Finance Committee Meeting

Finance Committee Meeting

Friday, March 11, 2005

Judge Welsh Hearing Room, Town Hall, Provincetown, MA 02657

Members Present: Ruth Gilbert, Sue Buerkel, Walt Winnowski, Ed Gage, Mark Leach, Robert Vetrick, Gary Delius, Ginny Ross and Matthew Clark

Members Excused: Gail Enos

Members Absent: Tom Thurston

Also Present: Keith Bergman, Town Manager, David Guertin, DPW Director and Alexandra Heilala, Town Accountant

Meeting was called to order at 1:06 p.m.

March 14, 2005 FinCom meeting has been re-scheduled for 1:30 p.m. instead of 3:00 p.m. and the joint meeting with Board of Selectmen for that day has been cancelled and rescheduled for March 24.~~and~~ ~~FinCom meeting has been re-scheduled for 1:30 p.m. instead of 3:00 p.m.~~

Ginny Ross arrived at 1:20 p.m.

Town Meeting Warrant Review

Names in parentheses after votes indicate who will present the FinCom’s report at Town Meeting.

Special Town Meeting

STM-1 Conveyance of 2.2 acre Care Campus Site to New England Deaconess Association.

Robert Vetrick made a motion to recommend. Mark Leach seconded and it passed 9:0:0. (Ruth Gilbert)

STM-2 Care Campus: $1.9 million in CPA Funds for Community Housing Restriction

Robert Vetrick made a motion to recommend. Matthew Clark seconded and it passed 9:0:0 (Ruth Gilbert)

STM-3 Cape End Manor Care Campus Land Exchange Expenses-$150,000

Discussion about cost ensued.

Robert Vetrick made a motion to recommend at $140,000. Walt Winnowski seconded and it passed 8:1:0. (Ruth Gilbert)

STM-4 Stabilization Fund Appropriation

The Town Manager indicated that the dollar amount of the transfer was not yet finalized. Matthew Clark made a motion to reserve recommendation until next week. Gary Delius seconded and it passed 9:0:0.

STM-5 Acquire Peters Subdivision in Truro for Wellhead Protection-$1,110,500

Gary Delius made a motion to recommend. Ed Gage seconded and it passed 9:0:0. (Gary Delius)

STM-6 Conveyance of PHS Annex property, 5 Holway Avenue

Ginny Ross made a motion to reserve recommendation until next week.

Mark Leach seconded and it passed 9:0:0.

STM-7 Apply PHS Energy Rebate to Reduce SBA Debt Service-$75,000

Matthew Clark made a motion to recommend. Sue Buerkel seconded and it passed 9:0:0. (Matthew Clark)

STM-8 Increase Length of Borrowing from 10 to 20 years for SBA-Reimbursable School Buildings

Robert Vetrick made a motion to reserve recommendation until FinCom can meet with the School Committee. Ginny Ross seconded and it passed 9:0:0.

STM-9 Semi-Annual Property Tax Bill

Robert Vetrick made a motion to recommend. Gary Delius seconded and it passed 9:0:0. (Robert Vetrick)

STM-10 FY 2005 Budget Adjustments

Gary Delius made a motion to recommend. Robert Vetrick seconded and it passed 9:0:0. (Mark Leach)

STM-11 Fund Collective Bargaining Agreements

Gary Delius made a motion to reserve recommendation. Ginny Ross seconded and it passed 9:0:0.

STM-12 MassHighway Chapter 90 Funds for Road and Sidewalk

Construction, Repairs

Gary Delius made a motion to recommend. Sue Buerkel seconded and it passed 9:0:0. (Sue Buerkel)

STM-13 Extension of SEMASS Solid Waste Disposal Agreement

Robert Vetrick made a motion to recommend. Walt Winnowski seconded and it passed 9:0:0. (Walt Winnowski)

STM-14 Wastewater Design/Implementation

Robert Vetrick made a motion to recommend. Gary Delius seconded and it passed 9:0:0. (Matthew Clark)

STM-15 Wastewater System Monitoring/Enforcement

Mark Leach made a motion to recommend. Matthew Clark seconded and it passed 9:0:0. (Matthew Clark)

Annual Town Meeting

ATM-2 FY 2006 Operating Budget $20,621,434

Sue Buerkel made a motion to reserve recommendation. Robert Vetrick seconded and it passed 8:0:0.

