Finance Committee Meeting
Address
Finance Committee Meeting
Town of Harwich
Town Hall, 732 Main Street, Harwich, MA
Thursday, March 14th, 2019
6:30 PM, Small Hearing Room
The Public is always invited to Finance Committee meetings, and will be given the opportunity to speak if requested
The Finance Committee will discuss and vote on the Town Meeting articles that have been placed into the May Annual Town Meeting Warrant by the Board of Selectmen.
If the Finance Committee discusses and/or acts on any article listed at this meeting and you were not able to be present but would like to add to the discussion you may attend any future meeting of the Finance Committee and request that we reconsider the article.
The intent of this posting is to satisfy the open meeting law as to the subjects the Finance Committee may discuss but it is not intended be the final action on articles and future meetings of the Finance Committee will be devoted to the articles in the May 2019 Annual Town Meeting Warrant.
I: Call to Order
II: Approval of previous minutes
III. Review of “draft” article reasons for inclusion in the warrant
IV. Review and vote of the Finance Committee FY 2020 budget for salaries and wages, expenses, and the reserve fund
V. List of Articles in the ATM Warrant which may be discussed and voted on,
# | ATM May 2019 FY 2020 | Motion | FC Vote |
1 | Choose Town Officers & Committees | A & A | 7-0-0 |
2 | Reports of Town Officers & Comms. | A & A | 7-0-0 |
3 | Elected Officials Salaries in Budget | A & A | 5-2-0 |
4 | Town Operating Budget | NRPFI | 7-0-0 |
5 | Monomoy Regional School Budget | NRPFI | 7-0-0 |
6 | CC Tech School Budget | A & A | 7-0-0 |
7 | Water Department Budget | NRPFI | 7-0-0 |
8 | Waste Water/Sewer Budget | NRPFI | 7-0-0 |
9 | Adopt Capital Plan | A & A | 6-1-0 |
10 | Lease Purchase Agreements | A & A | 7-0-0 |
11 | Capital Items from Free Cash less than 50 K | A & A | 7-0-0 |
12 | Fund Facility Maintenance and Repairs | A & A | 5-2-0 |
13 | Fund Snow & Ice deficit From FY2018 | NRPFI | 7-0-0 |
14 | Fund Shortfalls in Budget Transfers for FY2018 | NRPFI | 7-0-0 |
15 | Purchase Mini Excavator for Water Department | A & A | 7-0-0 |
16 | Replace Section of Water Main Pleasant Lake Tank | A & A | 7-0-0 |
17 | Replace Main Facility Generator Old Chatham Rd | A & A | 7-0-0 |
18 | Purchase 2019 Ford F-550 Truck | NRPFI | 7-0-0 |
19 | Fund New DPW Vehicles/Equipment | A & A | 7-0-0 |
20 | Reconstruct Lower County Road |
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21 | Purchase a Mobile Lift System | A & A | 7-0-0 |
22 | Fund the Road Maintenance Program | A & A | 7-0-0 |
23 | Amend Zoning-Single Family Accessory Apt | NRPFI | 7-0-0 |
24 | Amend Zoning-Free Standing Portable Signs | NRPFI | 7-0-0 |
25 | Amend Zoning-Retaining Walls for Septic Systems | NRPFI | 7-0-0 |
26 | Amend Zoning-Lifting Existing Structures | NRPFI | 7-0-0 |
27 | Fund Update for Local Comprehensive Plan | A & A | 7-0-0 |
28 | Fund Technology Hardware/Software Library | A & A | 7-0-0 |
29 | Landscape Reclamation & Tree Removal | A & A | 7-0-0 |
30 | Bunker Renovation at CVGC | A & A | 7-0-0 |
31 | Adopt Rules and Regs for Cemeteries | Amend | 6-1-0 |
32 | Cemetery Arboretum Project Mapping Software | A & A | 6-1-0 |
33 | Solar Photovoltaic Energy Systems |
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34 | Amend Agreement Between the Towns-Monomoy |
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35 | Amend Home Rule Charter-Add Wastewater Com |
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36 | Amend Home Rule Charter-Capital Outlay Process |
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37 | Amend Home Rule Charter-Ex Officio Members |
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38 | Reserve Appropriation Amounts for CPC Accounts |
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39 | Fund Land Bank Debt Service |
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40 | CPC Articles Under $50,000 |
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41 | Fund Brooks Academy Museum Study |
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42 | Fund Affordable Housing Trust |
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43 | Fund Sand Pond Restroom Project |
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44 | Fund Whitehouse Field Improvement Project |
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45 | Fund Red River Beach Shoreline Stab Project |
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46 | Defray Expenses Chase & HP Lib |
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47 | Promote the Town of Harwich |
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48 | Fund Mass Cultural Council |
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49 | Pleasant Bay Resources Mgmt Plan Update |
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50 | Amend Code-Prohibit Plastic Containers |
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51 | Resolution to Refrain from Town Funds Enforced |
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52 | Support Legislation To Change State Seal/Motto |
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53 | Amend Gen By-Laws-Ban Single Use Plastic Straws |
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54 | Amend Health Regs-Restrict Flavored Tobacco |
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55 | Require BOS & FC to Record Individual Votes |
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56 | Amend Charter-"Selectmen" to "Selectboard" |
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57 | Rescind Article 57 May 57 ATM Pet Burial Grounds |
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58 | Establish Pet Burial Ground Revolving Fund |
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59 | Complete the Construction Pet Burial Grounds |
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60 | Approve Utility Easements For Station II |
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61 | Harwich Affordable Housing Trust Fund |
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62 | Amend Gen By-Laws-Department Revolving Funds |
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63 | Rescind Golf Capital Infrastructure Fund |
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64 | Rescind Golf Restaurant Fund to Pro Shop Fund |
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65 | Authorize Departmental Revolving Funds |
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66 | Stabilization Fund |
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67 | OPED Trust Fund |
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68 | Fund Prior Year's Unpaid Bills |
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69 | Herring Fisheries |
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VI. Re-organize the officers of the Finance Committee
VII. Reserve fund transfer requests, (At the time of this posting there are no known requests, but requests may come in after this posting, and are usually time sensitive and may be considered)
VIII: Old business, new business, open session, (Per the Attorney General’s Office: The Finance Committee may hold an open session for topics not reasonably anticipated by the Chair 48 hours in advance of the meeting following “New Business”)
IX: Adjourn
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Authorized posting officer: Posted by Town Clerk:____________________________
Dana A. DeCosta, Chairman Dated:____3/7/2019_____________