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TOWN OF HARWICH
FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
Small Hearing Room, Town Hall
Meeting, 6:00 PM
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Present: Skip Patterson, Chairman, Dana DeCosta, Noreen Donahue, Pam Groswald, Bill Greenwood, Rich Larios, Jon Idman
Not present: Pete Watson, Open Position to Replace Peter Hughes
Also Present: Jim Merriam, David Ryan, Linda Cebula
Skip Patterson, Chairman of the Finance Committee called the meeting to order at 6PM.
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- Harbor Articles and Budget
Tom Leach, Harbormaster, presented.
- Article 11 – Dredge Various Entrance Channels
- $57,000 is left in Dredging budget
- Tom will email Skip with the amounts left for each dredging
- They have added a Homeowner Association Fee
- The budget includes $3,000 for plover monitoring as if nesting, all work shuts down
- Saquatucket Channel is a Federal Channel but Harwich has to pay for dredging
- The Wychmere Harbor bulkhead is planned for 2013 and have received 2 quotes – one for $1.2 million and another for $400,000
- Based on questions from the Finance Committee, Tom will reconcile the amounts requested in the warrant, $150,000, and what he has pending from the current year.
- Article 10 – Allen Harbor Float and Piling Replacement
- Skip advised that Pete Watson reviewed the floats with Jim Merriam and he believes the outermost float is the only one needing replacement
- Tom reviewed the issues that are not easily visible to someone just checking the floats
- Article 17 – Waterways Capital Improvement Receipts Revolving Fund
- This will provide the funds needed for maintenance
ATM:
Motions were made and seconded on the following articles with the indicated vote:
- 10 – Allen Harbor Float and Piling Replacement - $65,000
A & A – Yes 7, No 0
- 11 – Dredge Various Entrance Channels - $150,000
A & A – Yes 6, No 1
- 4 – Town Operating Budget
NRPFI – Yes 7, No 0
- 12 – Design of Muddy Creek Culvert/Bridge
NRPFI – Yes 7, No 0
Motions were made and seconded to reconsider the following articles. Then motions were made and seconded on these articles with the indicated vote:
- 7 – Chase and Harwich Port Libraries - $20,000 from old articles
A & A – Yes 7, No 0
- 8 – Promote the Town of Harwich - $21,000 from old articles
A & A – Yes 7, No 0
STM:
Motions were made and seconded on the following articles with the indicated vote:
- 2 – Supplement Annual Allocation of Mass Cultural Council For Local Cultural Council Grants - $2,500
A & A – Yes 6, No 1
- 3 – General By-Law – Parking for People with Disabilities Chapter 208, Article 1
A & A – Yes 6, No 1
- 4 – Council on Aging – Membership Reduction
A & A – Yes 7, No 0
- 5 – Various Zoning By-Law Amendments
A & A – Yes 7, No 0
- 6 – Authorize Intergovernmental Agreements Related to Renewable Energy Projects
NRPFI – Yes 7, No 0
- 7 – Solar Energy Project – Westgate Road
NRPFI – Yes 7, No 0
- 8 – Solar Energy Project – Orleans Road
NRPFI – Yes 7, No 0
- 9 - Water Treatment Facility and Solar Energy System at Well Site #10
NRPFI – Yes 7, No 0
The Citizen’s would like the Finance Committee to review STM numbers 6 through 9 as other towns have not realized the benefits from Green Energy as projected. Skip and Jim Merriam will invite the people involved in these articles to a future meeting.
- 10 – Little League Lease or License for Use of Centeio/Baldwin Field
NOTE – Jon Idman recused himself from this discussion as a member of the Finance Committee and spoke as a resident
- This field has been held by the Harwich School Committee since 1961
- It is a 50 Acre lot that has not been used by the school for 30 years but has been used by the Harwich Little League
- In 1955 this lot was part of the Park and Recreation department
- The Article asks that the field be transferred from the School Committee to the Board of Selectmen and that the BOS then lease the field to the Harwich Little League
- The Harwich Little League has been caring for and maintaining the field for decades and in fact was ready to spend $20,000 this year for maintenance
- The Harwich Little League does not want exclusive jurisdiction for the field but wants to continue to use it as they have for the past 30 years
A & A – Yes 6, No 0, Abstain 1
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- Updates from Town Administrator/Finance Director
David Ryan will possibly be presenting a couple of Reserve Fund Transfer Requests from Public Safety - $119,000 for Overtime in the Fire Department and $25,000 for Overtime in Dispatch. David is waiting for additional information and pending funds to be submitted.
Jim Merriam sent a letter to Dr. Carolyn Cragin reiterating the information that FinCom would like to review and discuss at the April 4, 2012 meeting.
Skip reviewed mail received that the committee may be interested in.
- Association of Town Finance Committee Newsletter
- Beacon Newsletter
- Suburban Coalition will meet on April 25, 2012 from 9 to 11 if anyone is interested in attending
- A letter from the Treasurer at Cape Cod Technical School concerning $40 million needed for FY13.
7:32PM
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