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Finance Committee Members Present: Dan Cole, John Leonetti, Emilio Mauro, Maureen Menconi, Kristin Mirliani, Reuki Schutt and Cindy Thomas. Guests Present: Steve Choiniere, Supervisor, Central Maintenance Ellen Jones, Recording Secretary Louis Jutras, Manager of Information Systems Brian Lynch, Director of Central Maintenance Tyler Radicioni, Recreation Director Randy Scollins III, Finance Director Ed Walsh, Building Commissioner Call Meeting to Order: Mr. Mauro called the virtual meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. Mr. Mauro introduced the Finance Committee members and the guests that were present at the virtual meeting. New Business: Resignation of Finance Committee Member — Mr. Mauro announced that Anne Lang had submitted her resignation from the Finance Committee due to time commitments. He thanked Anne for being part of the Committee and wished her well. Discussion - 155 — Information Systems — FY26 Budget Reguest Total request for the Information Systems FY26 operating budget is an approximately 4.7% increase. An approximately 1.4% increase is for contractual items in the salaries section and the remaining 3.3% increase is for the expense side of the budget. The expense section of the Information Systems budget covers a variety of software and hardware that is used by various Town departments. With the variety of applications that the Town has, most of those on a year to year basis change their pricing anywhere between 5% and 10-12%. Mr. Jutras stated that he tries to obtain as much information on the cost increases for the applications. Mr. Jutras provided the Finance Committee members a detailed spreadsheet that detail the various packages used by the Town with information regarding the names of the products that corresponds to the expense line items in the Information Systems FY26 budget requests. The total increase for the expense side is $23,800 and the total increase for the salary side $101200. Mr. Jutras stated that he has one new item request for $1,200 coming from a recommendation by the By -Law Modernization Committee (established at 2024 ATM). The By -Law Modernization Committee (BLMC) is close to signing a contract with a vendor to codify the By -Laws, in digital format, with better website access etc. During the By - Law Modernization Committee discussions it was mentioned that many cities and Towns that use a similar software have the cost for this type of software in the Information Systems budgets. The amount in subsequent years would be the same cost of $1,200 per year for annual maintenance for the next three years. Mr. Scollins and Mr. Jutras are both members of the By -Law Modernization Committee. The BLIVIC had a demonstration of the software (for both By -Laws and Zoning By -Laws) with the BLIVIC focusing only on the General By -Laws software. The completion time will be anywhere from 18-24 months with the end result of a standardized set of By -Laws. Within Norfolk County less than eight towns are not using the product with three or four towns in diSGUSSion with the software company. Ms. Thomas spoke in support of this By -Law software expense. FINCOM 20250129 Minutes Signed RBS WRS 2.3.25.docx Page 1 of 6 1/31//25
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This budget is for the maintenance of the Park located at the Paul Revere Heritage Site. Mr. Radoni oversees the maintenance for the park. No additional funds are being requested for this budget for FY26. FINCOM 20250129 Minutes Signed RBS WRS 2.3.25.docx Page 2 of 6 1/31//25