compare to other states and other towns. Mr. Ferriday stated that the town people should be aware of what they are voting on. Ms. Greelish also mentioned the October town meeting and the feelings of the committee regarding all of the funding requests. She stated that the committee felt that the October meeting should be for zoning and other purposes but not for money. Mr. Writenhour stated that the Board of Selectmen have also discussed this quite openly and that he also thinks of the October meeting as being a cleanup meeting. He thought that a lot of department heads used this as a way of getting a few things off their chest that did not get funded in May. He also stated that he would like to take a thoughtful approach to the whole classification issue within the town. He would like to address this with the personnel board to be updated. Another issue discussed was a vehicle and a boat which needs repair, brought to the town's attention by Waterways. It is Mr. Writenhour's understaning that the waterways account is for work