July 30, 2003 Adjourned Session of the July 28, 2003 Special Town Meeting, cont... ... ...
<br /> 7100 Community Development $537,348 $20,244 $557,592
<br /> Personal Services(supplemental
<br /> appropriation for HDC Clerk
<br /> ($7,844)and BOA Clerk($12,400),
<br /> of which$6,820 is to be transferred
<br /> from the Unemployment Account)
<br /> $529,948
<br /> and that to meet the portion of such supplemental appropriations not funded from the$51,047 of transfers from the
<br /> Unemployment Account identified above,(a)$20,000 shall be transferred from available funds as a result of closeouts
<br /> of accounts held for Transportation Services,(b)$20,000 shall be transferred from available funds originally
<br /> appropriated under Article 8 of the 2000 Annual Town Meeting for a Senior Center study,(c)$98,620 shall be
<br /> transferred from available funds originally appropriated under Article 8 of the 2001 Annual Town Meeting for the
<br /> Town Building Envelope Program,(d)$100,000_shall be transferred from available funds originally appropriated under
<br /> Article 8 of the 2002 Annual Town Meeting for the Town Building Envelope Program,(e)the$30,000 appropriation
<br /> under Article 14 of the 2003 Annual Town Meeting for the Senior Center Study shall be rescinded,and(f)the
<br /> following appropriations made under Article 4 at the 2003 Annual Town Meeting for the following budget line items
<br /> are hereby reduced as indicated below,provided that,as a result of certain of such reductions in personal services
<br /> expenses,a portion of such reductions in the amounts identified below shall be transferred to the Unemployment
<br /> Account:
<br /> 2003 ATM Amended
<br /> Line FY04 Amount of FY04 Transfer to
<br /> Item Appropriation Reduction Appropriation Unemployment
<br /> 2310 Reserve Fund $150,000 $22,500 $127,500 $0
<br /> 2410 Municipal Services and $43,576 $34,861 $8,715 $7,000
<br /> Expenses Personal
<br /> Services(reduction in
<br /> organizational interns
<br /> and seasonal employees)
<br /> 2410 Municipal Services and $97,400 $37,110 $60,290 $0
<br /> Expenses(includes
<br /> Consulting fees)
<br /> 3000 DPW Personal Services $2,881,047 $51,706 $2,829,341 $15,360
<br /> (reduction in solid
<br /> waste coordinator
<br /> position)
<br /> 3000 DPW General Expenses $3,949,397 $32,000 $3,917,397 $0
<br /> (reduction in NESWC
<br /> reserves)
<br /> 5100 Library Expenses $274,003 $10,000 $264,003 $0
<br /> (reduction in computer
<br /> equipment)
<br /> 7100 Community $557,592 $46,944 $510,648 $0
<br /> Development Personal (as amended
<br /> Services(elimination above)
<br /> of new position for
<br /> Conservation Assistant
<br /> and reduction in Asst.
<br /> Director of Community
<br /> Development)
<br /> 8110 Board of Selectmen $60,813 $4,924 $55,889 $0
<br /> Administration Personal
<br /> Services(reduction in Board of Selectmen
<br /> salary)
<br /> 8400 Finance Expenses $259,900 $15,000 $244,900 $0
<br /> 9:19 p.m. Selectman Peter Kelley spoke on the substitute motion.
<br /> 9:20 p.m. Anthony Close, pr.9, reported the School Committee had no position on the
<br /> Substitute Motion.
<br /> Deborah Brown, pr.7, reported the unanimous opposition of the Appropriation
<br /> Committee.
<br /> George Burnell, pr.7,reported the unanimous opposition of the Capital
<br /> Expenditures Committee.
<br /> 9:21 p.m. Robert Beckwitt, 3 Eliot Road, requested support of the substitute motion.
<br /> 9:22 p.m. The Moderator reported many Board and Committee chairpersons were prepared
<br /> to speak if the substitute motion is adopted and becomes the main motion.
<br /> 9:24 p.m. James Avery, pr.2, requested Police Chief Christopher Casey be recognized to
<br /> speak on the substitute motion. Chief Casey spoke in support of substitution.
<br /> 9:27 p.m. Members spoke in opposition and support of the substitute motion.
<br /> 9:37 p.m. Eugene Beauchemin, pr.1, requested the Moderator recognize Richard Sullivan,
<br /> 8 Manning St.,to speak in Support.
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