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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2001-02-08-CEC-min CEC minutes - 8 February 2001 (draft) The meeting was called to order at 7:45 PM by the vice-chairman. Members Tom Griffths (TG), Shirley Stolz (SS), George Burnell (GB), Narain Bhatia (NB), and Charles Hornig (CH) were present. We were joined by the Appropriations Committee for a joint meeting. TG presented the committee's preliminary positions on capital issues to the Appropriations Committee. The following issues were raised: - Can the Town handle the managementy load for all the school projects? - TMMA should run a bus tour before the fall Town Meeting. - There was no support for returning to last year's capital policy. - There was support for paying for the library overrun out of non- exempt tax levy funds. The Committee continued its meeting after meeting jointly with the Appropriation Committee. The Appropriation Committee continued in Room G-15, and the Capital Expenditures Committee continued its meeting in the hallway outside of G-15, all members present. Tom Griffiths indicated he wished to change his position on the vote taken by the Committee February 6th relative to the library: "That any increase in the Town's commitment above the existing $2.6M commitment should be treated according to the capital policy. (That is, that if the increase is more than $1M that the debt be excluded from the levy limit by the voters.)" George Burnell made a motion to reconsider that vote which was seconded. The Committee then VOTED: Mr. Burnell's motion to reconsider. (4-1) Mr. Burnell then made a motion for a substitute resolution. The motion was seconded and the Committee VOTED: That the Committee supports Article 15 (concerning the library) pending the final motion on that article. (4-1) It was the Committee's understanding that its support for Article 15 was tentative and could change depending on the nature of the motion made under that article. Deborah Brown reported straw polls taken within the Appropriation Committee concerning CEC positions discussed at the joint meeting. These are appended, below, from John Ryan's minutes of the Appropriation Committee meeting. The meeting was adjourned at approximately 10:00 PM. Minutes were taken and submitted by Tom Griffiths. ADDENDUM: Straw votes as copied from John Ryan's Appropriation Committee minutes: * AC "straw" votes on the following: * School project of $53.5 million- 9Y-0N * Roads $6 million- 9Y-0N * Community Preservation Act- No Vote, wait for committee report * Land purchases over $1 million require a debt exclusion vote- 9Y-0N * Landfill closure- 7Y-1N(AL), 1 AB(PH) * DPW building-No Vote. Need additional information. Decision must be made no later than 2004 for safety reasons. * General discussion on holding the line on cash capital. Needs more AC discussion * General discussion of the Cary Library project. Hold off voting until the bids are submitted. 8Y-1AB(AL). The meeting was adjourned at about 10:30 PM. Minutes were taken and submitted by Charles Hornig, clerk and Tom Griffiths, chairman.