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01/30/2020 AC Minutes • Ms. Kosnoff reported that an effort is underway for converting the spreadsheet with budget forecasts into a useable format for Mr. Nichols and Mr. Michelson. • Mr. Nichols reported that, because of the complexity of calculating depreciation for different classes of personal property, the Town uses a vendor to do the required analyses. Detailed data on depreciation by class are not available, so any calculations of such effects will have to be simplified. Ms. Kosnoff urged this Committee to consider preparing the report using Wdesk, cloud-based integration software. She described its flexibility, commenting that it is possible to control who and how many people have access to any single section of the report for editing, etc., and tables from spreadsheets can be embedded so that changes on the spreadsheet are automatically made in the document. She added that the Town has an unlimited license, and there is training material available. Committee members expressed concerns about Open Meeting Law restrictions and the time required to learn a new approach to building the report. It was generally agreed that this would not be attempted for the 2020 ATM report but perhaps could be used for its report to the next special town meeting. Ms. Kosnoff offered to bring demonstration material to a meeting. Future Meetings Dave Pinsonneault, Director, Department of Public Works, plans to attend this Committee's February 5 meeting. Questions should be sent to Mr. Parker, who will forward them to Mr. Pinsonneault in advance. The meeting adjourned at 9:22 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Sara Arnold Approved: February 13, 2020 Exhibits • Agenda, posted by Mr. Parker, Chair • Budget-Related Questions for School Department 3