MINUTES APPROVED BY BRISTOL BUDGET COMMITTEE BRISTOL BUDGET COMMITTEE
PRESENT: Dan Bouchard, vice-chairman; Ron Preble, Dorcas Gordon, Barbara Greenwood, Wendy Costigan, Brenda Fritz, Dave Carr, John Thouin, and Ashley Dolloff. ABSENT: Andrew Hemingway, Chairman; Bruce Van Derven, Andrew Williamson, and Paul Simard. OTHERS PRESENT: Sue Brundrett and Max Stamp. CALL TO ORDER: Vice-Chairman Bouchard called the meeting to order at 7:00 PM. Dan Bouchard requested a moment of silence in honor of Tom Winn. REVIEW OF MINUTES: The minutes from February through April were reviewed by those present. A motion was made to accept the minutes. A vote was taken 7-0-2. The minutes from May 11, 2009 were reviewed by those present. A motion was made to accept the minutes. A vote was taken 7-0-2. OLD BUSINESS: Dan Bouchard presented an email updating the board on the Mica building situation. The owner has appealed. Assistance has been approved for June to the displaced tenants. Dave Carr again requested a list of line items from 2008 that were overspent. Ashley Dolloff suggested that he needs to request to receive budget transfers information from the town manager. Dave Carr also questioned a line item expense for consulting services that is not showing an addition $15,000 that was approved at town meeting. Dan Bouchard will ask Paul Weston about this. Dorcas Gordon questioned why the committee was not being video taped. She suggested that maybe we should have a dedicated secretary at the meetings. Dan Bouchard will look into this with the town manager also. NEW BUSINESS: Max Stamp from the Pemi-River Local Advisory Committee spoke to the board about a letter sent in October 2008 to the Selectmen’s Office requesting funding of $200 in the 2009 budget. Mr. Stamp received a response in April 2009 from Selectman Fraser stating that the money requested from Pemi-River Local Advisory was not included in the 2009 budget. Mr. Stamp asked the budget committee how he should go about requesting money from Bristol. Ashley Dolloff suggested that Mr. Stamp attend the social services night to present his request for his committee. A letter of intent to request funding should be received by the budget committee by September 2009. ADJOURNMENT: There being no further business to come before the board, the meeting was adjourned at 7:45pm upon a motion by Barbara Greenwood, seconded by John Thouin, and unanimously approved.
Respectfully submitted,
Wendy Costigan |