FINCOM 01-31-2013

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Town of Canton Finance Committee
Meeting Minutes
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Members Present:
Rob Barker, Sarah Calabria, Pat Johnson, Mark Porter, Barbara Saint Andrd and Jim Sims.
Members Absent:
Diane Wolff and Eric Zinc.
Guests Present:
Mike Trotta, Superintendent, Department of Public Works
Mark Lague, Director, Canton Public Library
Ken Berkowitz, Chief, Police Department
Helena Findlen, Deputy Chief, Police Department
Jim Murgia, Finance Director
Ellen Jones, Finance Committee Secretary
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Opening:
A meeting of the Canton Finance Committee was called to order at 7:02 p.m. on Thursday, January 31, 2013 in the
Salah Meeting Room of Town Hall,
A. Approval of Agenda
Chairman Porter stated the purpose of the meeting was to discuss the FY14 budget requests fi•om the Department of
Public Works, Library and Police Department and to also discuss the results of the Revenue Forecasting Committee
meeting that had taken place earlier that day.
Announcements
There were no announcements made.
B. Approval of Minutes
The minutes for the January 29, 2013 meeting were postponed to a future Finance Committee meeting.
C. New Business
Department of Public Works (DPW) — FY14 Budget Requests — (handout) Mike Trotta, the DPW
Superintendent, presented to the Finance Committee his FY14 Budget Requests totaling approximately $3,882,000.
This is an approximately $136,000 increase over the FY 13 base budget. Some of the FY 14 items that Mr. Trotta is
requesting include the following:
• #400 Public Works Administration - Position upgrade to the Senior Accounting Clerk position for a salary
increase of $1,283.
• #420 Highway Maintenance — A request for an $8,200 increase to Overtime Salary based on past fiscal
year actual expenses. The five -year average has been approximately $18,000.
• #423 Snow and Ice — A $100,000 increase for FY14 as recommended by the Finance Director and Finance
Committee.
• #427 Highway Equipment Maintenance — A request for $10,000 to the repair /maintenance of equipment
budget line item.
• #410 Engineering Department — A request for $4,500 software licenses under the software maintenance
budget line item. The Finance Director stated that departments have been asked to budget within their
departments for the cost for software maintenance that had previously been paid for by the MIS
Department. A request for $1,500 of drafting supplies due to more in -house projects being done by the
Engineering Department. A request for $2,500 for in -state travel,
Chairman Porter commended Mr. Trotta for his work on reviewing the detailed budget line items and to request
budgets that more accurately reflected the need for those line items.
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