March 29, 2023, Finance Committee Meeting - Virtual Meeting… — a9b2195484e2308ab5

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Canton Finance Committee Minutes Voted on: 5/1/23
801 Washington Street Vote: 5-0-0
Canton, MA 02021

Meeting Minutes
March 29, 2023
Finance Committee Members Present: Dave Clough, Dan Cole, Karen Foley, Emilio Mauro, Tim McKenna,
Maureen Menconi, Reuki Schutt and Cindy Thomas.

Finance Committee Members Absent: All members were present for the meeting.

Guests Present:
Charlie Doody, Town Administrator
Dave Emhardt, Chair, Capital Planning Committee (CPC)
Ellen Jones, Finance Committee Recording Secretary
Patricia McDermott, Chair, Planning Board
Randy Scollins, Finance Director/Treasurer/Collector

Call Meeting to Order: Ms. Thomas called the virtual meeting to order at 7:02 p.m.

Approval of Minutes - A motion made by Ms. Schutt to approve the February 22, 2023 minutes as written was
seconded by Mr. Mauro.

Roll Call Vote:
Ms. Schutt Aye Mr. McKenna Aye Mr. Cole Aye Mr. Mauro Aye
Ms. Menconi Aye Ms. Foley Aye Mr. Clough Aye Ms. Thomas Aye

Roll Call Vote: 8-0-0. The February 22, 2023 minutes were approved.

A motion made by Ms. Schutt to approve the minutes for March 1, March 6 and March 15, 2023 as written was
seconded by Mr. Mauro.

Roll Call Vote:
Ms. Schutt Aye Mr. McKenna Aye Mr. Cole Aye Mr. Mauro Aye
Ms. Menconi Aye Ms. Foley Aye Mr. Clough Aye Ms. Thomas Aye

Roll Call Vote: 8-0-0. The March 1, March 6 and March 15, 2023 minutes were approved.

Discussion – FY24 Municipal Operating Budget Recommendations – Mr. Doody thanked the Finance Committee
for inviting him to the meeting and thanked Ms. Thomas and Ms. Schutt for attending the Select Board’s meeting the
previous night. He complimented Ms. Thomas for doing an excellent job reviewing the compensation for elected
officials and Sub-Committee findings for the Select Board Meeting. Mr. Doody remarked that the Select Board
members were very satisfied with the information presented.

Mr. Doody provided the following highlights of the FY24 municipal budget requests as follows:
• Mr. Scollins screen shared highlights of the budget requests for FY24.
• No additional staff was added to the budget for FY23.
• 6 full-time staff are being requested for FY24 – 1.0 Deputy Fire Chief, 1.0 Central Maintenance Division
Head, 1.0 DPW Operations Manager, 2.0 Recreation Department Maintenance Staff, 0.5 Library
Young Adult Assistant, 0.5 Veterans Department Assistant for a total of 6.0 New additional positions
to Municipal Staff at a total cost of $558,700.
• Central Maintenance Division Head will oversee the maintenance of 22 buildings and will hopefully avoid
costly, unexpected repairs.
• The Recreation Department has inherited more land to maintain such as the Earl Newhouse Recreation site
and the Paul Revere Heritage site.
• The Town recently hired a Storm water Manager which will be funded from the Sewer Enterprise Fund.
• The Executive Assistant in the Town Administrator’s office will be increased from 35 hours per week to
40 hours per week.

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• The Assistant Assessing Officer in the Assessor’s office will be increased from 35 hours per week to 40
hours per week. The office realized efficiencies because of the great work the GIS employee does in the
Department of Public Works thereby freeing up funding that they would have had to pay a private vendor to
do the work.
• Central Maintenance Department - $100,000 was added to the budget. Mr. Scollins and Mr. Doody met
with all department managers and were able to “harvest” utility budgets from departmental budgets for the
Central Maintenance Department.
• All other requested net increases to municipal budgets totaled approximately $175,000 across 14
departmental budgets.

