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Town of Hingham
Advisory Committee
March 16, 2010 Meeting Minutes
Hingham Town Hall
Present: Committee Members Seelen, Manning, Asher, Dwyer, Eldredge, Ellison, Farrell, Friedman, Innis, Lauter, MacCune, Marwill, Mooradian, O’Meara
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Chair Jerry Seelen called the Advisory Committee meeting to order at 7:11 PM.
The Committee reviewed and unanimously approved the minutes for March 11th 2010, as amended.
The following proposed Warrant articles were reviewed and voted.
# |
Proposed Article |
Committee Vote |
54 |
Iron Horse Parking Lot License |
Affirmative – Unanimous |
51 |
Audit Committee |
Affirmative – Unanimous, as amended |
55 |
Lincoln School Apartments: Directors’ Terms |
Affirmative – Unanimous |
TBD |
Offset Receipts Account |
Affirmative – Unanimous |
The Committee reviewed and discussed—but did not vote upon—the following proposed Warrant articles:
- Cable TV: Fees
- Cable TV: Public Access Company and Studio
- South Shore Country Club By-Law Amendment re Cell Tower
The revised Comments for the following previously-voted Warrant articles were reviewed and approved.
- Petition Article – South Shore Country Club Sale
The Chair initiated a discussion of FY11 Education funding ‘mechanics’ for the $36,426,176 voted on March 11th, given that ARRA funds cannot be appropriated through Article 6.
Town Finance Director Ted Alexiades described the following approach, which maintains Article 6 budget independence from the ARRA funding:
• FY11 Education Budget per forecast • FY11 Budget Surplus per March 9th forecast • Total FY11 Article 6 Education Budget • General ARRA and IDEA B funds • Total FY11 Education funds
The Committee voted unanimously to approve an FY11 Education budget line item within Article 6 (less capital) of $35,465,176 with the understanding that $961,000 of general ARRA and IDEA funds would supplement the budgeted total to fund Education in the amount of $36,426,176 (plus capital, which was approved under a separate vote).
The Chair agreed to consult the Moderator regarding how the Warrant’s Article 6 budget enumeration should be appropriately annotated to reflect the non-Article 6 supplementary funding.
The Committee also discussed the relative merits of describing its FY11 budget-deliberation process in a letter to the Hingham Journal and/or on the Committee’s web page. No consensus was reached.
The Committee will next meet at 7:00 PM on Wednesday, March 17th.
The meeting was adjourned at 10:37 PM.
Respectfully submitted, Jonathan R. Asher, Secretary