Advisory Committee Meeting: January 7, 2025
6:30 pm Virtual
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REQUESTED BY: Peter Giumette, Chair
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“The listings of matters are those reasonably anticipated by the Chair 48 hours before said
meeting, which may be discussed at the meeting. Not all items listed may in fact be discussed and
other items not listed may also be brought up for discussion to the extent permitted by law.”
LIST OF TOPICS TO BE DISCUSSED
- Review and approval of 12/11/24 and 12/17/24 minutes
- Public comments
- Liaison reports
- Old business
- Update of FY26 Budget process
- New business
- Assignment of liaison responsibilities for new members
- Review and comments on first three chapters of Master Plan
- Discussion of FY26 budget process and potential for Prop 2 ½ override
- Correspondence
AC members in attendance: Peter Giumette, Jennifer Greene, Forrest Finkler, Gerry Pellegrini, Walter Zawacki, John Zimmatore
Also attending: Sherry Patch, Melissa Hawthorne
The AC meeting commenced at 6:32 p.m. (via GoToMeeting)
Review and approval of 12/11/24 and 12/17/24 minutes
- Approval of December 11th meeting minutes
- Peter made a motion to approve the minutes; John seconded; 4Y/0N/0A
- Approval of December 17th meeting minutes
- Peter made a motion to approve the minutes; John seconded; 6Y/0N/0A
Public comments
- None
Liaison reports
Public Safety Committee – John
- Report on toxic materials came in – significant amounts identified. Next step – what will it cost to remediate the issues?
- Gerry asked whether this would prevent the Fire Department from using it as a training site; Gerry will follow through with a member of FD.
Parks and Rec- Peter
- Ski program up and running.
- Ice skating rink at Krashes Field being set up.
- Working on enhancement to the Town wide yard sale.
- Winter Carnival is scheduled for March 1st.
SB – Peter
- 12/18 –
o Walter and Gerry formally appointed to the AC
o ARPA funds allocated for Library and the COA
- 12/30 –
o ARPA allocated to PFAS expenses (deadline to spend 12/31)
Old business
- Update of FY26 Budget process
New business
- Assignment of liaison responsibilities for new members
- Gerry – Conservation Commission, EAC, and Ad Hoc Financial Forecasting Committee
- Walter –to attend the SB meetings and Parks and Rec and eventually take on responsibilities
- Review and comments on first three chapters of Master Plan
- Comments should be sent to Josh by the 24th who will compile them.
- Discussion of FY26 budget process and potential for Prop 2 ½ override
- Members reviewed the primer on prop 2 ½ override by the DLS.
- Sherry and Melissa ran through the example of last year’s levy limit and a couple of scenarios for this year’s budget. With various assumptions it looks like we will have an excess levy cap of $60k and will need to continue to consider an override. Sherry and Melissa will be happy to return to AC meetings for further discussion as needed.
- Correspondence
Next AC Meeting
- The AC will meet next on Tuesday, January 28th at 6:30 p.m.
Forrest motioned to adjourn the meeting; John seconded: 6Y/0N/0A
The meeting adjourned at 7:49 p.m.
Minutes recorded by Jennifer Greene (Secretary)