FINCOM 20240124 Minutes

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Canton Finance Committee Minutes Voted on: 2128/24 
801 Washington Street Vote: 8-0-0 
Canton, MA 02021 
Meeting Minutes 
January 24, 2024 
Finance Committee Members Present: Dave Clough, Dan Cole, Karen Foley, Emilio Mauro, Tim McKenna, 
Maureen Menconi, Kristin Mirliani, Reuki Schutt and Cindy Thomas. 
Finance Committee Members Absent: All members were present. 
Guests Present: 
Ellen Jones, Finance Committee Recording Secretary 
Randy Scollins, Finance Director 
Call Meeting to Order: Ms. Thomas called the in -person Finance Committee meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. 
Review of the Agenda — Ms. Thomas reviewed the agenda items that included discussion of FY25 Municipal Operating 
Budget Requests. She also stated that at their prior meeting on January 10, 2024 the Auditors presented information 
that the Committee members had follow-up questions for Mr. Scollins. Follow-up questions would be discussed at the 
February 7, 2024 Finance Committee meeting in which the Finance Director, Mr. Scollins, would be in attendance. 
Discussion — Summary Review — FY25 Municipal Budget Requests — Randy Scollins 
Mr. Scollins presented the first pass of the FY25 Summary Budget Requests with a total incremental increase of $1.94 
million over the FY24 base budget. The $1.94 million request does not include Fixed Costs or Enterprise Budgets. 
The Budget Summary could be updated once the Revenue Forecast Committee meets on February 6. The School 
Committee is supposed to meet on February 1 and will provide information to the Finance Director on February 2. Mr. 
Scollins and the Town Administrator have been meeting with many department managers to review their budget 
requests. Mr. Scollins staled he would update the Summary after those meetings have been completed. 
Mr. Scollins also provided the Milestone Calendar with key dates. He stated that the Governor's budget was released 
earlier, but late in the day and that the Divisions of Local Services (DLS) had not yet released their cherry sheet numbers 
which he believes will be available Thursday, January 25, 2024. The Revenue Forecast Committee will meet on 
Tuesday, February 6 from 10 to 12 am. 
Discussion of the following FY25 Municipal Budget Requests — Mr. Scollins 
#133 Director of Finance — The Finance Director is requesting a $1,200 increase from $1,300 to $2,500 due to 
contractual life insurance obligations. The Information Technology budget #155 would be discussed and presented by 
Louis Jutras at a future Finance Committee meeting. 
#135 Town Accountant — The FY25 Town Accountant budget has been reduced by approximately $8,000 due to 
salary savings. The former Town Accountant, Kathleen Butters, retired. Allyson Podgurski, has now been promoted 
from Assistant Town Accountant to Town Accountant. The Payroll Coordinator, Cody Pratt, has now been promoted 
to the Assistant Town Accountant position. 
#145 Treasurer/Collector — There is no change in this budget for FY25. 
Mr. Scollins stated that there will be four department managers scheduled to discuss their budgets at the January 3151 
meeting. 
Overall, the FY25 municipal budget requests total of $1,941,492 represents a 7.18% increase over the FY25 Base 
Budget. The FY25 Municipal Department Requests total of $28,964,911 represents an 8.8% increase over the FY24 
Voted budget. 
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