===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 April 22, 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, Jay Simeone, Chris Menard, Evan Watters, Heather Sroka Absent: Peter Beardmore, Dave Passios 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 None 3. Public Comment None 4. Policy Discussion School Committee provided information on contract and increase in salaries. Terri - typically schools look at and compare salaries with at least 5 other similar districts. This gives an idea of why a district may be losing personnel. ===PAGE 2=== Chris – maybe some discussion about procedures regarding salary schedule with the personnel committee. What would be expected that the Finance Committee should vote on – a matrix with Committee expectations. Chris believes that Boards and Commissions that have oversight and are part of a department budget should review their budget prior to Finance Committee presentation Floor; for example DPW, Conservation Commission, Cemetery. They all play relevant parts and yet they have no say in the budget they are to use for the upcoming fiscal year. Chris also believes there has to be a better way to go about the budget than to have money figures at Town Meeting. These are all things the Finance Committee should look to clean up in policy. There is some discussion around Debt Exclusion, the TCP/THES and belief that the Finance Committee has to come up with a long-term plan. There is no Town Consensus on what to do with Town Buildings and the Vertex Plan. Chris would like more information on Chapter 90 Funds, Pavement Management. He believes one department does a lot and that it should be broken up. Heather L. would like a short meeting next week 4/29 prior to Town Meeting. She will have the Figures for the Collective Bargaining Articles. 5. Minutes Due to the heavy load of meeting minutes – minutes have been assigned as follows – 2/18 Heather 2/25 Terri 3/4 Jay 3/11 Evan 3/18 Peter - Schools 3/25 Chris – Public Hearing 4/8 Dave 4/22 – Heather 6. Adjournment Motion made by Chris, Seconded by Jay all in favor 7:47 p.m.