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February 3, 2011 Meeting Minutes
Hingham Town Hall
Present: Committee Members Manning, Asher, MacCune, Farrell, Innis, Power, Pyles, Johnson, Kirven, Friedman
1. Call to order
Chair Jack Manning called the Advisory Committee meeting to order at 7:03 PM.
2. Approval of Minutes
The minutes of the January 25, 2011 meeting were approved by a unanimous vote of the members present.
3. Upcoming Town Forum
Jack discussed what topics he thought might be addressed at the Forum to be held on February 13, 2011.
4. Update on Capital Budget
Tom Pyles provided an update on the capital outlay budget noting that he expected the capital budget to be brought forward by the Capital Outlay Committee could be approximately $2 million.
5. Update on the Middle School roof damage
Ron Kirven provided an update on efforts to make repairs to the Middle School roof in order to resume classes in the building.
6. Budget Hearings
The Committee heard FY 2012 budget presentations from the following departments (no votes were taken):
Department |
% Change from FY11 |
Comments |
Project Engineering |
+6.52% |
Level services. Includes increase of $19,000 for engineering services. Additional request of $400,000 for road construction of which $74,000 was approved by the Board of Selectmen at the recommendation of the Town Administrator. |
Department |
% Change from FY11 |
Comments |
Public Works |
+2.32% |
Level services. Increase principally due to step increases and utility and fuel expenses. Snow removal level funded with prior year |
Landfill/Recycling |
-9.58% |
Level services. Decrease due to renegotiation of SEMASS contract. Additional request of $1,200 for credit card admin fee for the scale. |
Library |
+0.05 |
Level services. Slight increase due to step increases offset by reduction in OCLN fee. Addition request of $46,450 to fund Sunday openings of which Board of Selectmen has approved $20,000. |
7. Warrant Articles
Jack introduced the compilation of warrant articles received to date and certain articles were assigned to members for research and presentation to the Committee. Jack asked members to get back to him soon with possible dates that warrant articles would be ready for hearings/votes.
8. Next Meeting
The next meeting of the AdCom is scheduled for February 8, 2011 at 7:00 PM.
9. Adjourn
The meeting was adjourned at 9:31 PM.
Respectfully submitted,
Greg MacCune, Secretary