Select Board Meeting Minutes 4/7/20 (evening)

Minutes of the meeting of 4/7/20

Meeting Opened at: 4pm

Select Board Members Present Remotely: Kenneth Basler, Chair, Donald Coburn, Steven Weisz

Also in attendance remotely: Jon Sylbert, Rebecca Wolin, George Cain, Mickey Jervas,

The following items with regard to the proposed FY21 budget were discussed:

1. Fire Dept revised proposal:  The Finance Committee has agreed to support the revised duty shift proposal.
2. The Finance Committee and the Select Board are in agreeance on all the operating budget items.
3. Jon is neutral about 2 trucks or no trucks however with that stated he suggested that if Shawn is going to hold firm to needing 2 trucks he suggests that no monies should be put into the bridges, roads and culverts and fire department stabilization funds and put that toward the trucks instead.  Don and Kenn agreed with this proposal.  George still doesn’t feel this is the time to purchase two trucks.  Rebecca stands firm to only supporting 1 truck or none.  The Select Board is committed to monitoring the financial situation and being prepared to have an alternate budget to present if need be.  Don made a motion to remove funding the fire department stabilization fund and bridges, roads and culverts stabilization fund for FY21 and use that money toward the 2 trucks.  The motion was seconded and passed unanimously.  George then made a motion to leave the funding for the 2 stabilization funds and only purchase one truck.  The motion was not seconded and therefore failed.  Rebecca made a motion to removing funding for the 2 stabilization funds.  The motion was seconded and passed 2 – 1 with George voting no.
4. Mickey Jervas had questions about the $100,274 in the budget for the library loan.  Kenn explained that this number is a placeholder, the actual interest amount owed in November of 2020 is $28,674 plus $500 for consultation fees and anything above that would be an additional payment toward the principal.
5. Discussion ensued about who decides what goes on the annual town meeting warrant.  Don explained that the warrant is the Select Board’s and the Select Board is the ones that prepare and sign the warrant and therefore they decide what goes on the warrant after consultation with the Finance Committee.  Any differences between what the Finance Committee and Select Board recommend will be discussed on town meeting floor.  Left open was whether, and if so, how, any particular item differences between the Select Board and the Finance Committee would appear in the warrant, a matter to be resolved by the Select Board after careful consideration of the views of the members of the Finance Committee.
6. Don made a motion that Melissa Noe draft the proposed final budget and a draft warrant that included proposed wording for the special articles for consideration and approval at the next meeting.  The motion was seconded and unanimously approved.
7. There will be another joint meeting on April 29^th at 10am.

A motion was made and unanimously approved to adjourn the meeting at: 5:05pm

Submitted by:

Melissa Noe, Administrative Assistant

Approved by:

Monterey Select Board

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