Finance Committee Minutes

Finance Committee meeting minutes, Wednesday, January 23, 2019, 5:00pm.

Present:

Jonathan Sylbert, Chair

George Cain

Rebecca Wolin

Joint budget session with Select Board:

Discussion:

Line 122 grant writers: $5k budget, proposal to be considered at next meeting

Line 141 principal assessor assistant: position summary requested of Assessors

Line 151 town counsel: request for increase

Line 294 tree warden expenses: proposed lowered from $41k to $35k

Highway operations: new employee

Line 431 Solid Waste District: eliminated

Transfer station operations: proposed lowered to $70k

Life guard expenses: Berkshire South will increase by 5%; budget amended

Police Department new cruiser: Finance Committee requested 2 years of service history on the 2013 cruiser

Fire department calls: The Finance Committee requested a 4 year history of fire department calls

No motions made or votes taken by Finance Committee

Meeting adjourned, 6:00pm