Town of Winchester, NH
Budget Committee Meeting
December 1, 2011
Members Present: Hubie Crowell (Vice Chairman), Bob Davis, Ted Ryll, Harvey Sieran, Brian Moser (Chairman), Rick Horton, Elisha Jackson, Kathy Hebert, Ken Gardner (Selectmen Rep.), Rikki Bolewski
Others Present: Joan Morel
Highway:
- Rick makes a motion to level fund at $506,470, Elisha seconds
- Discussion regarding budget
- Motion carries 5-4
Welfare:
Administration:
-Ken makes a motion to approve $9,000, Elisha seconds
-Discussion regarding budget
-Motion carries 9-0
Direct Assistance:
-Ken makes a motion to approve $113,365, Rick seconds
-Discussion regarding budget and how money is spent
-Legally, if someone comes in and qualifies, the town has to assist them
-Differences in town comparisons may have to do with town’s interpretation of the law regarding welfare
-Motion carries 5-4
Health Officer:
-Ken makes a motion to approve $5,100 – level funding from last year, Rick seconds
-Discussion regarding budget
-Discussion regarding the Deputy Health Officer, who is currently John Gomarlo. Question regarding John Gomarlo being paid out of more than one department. Bob reads from previous minutes stating a discussion questioning whether John was paid out of more than one department where it was stated that John was only paid out of Landfill. Ken states that he was wrong. Leroy (Health Officer) explains that he was just been brought back in, he had resigned out of all positions and retired except for Landfill, John had been Leroy’s health officer in the past and the state required that he had a deputy, so he asked John to reapply. He went to the Selectmen’s meeting and they appointed him back on as a deputy health officer for him. This just happened in October. Bob reads minutes from the Selectmen’s meeting where this took place (October 4th) and the Budget Committee minutes where it was stated that John was only paid out of the Landfill budget was dated November 10th, therefore that was stated incorrectly.
-Continued discussion regarding the budget
-Motion carries 6-3
Emergency Management:
-Ken makes a motion to approve $9,750, Kathy seconds
-Discussion regarding budget
-Rick makes a Friendly Amendment to approve $8,750, Ken and Kathy accept
-Motion carries 7-2
-Harvey makes a motion to adjourn, Harvey seconds
-Meeting adjourns at 7:50pm
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2 comments:
Did Kathy Hebert vote on the highway budget? After all she is Dale's girlfriend and wouldn't this be a conflict of interest? We all know Gardner voted for giving him too much money to waste again. Time for some new people on this board with no attachments to anyone. Hey Rick, can you justify your giving them over half a million again to waste?
Didn't think so.
John Gomarlo gets paid out of numerous departments, has for years. He is after all John Gomarlo. They have to pay him to keep all of the secrets he knows because if he's done then he can let the cat out of the bag and they all go down together.
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