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Canton Finance Committee Open Session Minutes Voted on: 1/26/22
801 Washington Street Vote: 8-0-0
Canton, MA 02021
Meeting Minutes – Open Session
October 26, 2021
Finance Committee Members Present: Dan Cole, Dave Clough, Tom Emery, Karen Foley, Emilio Mauro, Tim
McKenna, Reuki Schutt and Cindy Thomas.
Finance Committee Members Absent: All members were present for the meeting.
Guests Present:
Ellen Jones, Finance Committee Recording Secretary
Randy Scollins, Finance Director
Call Meeting to Order: Chair McKenna called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. and reviewed items on the agenda
and stated that the Finance Committee would be going into Executive Session later in the evening to discuss Article 3
of the Special Town Meeting regarding 1860 Washington Street, St. Gerard’s.
Article 3 – Special Town Meeting (STM) – Appropriation for the Metropolis Rink Reconstruction Project
The Finance Committee had been provided a revised motion for Article 3 that removed the language “to be used as a
partial funding replacement related to the unexpected shortfall in insurance funds” with “to be used by the Canton
Select Board to fund any shortfall in insurance funds”.
A motion made by Ms. Schutt to amend the motion for Article 3 and recommend the following motion as
follows “That Two Hundred Four Thousand Dollars ($204,000) be transferred from surplus funds in the
Bolivar Pool Capital Project Fund (43002-58900) into the Metropolis Rink Reconstruction Project Fund
(57010-58210) to be used by the Canton Select Board to fund any shortfall in insurance funds was seconded
by Mr. Mauro.
Roll Call Vote:
Mr. Schutt Aye Mr. Cole Aye
Mr. Mauro Aye Mr. Clough Aye
Ms. Foley Aye Ms. Thomas Aye
Mr. Emery Aye Mr. McKenna Aye
The motion passed 8-0-0.
Mr. Scollins shared good news with the Finance Committee with regard to the Metropolis Rink. The Town
Accountant, Ms. Butters, had been working with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the
Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency (MEMA). Despite rejection of an award due to initial estimate
insurance proceeds exceeding the repair estimates, MEMA had to request from FEMA a formal project closeout.
Based on their closeout review, MEMA recommended final obligated funding for repairs in an amount of $1 million.
The Town may receive $750,000 from FEMA towards the cost of the project.
Article 3 at the STM is needed because of a timing issue. FEMA may approved the funds but it may take1-2 years to
received funds from FEMA. If the Town receives funding after the project is completed, the funds would go into the
General Fund/Undesignated Fund and fall out as free cash. No vote is required by the Finance Committee to move
these funds into Free Cash but the funds would have to be appropriated at an Annual Town Meeting.
Mr. Mauro volunteered to draft the Finance Committee’s discussion for Article 3. The discussion would have to be
completed by November 1 as Town Counsel would be looking over the discussions. Mr. Mauro would send a draft
discussion to Mr. McKenna, Ms. Thomas and Mr. Scollins.
Approval of Minutes - A motion made by Mr. Mauro to approve the open session minutes for October 13,
2021 and the open session minutes for October 14, 2021 was seconded by Mr. Clough.
Roll Call Vote:
Mr. Schutt Aye Mr. Cole Aye
Mr. Mauro Aye Mr. Clough Aye
Ms. Foley Aye Ms. Thomas Aye
Mr. Emery Aye Mr. McKenna Aye
The motion to approve the minutes for October 13, 2021 and October 14, 2021 passed 8-0-0.
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Liaison List – Mr. McKenna volunteered to be the liaison for the Town Clerk and Elections & Registrars. Alternates were still need for the Capital Planning Committee, the Police Department and the Fire Department. Ms. Thomas emphasize that when the various departments come before the Finance Committee it would be beneficial to hear what is new and different within the department. It is unnecessary to attend all meetings of that department. Ms. Thomas suggested that an email sent to the department would be a nice introduction. Announcements – The next Finance Committee meeting on October 27 via zoom would be held only in executive session to discuss Article 2, STM, 1860 Washington Street, St. Gerards. Mr. Scollins stated that with regard to the approval of executive session minutes that the Finance Committee could approve the executive minutes and hold them for release at a future meeting. There is a risk of voting executive session minutes in an open meeting if changes needed to be made they could not be discussed in the open meeting. There was no vote taken on the October 14, 2021 Executive Session Meeting Minutes. Motion to Move into Executive Session At 7:34 p.m. a motion made by Ms. Schutt to enter into executive session to discuss strategy with respect to consider the purchase, exchange, lease or value of real estate, (1860 Washington Street) if the Chair declares that an open meeting may have a detrimental effect on the negotiating position of the public body was seconded by Ms. Thomas. Roll Call Vote: Ms. Schutt Aye Mr. Cole Aye Mr. Mauro Aye Mr. Clough Aye Ms. Foley Aye Ms. Thomas Aye Mr. Emery Aye Mr. McKenna Aye The motion to move into Executive Session at 7:34 p.m. passed 8-0-0. The recording was stopped at 7:34 p.m. and Mr. Scollins removed Community Cable TV (CCTV) from the virtual meeting. Open Session Minutes reviewed by: Tom Emery Respectfully submitted, Timothy McKenna Chair, Canton Finance Committee FINCOM 20211026 Minutes – Open Session.docx Page 2 of 3 1/16/22
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Canton Finance Committee Meeting
Open Session – Meeting Documents
October 26, 2021
Please note: Some meeting documents may be found on the Town’s website under the Posted Minutes
section (Laser Fiche).
Agenda for October 26, 2021 (1 page).
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