Laserfiche WebLink
Page 3 <br /> There is a reduction by the Finance Committee of $1,887 in salary <br /> and wages. Ms. Greelish believed that there was originally an <br /> error in computation. Mr. Whritenour stated that he had corrected <br /> this error, it had been a wrong step for the Assistant Planner. <br /> Ms. Greelish stated that the Finance Committee is strongly in favor <br /> of using consultants, but the Finance Committee wished to see one <br /> request for the whole amount, not doing it piecemeal. She stated <br /> that she would like to see an Article on the Warrant with a figure <br /> and have that be the only figure. Mr. Vaccaro said that he didn't <br /> believe anybody disagreed with that. Ms. Greelish indicated that <br /> the Finance Committee agreed to go with the Selectmen's number. <br /> POLICE <br /> Mr. Dunivan, liaison, wished to inform the two boards that each <br /> took a totally different approach. Mr. Dunivan believed that the <br /> Finance Committee was saying no to the hiring of any new police <br /> officers, and that the Selectmen were saying yes to the police <br /> officers because of some shifting around of some people in the <br /> department. It is a temporary savings, Mr. Dunivan explained. Mr. <br /> Whritenour stated that he believed the Chief did a good job if two <br /> additional police officers is only costing the Town $10,000 with <br /> benefits. Mr. Dunivan disagreed. He explained that he would like <br /> the Chief to carry this budget through 1996 like the Fire Chief had <br /> done. He explained that most of that money is only temporary. Ms. <br /> Greelish asked to clarify what the Selectemen are recommending is <br /> the hiring of two police officers at a cost of only $10,000 to the <br /> Town this year and to be funded at a later time? Mr. Costa stated <br /> that they have 21 patrolmen positions available in the department <br /> and he wished to see them all filled. Ms. Greelish asked the Chief <br /> how many non superior officers were on the force? There are five <br /> sergeants and 17 other patrolmen including detectives for a total <br /> of 22. The Chief and Selectmen are recommending 24 total. <br /> Mr. Dunivan explained that he cut back expenses for police repairs <br /> and on police clothing. Mr. Dunivan also believed that there was <br /> a computation error in the dispatcher requests. He believed that <br /> there should only be 10 dispatchers and not 11. Mr. Whritenour <br /> would run these numbers again. The Executive Secretary stated that <br /> the number is so small and he did not feel that the group should <br /> tie the chief's hands with limited staffing. He felt that there <br /> was not a lot of flexibility. Ms. Greelish stated that the Finance <br /> committee agreed to give the department the $4,000. <br /> FIRE DEPARTMENT <br /> There was a difference of $17,130 between the two boards. Mr. <br /> Dunivan stated that this was not his recommendation. He stated <br /> that he recommended that there be newly hired fire fighters in the <br /> budget. The Committee agreed to discuss this on Tuesday. There <br /> was an increase of $8,550 in the Finance Committee's recommendation <br /> from the Selectmen's recommendation. <br />