Mr. Scollins reported the following regarding the FY24 budget requests:
Base budget: $25,765,958
Total budget requests: $27,609,234
Total incremental requests: $1,843,276
Reductions to requests: (987,493)
Recommended incremental requests: 855,783
Plus FY24 Base Budget $25,765,958
Total FY24 Municipal Operating Budget Request: $26,621,741 (FINCOM voted Target #)

The total is a 6.3% increase over the current FY 2023.

Per Mr. Scollins, with unsettled contracts the Town has to carry an amount in Dept. 910 to budget for unsettled
contracts. Mr. Scollins stated that there was good news in that the Town has settled all of its unsettled contracts
going into FY24. He was able to reduce an amount that was being held in Dept. 910 to a level that was necessary to
fund an amount that was necessary for contracts that were settled later. A reduction of $164,439 was made to
employee contract benefit contingency because it was no longer needed.

Mr. Mauro inquired about the Town Planner and the staffing issues in the Planning Department that had been
identified by the former Town Planner, Laura Smead. He questioned how much capacity there is if the Town Planner
needed support such as an Assistant Town Planner. Would the Town be able to support that request? Mr. Doody
stated that the Town has had difficulty attracting a candidate to replace the former Town Planner, Laura Smead. The
Town contracted with a consultant to assist the Town with the search. As a result the Town has four very good, solid
candidates who will be interviewed within the next week. As far as support for the Town Planner for FY23, he and the
HR Director changed the job description of Karen Lawlor in the Planning Office so that she will be able to assist the
new Town Planner with administrative tasks. He stated that they would evaluate to see if this is efficient or if the
Town needs to supplement that with either a part-time position or a full-time position.

Mr. Scollins added that the Town has hired a part-time Affordable Housing Coordinator which is funded through the
Housing Trust. This was an area that the former Town Planner was focused on. Mr. Scollins stated that Mr. Shea,
the Affordable Housing Coordinator, is doing an outstanding job and will help the Town Planner in the future.

Discussion and Vote - Article 29 – Amend Zoning By-Law Section 3.1.4 Table of Use Regulations
(Scrivener’s error) – Mr. Scollins reported that his office had received an email from the Planning Board office
regarding Article 29 that it was a simple error in the table and that the Table of Use Regulation for Manufacturing in
the LI (B) district should remain as a “Y” and not a “N.

A motion made by Ms. Schutt to recommend the motion be amended for Article 29 as written in the warrant
was seconded by Ms. Foley.

Roll Call Vote:
Ms. Schutt Aye Mr. McKenna Aye Mr. Cole Aye Mr. Mauro Aye
Ms. Menconi Aye Ms. Foley Aye Mr. Clough Aye Ms. Thomas Aye

Roll Call Vote: 8-0-0. The motion for Article 29 was approved.

Article 15 – “Omnibus” Capital Outlay Program - Discussion with Mr. Emhardt, Chair, CPC

Mr. Emhardt reported that the CPC had voted on some of the Article 15 motions on March 9th and the rest of the
motions earlier in the evening of March 29th. All of their voting has been completed.

Discussion - Article 21 & Article 15 Motion 8 – Pleasant Circle Storm Drain Improvements ($270,000) –
Mr. Emhardt reported that additional information requested by them had been provided for Article 21 related to the
Pleasant Circle storm drain improvements. They reviewed the sketch of the project. The Conservation Agent also
provided information regarding storm water runoff in general. The majority of the CPC would still like to receive

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information from Town Counsel if the Town is absolutely liable or is this a case that the property owner purchased the
property with this drainage situation in existence (buyer beware). It was not that the CPC did not want to support
Article 21 it was the opinion of a majority of the members that it is $270,000 of Town funds being used for the project
and members wanted to make sure it was something the Town had to do. The CPC voted 1-3-0 not to support this
project.

