Information for Meeting of Advisory Committee
Thursday March 25, 2021 7:00 PM EDT

Town:Brookfield, MA 
Board:Advisory Committee
Time:Thursday March 25, 2021 7:00 PM EDT
Location:due to COVID-19 concerns, this committee will meet virtually until further notice. Web Conference details listed with the agenda
Agenda:
Open the Meeting 
Review and Modify Agenda as Needed  (5 Min, Tom Regan)
Review and Approve Minutes from Prior Meetings  (5 Min, Tom Regan)
* 2021-03-04
* 2021-03-18
Review Debt & Interest and Assessments & Other with Sara Hunter (Treasurer) (30 Min)
* Cost drivers - Retirement Assessment
* Cost drivers - Health Insurance
* FY21 Health Insurance Expenditure ($325k/47%)
* Saw Mill Dam Debt 
* Police Station Debt
Recurring Business (15 Min)
* Approve Transfer Requests 
* Liaison updates as needed  (10 Min)
** CIPC (Marty Bannish)
** Personnel (Kaitlin Servant)
* Open call for topics
New Business (5 Min)
* Open call for topics
FY22 Budget (60 Minutes)
* Planning 
** Big Picture/FY22 snapshot (Tom Regan, 5 Min)
** Wage Increases: now ~$125k 
Levy Headroom - now at $226k ($346k target, so 120k below target)
** Options to increase levy headroom (Tom Regan, 5 Min)
* Department Budget Reviews/Recommendations
** Budgets - Reopen for Discussion (Tom Regan, 10 Min)
*** Wiring Inspector - correct total is $4705, not $4613 (formula error)
*** Advisory Committee - correct clerk amount is $537, not $526 ($2337 total)
*** Cemetery - Consolidate and Reduce Expense and Improvements Accounts (new total:  $30,828)
** Budgets for First Review (Tom Regan, 5 minutes)
*** Conservation Commission
Wage Treatments (Kaitlin Servant and Tom Regan, 30 Minutes)
** BOS Legal - Analysis of Invoices (Fernando Gonzalez, 15 Min)
** BOS IT (Tom Regan, 15 Min)
*** Support contract (FY21/FY22 and Computer Support/Acquisition Accounts)
*** Email/365
*** School Budget - Option to apply $35,300 of aid to Brookfield’s Tantasqua assessment.
Schedule next meetings
* Apr 1, 2021. (Tom Regan, 5 Min)  

Close the Meeting


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Posted At:Mar 19, 2021 6:00 AM EDT
Last Modified:Mar 24, 2021 11:46 PM EDT
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