Dublin Budget Committee
Minutes
August 22, 2006
Present: Charles Champagne, Judy Knapp, Rich Scheinblum – Chairman, and Sterling Abrams – Selectmen’s Representative
Absent: Nancy Campbell, Ken Woods
Also Present: Selectman Joseph Cavanaugh, Brian Barden, Adele Knight, Jim Sovik, Bill Raymond, Jim Letourneau, Tom Kennedy, Tom Vanderbilt, Jack Lewis, Jen Bergeron, Paul Waterman
Meeting was called to order at 7:05 p.m. by Rich Scheinblum.
R. Scheinblum distributed copies of budget packets to the department heads present and did an overview of the contents:
1. Calendar reflects last year’s calendar update for 2006
2. Completed budgets are due by Friday, September 15th
3. At will of the selectmen, the departments will attend board of selectmen meetings and then the budget committee meetings. In the past, a representative of the budget committee also attended board of selectmen meetings.
4. Each department received a spreadsheet showing the past budgets and space for a maintenance budget, 5% decease budget and proposed budget
5. R. Scheinblum encouraged the electronic completion of the spreadsheet and will forward an electronic version to any department head who contacts him
6. Comment sheet is for clarification of any changes from the maintenance budget. This gives the department the opportunity to explain the reason for the requested increase.
R. Scheinblum presented an overview on how to complete the spreadsheet:
1. When making a “comment”, please cite the ID-line item number
2. If a department wants to rename a specific account, contact B. Raymond
3. The spreadsheet shows the history of the department budget with 3 years of Budget and Actual amounts.
4. Departments are to complete the last 4 columns: Projected FY ’06, FY ’07 Maintenance, FY ’06 less 5%, and FY ’07 Budget
Projected FY ’06: what you expect to spend through 12/31/06
FY ’07 Maintenance: if the bottom line stayed the same, how would you allocate expenditures within the budget?
FY ’06 less 5%: how would you allocate your budget if your budget was reduced by 5%?
FY ’07 Budget: this represents what you feel would be your ideal budget for FY ‘07
J. Cavanaugh requested that the Budget Committee work with the Selectmen to set guidelines re increases, budget goals, etc. R. Scheinblum agreed that this was the best way to proceed.
Discussion of the FY ’06 less 5%. It was agreed that the departments do not have to complete this column.
J. Cavanaugh stated that salaries would be determined by the Board of Selectmen and were not negotiable.
It was clarified that the last column, FY ’07 Budget, represents what the department would like to see as their budget for next year.
J. Lewis asked when and how to indicate possible Warrant Articles. J. Cavanaugh stated that these should be worked through with the Selectmen in August. R. Scheinblum stated that the Budget Committee would be looking for multiple quotes for any major items.
B. Raymond clarified that the town budget represented only about 25% of the town tax and felt that the departments needed to have the money to run their departments even if it required an increase in the budget.
Meeting adjourned at 8:00 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Judith A. Knapp
Co-Secretary
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