Mr. Doody commented that he had met with Town Counsel and the necessity to do this work. The runoff is coming
down the town-owned street, which is the responsibility of the Town to manage the streets. The water runoff is not
changing the homeowner’s topography of their land or landscaping but it is a condition that has existed. The previous
homeowner did not ask the Town to remedy the situation. The previous homeowner thought he had fixed the
drainage problem by creating a channel along the side of his property for the runoff but discharges untreated into the
Reservoir Pond. The former Town Administrator, Charlie Aspinwall, had brought forth this project.

Discussion – Article 15 Motion 13 – Library Roof & HVA Replacements ($1,271,210) – Mr. Emhardt reported that
the CPC voted 3-0-0 to support this motion with a change in the amount to fund for the project. On March 9th they
voted 3-0-0 to increase the total amount to $1,433,000. The CPC added $133,000 of debt capital that had been
earmarked for a bus replacement for the Department of Elder and Human Services. Since the CPC did not support
the replacement of the bus the felt the Library project would need this additional debt capital. He further stated that
there was also not enough information regarding the total amount needed for the Library Roof & HVAC Replacement
project.

Mr. Scollins brought to the attention of the Committee that a contingency motion for $250,000 is being proposed
under Article 15 which can be used for shortages for all of the Town’s capital projects. He also emphasize that the
Buildings Renovation Committee (BRC) has contracted with an architect and engineer to evaluate the condition of the
Library roof and HVAC with the intention that they will come back just in time for ATM with an updated cost estimate
that would be appropriate to fund under this article. He is expecting to have the estimate in time for Town Meeting
but not in time for the publication deadline for the ATM booklet. His expectation is that the $1,271,210 will most likely
change on Town Meeting floor with the estimate being put together by RGB architects. He spoke in favor of
amending the amount one time (at Town Meeting) instead of amending the amount two times, now and at Town
Meeting.

Mr. Emhardt stated that this project started out in the $100,000 to $200,000 range and that this project has the
potential to use all of the $250,000 contingency fund just for this one project. The CPC felt that adding the $133,000
of debt capital would be appropriate.

Mr. Scollins thanked Mr. Emhardt for bringing up the original appropriation of $320,000 and stated that the contract
for the architect and engineers is for $120,000 leaving approximately $200,000 to be put towards the cost of the
project if additional funding is needed. If the Town needs $1.5 million at the time of Town Meeting Mr. Scollins would
not recommend “eating up” the contingency before the fiscal year has even started.

Discussion and Vote – Article 15 Motion 20 – Replace Department of Elder & Human Services Bus ($133,000)

The CPC voted not to support the replacement of the bus. Mr. Doody stated that he spoke with Diane Tynan and Mr.
Scollins, he asked the Committee to reconsider supporting the $133,000 request for the replacement bus. Mr. Doody
has several concerns about not replacing the bus. One of those concerns is the amount of time it would take the
Town to procure a new vehicle. It was unknown to him the importance of the function of the vehicle. The Town had
just received a donation of a smaller, new van from Point32Health that would be put into service immediately. He
was unaware of the function that the bus served for the residents, i.e. taking citizens on shopping trips in which space
was needed for groceries and packages. He also did not know that the comfortable ride of the van being proposed to
be replaced was in poor condition for providing a comfortable ride. The older bus has suspension issues. It is his
opinion that the seniors deserve a comfortable ride. If this bus were to be funded, Mr. Scollins assured Mr. Doody
that funding this project would not remove capital funding for other recommended projects and that funds were
available for the $133,000 request.

Mr. Scollins commented that he is concerned about supply chain issues on this particular vehicle and the existing van
may cost the Town more in repairs if there is a delay in receiving the new van. The Town would not borrow for the
debt capital until the van is received. Mr. Cole spoke in support of recommending the new van to ATM.

