FINCOM 03-06-2014

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Town of Canton Finance Committee vv) ,k' d j 0 
Meeting Minutes 
Thursday, March 6, 2014 
Members Present: 
Sepp Bergschneider, Jerry Dorfman, Dianne Gustafson, Tim McKenna, Mark Porter, Barbara Saint Andr6 
and Jim Sims. 
Members Absent: 
Rob Barker and Diane Wolff. 
Guests Present: 
Kenneth Berkowitz, Police Chief 
Gene Manning, Chairman, Economic Development Committee 
Jason Maceda, Senior Vice President, Finance, Dunkin Brands 
Michael Trotta, Superintendent, Department of Public Works 
Jim Murgia, Finance Director 
Ellen Jones, Finance Committee Secretary 
Opening: 
A meeting of the Canton Finance Committee was called to order at 7;03 p.m. on Thursday, March 6, 2014 
in the Salah Meeting Room of the Town Hall. 
A. Approval of Agenda 
Chairman Porter reviewed the items on the agenda. 
B. Announcements 
There were no announcements. 
C. New Business 
Department of Public Works / Water Enterprise / Sewer Enterprise — FY15 Budget Requests - 
Mr. Trotta, the Department of Public Works (DPW) Superintendent, gave an overview of the DPW FYI 
budget requests, capital requests and Town Meeting articles that could have an impact on the DPW. 
Mr. Trotta accepted the Board of Selectmen's (BOS) elimination of his FYI budget request for $6,831 for 
an increase in hours to the DPW Administration Accounting Clerk position. This position is an AFSCME 
position and an increase in hours to 40 hours would have to be renegotiated under the contract. The 
BOS did approve Mr. Trotta's request for $2,500 for Police Details under his Street Signs budget. This 
would be used for line painting. 
Mr. Sims questioned Mr. Trotta on the approximately $1,140 that was being budgeted for overtime under 
the Engineering Budget. Mr. Murgia suggested that the $1,140 could be moved to another line item, 
since both employees in the Engineering Department were salaried employees and were not eligible for 
overtime. 
Mr. Trotta commented that since the budget process had begun back in November, the State notified the 
Town that the drivers in DPW had to be certified. Mr. Trotta indicated that the approximately $3,000 cost 
of training and education for the drivers could be covered under his existing budget and that he had not 
requested additional funding to this budget. 
Mr. Sims stated that he thought Mr. Trotta's budget for gas and oil for vehicles had been budgeted too 
low. Mr. Trotta is comfortable with the amount budgeted for this expense. 
Water and Sewer Enterprise Funds — (handout) Mr. Murgia provided to the Finance Committee an 
updated Enterprise Funds' Operating Budgets sheet with revised Massachusetts Water Resources 
Authority (MWRA) Assessments for FYI 5. The MWRA Assessment for Water is down by approximately 
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