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FINCOM 20190513 Minutes

Finance Committee · Source meeting date: 2019-05-13 · Record 65783

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Meeting of the Canton Finance Committee Minutes Voted on: 10/17/19 
Meeting Minutes Vote: 7-0-1 
Monday, May 13, 2019 
Finance Committee Members Present: 
Christos Arsoniadis, Rob Barker, Dan Cole, Cynthia Holcombe, Emilio Mauro, Tim McKenna, Cindy Thomas and Wai 
Wong. 
Finance Committee Members Absent: Barbara Saint Andre. 
Guests, Present: 
Paul DeRensis, Town Counsel 
James Murgia, Finance Director 
Ellen Jones, Finance Committee Secretary 
Opening: A meeting of the Canton Finance Committee was called to order by Chairman Barker at 6:05 p.m. on 
Wednesday, May 13, 2019, in the Cafeteria of the Canton High School. 
A. Approval of Agenda 
Chairman Barker reviewed the items on the agenda, which included discussions of substitute motions and 
amendments for various articles for the Annual Town Meeting. 
Announcements 
Chairman Barker stated that the Association of Town Finance Committees (ATFC) would be holding a regional 
seminar on May 16th at the Sharon Community Center and that the seminar was free. 
C. New Business 
Discussion and Vote - Article 2 Motion 2 — Amended Motion (Non -Residents List) 
A motion made by Ms. Thomas to recommend the amended motion for Article 2 Motion 2 (non-residents list), 
adding the following names to the article: 
"Jenn Weiss Donovan, Pinck & Co., Owners Project Manager (Article 20)", 
"Deborah Marai, Pinck & Co., Owners Project Manager (Article 20)", 
"John Hickok, CHA, Architect (Article 20)", 
"Kevin Aitken, CHA, Architect (Article 20)", 
"Matt Cathone, CHA, Architect (Article 20)" 
"Margaret Murphy, Chestnut Hill Realty" (Article 26) 
and "Andrea Berardi, Assistant Parks & Recreation Director" 
was seconded by Mr. Wong. 
Vote: 7-0. 
Discussion and Vote — Article 9 Motion 2 — Substitute Motion (Adiust Fiscal '19 Accounts) 
Article 9 Motion 2 was similar to Article 44. Town Counsel wanted to make sure the motion was not adding funds 
to the project. Mr. Murgia explained that free cash could be appropriated for the self-contained breathing 
apparatus project. Town Counsel suggested that it would be better to rescind debt within the motion. 
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