FINCOM 20180226 Minutes

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Canton Finance Committee Minutes Voted on: 3-8-18 
Meeting Minutes Vote: 5-0-1 
Monday, February 26, 2018 
Members Present: 
Rob Barker, Nichola Gallagher, Cynthia Holcombe, Tim McKenna and Cindy Thomas. 
Members Absent: Barbara Saint Andre. 
Guests Present: 
Chief Ken Berkowitz, Police Department 
Liz Francis, Parks & Recreation Director 
Louis Jutras, Manager of Information Systems 
Tracy Kenney, Town Clerk 
Deputy Chief Helena Rafferty, Police Department 
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 Chairman Barker at 7:04 pm. on 
Monday, February 26, 2018 in the Salah Meeting Room of Town Hall. 
A. Approval of Agenda 
Chairman Barker reviewed the items on the agenda which included a discussion regarding the FY19 budget 
requests for the Police Department, Town Clerk, MIS, Parks & Recreation and a discussion with the DPW 
Superintendent regarding water and sewer assessments as well as Town Meeting articles. 
B. Announcements 
Chairman Barker announced that there were three vacancies on the Finance Committee and that interested 
parties should reach out to the Town Moderator. 
C. New Business 
FY19 MIS Department Budget Request — Mr. Jutras presented his FY19 MIS budget request as follows: 
• A full-time Software Coordinator position was being requested for FY19. Once the position is filled the 
existing part-time position (11 hours) would be eliminated. 
• The impact of adding the Software Coordinator position would be an approximately $56,000 increase to 
the budget. 
• The last time a position was added to the MIS Division of the Finance Department was the Network 
Coordinator position in 1999. A part-time employee has been assisting the division in recent years. 
• The Software Coordinator would be responsible for the managing, maintenance and upgrading of over 45 
software programs the Town utilizes. 
• A job description has been developed along with a grade for the position. The salary range for the 
position would be $60,000 to $75,000. This would be a personal contract position and would not be 
within any union. 
• In response to Chairman Barker's inquiry about the pros and cons of having this new position be full-time 
instead of part-time, Mr. Jutras responded that space allocation within the department could better 
accommodate a full-time person instead of two part-time positions. In addition he further stated that the 
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