Ms. Thomas thanked Mr. Emhardt and stated she is impressed and appreciates the level of work and detail that the
CPC does to review the capital requests and that the Town is very fortunate to have a CPC that “digs deep” in its
review. Mr. Emhardt thanked the Finance Committee for all of the work it does. Mr. Emhardt understands that a vote
of the Finance Committee could differ from that which the CPC may recommend and that it could be a matter of more
information at the time the Finance Committee takes their votes. The CPC votes based on the information they have
at the time of voting. Mr. Emhardt thanked Ms. Thomas for allowing the CPC a bit of an extension on their voting
schedule.

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A motion made by Ms. Schutt to recommend Article 15 Motion 20 the sum of $133,000 through borrowing for
the replacement of the 2012 Elder and Human Services bus/van as written in the motion was seconded by
Mr. McKenna.

Roll Call Vote:
Ms. Schutt Aye Mr. McKenna Aye Mr. Cole Aye Mr. Mauro Aye
Ms. Menconi Aye Ms. Foley Aye Mr. Clough Aye Ms. Thomas Aye

Roll Call Vote: 8-0-0. The motion for Article 15 Motion 20 was approved.

Vote – Article 15 Motion 8 – Pleasant Circle Storm Drain Improvements ($270,000)

A motion made by Mr. McKenna to recommend Article 15 Motion 8 the sum of $270,000 through borrowing
for the costs of Pleasant Circle storm drain improvements as written in the motion was seconded by
Ms. Schutt.

Roll Call Vote:
Ms. Schutt Aye Mr. McKenna Aye Mr. Cole Aye Mr. Mauro Aye
Ms. Menconi Aye Ms. Foley Aye Mr. Clough Aye Ms. Thomas Aye

Roll Call Vote: 8-0-0. The motion for Article 15 Motion 8 was approved.

Vote – Article 15 Motion 13 – Library Roof & HVAC Replacements ($1,271,210)

A motion made by Mr. Mauro that the Finance Committee recommend Article 15 Motion 13 $1,271,210
contingent upon additional information presented to the Finance Committee regarding cost estimates that
aligns substantially with the cost in the motion prior to the Annual Town Meeting was seconded by
Ms. Schutt.

Roll Call Vote:
Ms. Schutt Aye Mr. McKenna Aye Mr. Cole Aye Mr. Mauro Aye
Ms. Menconi Aye Ms. Foley Aye Mr. Clough Aye Ms. Thomas Aye

Roll Call Vote: 8-0-0. The motion for Article 15 Motion 13 was approved.

Vote – Article 15 with the Exception of Motions 8, 13 and 20

A motion made by Mr. McKenna that the Finance Committee recommend the motions for Article 15 as printed
in the warrant except Motions 8, 13 and 20 was seconded by Mr. Mauro.

Roll Call Vote:
Ms. Menconi Aye Ms. Foley Aye Mr. Clough Aye Ms. Thomas Aye
Mr. McKenna Aye Mr. Cole Aye Mr. Mauro Aye Ms. Schutt Aye

Roll Call Vote: 8-0-0. The motions for Article 15 with the exception of Motions 8, 13 and 20 was approved.

Vote – Article 28 – Formation of a Sustainability Action Plan /steering Committee and Initial Steps for the
Creation of a Sustainability Action Plan

A motion made by Mr. McKenna that the Finance Committee recommend Article 28 be indefinitely postponed
was seconded by Mr. Mauro.

Roll Call Vote:
Ms. Schutt Aye Mr. McKenna Aye Mr. Cole Aye Mr. Mauro Aye
Ms. Menconi Aye Ms. Foley Aye Mr. Clough Aye Ms. Thomas Aye

Roll Call Vote: 8-0-0. The motion to indefinitely postpone Article 28 was approved.

Vote – Article 27 – Sustainability/Climate Action & Related Activities

A motion made by Mr. Mauro that the Finance Committee recommend Article 27 as written in the warrant was
seconded by Mr. McKenna.

