02/15/1989 FINANCE COMMITTEE Minutes

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p Off'OyrM fd •+. 2, II -un of f a!alipFP .� P. O. BOX 1108 ��q&C coed` MASHPEE. MA 02649 FINANCE COMMITTEE MINUTES Town Ea I l February 15, 1989 Present : Edward Dolan , Carole Dunivan , John Ferriday , Tony Gallo , Carl' Heller , and William Towner The Finance Committee meeting convened at 7 p.m. Carole informed the Committee that Chief Ridgeway of the Fire Department had contacted her and requested a meeting with her. Members of the Committee felt that it was not advisable and that Ridgeway should meet with the entire Committee. It was the consensus that such a meeting was not appropriate. The Finance Committee proceeded to review FY90 budgets. Fire Department — The Committee noted that the wage account was up 60% and the expense account was also up considerably. Ed Dolan noted that when the Chief appears before the Finance Committee he will be adding ambulance billing to his budget. He is paying an outside firm to do the billing, he was never able to get it on his computer system. He had told the Committee that it would be on his own computer, however this never materialized. He had tried to submit this as an article, but Town Counsel told him this could not be an article and must appear on his budget. The Finance Committee considered the Career Recall. Wasn't the 4--man staffing supposed to cut down on the recall situation? Carl questioned whether 5—man staffing was necessary. John Ferriday expressed his belief that if the man is paid for 3 hours on the recall he should remain at the station for three hours, they should not leave as soon as the crew returns to the ,station. Ed Dolan had some questions regarding the holiday pay system which the Chief will have to address. Carole suggested that Ridgeway should utilize volunteers. Carl would like to see the FY89 funded expenses broken down and the wage account also as a basis of comparison. The communications request is up 615% over last year with the FY90 request amount of $26,480. It was noted that any new communications equipment should be a capital item request. The members would like to know where he got the figures for the Communications line item and questioned why he needed it all this year. The members questioned the Administration Expenses, and the Water Expense, and what the $4,000 miscellaneous is for. The maintenance question is still not settled, and .the Fire Department has included $11,000 in their budget for maintenance. The total expense request of $212,137.60 represents a 22.75% . increase over last year.