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APPROPRIATION COMMITTEE MEETING <br /> THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1997 <br /> COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE, 7:30 PM <br /> Present: P Lapointe, R Borghesani,R Colwell, I Mroczkowski, P Hamburger, <br /> R Pawliczek, C Abbott,A Levine, S Coit, J Ryan <br /> • MOTION to accept minutes of December 4, 1997, unanimous <br /> • P Lapointe distributed a revenue projection prepared by Town Manager dated <br /> December 15, 1997. General discussion followed of the revenue assumptions as well <br /> as the prioritizing of appropriation requests for fiscal 1999 as prepared by the Senior <br /> Management Team <br /> • R Borghesani reported on the SC meeting held on December 16, 1997. He also <br /> discussed a sub committee meeting held on December 17, 1997. AC sub committee <br /> feels that the School Department should reserve three articles for the 1998 ATM. <br /> They should 1.)keep the $ 68.2 million project on the table(or a scaled down <br /> version), <br /> • 2.) Submit the approximately$ 4 million request which they voted on December 16th <br /> and 3.) They should request the first of a number of capital requests as a fall back to <br /> being unsuccessful with an override attempt. <br /> • S Coit felt that the need of the schools for the capital renovations was not very well • <br /> articulated. <br /> • AC discussed the possibility of submitting an article,which would encompass all <br /> town equipment replacement. <br /> • P Lapointe reminded AC that the Town Manager has proposed that all major capital <br /> requests is subject to a debt exclusion override. <br /> • AC and CEC should collaborate on a report identifying the methods available for <br /> financing capital needs. <br /> • General discussion of reserving an article re: fiscal policy <br /> • SC should submit a five-year capital program, assuming no override. <br /> • C Abbott discussed the findings of the PILOT Committee, split 3 to 3. Will retain <br /> status quo for the time being <br /> • BOS meeting on 1/5/98 will discuss Compensation Committee Report and PILOT <br /> Committee Report <br /> • P Lapointe will distribute info re: MMA Annual Meeting to be held 1/23 and 1/24/98 <br /> • R Borghesani discussed the SpEd issue and the possibility of benchmarking costs. <br /> Feels that there is a need for legislative assistance for funding. Will contact <br /> • J Kaufman <br /> ac12.18.97 <br />