FINCOM 01-20-2011

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Town of Canton Finance Committee
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Meeting Minutes
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Opening:
The regular meeting of the Canton FINCOM was called to order at 7:12 p.m. on Thursday, January 20, 2011 in the
Salah Meeting Room of Town Hall by Alan Hines, Finance Committee Chairman.
Members Present:
Dave Emhardt, John Friel, Alan Hines, Pat Johnson, Joann Krupa, Mike Loughran, Mark Porter and Jim Sims.
Members Absent:
Jamie McCourt and Diane Wolff.
Guests Present:
Jim Murgia, Finance Director
Ellen Jones, FINCOM Secretary
A. Approval of Agenda
Chairman Alan Hines reviewed the items on the agenda.
Announcements
There were no announcements made at the meeting.
B. Approval of Minutes
A motion made by John Friel to approve the November 9, 2010 meeting minutes as written was seconded by
Pat Johnson. Vote: 7 -0 -1.
C. Old Business /Open Issues
None.
D. New Business
Request of Additional Snow & Ice Funding - Snow & Ice Budget — Mike Trotta, the Superintendent of the
Department of Public Works, was unable to attend the FINCOM meeting, but provided a 7 -page handout that had
been sent to the Finance Director. The interoffice memorandum recapped the 45.5 inches of snow plowed thus far
in the season and compared the operating plan for 2010 -2011 with the operating plan for 2006 -2007. The Finance
Director has asked the Board of Selectmen in the past to grant their permission to legally spend the Snow & Ice
Budget and presented this information to the FINCOM so they could also vote to authorize the DPW to overspend
the Snow & Ice budget. The BOS voted at their meeting on January 11, 2011 to authorize the DPW Superintendent
to overspend the FYI 1 Snow & Ice Budget by $285,000. At this time, no transfers have taken place to supplement
the FYI I Snow & Ice Budget, but the Finance Director stated that this would be addressed through an article at
ATM 2011 using the Finance Committee Reserve Fund, Free Cash or some other source of funds to be identified at
a later date.
A FINCOM member suggested for the FINCOM to set a goal for increasing the Snow & Ice budget by
approximately $50,000 over the next 3 -4 years, perhaps starting off with $10,000 per year. Another FINCOM
member raised his concern as to the budget source to be used for this goal. Mr. Murgia suggested that a possible
source of funds for the first year could be the Blue Hills Regional School budget, if they request less money for their
budget.
A motion made by Jim Sims to authorize the Department of Public Works to overspend the Snow & Ice
Budget for FY11 was seconded by Mark Porter. Vote: 8 -0 -0. 'The FINCOM did not specify in their vote the
dollar amount by which the DPW was authorized to overspend the Snow & Ice budget.
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