Finance Committee Meeting – 3.15.23
WPD Chief Mike Ziemba presents Public Safety budget.
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.
WPD Chief Mike Ziemba presents Public Safety budget.
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.