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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1989-05-01 Annual Town Meeting MinutesAdjourned Annual Town Meeting April 27, 1989 ARTICLE 37. On motion of Mary S. Zielger, it was voted to table Article 37. ARTICLE 38. On motion of Eugene R. Nigro, as amended by John H. Russell, it was voted that the Town vote pursuant to Sec- tion 2 -6 of the Reading Home Rule Charter to declare the seats of the following Town Meeting Members to be vacant and to remove the following described persons from their position as Town Meeting Member for failure to take the oath of office within thirty days following the notice of election or for failure to attend one - half or more of Town Meeting sessions, during the previous year: Precinct 3 - voted to remove Michael A. Pacillo On motion of Russell T. Graham, it was voted this meeting stand adjourned to meet at 7:30 P.M. on Monday, May 1, 1989 at the Reading Memorial High School. Meeting adjourned at 9:31 P.M. 114 Town Meeting Members were present. A true copy. Attest: Doris M. Fantasia Town Clerk ADJOURNED ANNUAL TOWN MEETING Reading Memorial High School May 1, 1989 The meeting was called to order by the Moderator, Paul C. Dustin, at 7:50 p.m., there being a quorum present. The Invocation was given by Reverend Robert K. Sweet, Jr. of the Old South Methodist Church, followed by the Pledge of Al- legiance to the Flag. ARTICLE 26. On motion of Russell T. Graham, it was voted to take Article 26 from the table. Moderator, Paul C. Dustin, reminded Town Meeting that Ar- ticle 26 would be presented as an omnibus budget, mindful of the fact that the motion to present Article 26 as an omnibus budget carried by one (1) vote. The budget will be moved in blocks. If any Town Meeting Member wishes any of the line items to be set aside, we will set them aside, vote the block, and then go back to discuss in- dividual line items. The budget that will be presented to you by Donald C. Allen, Finance Committee Chairman, will be the FinCom recommended budget. We have an additional consideration imposed upon us. The budget being presented to you is essentially a balanced budget. Town Meeting is prevented from appropriating more money than you have the ability to raise. Therefore, again, any increase in any line item will very likely call for a corresponding decrease at some other point. I would caution if discussing a line item and an amendment is made to that line item, the only figure that would be voted at that time, is that particular one. Any cut, as such, would have to come later. The Finance Committee will maintain whatever arithmetic necessary so that when we are done, we will know whether the budget has to be revisited and additional line items adjusted to bring the budget back into balance. F Adjourned Annual Town Meeting May 1, 1989 If that should be the case, then the mechanism for doing so will be through the medium of reconsideration for a particular line item. Reconsideration requires a two - thirds (2/3) vote. We recommend you give careful consideration to your actions as you progress through the budget. The Moderator recognized Mr. Allen. The original budget for all of these line items was presented at a Finance Committee on March 9th. Since that time the Finance Committee reviewed the budgets and made many recom- mendations which obviously are different from the Town Manager's recommendations. The revenue estimates were reduced on March 13, 1989 due to a decision not to implement a Trash Fee. The major emphasis from that point on was to reduce the budgets for in- creased revenues in order to eliminate a deficit which at that time was over eight hundred thousand ($800,000) dollars. The Town Manager, as of this date, agrees with all of the Finance Committee recommendations. We have accommodated the Town Manager within certain budgets by restoring reductions which Fin - Com had made and distributing the cost of those reductions among other departments. An example would be the Animal Control Budget. The Finance Committee had voted to eliminate the Animal Control Department. The Town Manager felt strongly that that department should be retained and supplied a schedule of departmental cuts which enabled us to restore the twenty -three thousand three hundred seventy -one ( $23,371) dollars to the Animal Control Budget. It might be said that almost every department in Town has con- tributed a small portion to the retention of the Animal Control Department. Many of the reductions are simple postponements of expen- ditures into the future. As an example, we deferred the purchase of several pickup trucks, a large dump truck, a paving project and many small replacement items such as typewriters. These needs will not go away and will have to be funded next year plus next year's usual capital needs. Some of the savings are real and will reduce future budgets as well. Personnel reductions, more uses of our data processing equipment and elimination of some travel and memberships and dues. Once again, I caution Town Meeting that our revenue sources are used. I'll go through them briefly right now. Free Cash, according to your yellow pages, showed a balance of two hundred ninety -three thousand ($293,000) dollars. So far within this Town Meeting, we have spent an additional one thousand two hundred ($1,200) dollars for the Assessors' Book, an additional seventeen thousand nine hundred ($17,900) dollars for asbestos abatement and, on the Special Warrant, there is going to be an additional five thousand ($5,000) or ten thousand ($10,000) dollar item for water conservation. That will bring your Free Cash balance down to two hundred sixty -four thousand ($264,000) dollars. The original Free Cash balance had what we on Finance Committee call "funny money." It was double counting of two hundred sixty -seven thousand ( $267,000) dollars so there is no Free Cash. The Real Estate Taxes included an estimate for the hotel which was supposed to be starting construction. Somewhere around forty thousand ($40,000) dollars we had picked up. Our Real Es- tate Taxes could be over - estimated. Local receipts are estimated as high as can reasonably be expected as you can tell by looking at this year's and last year's comparisons. State Aid is level funded. That may be too high at that. Some of the information coming down from Beacon Hill means there may even be a small reduction in that. All of our operating transfers are reasonable. From the Real