Minutes
ROCKLAND FINANCE COMMITTEE
ROCKLAND TOWN HALL
ROCKLAND, MA 02370
December 14, 2011
In attendance at December 14, 2011 Finance Committee meeting were Bill Allen, Bob MacDonald, Joe Gambon, Rachel Gear, Paula Ferguson, Rich Penney, Julie Schaffer and John Ellard.
The meeting was brought to order at 7:00 p.m. by Chairman John Ellard. John read aloud that the meeting was being recorded and could be reproduced.
Rich Penney made a motion to accept the minutes from the November 14, 2011 meeting, seconded by Rachel Gear. A unanimous vote was taken. Julie Schaffer and John Ellard abstained as they were not in attendance.
New Business
- Fiscal 2013 Budget
- John mentioned that Budgets should have been submitted to the Town Accountant by 12/08. The selectmen have to make a recommendation on the budget by 12/31/2011.
- No updates on State Financial numbers
- Received a Preliminary Budget as accepted by the School Committee of $20,110,704, which represent a YOY increase of 5%. Discussion presented regarding asking for line item detail. Although they may share this detail, per state law, we can only recommend approval of the bottom line budget.
- Other Business
- Distributed Conflict of Interest Law sheets to Julie and John to sign.
- Accepted letter of Resignation from Paula Ferguson.
OTHER COMMITTEE REPORTS:
- School Building Committee
- Nothing new to report.
- Capital Planning Committee
- Hoping to present their 2013-2017 Capital plan to Selectmen. Major additions to the existing capital plan are 4 million for the senior center and 13-14 million for road resurfacing.
NEXT MEETING:
We scheduled tow January meetings scheduled for 7:00 p.m. in the lower conference room on January 11, 2012 and January 25, 2012.
Julie made a motion to adjourn, seconded by Rachel Gear. A unanimous vote was taken and the meeting ended at 7:22 p.m.
Respectfully
William Allen
Secretary
Rockland Finance Committee