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March 8, 2012 Meeting Minutes
Hingham Town Hall
Present: Committee Members Asher, Johnson, MacCune, Innis, Marwill, Pyles, Sharkansky, Taylor, Eldredge, Dwyer, Farrell, Power, Kutsch, Friedman, MacKay
Chairman Jon Asher called the Advisory Committee meeting to order at 7:07 PM.
The Committee voted to approve all FY 2013 Article 6 budgets totaling $85,540,469 as shown in the attached schedule. All votes were unanimous except as noted below:
- A motion was made to amend the legal service budget to $250,000 which motion was not seconded.
- A motion was made to reduce the Education budget by $100,000 which motion was seconded. The motion was defeated by a vote of 13 to 1 with Jim Sharkansky voting in favor of the motion. The Education budget was approved by a vote of 12-2 with Liz Eldredge and Jim Sharkansky voting in opposition. Laura Marwill noted that she wanted to change her vote on the Education Sub-Committee recommendation from No to Yes.
- The Public Safety Utilities budget was approved by a vote of 13-1 with Dennis Friedman voting in opposition.
- Greg MacCune abstained from voting on the Recreation Department budget.
- Amy Farrell abstained from voting on the Library and South Shore Country Club budgets.
The Committee voted unanimously to approve a capital budget of $1,659,945 of which $1,128,045 will be funded from the FY 2013 tax levy, $244,000 (DPW) will be funded by an expected surplus in the 2012 snow and ice budget, $20,000 (Bathing Beach) will be funded by mooring permit revenue, $205,000 ($110,000 SSCC and $95,000 Rec) will be funded by user fees and $62,900 (Sewer) will be funded by rate payers.
The Committee voted unanimously to reopen Articles 4 &5 and to reduce the FY 2013 budget from $495,000 to $325,000 to reflect the impact of settled labor contracts included in departmental budgets.
The AdCom heard the following Warrant Articles and voted as indicated below:
Article K: Transfer funds to the Reserve Fund
Voted unanimously to take no action
Article LLL: OPEB Liability Trust Fund
Voted unanimously to approve
Article JJJ: Accept Clause 56 re: Tax Exemption for Deployed Military
Voted unanimously to approve
Article KKK: Accept MGL 60A, S.1 re: Motor Vehicle Excise Tax Exemption
Voted unanimously to approve
Article V: Open Space Acquisition Committee Membership
Voted unanimously to approve
The meeting was adjourned at 8:44 PM.
Respectfully submitted,
Greg MacCune, Secretary