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APPROPRIATION COMMITTEE MEETING <br /> THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1996 <br /> COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE, 7:30 PM <br /> Present: P Lapointe, M Miley, R Borghesani, S Coit, R Colwell, I Mroczkowski, R Pawliczek, <br /> L Peck, J Ryan <br /> Absent: R Leone <br /> Also Present: K Dooks, R Grammont, C Touart <br /> * Items to be discussed are as follows: minutes, capital financing article, J Young letter, Monday <br /> meeting with principal players, MMRVHS School Committee meeting, tax rate recap sheet and <br /> spending from the general fund for capital and debt service. <br /> * R Borghesani distributed and discussed the spread sheet and graph covering the past ten years <br /> ( see handout) . Average expenditures for cash payments and debt service supported by the tax <br /> levy seems to be in the area of 6% per year. <br /> * K Dooks met with Town Manager re: capital ( see handout of draft capital requests as prepared <br /> by the Capital Budget Committee) <br /> Town manager has preliminarily a $ 100,000 request for the Stabilization Fund with the intent <br /> of doubling the request each year <br /> * Discussion of the school technology capital request <br /> * P Lapointe discussed and is prepared to put together an article to discuss the funding of a <br /> capital program. Discussion of what might be an appropriate level, 5, 6, 7 $% of the tax levy or <br /> a% of the total amount to be raised or some other predetermined % or amount. General <br /> consensus was that the resolution to be presented must have the support of the AC, BOS and <br /> CEC. <br /> * R Borghesani discussed the General Fund, tax levy supported capital expenditures have been <br /> running at approximately 1.5% ($ 750,000) for cash payments and 3.5% for debt service. All <br /> additional capital will probably require an exemption. <br /> * P Lapointe raised another possibility of perhaps allocating $ 1.00 of the tax rate for capital, <br /> based on assessed value of$ 3.5 billion there would be $ 3.5 million available for capital. <br /> * There seems to be a lot of problem identification and little problem solving, said P Lapointe. <br /> * Possible solution would be include in each department with capital needs a depreciation <br /> expense to be transferred to the stabilization fund. <br /> * Need to deal with equipment replacement, envelope costs as well as unique purchases such as <br /> the purchase of conservation land. <br /> * P Lapointe will draft a resolution article and submit it to Town Counsel. <br /> * P Lapointe discussed the letter he received from J Young requesting that the AC participate in <br /> examining any specific area of the school budget, such as special education. General consensus <br /> is that the AC needs to take him up on his offer. P Lapointe and R Borghesani will meet with J <br /> Young. <br /> * General discussion of the handout from the Town manager dated Dec 5th. <br /> * Motion to adjourn <br /> acdcl2 <br />
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