Finance Committee — 2019-06-13
Attendance
Manisha Bewtra ; Robert A. Boisselle ; Scott M. Forbes ; Jennifer L. Lemmerman ; Kate Lipper-Garabedian ; Shawn M. MacMaster ; Monica C. Medeiros ; Peter D. Mortimer ; John N. Tramontozzi ; Francis X. Wright Jr. ; Michael P. Zwirko
Agenda
Minutes
CITY OF MELROSE FINANCE COMMITTEE CALENDAR● JUNE 13, 2019 Aldermanic Chamber, Melrose City Hall Committee Meeting 7:20 PM 562 Main Street, Melrose, MA 02176 The public should take notice that the Melrose Board of Aldermen may, on certain occasions, have a quorum in attendance due to standing committees of the Board of Aldermen consisting of both voting and non-voting members. Members attending this duly posted meeting are participating and deliberating only in conjunction with the business of the standing committee. Attendee Name Title Status Arrived Manisha Bewtra Chair Present Monica C. Medeiros Vice Chair Present Francis X. Wright Jr. Voting Absent Scott M. Forbes Voting Present Michael P. Zwirko Voting Present Jennifer L. Lemmerman President/Ex Officio Member Present Peter D. Mortimer Nonvoting Present Robert A. Boisselle Nonvoting Present John N. Tramontozzi Nonvoting Present Kate Lipper-Garabedian Nonvoting Present Shawn M. MacMaster Nonvoting Present
ORDER-2019-95 Transfer Transfer of $22,500 from Account #013012-547300 to various accounts as set forth herein Recommend Passage Board of Aldermen City of Melrose Page 1 Updated 6/14/2019 10:01 AM
Transcript
▶ 0:00 Manisha Bewtra: June 2019 the Finance Committee is called to order. I'm Committee Chairwoman Manisha Bewtra. Present are Committee Member Vice Chair Monica Medeiros, Alderman Scott Forbes, Alderman Mike Sorko, and Ex Officio Member President Jennifer Lemmerman. Non-Committee Member in attendance are Alderman Mortimer, Alderman Boisselle, Alderman Tramontozzi, Alderman Lipper-Garabedian, and alderman mcmaster this meeting is being recorded pursuant to massachusetts general law laws chapter 38 section 22a broadcast live on mmtv and live streamed on mmtv3.org the recording will be available on the city website and online following tonight's meeting the finance committee has one order before it this evening before this committee addresses
▶ 0:54 Manisha Bewtra: that order is there a motion to open the floor for public comment so moved second all in favor aye aye opposed the floor is now open for public comment this is the portion of the meeting where Member of the public may speak on any item that is before us on tonight's agenda seeing nobody willing to come forward motion to close finance committee sir yeah i want to talk for a second okay okay okay that's all right with you my name is ted kenny i reside at 1062 main street murals it's been probably four years maybe longer since the last time i actually came here and spoke okay i think when we talk about finances something's really important here um sir the the public comment is just for um items that are on our agenda tonight we're discussing order 2019
▶ 1:54 Manisha Bewtra: dash 95 which is a transfer of funds um from unemployment and um physicals or from as one school enrollment to um okay i made an error i'll i'll wait i'm sorry it's like i said it's been four years since the last time appropriations meeting we will be discussing items related to our city budget okay i'm sorry about that no problem any other Member of the public wishing to comment tonight hi i'm jerry morose just a very quick thing on the order for this meeting tonight i didn't notice the typical usual account numbers transferred from one to the other you have it on here but you don't have that usual statement that shows from this account with this number to this account with this number and i maybe i'm not having access to the wrong thing on the web but
▶ 2:49 Manisha Bewtra: i just wanted to point that out thank you sir uh any other Member of the public motion to close public comment second um all in favor aye aye opposed public comment is now closed um in to address that um comment there is actually in the agenda packet on page two there is a description of the three accounts from which we are transferring funds from and to um and so there's one order before us this evening order 2019-95 transfer of twenty two thousand five hundred dollars from account number zero one three zero one two dash five four seven three hundred to various counts as set forth herein to begin I wanted to just note that we received a memo from human race human resources director Marianne long miss long is unable to attend tonight's meeting so I will read
▶ 3:59 Manisha Bewtra: the memo into the record she says a transfer of funds is necessary to unemployment compensation to give the claims in fiscal year 2019 these claims are not unusual or excessive based on trends in fiscal year 2019 the budget was reduced by $30,000 in response to mayor and furnace request for cost saving measures citywide hence the need for the transfer a transfer of funds is also necessary in physical exams due to unprecedented retirements within the fire department new recruits under civil services law must pass a pre-employment medical and psychological exam before being hired these funds are necessary for the most recent hires that's the end of her memo I also corresponded with City Auditor Patrick de la Russo who noted that we budgeted for seven
▶ 4:49 Michael P. Zwirko: students to attend ethics North Shore agriculture and tech agricultural and technical school but only four Melrose residents ended up attending as such that's why the transfer request is out of this account to the other accounts noted in miss long's memo is there a motion for passage motion recommend for passage sir second second um on discussion thank you madam chair uh just to illuminate a little bit more light here on the order so we do have a um not necessarily a memo but it's a description of the order so the these funds it's twenty two thousand five hundred dollars that are coming from a specific account which as the chair chairwoman just read the Essex North Shore agricultural line item it'll be dispersed as follows twenty thousand
▶ 5:42 dollars will be going towards unemployment expenses into that account and then the remainder the balance of it two thousand five hundred dollars will be for physical exams which are outlined in the memo that the chair read earlier so just wanted to describe it a little bit further and I recommend that we make this transfer any further comments from Member of the committee Member all right all in favor aye any opposed order 2019-95 has been recommended for passage and will be sent to the full board motion to adjourn so moved second all in favor aye opposed Finance Committee stands adjourned good evening the hour being 7 30 on thursday june 13 2019 the appropriations committee for the melrose