# finance-committee — 15 documents, concatenated for reading and search # # This is a CONVENIENCE BUNDLE, not a source. Every document below is # published separately and byte-identically; cite the individual file, # whose path is given in each header, rather than this bundle. # Index of all boards: https://lunenburgbudgetproject.org/minutes/INDEX.txt # The town's own scanned original is linked per document. ======================================================================================== DOCUMENT : 2016-07-28-agenda-2244.txt BOARD : finance-committee DATE : 2016-07-28 KIND : agenda OUR COPY : https://lunenburgbudgetproject.org/docs/minutes/text/finance-committee/2016-07-28-agenda-2244.txt TOWN PDF : https://www.lunenburgma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_07282016-2244 ======================================================================================== ===PAGE 1=== NOTI CE of FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING on July 28, 2016 7:00 PM Town Hall AGENDA 1. Open meeting 2. Communications • Public Comment • New Communications • Special Town Meeting Warrant 3. Reorganization • Review committee/department assignments 4. Town Manager Reports 5. Budget Goals and Opportunities • Financial Policy for Managing Debt Service 6. Review Minutes 7. Committee/Department Updates Capital Planning – John; DPW and Parks – John; Pub lic Access Committee – John Library – Terri; Public Safety – Terri; Sewer Commi ssion –Jay; Green Community Committee – Jay; School Committee – open; Monty Tec h – open; Council on Aging – open; School Building Committee – Mark; Building Re use –Mark 8. Ongoing Business • Pavement Management Plan • Contract commitments (e.g., sick leave buy back) • Sales of surplus property 9. Next Meetings • August 11, 2016, 7:00 p.m. – Town Hall – Regularly Scheduled Meeting with Public Hearing for STM articles • August 22, 2016 - Special Town Meeting 10. Adjournment ======================================================================================== DOCUMENT : 2016-07-28-minutes-2244.txt BOARD : finance-committee DATE : 2016-07-28 KIND : minutes OUR COPY : https://lunenburgbudgetproject.org/docs/minutes/text/finance-committee/2016-07-28-minutes-2244.txt TOWN PDF : https://www.lunenburgma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_07282016-2244 ======================================================================================== ===OCR macOS Vision=== ===PAGE 1=== Town of Lunenburg Finance Committee: Terri Burchfield, Chairman Mark Erickson, Vice-Chairman Jay Simeone, Secretary John Henshaw Hannah Anderson 17 Main Street, P.O. Box 135 Lunenburg, MA 01462-0135 978.582.4139 FAX 978.582.4148 Lunenburg Finance Committee Minutes July 28, 2016 Location: Town Hall Present: Terri Burchfield, Mark Erickson, Jay Simeone, John Henshaw, Hannah Anderson Absent: Also Present: None Kerry Lafleur - Town Manager Guest: George Martin 1. Terri called the meeting to order at 7:00 pm. 2. Communications: a. Public: None b. Special Town meeting warrant was sent out for reviewing. The Beacon newsletter was received. d. The annual meeting of Town Fiance Committee's is being held at Devens on October 15th. 3. Reorganization: a. Review committee - department assignments b. Mark E. Town Manager search comm. Building reuse. School building comm. C. Terri B. Library, Public Safety d. John H. Capital Planning, PAC, COA, DPW e. Jay S. Sewer, GCTF f. Hannah A. School Comm. Monty tech school 4. Town Manager reports: The TM will be presenting the DPW union contract on Tuesday and expects the DPW contract will be ready for STM. The Police contract proposal will also be presented, but may not be accepted by the board. The TM met with the School Superintendent last week. The Superintendent and the School Committee are going to ask Town Meeting to restore an amount equal to the loss of the kindergarten grant money from the initial chapter 70 funding, estimated at $37K. School committee also feels the all the additional Chapter 70 funds should be going the schools for FY 16. TM advised that the 37k was reasonable request to continue the kindergarten program. One issue raised the by committee member's is the use of non recurring funds for recurring programs like the kindergarten program. FY -16 40S State revenue expected to be received is $214,662. Which is higher than the $166,960 that was anticipated, buy still not 100% of what the Town should have received Additional Chapter 70 funds received for FY17 is $102,707. The committee discussed several options on where to appropriate the funds. Net increase in revenue on the town side is $144,733. Net education revenue is $78,845. Net other revenue is 35,888 ===PAGE 2=== Article 1 of the STM is for budget adjustments like the school kindergarten program. 