===PAGE 1=== Town of Lunenburg Finance Committee: Terri Burchfield, Chair Peter Beardmore, Vice-Chair Heather Sroka, Secretary Christopher Menard David Passios Jay Simeone Evan Watters Lunenburg Finance Committee February 18, 2021 17 Main Street, P.O. Box 135 Lunenburg, MA 01462-0135 978.582.4139 FAX 978.582.4148 Location: Zoom Virtual Meeting Present: Terri Burchfield, Peter Beardmore Dave Passios, Jay Simeone, Chris Menard, Evan Watters, Heather Sroka Absent: 1. Call to Order Terri Burchfield, Chair, called the meeting to order at 7:00 PM and read the COVID-19 / Zoom meeting advisory statement. This meeting was recorded and is viewable on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSOVTrqv66U6:30 2. Chair Report Tonight’s meeting will be the COA, Library and Land Use Director Budget reviews. Next week the meeting will begin at 6:00 to have presentations regarding OPEB with the actuary and the Debt. 7:00 for the Police and Fire Budget presentations. 3. Public Comment None 4. Counsel on the Aging – Sue Doherty, Eagle House Director – No increase requests for operating costs. Increase request for salaries. ===PAGE 2=== Roll with the changes. See attached presentation. 70 volunteers a total of 1743.25 hours helping 131 people 61 and older. 5187 Meals on Wheels delivered to 61 Lunenburg Residents Question and Answer session with the Finance Committee. How to help – Friends of the Eagle House Membership Forms can be found outside the building. 5. Library Budget Presentation – Muir Haman, Library Director See Attached Presentation Question and Answer Session with the Finance Committee. How to Help - Friends of Lunenburg Public Library. 6. Land Use Director – Adam Burney No presentation – Their budget is incorporated in the Town Manager’s Budget Recommendation. Permits are not to be used to generate revenue. Questions and answer session with the Finance Committee. 7. Questions for Karen Brochu Peter – next week’s discussion with the consultant – will they have the information regarding the debt financing questions. Karen – received the OPEB presentation and has been uploaded to the OneDrive. Schedules have been put together for the Building projects for next week. She forwarded emails to David so he is prepared. 8. Minutes December 10 January 14 January 21 ===PAGE 3=== Evan – all three have a mistake at the end from a prior meeting. Heather – that’s when you go in and clean it up. That’s why they are on the OneDrive so that the committee can take care of that prior to the meeting. Peter motion to approve with correction Chris seconded. In Favor Terri, Chris, Peter, Dave, Evan, and Heather Abstain Jay had not reviewed them. 9. Reports Dave Parks Department Hunting on parks property. Created and voted on a policy for that. Working on policy for field use. Working on opening the Town Beach in the Spring. Programs have been successful. Possible Article for Spring Town Meeting regarding the revolving account. TCP Design Committee – Met as a committee to spend time drilling down on the proposals. An adjusted program was submitted with some savings, but not substantial. Emailed with a request as to why significant savings not made. Joint Meeting with the Select Board. Charge, Proposal, Numbers – what is the next step? 10. Public Comment None 11. Adjournment Next meeting at 6:00 Motion – made by Dave, Jay seconded All in favor 9:38