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Summit Meeting 5 Board of Selectmen, School Committee, Appropriation Committee and Capital Expenditures Committee February 15, 2012 A Summit was held on Wednesday, February 15, 2012, at 7:00 p.m. in the Public Services Building Cafeteria, 201 Bedford Street. Mr. Cohen (acting chair), Mr. Burnell and Ms. Mauger; Mr. Valente, Town Manager; Mr. Kalivas, Budget Officer and Ms. Chabot, Assistant to the Executive Clerk, were present. Also Present: All School Committee (SC) members; Dr. Ash, Superintendent of Schools; Ms. Dunn, Assistant Superintendent for Finance and Business; all members of the Appropriation Committee (AC), with the exception of Ms. Garberg; all members of the Capital Expenditures Committee (CEC). Proposed Changes to FY2013 Operating and Capital Budgets Mr. Valente explained that the agenda for the meeting was to talk about the changes the Superintendent and he are proposing to the Operating Budget and the Capital Budget since the White Book came out on January 9. He reported that there were a modest number of changes. Mr. Valente explained that he broke up the presentation according to the three cost centers: the School Department cost center, Shared Services, and Municipal Expenses. Proposed Changes: FYI School Department Operating and Capital Budget The first chart Mr. Valente presented showed proposed changes to the School Budget as they were presented to the Selectmen. This included proposed operating budget adjustments to the white book, proposed capital budget adjustments to the white book, and revenue allocation/revenue adjustments. Dr. Ash, Superintendent, went over the proposed changes to the School Budget as they were presented to the School Committee. The main changes presented included eliminating the full day Kindergarten fee, eliminating the Instrumental Music fee, cutting the bus fee in half for Estabrook School during the two year construction phase, and not having to lay off 2.6 employees. This leaves a shortfall of $277,903 and is the additional amount of money the School Committee is seeking from Town Meeting, hopefully, with the group's recommendation. Proposed Changes: FY13 Municipal / Shared Expenses Operating and Capital Under Shared Expenses Mr. Valente explained that the Town was looking to increase the public facilities salary budget by $19,780. This is offset by a reduction in debt service by an equal amount so there is no substantive change. Mr. Valente reported that the proposed changes to the Municipal Operating budget include adjustments to the DPW budget, pending outcome of a new solid waste collection/ recycling