Present were Rep. Avitable, Rep. Grady, Rep. Nardella, Rep. Prete, and Rep. Thayer.
Items 1 and 2 were heard jointly with the Administrative Services Committee.
1. To consider and, if appropriate, act on the following proposed resolution:
A RESOLUTION AMENDING A RESOLUTION APPROPRIATING
$3,000,000 FOR THE COSTS RELATED TO THE ACQUISITION
THROUGH NEGOTIATED PURCHASE, OR THROUGH THE EXERCISE
OF EMINENT DOMAIN, OF THE 48-86 TABOR DRIVE PROPERTY AND
AUTHORIZING THE ISSUE OF BONDS AND NOTES TO FINANCE SAID
APPROPRIATION BY INCREASING THE APPROPRIATION AND
FINANCING AUTHORIZATION TO $4,000,000.
Finance Director Jim Finch presented. Only about $32,000 is unspent of the recent increase in this bonding from $2.5 to $3.0 million. The million dollar increase is required for legal fees in appealing the recent Tabor verdicts that went against the Town.
The measure was approved unanimously by both committees.
2. To consider and, if appropriate, approve a request from the Town Clerk for the following transfer (FY 2007-08):
From: 101-4904-494.59-13 Contingency $(10,400)
To: 101-4108-408.33-06 Computer Indexing $ 10,400
Town Clerk Marianne Kelly and IT Director Peter Hugret presented their request for a one time charge to acquire two additional licenses of the Cott software for the Town Clerk’s office, in order “ to provide faster service to those customers (usually tax payers) who wish a certified copy of a vital record (death, birth, adoption, marriage, etc.). Presently the manual process can take as long as 12 minutes. With the licenses (once all vitals have been scanned into the system) the process will take two minutes. The time savings occurs in being able to quickly get to the correct vital record and print a copy which is then certified. “
Item 2 was approved, unanimously by Ways and Means, and by Admin. Services with one vote opposed.
Item 3 was heard jointly with the Public Services Committee.
3. To consider and, if appropriate, approve a request from the Board of Fire Commissioners for the following transfer (FY 2006-07):
From: 101-4904-494.59-13 Contingency $( 46,728)
To: 101-4204-424.41-03 Equipment R & M $ 5,556
101-4204-424.42-09 Hydrants $ 41,172
TOTAL $ 46,728
$399,000 was budgeted for payments to the water company for the Fire Department’s use of hydrants and the pipes that connect them, the water that’s in them, and for maintenance and repairs. The estimated cost in the 2006-2007 budget was off by about 10%. Increases for this budget item have been higher than the rate of inflation. $5556 more was needed from contingency to cover the balance of the extra expenses caused by a fire truck breakdown that could not made up within the department budget.
The measure was passed unanimously by both committees.
Respectfully submitted,
Scott Thayer
Ways and Means Committee Chair
December 11, 2007
| 
