Finance Committee, March 29, 2018
Minutes Holden Finance Committee, March 29, 2018, HMLD
Members present: Dave White, Paul Challenger, Al Berg, Joseph Dolak, Karl Makela, Don Graves and Chris Lucchesi
The meeting was called to order at 7:02pm.
Deliberations and voting for budgets begins.
Moderators Budget: Budget in the amount of $165 moved by Al, and seconded by Joe. Voted unanimous (7/0) in favor.
Finance Budget: Budget in the amount of $151, 768 moved by Paul, and seconded by Chris. Voted unanimous (7/0) in favor.
Selectmen's Budget: Budget in the amount of 31,050 moved by Chris, seconded by Paul. Voted unanimous (7/0) in favor.
Town Managers Budget: Budget in the amount of $629,659 moved by Al, Seconded my Chris. Voted Unanimous (7/0) in favor.
Information Technology Budget: Budget in the amount of $398,133 moved by Chris, seconded by Joe. Voted unanimous (7/0) in favor.
Accounting Budget: Budget In the amount of $196,887 moved by Chris, seconded by Joe. Voted unanimous (7/0) in favor
Treasurer Collector Budget: Budget in the amount of $290,237 moved by Chris, seconded by Don. Voted unanimous (7/0) in favor
Assessors Budget: Budget In the amount of $218,154 ($500 travel expense removed) moved by Al, seconded by Joe. Voted 6/1 in favor (opposed by Paul).
Legal Budget: Budget In the amount of $180,000 moved by Chris, seconded by Paul. Voted unanimous (7/0) in favor.
Town Clerk Budget: Budget in the amount of $232,765 (removal of out of state travel expense), moved by Chris, seconded by Al. Voted unanimous (7/0) in favor.
Retirement Budget: Budget in the amount of $1,531,053 moved by Paul, seconded by Chris. Voted unanimous (7/0) in favor.
Planning and Development Budget: Budget in the amount of $297,375 moved by Joe, seconded by Don. Approved by a vote of 6/1 (Karl opposed).
Sealer Budget: Budget in the amount of $6,200. Moved by Chris, seconded by Paul. Voted unanimous (7/0) in favor.
Debt Budget: Budget in the amount of $5,618,642. Moved by Paul, seconded by Al. Voted unanimous (7/0) in favor.
Public Safety:
Police Budget: Budget in the amount of $2,292,632. Moved by Chris, seconded by Paul. Voted unanimous (7/0) in favor.
Dispatch Budget: Budget in the amount of $604,969. Moved by Chris, seconded by Joe. Voted unanimous (7/0) in favor.
Animal Control Budget: Budget in the amount of $70,987. Moved by Karl, seconded by Al. Voted unanimous (7/0) in favor.
Fire Budget: Budget in the amount of $2,221,820. Moved by Chris, seconded by Al. Approved by a vote of 6/1 (Dave opposed) .
Emergency Prep Budget: Budget in the amount of $83 633 (as published). Move by Joe, seconded by Paul. Motion by Dave to reduce to $14,750, seconded by Don. After discussion Dave's motion was removed. Vote on the main motion approved by 6/1 (Dave apposed).
Public Safety Building Budget: Budget in the amount of $198,500, motion by Paul, seconded by Al. Voted unanimous (7/0) in favor.
Public Works Budget:
Administrative Budget: Budget in the amount of $208,112. Moved by Paul, seconded by Don. Voted unanimous (7/0) in favor.
Engineering Budget: Budget in the amount of $345,384, moved by Joe, seconded by Don. Karl motion to remove 25,000 out of monitoring, seconded by Chris.
Highway Division Budget: Budget in the amount of $1,352,076, moved by Paul, seconded by Karl. Voted unanimous (7/0) in favor.
Mechanics Budget: Budget in the amount of $208,506, moved by Paul seconded by Karl. Voted unanimous (7/0) in favor.
Buildings & Grounds Budget: Budget in the amount of $773,646, moved by Paul seconded by Chris. Voted unanimous (7/0) in favor.
Garage Division Budget: Budget in the amount of $47,800. Moved by Paul, seconded by Don. Voted unanimous (7/0) in favor.
The next Finance Committee meeting will be on April 4th at 7:00pm at HMLD.
The meeting adjourned at 9:00pm