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Town of Canton Finance Committee Meeting Notice
Finance Committee Meeting Date: Thursday, May 20, 2021
Tim McKenna, Chair Meeting Time: 7:00 PM
Cindy Thomas, Vice Chair Meeting Location: Virtual Meeting via Zoom
Rob Barker
Dave Clough
Dan Cole
Emilio Mauro
Reuki Schutt
Wai Wong
Finance Committee Agenda– Virtual Meeting (see details below)
This meeting is being recorded by the Town of Canton. Items may be taken out of order.
(Minutes Primary/Alternate: Reuki Schutt / Wai Wong
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Call Meeting to Order
New Business (times are approximate)
11:30 a.m. Article 4 (Consent Agenda) – Remove Article 22 (Acquire Permanent Easement Over 145 Sherman Street
for Drainage).
Article 11 Motion 3 (School Cash Capital) – Insert the word “Hundred” between the words “Eight” and
“Thousand”.
That Eight HUNDRED Thousand Dollars ($800,000) be appropriated from the Fiscal Year 2022 tax levy and
other general revenues of the Town, for the Canton School Committee to expend for the purpose of
purchasing certain items of property set forth below for the School Department as follows:
Article 11 Motion 5: replace “Finance Director (in his capacity as Chief Procurement Officer) with the
approval of the Select Board” with “Building Renovation Committee”
MOVED: That One Million One Hundred Sixteen Thousand Dollars ($1,116,000) be appropriated to be
spent by the Finance Director (in his capacity as Chief Procurement Officer) with the approval of the
Select Board BUILDING RENOVATION COMMITTEE to pay for the costs of restoring and repairing the
Memorial Hall exterior and to meet said appropriation the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Select
Board be authorized to borrow pursuant to any applicable statute or any other enabling authority as may
be, the sum of One Million One Hundred Sixteen Thousand Dollars ($1,116,000). Any premium received by
the Town upon the sale of any bonds or notes approved by this vote, less any such premium applied to
the payment of the costs of issuance of such bonds or notes, may be applied to the payment of costs
approved by this vote in accordance with Chapter 44, Section 20 of the General Laws, thereby reducing
the amount authorized to be borrowed or to pay such costs by a like amount.
Article 17 – Appropriation to Increase the FY22 School Department Budget – change the year at the
beginning of the motion from “FY 2021” to “FY 2022”.Source page 2
MOVED: That the sum of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000) be appropriated to the FY 2021 2022
School Department Budget and to meet this appropriation Three Hundred Sixty Thousand Dollars
($360,000) be transferred from Free Cash (Undesignated Fund Balance) in the Treasury of the Town and
One Hundred Forty Thousand Dollars ($140,000) to be appropriated from FY 2021 unanticipated General
Fund Revenues in the Treasury of the Town.
Article 19 Motion 5 – Replace “Chief Procurement Officer with the approval of the Select Board” with
“Building Renovation Committee”
MOVED: That the sum of Two Hundred Eighty-Three Thousand Five Hundred Six Dollars ($283,506) be
appropriated from the Community Preservation Fund revenues to be spent for Historical Resources
purposes by the Chief Procurement Officer with the approval of the Select Board BUILDING RENOVATION
COMMITTEE for the architectural design work associated with the full exterior rehabilitation of Memorial
Hall.
Article 19 Motion 11 - replace “School Committee” with “Building Renovation Committee”
MOVED: That the sum of Two Hundred-Seventy Thousand Three Hundred Twenty-Two Dollars ($270,322)
be appropriated from the Community Preservation Fund revenues to be spent for Open Space and
Recreation purposes by the School Committee BUILDING RENOVATION COMMITTEE for the complete
replacement of the large upper playground at the Luce Elementary School.
Article 22 – Acquire Permanent Easement Over 145 Sherman Street for Drainage and Drainage
Maintenance Purposes - Insert the words “, gift or by eminent domain, ” between the words “purchase”
and “a twenty”
MOVED: That the Select Board be authorized to acquire by purchase, GIFT OR BY EMINENT DOMAIN a
twenty (20) foot wide permanent easement over and under the parcel of real property at 145 Sherman
Street, Assessors Map 43 Parcel 141, for the purpose of the construction, operation and maintenance of
storm water drainage to flow between Sherman Street and that portion of Canton Tax Assessor Map 43,
Parcel 141 as is depicted on Exhibit ‘A’, “Stormwater Management Plan, 145 Sherman Street in Canton,
MA” prepared by Site Design Professionals, LLC, scale 1” =10’, as revised November 12, 2019 on file with
the Town Engineer.
Article 28 – Special Tax Agreement with Emergent BioSolutions
MOVED: That the subject matter of Article 28 be withdrawn without prejudice.
Article 42 – Appropriate Funds to Meet Expenses for Next Fiscal year (FY22)
Change the title of Department 544 from “Paul Revere Heritage Committee” to “Revere and Son Heritage
Trust Corporation”
MOVED: That the Name of Department 544 be changed from “PAUL REVERE HERITAGE COMMITTEE” to
“REVERE AND SON HERITAGE TRUST CORPORATION”
Minutes to be approved: March 17, April 14, April 21 and May 5, 2021.
Other Business:
Announcements: One Vacancy on the Finance Committee.
Next Finance Committee Meeting Dates: To be determined.
If a topic becomes known prior to 48 hours before the scheduled meeting, the Committee will update this posting. The Committee
may also discuss a topic or topics not reasonably anticipated by the Chair 48 hours before the meeting.
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