06/28/1994 FINANCE COMMITTEE Minutes

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It tn� MASHPEE FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES JUNE 28 , 1994 MEETING COMMENCED AT 7:OOPM . Members present: Dan Goggin, Chairman; Marcia King, Vice Chairman; John Ferriday and Juan Bacigalupi . Tony Gallo and Denise Sullivan were unable to attend. Robert Whritenour, Executive Secretary, was in attendance for the first hour and a half. Please note for the record that the taping of this meeting was for the transcription of the Minutes only. Once the Minutes are approved, the tapes will be reused. MINUTES Marcia King MOTIONED to accept the Minutes of June 14 , 1994 . Juan Bacigalupi seconded the Motion and members voted in approval of the Minutes as written 4-0 . RESERVE FUND TRANSFER REQUESTS The first request was to transfer $4 ,290 from the Reserve Fund into the Personnel Expense Account for the reasons of tuition reimbursement, annual employee physicals and physicals for new hires. John Ferriday MOTIONED to transfer $4,290 into the Personnel Expense Account. Marcia King seconded the Motion and members voted in approval 4-0 . The second request was to transfer $237. 82 from the Reserve Fund to be placed in the Conservation Salary and Wage Account for the reason of rectifying a deficit in funding. Apparently, funding was not made available when reclassification was voted by the Clerical Union. Marcia King MOTIONED to transfer $237.82 into the Conservation Salary and Wage Account. John Ferriday seconded the Motion and members voted in approval 4-0, with the contingency that Denise Sullivan did not have any problems with the transfer. Mr. Goggin would contact her the next day to discuss the transfer. The third request was to transfer $22,000 from the Reserve Fund to the Legal , Engineering and Consulting Account, due to the length of time required for contract settlements beyond initial estimates, legal services for labor were extraordinary. Additionally, the cleanup of older cases required inordinate amounts for Town Counsel services during the early part of the fiscal year. Currently, Town Counsel services are averaging approximately $6,800 per month and all contracts are either settled or are very close to settled. The Finance committee discussed at length with Mr. Whritenour the different law firms and consultants utilized and their services. Mr. Whritenour explained that Holtz and Gilman were utilized for labor negotiations and Kopelman and Paige were used for the majority of other legal services not related to labor negotiations.