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June 22, 2005 4/13/2005 approved 7-0-1 (DB abstaining) with minor edits 4/25/2005 approved 7-0-2 (DB and DK abstaining) with change 5/2/2005 approved 8-0 6/8/2005 to be taken up next meeting 5. Committee organization, membership: Al Levine reported that he hasn’t heard anything yet from Marge Battin regarding a new member. ACTIONS TAKEN: Motion approved 8-0 calling for Al Levine and Deborah Brown to continue as chair and vice chair, respectively. Motion approved 8-0 electing John Bartenstein as secretary. 6. Auditors’ Report: a. Special W/S audit: Al Levine requested meeting with Candy McLaughlin regarding the special water/sewer audit as directed by the AC at its last meeting. Since BOS is scheduled to hear from auditors’ at next Monday’s meeting, Linda Vine (through Candy) suggested that AC attend that meeting for its update. Michael Young indicated that he hasn’t seen a report of the status of the special water/sewer audit. b. Regular audit: AC continued its discussion from last meeting regarding the management letter. Discussed how to follow up on issues raised. Michael Young agreed to obtain additional information for us. John Bartenstein and Deborah Brown are researching other towns’ audit committees and will report back to the AC with a recommendation. Dawn McKenna recommended reviewing the Selectman-Town Manager Act to see what it has to say about audits. 7. Health Benefits Review Committee Report: Paul Hamburger distributed a memo discussing possible next steps. As a first step, he suggested focusing on pharmacy savings by encouraging the use of mail order and generic drugs. Al Levine raised process issue – Town Manager negotiates with employees, so there will be a handoff process between BOS as policy group and the Town Manager as implementer. ACTION TAKEN: Motion approved 8-0 authorizing Paul Hamburger to begin discussions with Selectmen individually regarding his memo. General discussion continued around other savings possibilities: ?? Negotiating higher premiums/co-pays: AC members agreed this should be on the table, but negotiated as part of a total compensation package. ?? Claims and enrollment audits: AC members commented that since this is probably not subject to negotiation with employees, this should be investigated and some cost/benefit data collected ?? Benefits for part-time employees: Deborah Brown suggested that the town has some obligation to pursue this and reach some closure on this issue. - 3 -