BOS minutes 05-06-14

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Minutes 
Board of Selectmen 
May 6, 2014 
Memorial Hall - Salah Meeting Room 
Present: Gerald A. Salvatori, Jr., Chairman, Avril T. Elkort, Vice-Chairman, Victor D. Del Vecchio, 
Member, John J. Connolly, Member, William T. Friel, Town Administrator, Jennifer Bright, Administrative 
Secretary. 
Meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. 
It was noted the Mr. Burr would be unable to attend the meeting due to previous business engagement. 
Town Auditors, Tony RoseIli and Paul Gargano, RoseIli, Clark St Associates, were in attendance to give 
the presentation on the Fiscal 2013 Audit as was Mr. Murgia, Finance Director. 
Several points were raised regarding the economic status of Canton. Mr. RoseIli noted that Canton had 
a high cash reserve ratio that exceeded the state average and Canton continues to maintain a AAA bond 
rating. Mr. RoseIli advised the Board that Canton should continue to reserve free cash and make efforts 
to continue to increase free cash. 
Mr. RoseIli continued by recommending fraud prevention measures such as adopting a fraud policy and 
performing cycle audits on cash handling departments. He provided a few recommendations for some 
specific departments. For the Police Department, there was a recommendation that there be a policy 
on collecting receivables on unpaid Police details in place. For the Recreation Department, the 
recommendation was that they use pre-numbered tickets for events for better tracking. He also advised 
that the School Department should document and adopt an employee reimbursement policy. 
The Board thanked Mr. RoseIli and Mr. Gargano for their report and recommendations. 
Action Items/New Business 
Human Resource Administrator Jody Middleton presented to the Board the new suggested Health 
Insurance rates. There would be an 8% increase for HMO and PPO and a 6% increase for Medex. She 
summarized the memo she provided to the BOS. 
Motion was made to approve the Town health insurance rates for FY15 as recommended by the Human 
Resource Administrator. 
Motion: Mr. Connolly Second: Ms. Elkort Vote: 4-0 
Motion was made to approve the application to obtain a (special) license to serve alcoholic beverages at 
a one-day event from St. Gerard's Church located at 1860 Washington Street, to be held on May 30, 
2014 from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. contingent upon Building Commissioner and Fire Chief Approval. 
Motion: Mr. Connolly Second: Ms. Elkort Vote: 4-0