5. Review of minutes: a. Review of 6-9-16 minutes - Mark motion to approve. Jay seconded. All in favor. 6. Budget Goals and Opportunities: a. Review financial policy for managing debt service b. John H. is working on a spreadsheet showing debt service target numbers. John presented a spreadsheet showing debt exclusion numbers for FY13 thru FY20. C. Discussion regarding the debt service as a percent of the tax levy. Non excluded debt, borrowing, Should there be a maximum debt limit? How much excluded debt would the town be willing to take on? How much regular borrowing is appropriate? Mark suggested there may be three numbers to look at regarding the debt policy: d. One -Debt service on the excluded debt as a percent of the total levy. e. Two - Debt service on the non excluded debt as a percent of the regular levy. T. Three - Total debt as a percent of the total levy. Provide a guide line for each number. turkey hi Midle Scho. How much debt should be incurred to rebuild or replace a school building? How does debt, regular or excluded, affect the budget, long term borrowing, and the Town bond rating. 7. Committee reports: Committee/Department Public Access Cable-John H. Capital Planning-John H. Dept. of Public Works-John H. Library-Terri B. Public Safety - Terri B. Schools, Monty Tech, Green Task Force - Jay S. Sewer Commission - Jay S. School Bldg. Comm. Building Re-use, Town Manager search comm. Mark E. 8. Ongoing business: Update PAC is meeting August Is!. To review FY17 budget. No meeting scheduled Meeting with DPW Director week of August 8t No report No report No report No report Demo of the old Lunenburg High School has started. Planning to meet on August 15t". They received 3 proposal for response to the revised RFP for a market analysis to evaluate. There may a separate proposal being submitted. All three bids were over the budget amount. One was close. First organizational meeting on July 20th Committee members: Tim Murphy - Town Moderator, Chairman, Jami oale - BOS. Mathew Allison - Planning Board, Mike Macklin - Schoo omm. Mark Erickson - Finance Comn egan collecting information. BOS is moving forward with Interim Tou Manager. They have draft goals. Next meeting is August 18th. Pavement Management plan has started in Hickory Hills area. 9. Next meeting: August 11, 2016, 7:00 p.m. - Town Hall - Regularly Scheduled Meeting with Public Hearing for STM articles. 10. August 22, 2016 - Special Town Meeting at the new high school. 11. Adjournment: Motion to adjourn by Mark H. Seconded by John H. 8:10 pm. ======================================================================================== DOCUMENT : 2016-08-11-agenda-2245.txt BOARD : finance-committee DATE : 2016-08-11 KIND : agenda OUR COPY : https://lunenburgbudgetproject.org/docs/minutes/text/finance-committee/2016-08-11-agenda-2245.txt TOWN PDF : https://www.lunenburgma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_08112016-2245 ======================================================================================== ===PAGE 1=== NOTI CE of FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING and Public Hearing for STM Warrant Articles on August 11, 2016 7:00 PM Town Hall AGENDA 1. Open meeting 2. Communications • Public Comment • New Communications 3. Open Public Hearing • Special Town Meeting Warrant Article Recommendations Close Public Hearing 4. Town Manager Reports 5. Budget Goals and Opportunities • Financial Policy for Managing Debt Service 6. Review Minutes 7. Committee/Department Updates 8. Ongoing Business • Pavement Management Plan • Contract commitments (e.g., sick leave buy back) • Sales of surplus property 9. Next Meetings August 16 workshop meeting???? • August 22, 2016 - Special Town Meeting • August 25, 2016 – regular meeting 10. Adjournment ======================================================================================== DOCUMENT : 2016-08-11-minutes-2245.txt BOARD : finance-committee DATE : 2016-08-11 KIND : minutes OUR COPY : https://lunenburgbudgetproject.org/docs/minutes/text/finance-committee/2016-08-11-minutes-2245.txt TOWN PDF : https://www.lunenburgma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_08112016-2245 ======================================================================================== ===OCR macOS Vision=== ===PAGE 1=== Town of Lunenburg Finance Committee: Terri Burchfield, Chairman Mark Erickson, Vice-Chairman Jay Simeone, Secretary John Henshaw Hannah Anderson 17 Main Street, P.O. Box 135 Lunenburg, MA 01462-0135 978.582.4139 FAX 978.582.4148 Lunenburg Finance Committee Minutes August 11, 2016 Location: Present: Absent: Also Present: Town Hall Terri Burchfield, Mark Erickson, Jay Simeone, John Henshaw Hannah Anderson Kerry Lafleur, Town Manager 1. Terri called the Finance Committee meeting to order at 7:00 pm. This is a televised and video recorded meeting. The video will be available on: https://www.youtube.com. 2. Comments: a. Public: None b. New Communications: None 3. Open public hearing a. Special Town meeting warrant article recommendations b. Article 1. Review of proposed 2017 budget adjustments. Review of the 2017 Cherry sheet. The town will receive $61,191 in additional revenue. Mostly from Chapter 70. There are reductions in assessments of $18,892, which result in additional revenue for the Town. Additional funding for Veterans benefits in the amount of $26,065. Veterans benefits are reimbursed 75% in the following year. The total net increase in revenue is $114,733. Proposed uses for the additional income are: 1. Requests from the School Superintendent and the School Committee is requesting $36,740 to replace the loss of grant funding for the kindergarten program. 2. Place all of the additional revenue in the reserve fund. The Town Manager recommends $77,993 to the reserve fund and $36,740 to the School Dept. Article 1. Mark E. motions to recommend approval to transfer $77,933 into the reserve fund and $36,740 into the School Dept. for a total of $114,733. John H. seconded. All in favor. 4-0 Article 2. DPW collective bargaining agreement. FY16 thru FY18. 1.5% COL increase. Increase of $350 dollars for uniform allowance for a total of $1000 per year, per employee. Estimated cost for one year is $6100 for 9 employees. Funded thru the Salary Reserve account. Mark E. move to recommend approval for article 2 to fund the first year of the public employee union 39 contract. John H. seconded. All in favor. 4-0 Funding for the second year of the contract agreement is thru a transfer request. Article 3. Police union contract. Not yet ratified. Article 4. Cemetery Commission. Pass over. Article 5-6-7. Solar power agreements. Pass over. 1 of 3 ===PAGE 2=== Article 8 - 14 These articles are mostly for house keeping issues, clean up language. Members would like to hear the discussion on the articles before deciding if there is any financial impact. Article 15. Land boundary agreement between 64 Chestnut Street and the Town of Lunenburg Parks dept. No Financial Impact. Article 16. Agricultural Preservation Restriction for Lanni Orchards. To authorize the Town to fund $58,000 towards the APR. A 10% local match. The funds had already been held in reserve since last year. No new money is needed. The APR will place a restriction on the use of the property for perpetuity. Mark E. moves to recommend approval to authorize the local 10% match on the Lanni property. John seconded. All in favor. 4-0 This concluded the public hearing on the Town meeting warrant. Public meeting is closed. Regular meeting to resume with Town manager reports. 4. Town Manager Report: a. FY16 financial report. The Town will be ending the fiscal year with expenditure close out of $331,676.92, which includes the $58K for the APR. Revenue received over our estimates in the amount of $643,840.66. Ending balance of $975,517.58 Estimated Certified free cash as of July 1, 2016 estimated at $800K There are several options for use of these funds. Deposit to the Stabilization fund to get it up to 5%, the OPED account, capital projects. The board will discuss options. So were did the addition funds come from? Our total revenue collection for FY17 was 101.85% of our estimates. Local receipts collected were 118.55% in total. That is $513,86.89 more than estimated. About 9K more in meals tax. $200k more in motor vehicles excise tax. Investment income was 48k higher than estimated. This was due to the bond proceeds for the new School. This was a one time increase. Other departments receipts were $54k higher. Fees were 35k higher, Penalties and interest were $22k higher, license and permits were $36K higher. Taxes received were 98.72% of