FINCOM 20170222 Minutes

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Town of Canton Finance Committee Minutes Voted on: 2-28-17 
Meeting Minutes Vote: 5-0-3 
Wednesday, February 22, 2017 
Members Present: 
Rob Barker, Jerry Dorfman, Cynthia Holcombe, Stephanie Leach, Barbara Saint Andr6 and Cindy 
Thomas. 
Members Absent: 
Nichola Gallagher, Dianne Gustafson and Tim McKenna. 
Guests Present: 
Kyle Bush, Resident 
Chief Charlie Doody, Fire Department 
Tracy Kenney, Town Clerk 
Bruce Rohr, Resident, Sponsor of Article 37 
James and Jeff Swanson, Residents 
Mike 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 by Chair Saint Andre at 
7:05 p.m. on Wednesday, February 22, 2017 in the Salah Meeting Room of the Town Hall. 
A. Approval of Agenda 
Chair Saint Andre reviewed the items on the agenda — Fire Department Budget, Public Works 
Department Budgets, a citizen -sponsored article by Bruce Rohr and voting on various articles. 
B. Announcements 
Chair Saint Andr6 introduced James Swanson, who was attending the Finance Committee meeting and 
taking notes as part of the work he is doing on his Citizenry and Community Involvement Boy Scout Merit 
Badge. James was accompanied by his father Jeff Swanson. 
She also introduced Kyle Bush who is working on a Boston College graduate degree. Mr. Bush moved to 
Canton about a year ago and is currently employed in Finance specializing in bonds. 
C. New Business 
FY18 Fire Department Budgets — Fire Chief Charlie Doody presented his FY18 budget requests for the 
Fire Department and Ambulance Service as follows: 
Regional Dispatch Center 
• Chief Doody explained that the annual fee for the Holbrook Regional Dispatch Center will be 
$225,000. 
• Last year $150,000 was appropriated to help with the expenses related to the Holbrook dispatch. An 
increase of $75,000 is being requested for FY18. $50,000 from the FY17 budget was recently 
transferred to Holbrook to help with the cost of hiring and training dispatchers. 
• Louis Jutras is working with a program manager for data conversion to Holbrook. 
• There is infrastructure work (such as dish installation) that needs to be done. 
• May 1 is the target date of a trial run of dispatching, with dual systems running in Canton and 
Holbrook. 
• June -July 1 is the target date to go live with the Holbrook system. 
Fire Department FY18 Budget Requests 
• Chief Doody stated that he is requesting $46,000 to promote four Firefighters to Lieutenants. 
• Taking the advice of the Finance Committee in years past, Chief Doody stated that for FY18 is 
attempting to budget for overtime closer to the true costs of overtime. He provided a 1 -page 
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