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FINCOM 20180301 Minutes
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Canton Finance Committee Minutes Voted on: 3-22-18 Meeting Minutes Vote: 5-0-1 Thursday, March 1, 2018 Members Present: Rob Barker, Nichola Gallagher, Cynthia Holcombe, Tim McKenna, Barbara Saint Andre and Cindy Thomas. Members Absent: All members were present. Guests Present: Dave Emhardt, Chairman, Capital Planning Committee Bob Panico, Vice Chairman, Capital Planning Committee Emilio Mauro, Jr., Member, Capital Planning Committee 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 7:03 pm. on Thursday, March 1, 2018 in the Salah Meeting Room of Town Hall. A. Approval of Agenda Chairman Barker reviewed the items on the agenda. B. Announcements Chairman Barker announced that the Finance Committee would not meet on March 19 and would meet on March 22 instead. C. New Business Discussion of FY19 Capital Planning Requests — Municipal and School Departments Mr. Emhardt stated that the Capital Planning Committee (CPC) had met with the Municipal Departments on February 12th and the School Department on February 13th to discuss the capital requests for FY19. He also stated that on February 26th and 27th the CPC voted on the FY19 Municipal Departments and School Department capital requests, Mr. Emhardt, Mr. Panico and Mr. Mauro presented the FY19 capital requests to the Finance Committee as follows: Executive Request - Sidewalk Replacement - $200,000 — Free Cash — Ms. Saint Andre recused herself from the discussion on this sidewalk capital request because she lives on one of the streets included in the project. • This sidewalk replacement project is for Patriots Drive, Lexington and Margaret Street. • The sidewalks are being removed from one side of the street and being replaced on the other side of the street for ADA accessibility. • The funding source for this project will be free cash. • The CPC supported this project with a vote of 4-0-1. One member abstained due to residing on one of the streets. Ms. Saint Andre rejoined the meeting. FINCOM 20180301 Minutes Page I of 10 03/0/18