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HomeMy WebLinkAboutBudget Comm 03/26/2025Budget Subcommittee Meeting Minutes March 26, 2025 Present: Sara Walsh, Jack Cooney, Steve Schoonveld, Lynn Cavicchi, Walter Wilk and Maureen Doherty were present in the Community Room at Public Safety. Also Present: Kevin Dumas and Ed Donoghue (j �i rr School Committee Members Present: Steve Schoonveld, Lynn Cavicchi, Jenn UW(slilUcllJ�nifAr S�IIsqj were present in the Community Room at Public Safety. Not Present: Vivian Webster i? )rs Finance Committee Members Present: Sara Walsh, Scott Feely, Greta Thurston and Jack Cooney were present in the Community Room at Public Safety. Nor Present: Michael Flaherty, Ryan Martin and Melinda Tarsi-Goidfien Select Board Members Present: Maureen Doherty, Brendan Roche, Walter Wilk, Michael A. Trowbridge and Diana Bren were present in the Community Room at Public Safety. Brendan Roche was not present at the start of the meeting but arrived via conference phone at 6:5413M. 1. Open Meeting Ms. Sara Walsh called the Budget Subcommittee Meeting to order at 6:3313M. Ms. Sara Walsh stated that the Finance Committee meeting was called to order at 6:33PM. The School Committee meeting was called to order at 6:33PM by Mr. Steve Schoonveld. The Select Board meeting was called to order at 6:33PM by Ms. Maureen Doherty. 2. Review and Discussion of Materials and Updates FY 26 Budget Mr. Dumas provided printed materials for those in attendance. Ms. Walsh went through the list of dates for the public info sessions. Ms. Walsh asked how the sessions were advertised. Mr. Dumas responded that he will be doing a press release and getting that information on the website. Ms. Walsh asked to send the information to the Sun Chronicle and Mr. Dumas responded that that would be shared with them as part of the press release. Ms. Doherty asked for it to be printed in large format in the Town Hall. Mr. Schoonveld asked for them to be on the Message Boards around Town. The members present then went through the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) document and provided edits to be made to the document before it gets posted online. There were edits needed to the Schools and it was stated that Mr. Donoghue and Ms. Murphy could get those done. Ms. Sellon also asked that the green color not be used and to not use all caps. Mr. Wilk asked the resident who was present if he read the FAQ document and if he was able to understand it. The residents name was unclear but it may be Michael Eric Riley Davis he stated he understood and followed along and was concerned because his wife was a teacher. Ms. Walsh then directed the members to go through the draft presentation that will be shared at the public info sessions. The members then made suggestions of changes that should be made to the PowerPoint. Ms. Walsh asked what was expected for the Select Board, School Committee and Finance Committee and what order should the Boards/Committees speak in. The committee suggested that the order should be Select Board, School Committee and then the Finance Committee and each would speak for two to three minutes and then questions at the end. 3. Finance Committee: Discussion and Consideration of FY 26 Town and School Budget Ms. Walsh asked for a motion on the Town and School Budgets. The below motion was made by Mr. Feely but the motion was not seconded. Motion: To approve and recommend the School and Town Budget. (Feely) Ms. Thurston commented that she had not reviewed the Schools Budget that was presented last night. The Finance Committee also had three members missing so Ms. Walsh asked the Committee to take a vote at the April 2nd Select Board Meeting. 4. Review and Discussion of April and May Meetings and Community Engagement This agenda was addressed early in the meeting. 5. Initial Discussion on FY 27 Budget Planning Ms. Cavicchi had asked for this to be on the agenda and Ms. Sara Walsh stated that another shortfall is anticipated next year but she did not believe that the Budget Subcommittee needed to start as early as they did for this budget year. Ms. Feely stated that something different should be done to educate people early and get people involved because no one understands. Mr. Schoonveld stated that the Committee didn't focus on the issues and only focused on the budget numbers. Mr. Wilk commented that the budget numbers are not available early. Mr. Cooney was in favor of starting later and didn't think anything would be gained by starting earlier especially if the members were probably going to be the same. Mr. Schoonveld stated that the Committee needs to meet over the summer and set up tasks force like the insurance task force and add a new growth task force and another to maybe look at fees. 6. Public Comment Mr. Kostas Loukos of 15 Coral Street was present and stated that make it easy as possible for people to ask questions and air their grievances. He didn't think there are enough pages to educate people in the document and most people it is their first time with an override, 7. Any Items Not Known within 48 Hours There were no items. B. Adjourn Finance Committee: Motion: To adjourn the Finance Committee meeting of March 26, 2025 at 8:1013M. (Feely/Thurston) Passes 4:0 School Committee: Motion: To adjourn the School Committee meeting of March 26, 2025 at 8:10PM. (1. Walsh/Sellon) Passes 4:0 Select Board: Motion: To adjourn the Select Board meeting of March 26, 2025 at 8:10PM. (Bren/Trowbridge) Passes 4:0 Budget Subcommittee: Motion: To adjourn the Budget SubCommittee meeting of March 26, 2025 at 8:1013M. (Schoonveld/Cooney) Passes 6:0 Si nature Date Minutes prepared by Carrie Champagne Town of Mansfield 6 Park Rorv, Manrfreld, Massachvsells 02048 Finance Committee @ Public Info Session Meeting Minutes April 9. 2025 There was no quorum of Finance Committee Members X � )= Sig at o ►�-/Z,r Date N O N (.J'1 S �( �� rr .1 Cr ... D ; v, Ul o n m