HomeMy WebLinkAbout1997-12-18-AC-MIN.pdf APPROPRIATION COMMITTEE MEETING
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1997
COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE, 7:30 PM
Present: P Lapointe, R Borghesani,R Colwell, I Mroczkowski, P Hamburger,
R Pawliczek, C Abbott,A Levine, S Coit, J Ryan
• MOTION to accept minutes of December 4, 1997, unanimous
• P Lapointe distributed a revenue projection prepared by Town Manager dated
December 15, 1997. General discussion followed of the revenue assumptions as well
as the prioritizing of appropriation requests for fiscal 1999 as prepared by the Senior
Management Team
• R Borghesani reported on the SC meeting held on December 16, 1997. He also
discussed a sub committee meeting held on December 17, 1997. AC sub committee
feels that the School Department should reserve three articles for the 1998 ATM.
They should 1.)keep the $ 68.2 million project on the table(or a scaled down
version),
• 2.) Submit the approximately$ 4 million request which they voted on December 16th
and 3.) They should request the first of a number of capital requests as a fall back to
being unsuccessful with an override attempt.
• S Coit felt that the need of the schools for the capital renovations was not very well •
articulated.
• AC discussed the possibility of submitting an article,which would encompass all
town equipment replacement.
• P Lapointe reminded AC that the Town Manager has proposed that all major capital
requests is subject to a debt exclusion override.
• AC and CEC should collaborate on a report identifying the methods available for
financing capital needs.
• General discussion of reserving an article re: fiscal policy
• SC should submit a five-year capital program, assuming no override.
• C Abbott discussed the findings of the PILOT Committee, split 3 to 3. Will retain
status quo for the time being
• BOS meeting on 1/5/98 will discuss Compensation Committee Report and PILOT
Committee Report
• P Lapointe will distribute info re: MMA Annual Meeting to be held 1/23 and 1/24/98
• R Borghesani discussed the SpEd issue and the possibility of benchmarking costs.
Feels that there is a need for legislative assistance for funding. Will contact
• J Kaufman
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