the levy. That's about 300k less than the estimate. We have to estimate 100% collection. Received about $400k in prior year delinquent taxes. State aid $30K more. Received 96K for the Tri Town Landing. A 40R project. We receive $3000 per unit. One new building came on line. We received additional 40S funds for FY16. Still not 100% or what was due. End of year fiscal expenditures or encumbrances were 99.02% of the budget. There was a total of $331,676.92 in Appropriation turn backs. There were turn backs in reserve fund, salary reserve fund, tax title redemption and foreclosure account, facility and grounds ($4200) due to lower utility cost, central purchasing, principle and interest loan account, 40K from vehicle maintenance. COA, due to change in staff and salary, Veterans benefits, Choice ($40,747) and Charter tuition ($150,075) due to declining enrollment. Health ins, Liability account, Internal adjustments, Summer St. design cost was covered with additional funds with out using Chapter 90 or operational budget funds. Track and Field design (10K). $58K for the Lanni Orchards was covered with the additional funds. Final chapter 44 section 33B transfers to close the year will be presented to the FinCom later this month or the beginning of September. Sick leave buyback for AFSME Municipal collective bargaining group. Largest group with sick leave buy back. Selectmen have authorized the buy back of 20% of the sick leave, and give employee's notice that the Town will consider buying back the additional 80%. In total the liability is $94,713. The 20% the town will buy back automatically is just under $19,000. 2 of 3 ===PAGE 3=== 5. Budget goals and opportunities: a. Financial policy managing debt 6. Review of minutes: a. Minutes of the July 14th, 2016 meeting: Mark E. moved to accept the minutes; Jay seconded the motion, and the motion was approved by a 4-0 vote. 7. Committee and Department Updates: Committee/Department Public Access Cable-John H. Capital Planning-John H. Dept. of Public Works-John H. Library-Terri B. Public Safety-TerriB. Schools, Monty Tech, COA Green Task Force-Jay S. Sewer Commission Task Force- Jay S. School Bidg. Comm. Building Reuse Comm Town Manger Search Comm Update No report No report No report. No report No Report. No Report. No Report. No Report. School Bldg. Comm. Meet last night. Demo of old high school is continuing and should be complete next week. Final paving of the roadway from Mass ave to the new school should be completed next week. Foundation for green house is being poured next week. Building is being delivered on 8-22. Turning on the HVAC today. Whalom Park Mural is up in the center of the building. Approve change order #16. Athletic field re-sizing. The athletic fields have been resized the same size. Marker board and tact board changes $13,535. Open riser infield panel $3574. Added glass to Athletic Directors office to reduce noise. $2227 case work and flag holder additions $15,419, Six wall clocks $4240,J signage around the building $5526. Total for change orders $1,058,736. Plus $70,140K, for a total of $1,128,876. Two potential change orders under discussion: One is the repeater for Police Dept. for $34,347 Fire Dept repeater was in the budget. The Police repeater was missed. Two is for plantings for an abuter. $6400 Building Reuse meets on Monday. Town Manger Search Comm. Meets next Thursday. 8. On Going Buisness: None 8. Next meeting: BOS workshop on August 16t at Town Hall. Thursday, August 22, 2016 at 6:00 PM at new High School. Special Town Meeting August 22nd at 7:pm at new High School August 25th regular meeting. 7 pm. At Town Hall 9. Adjournment: Mark E. made a motion to adjourn. John seconded the motion. The committee approved the motion 4-0 at 8:17 pm. 3 of 3 ======================================================================================== DOCUMENT : 2016-08-16-agenda-2246.txt BOARD : finance-committee DATE : 2016-08-16 KIND : agenda OUR COPY : https://lunenburgbudgetproject.org/docs/minutes/text/finance-committee/2016-08-16-agenda-2246.txt TOWN PDF : https://www.lunenburgma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_08162016-2246 ======================================================================================== ===PAGE 1=== NOTI CE of FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING on August 16, 2016 7:00 PM Town Hall AGENDA 1. Open meeting 2. Joint workshop meeting with Board of Selectmen, et al., to discuss Board and Committee recruitment. 