Finance Committee Meeting

Event Date: 
Thursday, March 14, 2019 - 6:30pm

Address

Small Hearing Room, Harwich Town Hall
United States

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,

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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

 

 

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

 

 

34

Amend Agreement Between the Towns-Monomoy

 

 

35

Amend Home Rule Charter-Add Wastewater Com

 

 

36

Amend Home Rule Charter-Capital Outlay Process

 

 

37

Amend Home Rule Charter-Ex Officio Members

 

 

38

Reserve Appropriation Amounts for CPC Accounts

 

 

39

Fund Land Bank Debt Service

 

 

40

CPC Articles Under $50,000

 

 

41

Fund Brooks Academy Museum Study

 

 

42

Fund Affordable Housing Trust

 

 

43

Fund Sand Pond Restroom Project

 

 

44

Fund Whitehouse Field Improvement Project

 

 

45

Fund Red River Beach Shoreline Stab Project

 

 

46

Defray Expenses Chase & HP Lib

 

 

47

Promote the Town of Harwich

 

 

48

Fund Mass Cultural Council

 

 

49

Pleasant Bay Resources Mgmt Plan Update

 

 

50

Amend Code-Prohibit Plastic Containers

 

 

51

Resolution to Refrain from Town Funds Enforced

 

 

52

Support Legislation To Change State Seal/Motto

 

 

53

Amend Gen By-Laws-Ban Single Use Plastic Straws

 

 

54

Amend Health Regs-Restrict Flavored Tobacco

 

 

55

Require BOS & FC to Record Individual Votes

 

 

56

Amend Charter-"Selectmen" to "Selectboard"

 

 

57

Rescind Article 57 May 57 ATM Pet Burial Grounds

 

 

58

Establish Pet Burial Ground Revolving Fund

 

 

59

Complete the Construction Pet Burial Grounds

 

 

60

Approve Utility Easements For Station II

 

 

61

Harwich Affordable Housing Trust Fund

 

 

62

Amend Gen By-Laws-Department Revolving Funds

 

 

63

Rescind Golf Capital Infrastructure Fund

 

 

64

Rescind Golf Restaurant Fund to Pro Shop Fund

 

 

65

Authorize Departmental Revolving Funds

 

 

66

Stabilization Fund

 

 

67

OPED Trust Fund

 

 

68

Fund Prior Year's Unpaid Bills

 

 

69

Herring Fisheries

 

 

 

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

If you are deaf or hard of hearing or are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation, please contact Town Administrator Christopher Clark at 508-430-7513.

 

Authorized posting officer:                                    Posted by Town Clerk:____________________________

Dana A. DeCosta, Chairman                                   Dated:____3/7/2019_____________