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FINANCE COMMITTEE – TOWN OF STOCKBRIDGE

MEETING SCHEDULED FOR Monday, October 3, 2005, at 7:00 PM

DRAFT MINUTES

ATTENDING – Morse, McMenamy, Murray, Rousseau (no quorum)


1.	Minutes of previous meeting  -  September 19, 2005 - Approved

2.	Discussion of Articles for Special Town Meeting October 17. 

Article 1 – Transfer from Water Available Surplus $10,800.00~to cover a shortfall as expenses to replace the Goodrich Street water line had additional pipe costs and a survey for the Water Department was completed for Bucks Lane as that water line had been replaced. ~Approved. 

Article 2 – Transfer within Town Hall Expense 10,500 from Town Hall Expenses (Custodial expense) to - $8,000 to the Janitorial Salary line and $2,500 to the Employee Insurance lines.~ We have in place a person to do the janitor work for the office that will be an expense line until January when the person will be our employee.~ Therefore this article is to transfer from expenses dollars to cover our employee come January.  Not Approved

3.	Plain School Re-Use Proposals and Financing. Free Cash has been certified….available monies for appropriation as of July 1, 2005 for Stockbridge is $1,269,702

4.	Article 3 – Shall the Town retain ownership of the Plain School building?  Yes

5.	Article 4 – Shall the Town move its offices to the Plain School building?  Yes

6.	Article 5 – Shall the Town appropriate the following sums from available Free Cash to provide for architectural design and a project manager for the re-design of the Plain School and the Town Hall

Architectural design – Plain School - $415,000
Architectural Design – Town Hall     - $125,000 
Legal fees                                            - $   5,000 
Project Manager                                 - $ 50,000
TOTAL				              - $595,000

7.	Old Business  - Reminder – Association of Town Finance Committees Annual Meeting – November 5 at 

8.	New Business - None

9.	Next Meeting Date – at 6:00PM, October 17, 2005 at the Plain School before the Special Town Meeting at 6:30PM

10.	Adjournment