3. Adjourn ======================================================================================== DOCUMENT : 2016-08-22-agenda-2247.txt BOARD : finance-committee DATE : 2016-08-22 KIND : agenda OUR COPY : https://lunenburgbudgetproject.org/docs/minutes/text/finance-committee/2016-08-22-agenda-2247.txt TOWN PDF : https://www.lunenburgma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_08222016-2247 ======================================================================================== ===PAGE 1=== NOTI CE of FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING August 22, 2016 6:00 pm Lunenburg Middle/High School High School Project Room 1025 Massachusetts Avenue AGENDA 1. Open meeting 2. Joint meeting with the Board of Selectmen to rev iew and discuss recommendations for Special Town Meeting warrant articles 3. Adjourn to Special Town Meeting ======================================================================================== DOCUMENT : 2016-08-25-agenda-2218.txt BOARD : finance-committee DATE : 2016-08-25 KIND : agenda OUR COPY : https://lunenburgbudgetproject.org/docs/minutes/text/finance-committee/2016-08-25-agenda-2218.txt TOWN PDF : https://www.lunenburgma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_08252016-2218 ======================================================================================== ===PAGE 1=== ======================================================================================== DOCUMENT : 2016-08-25-minutes-2218.txt BOARD : finance-committee DATE : 2016-08-25 KIND : minutes OUR COPY : https://lunenburgbudgetproject.org/docs/minutes/text/finance-committee/2016-08-25-minutes-2218.txt TOWN PDF : https://www.lunenburgma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_08252016-2218 ======================================================================================== ===OCR macOS Vision=== ===PAGE 1=== Town of Lunenburg Finance Committee: Terri Burchfield, Chairman Mark Erickson, Vice-Chairman Jay Simeone, Secretary John Henshaw Hannah Anderson 17 Main Street, P.O. Box 135 Lunenburg, MA 01462-0135 978.582.4139 FAX 978.582.4148 Lunenburg Finance Committee Minutes 8-25-16 Location: Present: Absent: Guest: Town Hall Terri Burchfield, Mark Erickson, Jay Simeone, John Henshaw, Hannah Anderson None Kerry Lafleur - Town Manager George Martin 1. Chairman called the meeting to order at 7:00 pm. 2. Comments: a. Public: This is the last scheduled meeting with the Town Manger. Kerry accepted a new position as Finance Director for the Town of Concord. Members congratulated Kerry for excellent service over the past 9 years to the town. Tim Murphy, Town Moderator was notified of a candidate for FinCom. b. New Communications: • Public hearings - Planning Board on 9-12-16 • Storm water management special permit for 9 single family homes. 155 Reservoir Rd. • Lake Whalom Overlay District: 22 unit town home development at 274 Prospect St. • Auto detailing shop at 8 Massachusetts Ave. • Members discussion regarding Planning Board articles that might be of financial concern or liability to the town. TM to request a list of projects from the Planning Director. •Discussion of how removal of Overlay District would affect Emerald Place development and other areas of Town. • Comments on Town Meeting Overlay District article. 3. FY2016 transfers: Sick leave buy back for AFSME union employee's estimated at $100k. Waiting for all employee's to complete there applications for the buy back. Funding from FY16. 4. Town Manager Report: TM Reports: Received final rewards credits totaling $8848 from our insurance company: Massachusetts Inter-local Insurance Assoc. (MIIA) for attending training and inspections programs. Pavement Management Program (PMP): DPW Director presented to the Selectmen the year to year project forecast. All crack seal work to be done in FY2016 Paving work has started in Hickory Hills area. Asphalt bid once every three years. FY17 is year one. Contract awarded to Keating Corp. Previously paying $62 per ton. New rate is $58 per ton. Projected $500K for drainage work. Ch 90 funds to be used for all other roads that are not in the PMP. ===PAGE 2=== Starting in FY-18, $50k per year from excise taxes will be added to the Ch 90 funds for annual road maintenance. 