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At the meeting of the Randolph Board of Selectmen held Saturday, June 06, 2009, the following were present: Chairman Paul Connors, William Alexopoulos, Maureen Kenney, Executive Secretary David Murphy and Recording Secretary Cheryl Sass. Not present: James Burgess and Paul Fernandes. Meeting opened by Mr. Connors at 11:30 a.m.
Budget Discussion
Mr. Murphy explained that a revenue adjustment to the state aid figure was made based on the senate budget projections. Also, Excise Tax numbers are higher than originally anticipated. With regard to the Young School roof, the Town will be reimbursed into the general fund.
Free cash into the operating budget $134,342 was mandated by the DOR.
Ambulance reserve reflects balance in fund as of this week. Receipt projection is 71,578,648.
Board of Selectmen Budget
Selectmen’s budget to reflect $25,000 for the part time position shared between Accounting and Treasurer/Collector.
Motion made by Mr. Alexopoulos to approve Board of Selectmen budget of $182,512/Salaries, $12,200/Expenses to the Board of Selectmen, seconded by Ms. Kenney. Voted 3-0.
Accounting
Motion made by Mr. Alexopoulos to accept Accountant budget of $87,591.00/Salaries, $4,485.00/Expenses to the Town Accountant, seconded by Ms. Kenney. Voted 3-0.
Unclassified
Motion to accept changes to Insurance, Street Lights, FICA and Unemployment made by Mr. Alexopoulos, seconded by Ms. Kenney, Voted 3-0.
Motion made by Ms. Kenney to approve $7.8 Million for medical coverage, seconded by Mr. Alexopoulos. Voted 3-0.
Town Counsel
The Finance Committee approved $50,033 from the $90,033 requested, which is the salary for July – December, 2009. In January, the Town Council would appoint in-house counsel/HR, with special counsel. Mr. Connors was in support of in-house counsel. Mr. Alexopoulos thinks the flexibility to have special counsel is a good idea. Mr. Murphy recommends that the Board begin
interviewing candidates so that someone can start by July 1. Responsibilities on the Human Resources side would be hiring, worker’s compensation and personnel action forms. It was agreed that Mr. Murphy would put together more information to present to the Board before Town Meeting.
Personnel
Motion made to approve Personnel budget of $0/Salary, $5,368 for Expenses, seconded by Mr. Alexopoulos. Voted 3-0.
Veteran’s Services
Discussion re: funding half of the Veteran’s Budget of $110,086 and taking the necessary votes to create a joint district at the appropriate time.
Recreation
Discussion re: Raise for Recreation Director. Mr. Murphy explained raising Mr. Deyo’s salary to $52,402 is necessary due to the fact that he will also be playing the role of program coordinator. Mr. Murphy researched the salaries of Recreation Directors in other communities and found that the current salary is extremely low.
Motion made by Ms. Kenney to approve Recreation budget of $298,010, including increase in pay for the Recreation Director due to the restructuring of the department. Seconded by Mr. Alexopoulos. Voted 3-0.
Board of Health
Motion to approve Board of Health budget of $2,238,136 made by Ms. Kenney, seconded by Mr. Connors. Voted 3-0.
Blue Hills
Motion to approve Blue Hills Regional budget of $3,903,264 made by Mr. Alexopoulos, seconded by Ms. Kenney. Voted 3-0.
Schools
$200,000 for all day kindergarten approved by Finance Committee.
Postponed until the full board is present.
Non-Union Raises
Mr. Murphy recommended against raises. The Finance Committee approved a 1% pay raise. Mr. Connors recommended a 2.5% pay raise. Mr. Alexopolous recommended a pay raise of 2%.
Postponed until the full board is present.
Summer Recreation Hires
Personnel action forms signed by Mr. Connors in approval of summer hires.
Ms. Kenney asked that the minutes reflect the fact that she is unhappy about hiring summer help who are not residents of the Town of Randolph.
Beautification
Mr. Murphy recommended using $7,000 of Avalon Mitigation funds to purchase planters throughout town to be planted and maintained by the Garden Club. Motion to approve $5,000 for planters and $2,000 for materials made by Mr. Alexopoulos, seconded by Ms Kenney. Voted 3-0.
Verizon
Mr. Connors made a motion to extend the deadline for Verizon’s submittal to the RFQ by 30 days. Seconded by Mr. Alexopoulos. Voted 3-0
At 12:20 p.m. Ms. Kenney made a motion to adjourn seconded by Mr. Alexopoulos. Voted 3-0.
Clerk of the Board
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