Finance Committee Meeting

Minutes – October 18, 2004

Sharon High School – 6:05 P.M.

Members Present:  Michael Feldman, David Fixler, Brian Fitzgerald, Kenneth Goldberg (6:20pm), Charles Goodman, David Hearne, Jonathan Hitter (6:25pm), Ira Miller, Paul Pietal, Gregory Sydney (6:30pm), Gloria Rose

1. Continue review of Articles for Fall Town Meeting.

2. ARTICLE 11:  Moved (Hearne/Goodman) to approve fee structure as proposed by DPW. Voted: 8-0-0

3. ARTICLE 12:  Moved (Miller/Rose) to accept amendments to Zoning By-Law as recommended by the planning Board. Voted: 8-0-0

4. ARTICLE 13:  Moved (Hearne/Feldman) to indefinitely postpone. Voted: 8-0-0

5. ARTICLE 17:  Moved (Goodman/Fixler) to accept Bramble Lane. Voted: 8-0-0

6. ARTICLE 2:  Moved (Hearne/Hitter) to reconsider previous vote on Article 2.

Voted: 9-2

7. ARTICLE 2:  Moved (Hearne/Hitter) to recommend that $125,000 be appropriated to remodel, reconstruct and make extraordinary repairs to the Community Center and to fund a feasibility study done according to Sharon’s Standing Building Committee standards to determine further direction of the Community Center’s reuse. And in addition, to determine whether any funds received by the Town as a result of insurance claims regarding the Community Center shall be accepted and applied to an account “Reserve for Appropriation Account - Community Center” and may be transferred from said account and expended for the above purposes.          Voted: 11 - 0

8. MOVED and SECONDED to adjourn. VOTED:  11-0-0.

        Meeting adjourned at 6:55 P.M.