Mr. Clough raised his concern that the Commonwealth has agreed to stop producing gas-powered vehicles within the
next ten years which will help solve a lot of emissions problems. With regard to LEED buildings (Leadership in
Energy and Environmental Design Buildings) which is the “gold standard” in buildings are in the billions of dollars.

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Personally, Mr. Clough does not think the Town can afford to build a LEED building to achieve those objectives so he
respectfully declines to support Article 27 due to the fact that the Committee does not know the economics and the
actual finances involved with the article.

Mr. Mauro commented on Mr. Cloughs thoughts. Mr. Mauro believes Article 27 does not require the Finance
Committee to approve any future expenditures because this article would just create a committee and would allow for
a report and a review of the conditions and to make recommendations. For instance, if the committee decided that
there should be a Sustainability/Climate Action Plan it would still have to come back to Town Meeting at a future time,
unless they obtained grants, to obtain funding which the appropriate board such as the Select Board would ask Town
Meeting for the funding. By approving Article 27 the Finance Committee or ATM would not necessarily be approving
future costs but instead of actually approving a goal towards the plan and to come up with future expenditures.

Mr. Doody stated Article 27 is a non-money article and after having met with Tom Birmingham, the sponsor of Article
28, the initial goal is to put together a Sustainability Committee that has members with similar expertise in climate
change. The goal is to also create a Sustainability Action Plan and then look for funding from the State. The opinion
of the group is that the Governor’s focus is on climate change, having just appointed a climate change cabinet
member so there will be funds available from the state to pursue these activities by forming a plan and seeking
funding from the state.

Ms. Thomas complimented Mr. Clough for doing a great job of reminding the Finance Committee to “think down the
road” of what the cost implications may be for some of the requests that come before the Committee.

Roll Call Vote:
Ms. Schutt Aye Mr. McKenna Aye Mr. Cole Aye Mr. Mauro Aye
Ms. Menconi Aye Ms. Foley Aye Mr. Clough Nay Ms. Thomas Aye

Roll Call Vote: 7-1-0. The motion to recommend Article 27 passed.

Vote – Article 3 – Hear Reports of Committees Appointed at prior Annual Town Meetings

A motion made by Ms. Schutt to recommend Article 3 as written in the warrant was seconded by Mr.
McKenna.

Mr. Scollins reported to the Committee that Town Counsel informed him that the Community Preservation Committee
does not have standing as a Town-appointed committee and therefore should not give a report to Town Meeting
under Article 3. He further stated that the Revere & Son Heritage Trust Corporation (RSHTC), as per the enabling
legislation includes a section that states the Corporation should present a report at the Annual Town Meeting (ATM).

Roll Call Vote:
Ms. Schutt Aye Mr. McKenna Aye Mr. Cole Aye Mr. Mauro Aye
Ms. Menconi Aye Ms. Foley Aye Mr. Clough Aye Ms. Thomas Aye

Roll Call Vote: 8-0-0. The motion to recommend Article 3 passed.

Mr. Clough inquired when the Finance Committee would be hearing the reports under Article 3. Mr. Scollins stated
that he does believe the Economic Development Committee (EDC) and the RSHTC will have reports for the Finance
Committee prior to Town Meeting. Mr. Scollins does not believe the Canton Alliance Against Substance Abuse
committee will be presenting a report at ATM.

Vote – Article 4 – Act on “Consent Agenda”

Mr. McKenna commented that Article 28 which was indefinitely postponed should not be included in the Consent
Agenda to allow the sponsor for Article 28 to withdraw their motion.

A motion made by Mr. McKenna to recommend the Consent Agenda Article 4 include Articles 6, 11, 12, 14,
16, 24, 25 and 26 was seconded by Ms. Foley.

