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Town of Hingham
Advisory Committee

April 13, 2010 Meeting Minutes

Hingham Town Hall
Present:  Committee Members Seelen, Manning, Asher, Eldredge, Ellison, Farrell, Friedman, Innis, Johnson, Lauter, MacCune, Marwill, Mooradian, O’Meara
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  1. Call to order

Chair Jerry Seelen called the Advisory Committee meeting to order at 7:07 PM.

  1. Approval of Minutes for March 25th

The Committee reviewed and unanimously approved the minutes for March 25th 2010.

  1. Warrant Articles

The following proposed Warrant articles were reviewed and voted.


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Proposed Article

Committee Vote

28

Harbor By-Law

Affirmative – Unanimous
Jerry Seelen recused himself from this discussion and vote

17

CPC, Veterans Housing

Affirmative – Unanimous
The Committee expressed the need for the discharge status of prospective tenants to be included as part of the selection process
The CPC and Father Bill’s Mainspring agreed to provide an update to the Committee in September regarding progress on the four contingencies, should the article be approved at Town Meeting

58

Malcolm Street Sewer Easement

Affirmative – Unanimous

The Committee voted to re-open Article 26, Establishment of an Audit Committee, in order to approve wording changes associated with the terms of appointed members.  The wording modifications were unanimously approved.
Jon Asher provided an update regarding the status of Article 33, Appropriate Funds for application to MWRA.  The article will presented for consideration and vote at the Committee’s April 15th meeting.

  1. Intra-Department Transfer

The Committee approved an Intra-Department Transfer Request for transfer of $10,000 between two Health Department accounts to assist the Board of Selectmen in the financing of the South Hingham Sewer Study.

  1. General Business

The Committee concurred with the Moderator’s suggestion that the impact of the proposed Article 6 budget on the average tax bill should be calculated and publicized in the Hingham Journal and the Town web site prior to Town Meeting.  Jerry will craft an appropriate press release.
The Chair requested that members review the draft Financial Policy for discussion at a subsequent meeting.
The Committee will next meet at 7:00 PM on Thursday, April 15th.   

  1. Adjourn

The meeting was adjourned at 10:35 PM.

 

Respectfully submitted,
Jonathan R. Asher, Secretary