FINCOM 01-19-2012

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Town of Canton Finance Committee Vafed '- 1/2S
Meeting Minutes Vok
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Opening:
The regular meeting of the Canton FINCOM was called to order at 7:07 p.m, on Thursday, January 19, 2012 in the
Salah Meeting Room of Town Hall by Alan Hines, Finance Committee Chairman.
Members Present:
Rob Barker, Dave Emhardt, Alan Hines, Pat Johnson, Mark Porter, Jim Sims and Eric Zine.
Members Absent:
Diane Wolff.
Guests Present:
Jim Murgia, Finance Director
Ellen Jones, FINCOM Secretary
A. Approval of Agenda
Chairman Alan Hines reviewed the agenda items.
Announcements
The next FINCOM meeting would be held on Monday, January 23, at 7:00 p.m, in the Salah Meeting Room, Police
Chief Ken Berkowitz has been invited to the meeting on January 23` to discuss his FYI 3 budget request of
$241,553, If Chief Berkowitz is unable to attend the meeting, Chairman Hines may cancel the meeting.
The FINCOM secretary would contact the Superintendent of Blue Hills Regional School to invite him to a future
FINCOM meeting to discuss their FYI budget.
B. Approval of Minutes
A motion made by Rob Barker to approve the December 19, 2011 meeting minutes as written was seconded
by Pat Johnson, Vote: 7 -0 -0.
The minutes for January 11, 2012 were postponed until a future meeting to allow the FINCOM members additional
time to review them.
C. Old Business /Open Issues
D. New Business
ATM Warrant Discussions — Chairman Hines stated that he has not received a copy of the draft Warrant. Last
year FINCOM received the draft when it went to town counsel for review. He has requested the draft so that the
FINCOM can begin its diligence on potential articles. The official Warrant will not be released until the warrant has
been approved by the Board of Selectmen (scheduled for February 7). However, he noted that if FINCOM is unable
to commence discussions on the warrant articles before February 7, it is unlikely that the Discussions on the articles
will be ready by March 15, as requested in the ATM timeline. Mr. Hines also stated that it would be beneficial to
the FINCOM if an article were submitted on next year's town meeting warrant to change some of the dates on the
time -line schedule so that the FINCOM would have sufficient time to review and vote the warrant articles.
ResilInation of Finance Committee Member John Friel — It was with regret that Chairman Hines announced that
he had accepted the resignation of John Friel, due to personal reasons.
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