Roll Call Vote:
Ms. Schutt Aye Mr. McKenna Aye Mr. Cole Aye Mr. Mauro Aye
Ms. Menconi Aye Ms. Foley Aye Mr. Clough Aye Ms. Thomas Aye

Roll Call Vote: 8-0-0. The motion to recommend Article 4 passed.

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Article 7 Motion 2 – Set Salaries of Elected Officials

Ms. Thomas provided an update to the Finance Committee based on her presentation to the Select Board the
previous night. The following are her comments.
• There is no retirement implication as long as compensation for the Elected Official is less than $5,000 per
year. Retirement has been taken off the table in terms of any discussion. There are a few former retired
elected officials who are receiving some benefits. Ms. Thomas will be forwarding information received from
Town Counsel. For moving forward the Committee does not need to deal with the retirement issue since it
is a non-issue.
• Ms. Thomas stated that the Sub-Committee would like to move forward with a compensation plan that would
provide compensation for all elected officials but that in doing so it would be contingent upon rescinding the
current policy that allows elected officials to access Town insurance benefits. The information was well
received by the Select Board who will be taking the information under advisement and to seek any legal
counsel they need to understand any implications.
• Increasing compensation for all elected officials will have a financial impact of approximately $14,000 to
$16,000 per year. If all of the elected officials took advantage of the benefits available to them the cost
would be approximately $85,000 per year. While there would be a cost for the stipends going forward there
would be a reduction in liability for the Town.
• The recommendation for the Finance Committee now is that the Committee vote to keep the compensation
schedule for FY24 as it is with the intent that in FY24 the Committee would look to the Select Board to
rescind the current policy on benefits. This would allow the Committee to hear from elected officials and to
make a recommendation for a tiered compensation schedule and then to include that in the FY25 Budget
Recommendations to Town Meeting. If the Committee were to recommend a revised compensation
schedule for all elected officials now to be effective in FY24, it may cause departments to have a budget
shortage for other areas that they have requested funding for.

Mr. Doody stated that the Select Board felt that compensation for all elected officials was the correct move forward
but it would be dependent upon the Select Board meeting to develop a policy with regard to the benefits that are in
question. They will take the upcoming months to try to “craft” a policy that makes sense.

A motion made by Mr. Mauro for the Finance Committee to recommend Article 7 Motion 2 as written in the
warrant was seconded by Ms. Schutt.

Roll Call Vote:
Ms. Schutt Aye Mr. McKenna Aye Mr. Cole Aye Mr. Mauro Aye
Ms. Menconi Aye Ms. Foley Aye Mr. Clough Aye Ms. Thomas Aye

Roll Call Vote: 8-0-0. The motion to recommend Article 7 Motion 2 passed.

Article 8 – Reconsideration – Pay Bills of Prior Fiscal Year

A motion made by Ms. Schutt that the Finance Committee reconsider their previous vote for Article 8 was
seconded by Mr. Mauro.

Roll Call Vote:
Ms. Schutt Aye Mr. McKenna Aye Mr. Cole Aye Mr. Mauro Aye
Ms. Menconi Aye Ms. Foley Aye Mr. Clough Aye Ms. Thomas Aye
Roll Call Vote: 8-0-0.

The motion for the Finance Committee to reconsider Article 8 passed.

Mr. Scollins explained that a 2018 invoice for $100.00 for certificate fees was sent by the vendor to the wrong
location.

A motion made by Ms. Schutt to recommend Article 8 for the Town to pay two invoices from a prior fiscal
year totaling $336.08 was seconded by Mr. McKenna.

Roll Call Vote:
Ms. Schutt Aye Mr. McKenna Aye Mr. Cole Aye Mr. Mauro Aye
Ms. Menconi Aye Ms. Foley Aye Mr. Clough Aye Ms. Thomas Aye

Roll Call Vote: 8-0-0.
The motion for Article 8 passed.

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Reconsideration – Article 14 – Community Recognition Supplemental Funding

A motion made by Mr. Mauro that the Finance Committee reconsider their previous vote for Article 14 was
seconded by Mr. Cole.

