04/28/1994 FINANCE COMMITTEE Minutes

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3 . It was the feeling of the Committee that the study was needed, but the request was poorly timed. Mr. Polsi also indicated that the Taxpayers were not recommending this. Ms. Greelish indicated that she has been unable to find a formal vote of the School Committee, in which they gave up this building. Mr. Goggin indicated that this should be postponed a year, because it was not budgeted for in FY95. Mr. Polsi indicated that the Taxpayers' Association has requested hard figures and request that they come back in October. Mr. Goggin indicated that the October meeting would not be a financial meeting. Mr. Polsi then stated that he felt it could wait a year. The Committee agreed that it seemed a waste to give $15,000 to someone to tell them what they already know, that a new roof was needed, as well as plumbing and electrical work. Ms. Greelish stated that she believed that if they recommended the Study, then the Selectmen in October would want the money to actually do the renovations. It was Ms. King's suggestion that the Town ask their own Building, Plumbing and Electrical Inspectors to actually do the inspecting and inform the Town of what was needed. Ms. Sullivan was going to speak to the Building Inspector and get his feeling about this idea. FY95 OMNIBUS ARTICLE The Committee reviewed the Article and discussed who would speak in regard to the departments' budgets which the Finance Committee's recommendation differed with the SelectmensI . Mr. Goggin agreed to speak about the Finance Committee recommendation of $10,000. The Committee agreed that they would still recommend that the Treasurer request her raise on Town meeting floor. They were not including her raise, as the Selectmen had done. Mr. Polsi also indicated that the Taxpayers' ' were not recommending. Ms. King indicated that she was going to research what Falmouth, Bourne and Sandwich paid their Treasurer/Tax Collector. Mr. . Polsi also suggested Duxbury, because the Town of Duxbury is very similar to Mashpee. Mr. Goggin also asked Ms. King to research what these Towns pay their Town Clerk. The Committee agreed that this was the same situation, let the Town Clerk request her raise on Town Meeting floor. Ms. Sullivan was very disturbed with this department. She asked that the Committee put a hold on this line item until they get to Article 12 on the Annual Warrant. After a lengthy discussion, the Committee agreed to vote NO on Article 12 and the reason was that the Town Clerk just had this position reclassified six months ago, when the Town voted to make this position an 18 hour position. The Finance Committee was recommending leaving this position at 18 hours. Ms. Sullivan stated that she would speak about the difference in the salary figure in the Personnel Department's budget. The difference is due to a decrease in the Finance Committee's �-recommendation for :board secretaries. �;