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Advisory Committee
February 27, 2007 Meeting Minutes

Town of Hingham
Advisory Committee
February 27, 2007 Meeting Minutes

Present:  Port, Bierwirth, Allinson, Alvarado, Barclay, Burns, Ellison, Friedman, Kiernan, Lauter, Manning, O'Meara, Reardon, Seelen

Chair Linda Port called the meeting to order at 7:40PM in the Town Hall Building.

The Committee approved the minutes of the February 13, 2007 meeting. 

The Committee voted favorably on the following Warrant Articles:

. Veterans' Agent - Deferral of property taxes for activated armed services personnel
. Assessors - Interest Rate on Tax Deferrals

Laura Burns introduced members of the Country Club Management Committee and gave an overview of their activities for the past year.  Dan Walsh, Committee Chair, and Nora Berard, Country Club manager, provided an update of the major changes in the activities and revenue model of the Country Club.  Dan Walsh reviewed the '07 budget.

The Advisory Committee voted (12 to 1) favorably on the Country Club budget.  Jack Manning voted no.

Bill Reardon provided an overview of two warrant articles:

. Otis Street Parking Lot
. Harbor Enterprise Fund

Lou Alvarado recused himself and left the room for the discussion on the Otis Street Parking Lot warrant article.

The Committee voted favorably on the following warrant articles:

. Harbor Dredging
. Municipal Lien Certificate Fees
. Special Legislation - Ship yard
. Special Legislation - Short-Term Borrowing and Betterments
. Special Legislation - Site Specific Liquor Licenses

Tony Kiernan updated the Committee on the warrant articles involving retirement and Civil Service credits.

The Committee voted favorably on the Retirement - Lincoln and Shaw Special Legislation warrant article.

The Committee voted favorably on the following budgets shown on Attachment A:

. Debt Service
. Group Insurance
. Non-Contributory Retirement
. Worker's Compensation
. Unemployment
. Mandatory Medicare

The Committee voted favorably on a Reserve Fund Transfer of $4000 for a new copier for the Police Department (due to be replaced in FY2008).

The Committee voted unanimously to reopen the FY2008 Police Department expense budget to reflect the purchase of the copier with FY2007 dollars. 

The Committee voted favorably on the adjusted Police Department expense budget as shown on Attachment A.

Bill Reardon reported that the Community Preservation Committee would be meeting on Thursday for final discussion and voting of projects.

The meeting was adjourned at 11:04PM.

Respectfully submitted,

Irma Lauter
Secretary