Roll Call Vote:
Ms. Schutt Aye Mr. McKenna Aye Mr. Cole Aye Mr. Mauro Aye
Ms. Menconi Aye Ms. Foley Aye Mr. Clough Aye Ms. Thomas Aye

Roll Call Vote: 8-0-0.

The motion for the Finance Committee to reconsider Article 14 passed.

Mr. Scollins stated that initially the Finance Committee had not recommended a motion for Article 14 in which to add
to the Community Recognition Fund but the Select Board requested that $2,500 be added to the Fund to bring it back
to the usual balance of $5,000.

A motion made by Mr. Mauro to recommend that $2,500 be transferred from free cash to Fund 100 to increase
the appropriation voted in Article 32 of the 2017 Annual Town Meeting for the purpose named in said article
for community recognition for present or former town employees and town officials, subject to the terms and
conditions set forth in that 2017 appropriation was seconded by Mr. Cole.

Roll Call Vote:
Ms. Schutt Aye Mr. McKenna Aye Mr. Cole Aye Mr. Mauro Aye
Ms. Menconi Aye Ms. Foley Aye Mr. Clough Aye Ms. Thomas Aye

Roll Call Vote: 8-0-0.

The motion for Article14 passed.

Vote – Fixed Costs – Budget Numbers 422, 423, 840, 841, 946, 820 and 830.

A motion made by Mr. Mauro to recommend the following fixed cost budgets for FY24 as follows:

422 Street Lighting $97,000
423 Snow & Ice Removal $650,500
840 Blue Hills Regional School $1,770,018
841 Norfolk County Agricultural School $50,000
946 Town Insurance $1,525,950
820 Cherry Sheet Assessments $1,341,442
830 Norfolk County Tax – Cherry Sheet $242,144
was seconded by Ms. Schutt.

Roll Call Vote:
Ms. Schutt Aye Mr. McKenna Aye Mr. Cole Aye Mr. Mauro Aye
Ms. Menconi Aye Ms. Foley Aye Mr. Clough Aye Ms. Thomas Aye

Roll Call Vote: 8-0-0.

The motion for recommending the FY24 budgets for various Fixed Costs budgets passed.

Next Meeting Date: The next Finance Committee meeting will take place on Monday, April 3, 2023 at 7:00 p.m.at
which time the Committee will vote the FY24 budgets and the Special Town Meeting articles.

The Special Town Meeting information will not be part of the Annual Town Meeting booklet so as not to delay the
mailing of the ATM booklet. The STM information will be available on the Town’s website and at ATM. Mr. Scollins
confirmed for Mr. McKenna that there will be no cost associated with the STM information.

A motion made by Mr. McKenna to adjourn the meeting at 8:43 p.m. was seconded by Ms. Schutt.

Roll Call Vote:
Ms. Menconi Aye Mr. Cole Aye Mr. McKenna Aye Ms. Thomas Aye
Ms. Schutt Aye Mr. Clough Aye Ms. Foley Aye Mr. Mauro Aye
Roll Call Vote: 8-0-0
The motion to adjourned passed.

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The meeting adjourned at 8:43 p.m.

Minutes reviewed by: Karen Foley

Respectfully submitted,




Cindy Thomas
Chair, Canton Finance Committee
Sub-Committee to Review Compensation of Elected Officials




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Finance Committee
                                               Meeting Documents
                                                 March 29, 2023



Please note: Some meeting documents may be found on the Town’s website under the Posted Minutes
section (Laser Fiche).

Agenda for March 29, 2023.

FY 2024 Municipal General Fund Operating Budget Request Highlights, provided by Mr. Scollins (4 pages).

Article 7 Moton 2: Set Salaries and Compensation for all Part-Time Elected Officials of the Town for FY24 –
Finance Committee Presentation to the Select Board on March 28, 2023 (7 pages).




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