ATM-3 Cape Cod Regional Technical High School Assessment Formula

Matthew Clark made a motion to recommend. Sue Buerkel seconded and it passed 9:0:0.

Matthew Clark made a motion for Town Manager to request that Cape Tech representatives send their detailed assessment calculations for last 3 years. Robert Vetrick seconded and it passed 9:0:0. (Robert Vetrick)

ATM-4 Apply School Budget Reduction to Reduce SBA Debt Service-$20,000

Ginny Ross made a motion to recommend. Matthew Clark seconded and it passed 8:1:0. (Matthew Clark)

ATM-5 FY 2006 Enterprise Fund WWEF: $1,947,521; WEF: $1,836,749

Gary Delius made a motion to reserve recommendation pending receipt of requested data. Robert Vetrick

seconded and it passed 9:0:0.

ATM-6 Community Preservation Budget FY 2006: $539,434

Gary Delius made a motion to recommend. Mark Leach seconded and it passed 9:0:0. (Mark Leach)

ATM-7 Provincetown Town Hall Structural Repairs: $750,000

Ed Gage made a motion to recommend. Ginny Ross seconded and it passed 9:0:0. (Ed Gage)

ATM-8 FY 2006 Capital Improvements Program

Gary Delius made a motion to recommend all sub-items (1-11). Matthew Clark~~Gary Delius~~ seconded and it passed 8:0:0.

1-(Sue Buerkel)

2-(Ed Gage)

3-(Gary Delius)

4-(Ginny Ross)

5-(Walt Winnowski)

6-(Walt Winnowski)

7-(Ruth Gilbert)

8-(Ginny Ross)

9, 10, 11-(Gary Delius)

ATM-9 FY 2006 Revolving Accounts $20,000; $2,500

Robert Vetrick made a motion to recommend. Sue Buerkel seconded and it passed 9:0:0.

ATM-10 Funding FY 2006 Twenty-seventh pay period $200,000

Robert Vetrick made a motion to recommend. Mark Leach seconded and it passed 9:0:0. (Ginny Ross)

ATM-11 Personnel By-law Amendments/Classification & Compensation Plan

Gary Delius made a motion to recommend. Ginny Ross seconded and it passed 9:0:0. (Mark Leach)

~~ATM-18~~ ~~Transfer Tax Title property at 686 Commercial Street & 12R Pilgrim Heights Road to Conservation Committee.~~

~~Made a motion to recommend. seconded and it passed 9:0:0.~~

ATM-28 FY 2006 Human Services Grant Program $53,674

Gary Delius made a motion to reserve recommendation pending a meeting with the Human Services Committee. Robert Vetrick seconded and it passed 9:0:0 (Ginny Ross)

ATM-29 Upgrade Emergency Fire Horn on Town Hall Roof $6,000

Gary Delius made a motion to recommend. Ginny Ross seconded and it passed 9:0:0. (Gary Delius)

ATM-30 Fourth of July Fireworks $23,000

Members stated that they felt this should come out of VSB budget.

Robert Vetrick made a motion to reserve recommendation pending upcoming meeting with the VSB. Ginny Ross seconded and it passed 9:0:0.

ATM-32 Expenditures from the Tourism Fund $406,073

Robert Vetrick made a motion to reserve recommendation pending upcoming meeting with the VSB. Ginny Ross seconded and it passed 9:0:0.

Monday, March 14 at 1:30 p.m.(VSB & Human Services)

Monday, March 21 at 1-4 p.m. (CIP public hearing, tabled budgets, and schools)

Thursday, March 24 at 2-4 p.m.

Walt Winnowski made a motion to approve minutes from February 25, 2005. Ed Gage seconded and it passed 5:0:4.

Ginny Ross made a motion to adjourn meeting. Mark Leach seconded and it passed 9:0:0.

Meeting adjourned at 4:25 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Phyllis Lutsky

Recording Secretary