Finance
Committee Meeting
Minutes
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High School Library –
Members
Present: Kenneth Goldberg, Charles
Goodman, Ira Miller, Paul Pietal, Gregory
Sydney(late), (Hamilton)
Absent: Michael Feldman, Brian Fitzgerald, David Fixler, David Hearne,
Jonathan Hitter,
Gloria Rose
1. There was a budget review of
the Board of Assessors, Mark Mazur, Administrative
Assessor, present. There is also a
proposal for quarterly tax bills.
Discussion was held on this budget regarding plus salaries, legal
services, personal property tax, Appellate Tax Board cases, in-state travel,
three-year evaluations, ten-year evaluation, and data re-inspection. A proposal
for online access of town assessments by all residents
was discussed.
2. Discussion continued
regarding instituting a quarterly tax bill.
The benefit would be cash flow, but it would be more costly to send out
four times. Selectmen asked to do a cost
benefit analysis for the Town.
3. Discussed Finance Committee
and Personnel Board budget.
4. OTHER BUSINESS
5. Reported on Priorities
Committee meeting held last Thursday.
Most of the discussion was on whether the other sectors should be given
the same or different percentage increases.
The School and Selectmen sectors shared their add-ons (i.e. new police,
fire, Assistant Principal, etc). A figure that came up during the revised
revenue estimates was an increase in free cash from $900,000 to $1.9
million. Ben Puritz
will report at the next Priorities meeting on the large increase in more
detail. Also a discussion on the use of fees at town buildings which was tabled
to bring back a better crafted motion, but there was agreement by Priorities on
governmental and non-governmental use and covering expenses of the facilities.
6. The Board of Health would be
the first meeting in the New Year.
7. There is no quorum tonight
therefore no voting on minutes. The next
meeting will be
8. The meeting ended at
9. ACTION: Worksheet needed for abatement for overlay.