5. Budget Goals and Opportunities: Financial policy for managing debt service: JH talked with John Londa, School Facilities Director, regarding prospective repairs and renovations to the Turkey Hill Middle School (THMS). There are $900k in critical repairs in the capital planning budget. An estimated $3.5M in necessary repairs plus several larger projects like a new roof and asbestos remediation. Several years ago a market study estimated renovations to cost $11M. The committee is looking to see what that number would be in today's dollars. John Londa will be presenting his plan for repairs and renovations to school committee this week. John H. to follow up to see when the School Committee is looking to start any of these repairs or renovations and what the cost estimates are. How much money will they be looking for from Capital Planning and how much debt will be incurred. Members discussion regarding excluded and non excluded debt. How are large renovations projects like the THMS affected by the debt policy. What are the affects of excluded debt on the bond rating? hand much excluded debt is acceptable? How much debt, excluded or non-excluded, can the Town 6. Minutes: None 7. Committee and Department Updates: Committee/Department Public Access Cable-John H. Capital Planning-John H. Dept. of Public Works-John H. Council on Aging - John H. Library-Terri B Public Safety-Terri B. Schools, Monty Tech, Update PACC budget: FY17 budget is 20% less than their actual needs. PACC budget funded thru Comcast cable contract. Not tax supported TM comment: State Law change requiring budget to be presented and approved at Town Meeting, same as other budgets. FinCom may be able to loan PACC funds from Reserve account. PACC to meet with FinCom on 9-22-16. Reviewing the Re-design of 5 intersections: Gilchrist at Northfield - less expensive Oak Ave to Northfield Highland - Main st at Oak Ave Page at Lancaster - most expensive Kiburn at Lancaster Storm water maintenance Underground fuel storage tank replacement. 30 years old. Sue Doherty - Director Operational budget issue with replacement of oven/range appliances costing $4K. Capital issue - Repairs need to front entrance of the building. Issue with ice dams causing hazard to entrance. Building exterior needs to be painted. No Report. No Report. ===PAGE 3=== Green Task Force-Jay S. Sewer Commission-Jay S. School Bldg. Comm., Building Re- use-Mark E. No Report. Town Manager Search Comm. No Report. BRC - Received two market analysis bids. Both exceeded the budgeted amount. They asked bidders to revise there proposals. They will meet again next Monday. Unlikely they will be able to do what they had original intended to do based on the money that was approved and the proposals received. They will be looking to revise their plan, and may need more money. One bidder presented a bold vision for the TC Passio property. Proposed a public/ private project. Called the Liktintal project. Combination of homes and business. Talked about selection criteria. Reviewed resumes. Invited the TM and other department heads to give input to the criteria. Set tentative dates for interviews in September. Looking for three candidates to present to the BOS. Member question to TM regarding how items under the Capital Planning threshold of $10K are funded. TM commented there should be a line item added to the Facilities budget for small appliance replacement. It was recommended an inventory of appliances be made to better prepare for replacement based on life cycle. 8. Next meeting: 9-8-16, 9-22-16 at 7:00 PM at the Town Hall. 9. Adjournment: Mark made a motion to adjourn. John seconded the motion. The committee approved the motion 5-0 at 8:42 pm Submitted by Jay Simeone Attachments (0): ======================================================================================== DOCUMENT : 2016-09-08-agenda-2219.txt BOARD : finance-committee DATE : 2016-09-08 KIND : agenda OUR COPY : https://lunenburgbudgetproject.org/docs/minutes/text/finance-committee/2016-09-08-agenda-2219.txt TOWN PDF : https://www.lunenburgma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_09082016-2219 ======================================================================================== ===PAGE 1=== ======================================================================================== DOCUMENT : 2016-09-22-agenda-2220.txt BOARD : finance-committee DATE : 2016-09-22 KIND : agenda OUR COPY : https://lunenburgbudgetproject.org/docs/minutes/text/finance-committee/2016-09-22-agenda-2220.txt TOWN PDF : https://www.lunenburgma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_09222016-2220 ======================================================================================== ===PAGE 1=== NOTI CE of FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING on September 22, 2016 7:00 PM Town Hall AGENDA 1. Open meeting 2. Communications • Public Comment • New Communications 3. PACC budget discussion 4. Interim Town Manager introduction 5. Town Accountant Reports 6. Budget Goals and Opportunities • Financial Policy for Managing Debt Service 7. Review Minutes 8. Committee/Department Updates 9. Ongoing Business • Pavement Management Plan • Contract commitments (e.g., sick leave buy back) • Sales of surplus property 10. Next Meetings • October 13, 2016– regular meeting • October 27, 2016– regular meeting 11. Adjournment ======================================================================================== DOCUMENT : 2016-10-13-agenda-2221.txt BOARD : finance-committee DATE : 2016-10-13 KIND : agenda OUR COPY : https://lunenburgbudgetproject.org/docs/minutes/text/finance-committee/2016-10-13-agenda-2221.txt TOWN PDF : https://www.lunenburgma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10132016-2221 ======================================================================================== ===PAGE 1=== ======================================================================================== DOCUMENT : 2016-10-27-agenda-2222.txt BOARD : finance-committee DATE : 2016-10-27 KIND : agenda OUR COPY : https://lunenburgbudgetproject.org/docs/minutes/text/finance-committee/2016-10-27-agenda-2222.txt TOWN PDF : https://www.lunenburgma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10272016-2222 ======================================================================================== ===PAGE 1=== ======================================================================================== DOCUMENT : 2016-11-10-agenda-2223.txt BOARD : finance-committee DATE : 2016-11-10 KIND : agenda OUR COPY : https://lunenburgbudgetproject.org/docs/minutes/text/finance-committee/2016-11-10-agenda-2223.txt TOWN PDF : https://www.lunenburgma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11102016-2223 ======================================================================================== ===PAGE 1=== NOTI CE of FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING and Public Hearing for STM Warrant Articles on November 10, 2016 7:00 PM Town Hall AGENDA 1. Open meeting 2. Communications • Public Comment • New Communications 3. Open Public Hearing • Special Town Meeting Warrant Article Recommendations Close Public Hearing 4. Town Manager Reports 5. Budget Goals and Opportunities • Financial Policy for Managing Debt Service 6. Review Minutes 7. Committee/Department Updates 8. Ongoing Business • Pavement Management Plan • Contract commitments (e.g., sick leave buy back) • Sales of surplus property 9. Next Meetings • November 28, 2016 - Special Town Meeting • December 8, 2016 – regular meeting 10. Adjournment ======================================================================================== DOCUMENT : 2016-11-28-agenda-2224.txt BOARD : finance-committee DATE : 2016-11-28 KIND : agenda OUR COPY : https://lunenburgbudgetproject.org/docs/minutes/text/finance-committee/2016-11-28-agenda-2224.txt TOWN PDF : https://www.lunenburgma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11282016-2224 ======================================================================================== ===PAGE 1=== ======================================================================================== DOCUMENT : 2016-12-08-agenda-2225.txt BOARD : finance-committee DATE : 2016-12-08 KIND : agenda OUR COPY : https://lunenburgbudgetproject.org/docs/minutes/text/finance-committee/2016-12-08-agenda-2225.txt TOWN PDF : https://www.lunenburgma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_12082016-2225 ======================================================================================== ===PAGE 1=== NOTI CE of FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING on December 8, 2016 7:00 PM Town Hall AGENDA 1. Open meeting 2. Communications • Public Comment • New Communications 3. Town Accountant Reports 4. Budget Goals and Opportunities • Financial Policy for Managing Debt Service • Anticipation of future large capital purchases 5. Review Minutes 6. Committee/Department Updates 7. Ongoing Business • Pavement Management Plan • Contract commitments (e.g., sick leave buy back) • Sales of surplus property 8. Next Meetings • January 12, 2016 • January 26, 2016 9. Adjournment