TOWN OF FITZWILLIAM
2008-2009 Budget Committee Meeting
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Present: S. Hagstrom, F. Bateman, W. Brown, B. Doerpholz,
W. Wright, P. Thompson, M. Methe, C. Yon, T. Parker,
M. Nolan, B. Thomas
Meeting opened at 7:02 by S. Hagstom. S. Hagstrom asked for review and/or comments for 11/13/2008 Minutes. P. Thompson asked for a correction to page 3 under Police Dept. The $1200.00 amount should read $12,000.00. F. Bateman made a motion to accept the minutes as amended, M. Methe 2nd; vote passed in the affirmative. C. Yon abstained.
FIRE DEPARTMENT
William Prigge, Ed Mattson Jr., Warren Hall
S. Hagstrom asked how many members the Fire Department has. W. Prigge stated that currently they have 32 members; they also have 4 senior members which brings the total up to 36 members. W. Prigge wasn’t specific about levels of certification of members. B. Doerpholz stated that the membership is up from last year and asked if the salary line will be enough to cover. W. Prigge stated that the amount they figure is based on calls, not membership. He also stated that not all members respond to all calls.
318 Labor Contract. Svc. Covers the fee for the dumpster, which has increased from last year.
350 Medical Services Covers physicals for new hires. W. Prigge stated that this line has just always been there. B. Doerpholz asked if physicals are mandatory. W. Prigge stated that he believes it’s a town requirement. P. Thompson added that if any members require vaccines the town pays for those.
440 Rental/Leases Some discussion on this line. W. Prigge stated that he cannot remember specifically what this line covers but would get back to the committee if necessary.
560 Dues/Subscriptions covers Firehouse software.
610 General Supplies Covers any expendable item (i.e. speedy dri, water, etc.)
628 Office Equip. The expended amount was for a new computer to help with the reports that are required by the State. Ambulance also purchased one.
629 Equip. Purch. S. Hagstrom asked why the Fire Dept. was asking for the same amount as last year but they had not expended any monies this year. W. Prigge stated that they have applied invoices to this line since 9/15.
M. Nolan asked what figure they used to calculate the amounts for fuel. W. Prigge stated that they didn’t calculate it that why, they just came up with the figure.
684 Uniform Purch/Clean Covers the cleaning of uniforms and purchase of Class A (1/2 covered by town, ½ by assoc). Purchasing “gear” is under line 740.
830 Training W. Prigge stated that a lot of the training is done in-house using the expertise they have available to them, but they do have some outside training that needs to be done.
Added amount to Line 840 Special projects for Forestry. E. Mattson stated that Forestry used to be under Emergency Management. T. Parker stated that it should be added into the Fire Dept. budget. P. Thompson proposed adding the amount under line 840 so that it could be tracked. $1000.00 added to line 840 for Forestry. Changes total amount requested to $48,730.00.
Capital Outlay
W. Prigge stated that he has no problem with making line 740 $0.00 if there are enough funds to cover gear in the existing Expendable Trust. T. Parker explained to the committee how money was removed from one fund into the General fund and put into another at last Town meeting. C. Yon asked what figure would W. Prigge be comfortable with as the amount (balance) in the Trust. W. Prigge stated at least $7200.00
W. Brown asked how many new members they anticipated. W. Prigge explained that it’s hard to say how many will want to join or how many will leave the Fire Department.
AMBULANCE
W. Prigge, Warren Hall, Ed Mattson Jr.
W. Prigge explained how the year for the Ambulance ends 11/30/2008. Memb
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