HomeMy WebLinkAbout1997-01-06 Finance Committee MinutesFinance C ittee
January 6, 1997
Minutes
Council Attending: Don Soucy, James Tyler, Joseph Baldacci, Pat
Blanchette, Charlie Sullivan, David Leen
Staff Attending: Edward Barrett, Mary Anne Chalila, Ron
Heller, Norm Heitman, Erik Stumpfel, Randy
Harriman, Dan Wellington, Mark Marquis, David
Pellegrino, Jim Ring, Arthur Stockus, Dave
Little
Others Attending: Ren Peonies, Tim Gallagher
Meeting Convened at: 5:00 pm
1. Executive Session: Abatement Request
The Committee approved abatement of the taxes for the
tax years 94, 95 and 96 and directed applicant to enter
into a workout agreement for current taxes.
2. Executive Session: Disposition of Land (Memo provided under
separate cover):
3. Bids:
a Enteral Nutrition Supplies (City Nursing Facility):
Recommend approval for Ross Products Division of
Columbus, Ohio ($6,875.41)
b. Dairy Products (City Nursing Facility)
Recommend approval for Oakhurst Dairy Products of
Portland ($8,941.50)
4. Perry Road Culvert Repairs - Public Works Department
A portion of the Perry Road culvert has collapsed and there
is a hole about 15 feet deep, 3 feet in diameter at the
bottom, 6-7 feet in diameter at the top. A number of
materials are broken and need to be corrected or
replaced. When an attempt was made to fix with a
fiberglass sleeve, it was found that the fiberglass
could not fit because of an obstruction. Eastern Pipe
Service quoted $10,500 to repair the problem. if
Public Works were to dig it out it would cost at least
$12,000. The money would came from the paving account.
This will eliminate the problem as well as the need to
excavate a deep trench across Perry Road. Approved.
5. Purchase of Rectangular Butterfly Gate for Wastewater
Treatment Plant CBD Upgrade:
The quotation for the Rectangular Butterfly Valve was
$20,265.00. This is a sole source item. Approved.
6. Update on Purchase of Electric Gate Actuators for the
Wastewater Treatment Plant CSO Upgrade:
Because this is not a sole s vendor, it was put
out to bid. There w responsdue from the
potential vendor. Permission was requested to deal with
Rodney Hunt Inc. directly to negotiate a purchase.
Approved.
T. Refund of Excise Taxes:
A year ago a taxpayer requested a refund of exise taxes for
a leased vehicle. As a result, the City did a survey
of registrations to determine the cost of a program to
make a refund to taxpayers who are not allowed a refund
or tax credit on their exise tax because of State laws.
The results of that survey found that on the low end,
it would cost the City about $10,000 a year to
reimburse those taxpayers. The recommendation of the
Finance Director and the Tax Collector is that the City
no longer pursue or consider this action until the
State changes the applicable laws. Recommendation by
staff accepted.
8. Proposed Expenditure of Forfeiture Funds --Police Department
The Police Department has about $80,000 in forfeiture
funds and is expecting another $30,000 to $40,000
sometime in the next six months. Chief Harriman put
together a team of people from the Police Dept. to take
a look at ways in which they could spend the funds that
would be beneficial to the Police Dept. and to the
City. They came up with a series of recommendations:
1) Use a portion to put computers in cars. The dept.
s looking at getting a grant of $50,000 to supplement
some of that money. 2) Replace existing sidearms.
Currently there is $4,500 in the budget to replace 10
of those sidearms and if we are to follow through on
allocating acertain amount every year to replace the
remainder, we would end up spending at least $31,500.
A trade right now would save probably $16,000. 3)
Take approximately $10,000 and use that to purchase gym
equipment for the gymnasium. 4) Change the current
uniform. The current uniform is costly to maintain and
does not meet the needs of certain members of the Dept
(specialized teams).
Jim Tyler expressed concern that if all the firearms
are replaced at this time, and if the life of these
firearms is 10 years, then in 10 years time, we will
again need to replace the firearms and may not have the
resources at that time to do so. Also, Jim felt that
as far as the gym equipment is concerned, the Council
should discuss this further at a later date. Pat
Blanchette had concern over the computers going into
the cruisers due to the short life span. Ed Barrett
suggested that the cost of the computer be incorporated
into the budget as part of the cost of replacing police
vehicles. The Committee recommended approval for the
firearm replacement.
Meeting adjourned at 6:39 pm
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