FINCOM 02-17-2011

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Town of Canton Finance Committee ti, k d
Meeting Minutes V0 �Q
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Opening:
The regular meeting of the Canton FINCOM was called to order at 7:04 p.m. on Thursday, February 17, 2011 in the
Salah Meeting Room of Town Hall by Alan Hines, Finance Committee Chairman.
Members Present:
Rob Barker, Dave Emhardt, John Friel, Alan Hines, Pat Johnson, Mike Loughran, Mark Porter, Jim Sims and Diane
Wolff.
Members Absent:
Jamie McCourt.
Guests Present:
Victor DelVecchio, Chairman, Board of Selectmen
Charles Doody, Fire Chief
Ellen Jones, FINCOM Secretary
Jim Murgia, Finance Director
A. Approval of Agenda
There was no detailed discussion of the agenda.
Announcements
Mr. Hines announced that the next Finance Committee meeting would take place on February 23, 2011 because he
had received enough responses from members indicating that the FINCOM would have a quorum.
Mr. Hines reminded members that the Finance Committee has an attendance policy contained within the FINCOM
by -law.
B. Approval of Minutes
There were no minutes to approve at this meeting.
C. Old Business /Open Issues
None.
D. New Business
Fire Department — Reserve Fund Transfer Request - $113,000
• Chairman Hines commended Chief Doody on his rapid response to the FINCOM's request for financial
information. Chief Doody presented a 5 -slide PowerPoint presentation (see handouts).
• Chief Doody's reason for requesting the $113,000 reserve fund transfer request is to fund overtime in order to
maintain a second ambulance in the Town of Canton and to go back to 11 -men manning for the remainder of
the fiscal year.
• The Fire Department overtime account had been negatively affected by both anticipated and unanticipated
reasons including: a firefighter's deployment to Afghanistan, injuries in the line of duty, firefighters attending
the academy (three starting in April through June), numerous snow storm emergencies, additional injuries in the
line of duty and fighting fires.
• In the Chief's effort to mitigate costs, insurance funds had been tracked down and would be used to supplement
salaries and adjustments were made to the manning budget starting back in January. Some savings were also
realized by exercising a clause in the firefighter contract that utilizes bringing back an injured firefighter for
light duty as a dispatcher.
• John Friel requested more information with regard to combat pay. Chief Doody was comfortable with the
salary information his firefighter had provided by using the military salary matrix.
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