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Town of Mansfield
Finance Committee
Minutes of November 5, 2009
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Attending: James Lazzara
Charlene Lavin
Andres Gazzolo
Karl Chambers
Tommy Ratliff
Jack Goldberg
Greg Arnold
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Motion: To Open at 7:40p.m.
(Chambers - Lazzara) 6 - 0 Passes
Mr. Gazzolo began the meeting by reviewing the agenda with the Finance Committee.
Mr. Lazzara told the Finance Committee that he spoke with a town that made the transition to the GIC
and said that they provided him with some paperwork regarding their transition. He said that they ran into
an issue with the copayment tier as it is assigned. He said that they had a 3.6% increase in healthcare
costs. Mr. Lazzara said that Mansfield should be receiving a quote from the collaborative healthcare
group that they currently belong to. He said that even if the town decides to stay within the group the
coverage could change if the collaborative group decides to use a different provider. He said that the
town will need to know for contract negotiations. He said that whatever the quote from the group is that
will be the rate for one year and then it is subject to change again. He said that although the increase
changes year to year the average is between a 10% and 12% increase. He said that if Mansfield decides
to sign on with the GIC it would be a three or six year commitment and that the town would have to have
consent from the labor unions for at least three years; they would have to have approval from at least
50% of the employees.
Mr. Gazzolo said that Mr. Stan brook gave the Finance Committee a copy of the management reports that
are used in East Bridgewater. He said that he has gone through it and that he likes that everything is in
one report and is looking forward to seeing a similar report for Mansfield once the conversion of the
accounting software is complete. Mr. Goldberg agreed and said that he would like to see the schools
integrated into the report as well. Mr. Gazzolo said that he would like to see the schools on the same
system as the rest of the town.
Mr. Gazzolo said that the Finance Committee is able to begin using the new model format from Mr.
Stanbrook for the fiscal year 2011 budget. He said that they want to correlate their model to the new
software and to do so they will need to go line by line. He said that the new Town Manager and Mr.
Stanbrook will need their help with the budget since they are both new to the town.
Vote
Motion to approve the minutes of the October 29 Finance Committee meeting.
(Lavin - Chambers) 6 - 0 - 1 Passes
Motion: To Close at 8:05p.m.
(Goldberg - Lazzara) 7 - 0 Passes
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Date of Approval
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