FINCOM 20180405 Minutes

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Canton Finance Committee 
Meeting Minutes 
Thursday, April 5, 2018 
Members Present: 
Rob Barker, Nichola Gallagher, Cynthia Holcombe, Tim McKenna and Cindy Thomas. 
Members Absent: Barbara Saint Andre. 
Guests Present: 
Jim Murgia, Finance Director 
Ellen Jones, Finance Committee Secretary 
Minutes Voted on: 5/14/18 
Vote: 4-0-1 
Opening: A meeting of the Canton Finance Committee was called to order by Chairman Barker at 7:02 pm. on 
Thursday, April 5, 2018 in the Salah Meeting Room of Town Hall. 
A. Approval of Agenda 
Chairman Barker reviewed the items on the agenda which included reviewing the discussions for all of the articles, 
as well as a few informational items such as clustering of articles and the consent agenda put together by a group 
of pre -ATM individuals. 
B. Announcements 
Chairman Barker announced that there are four vacancies on the Finance Committee and that interested residents 
should contact the Town Moderator. 
New Business 
Because Ms. Saint Andre was unable to attend the April 5`h Finance Committee meeting, Ms. Gallagher attended 
the meeting in order for the Committee to have a quorum of five members. Even though Ms. Gallagher had been 
elected to the School Committee at the Town Election on April 3 d, Ms. Gallagher had not yet resigned from the 
Finance Committee (2 years remained on her term) and had not yet been officially been sworn in for the School 
Committee. She was able to attend the meeting as an active member of the Finance Committee. 
Clustering of Town Meeting Articles- Chairman Barker explained that if an Article is picked during the ATM lottery 
process, all similarly related articles will be handled in sequence. The following articles will be clustered: 
Marijuana By -Law Articles — Articles 39, 40, 41 and 63. 
Hotel Overlay District Articles — 42, 43, 44, 45 and 46. 
Parking Garages—Articles 47 and 48. 
Street Acceptances — Article 26 will stand alone. Articles 27-30 will be clustered. Articles 31-34 will be clustered. 
Articles 35 and 36 will be addressed together. 
The reason for clustering the street acceptance articles together is because some of them fall within the same 
development. 
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