Finance Committee Meeting – 3.8.23
DPW head Chris Lemoine presents operating budgets & capital budget. Discussion of Chapter 90 & Enterprise Funds; Bike & Hiking Trail overrun. Lemoine retires 3.10.23 after 25 years of service to Williamstown.
The Williamstown Finance Committee meets on an as-needed basis. Watch them LIVE on WilliNet Channel 17. Previously recorded meetings air on WilliNet Channel 16.
DPW head Chris Lemoine presents operating budgets & capital budget. Discussion of Chapter 90 & Enterprise Funds; Bike & Hiking Trail overrun. Lemoine retires 3.10.23 after 25 years of service to Williamstown.
David Irwin presents financial audit for FY22; Town Manager Bob Menicocci addresses FY2024 budget assumptions & overview; SB & Fin Comm discuss over-arching budget priorities.
Finance Comm hears municipal broadband for Williamstown presentations from Design Nine, Inc. & Whip City Fiber/Westfield Gas & Electric. Chair Melissa Cragg presents 'Finance 101: Demystification of Town Finances.'
Finance Comm. approves total of $175,000.00 Budget Transfer from Reserve Reserve Fund allowed for "extraordinary/unforeseen" reasons; $41,834.95 for McGowan legal fees, WPD investigative review above and beyond "normal" expenditures. Finance Comm. & Select Board meet jointly & approve Year End Budget Transfer of $159,000.00 to cover Interim Town Manager salary FY22; McGowen legal fees & investigative services WPD; KP Law public record requests.
Finance Committee votes on recommending fiscal Town Warrant Articles. Board discusses non-profit organization funding. Votes 5-4 to abstain from any vote of Citizen Petition, Art. 49 to pay stipend to volunteer municipal meeting members.