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Town of Canton Finance Committee d C9 J /'_ j 
Meeting Minutes V t�J 
Tuesday, February 18, 2014 
Members Present: 
Rob Barker, Sepp Bergschneider, Jerry Dorfman, Tim McKenna, Mark Porter, Barbara Saint Andre and 
Jim Sims. 
Members Absent: 
Dianne Gustafson and Diane Wolff. 
Guests Present: 
Tony Andreotti, Veterans' Agent 
Bruce Beckham, Sponsor of Citizen Article 
Mark Lague, Library Director 
Karen Zukauskas, Assessing Director 
Jim Murgia, Finance Director 
Ellen Jones, Finance Committee Secretary 
Opening: 
A meeting of the Canton Finance Committee was called to order at 7:02 p.m. on Tuesday, February 18, 
2014 in the Salah Meeting Room of Town Hall. 
A. Approval of Agenda 
Chairman Porter reviewed the items on the agenda. 
B. Announcements 
There were no announcements. 
C. New Business 
Veterans' Services Department — FY15 Budget Requests — (handout) Veterans' Agent, Tony 
Andreotti, presented to the Finance Committee three areas within the Veterans budget that he is seeking 
increases to his budget for FY 15: 1) $7,464 for part time staff, 2) $24,000 increase to Ordinary Benefits 
and 3) $9,000 increase to Insurance Coverage. 
Mr. Andreotti is seeking part time help for 6 to 10 hours per week to assist with sending out monthly 
checks and to have staff that would be available to cover the office and duties in the event of an absence 
by Mr. Andreotti. 
With regard to the Ordinary Benefits and Insurance Coverage budget line items, Mr. Andreotti is 
anticipating that he will need a total of approximately $190,000 for these two line items combined for 
FY15. These budgets are reimbursed by the state at the rate of 75 %. Mr. Andreotti provided a handout 
that showed the reimbursement payments totaling approximately $143,365 from the state for the period of 
April 1, 2013 through January 2, 2014. 
Mr. Andreotti expressed his thanks to those that have contributed to the Veterans' donation account 
which has an approximate balance of $225,000. 
FY14 Unbudgeted Expense — Veterans' Services Department — Mr. Murgia indicated to the Finance 
Committee that the Veterans' budget would need an approximately $19,000 budget supplement for FY14. 
This supplement would be needed to cover $7,000 for part time help that is already employed by the 
Town and working in the Veterans' office and $12,000 for ordinary and insurance coverage. Mr. Murgia 
suggested that this could be supplemented at the Annual Town Meeting (ATM). 
Library — FY15 Budget Requests — (handouts) Mark Lague, the Library Director, provided an additional 
handout to the Finance Committee members. This handout was a Materials Expenditure and Hours 
Open Accommodation Policy from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners 
and contained the standards a library must need in order to stay in compliance. Mr. Lague is requesting 
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