Estate Fund we used one million eighty -five thousand ($1,085,000) dollars. Since the legislation which we are going 352 Adjourned Annual Town Meeting May 1, 1989 to put in front of the Legislature for setting up the Real Estate Fund is not passed we could not spend the one million eighty -five thousand ($1,085,000) dollars for the DPW bonding that we had scheduled and for the unfunded pension liability. We had to do offsets through the budget, spending the capital items within the budget. So we have spent about all you can of the Real Estate Fund on capital items. There are very few capital items left in the budget that aren't funded out of the Real Estate Fund. As a consequence those are all our major sources of revenue. There really are no others. Once again I'll caution Town Meeting that if you do increase one area of the budget you will need to reduce some other area. Any further cuts will be painful. There's not much fat left in this budget. We'll make further comments on the School Depart- ment when we reach the budget. The Moderator recognized Mr. Hechenbleikner. I think the Moderator and the Finance Committee Chairman have outlined in considerable detail some of the problems and concerns with this budget. I'd just like to give you some general guidelines so that as we go through this you know what it is that we are dealing with. First of all, expenses in the budget are net of grant. That is, the funds that are actually needed to be appropriated by Town Meeting is what is shown here. If receiving a grant for a par- ticular position, for a particular expense, that grant is not shown within this budget. I am going to give you an overview of the revenue expense budget in a little more detail than Don has and then we'll go through the sections by department or by major section. My un- derstanding is that motions will be made for each department or section with a detailed review by me of each line that is out- lined. Town Meeting members of course may accept lines and then vote on the remainder and come back to each item as it is ac- cepted. This budget year has been a particularly difficult one for all of us involved in it - myself as Town Manager, the Board of Selectmen, the Finance Committee, the Departments. In fact, as we sit here tonight and debate and discuss this budget there are still some unknowns. The Cherry Sheet which is a state document that outlines what our revenues and what our offsets are expected to be has not been received to date. It may not be received by the end of this fiscal year depending on what happens to the state budget. That outlines what the state aid is going to be and it outlines what inter - governmental assessments are going to be. So what we have done is assume what we feel is a fairly con- servative posture and that is no increase in aid and a modest in- crease in the inter - governmental assessments. Medical insurance expenses were received on February 1, 1989. That is the increases in expenses that Town Meeting has previously debated and that obviously is very significant part of the operating budget. Labor negotiations have dragged. Some, I believe in the School Department, for next year haven't been completed yet. I'm happy to say that all the Municipal labor negotiations are final- ized, at least in tentative form. And finally, the abatement surplus which the Assessors turn over to the Town annually was finalized in March after some dis- cussion with the Finance Department of the Town. In starting out the budget process, I'm going to talk largely about the Municipal side of the budget, not the School side right now. We gave guidelines to all the Departments in starting. Adjourned Annual Town Meeting May 1, 1989 1. No new positions to be funded. 2. No increase in expense. 3. New programs should be requested if the Department felt they were essential but they were unlikely to be funded. 4. Salaries were to be increased by whatever labor settle- ments there were in place at the time that the budget was submitted. The budget was submitted to the Finance Committee, as Don mentioned, on March 9th and that budget was balanced using a trash user fee. The Board of Selectmen determined not to use a trash user fee, feeling that additional fees, taxes or Proposi- tion 2 1/2 override would not be acceptable until all efforts had been made to reduce expenditures to their barest levels. This was done with the Selectmen and with the Departments and these modifications are shown as primarily the difference between the Town Manager's recommendations and the Finance Committee's recom- mendation. Further adjustment was made, and Don Allen referred to it, in order to preserve the Animal Control Officer position. This too was done with the Department Heads. Finance Committee, in January of this year, established guidelines for the Municipal and School side. These guidelines are very simply as follows: School salary increases 6.5 %, Municipal salary increases 5.5 %, and all expenses level funded except for those like debt service and medical insurance that we had no direct control over. There are several sources of funds, several resources that we have in order to deal with this budget. Water surplus you have looked at previously in this Town Meeting. It is a cer- tified balance as of 3 -9 -89 of one hundred fifty -two thousand ($152,000) dollars and estimated additional surplus to be gen- erated of one hundred sixty -three thousand ($163,000) dollars in surplus. Thirty -five thousand ($35,000) dollars has previously by this Town Meeting been transferred for water exploration and test well exploration. There has been an additional amount transferred to offset health insurance. It is estimated then that at year end we would have two hundred fifty thousand ($250,000) dollars as water surplus. It is recommended that fifty thousand ($50,000) dollars of that be used to reduce the borrowing for the Water Treatment Plant improvements that were approved by Town Meeting last fall. A balance of approximately two hundred thousand ($200,000) dollars be maintained in the water surplus account. In the area of sewer surplus, the certified balance as of 3/9/89 was two hundred fifty -two ($252,000) dollars. It is es- timated that another one hundred thousand ($100,000) dollars in sewer surplus will be generated during the remainder of FY89. One hundred thirty -five thousand ($135,000) dollars is recom- mended in the budget and has been recommended in the sewer rates to be transferred to offset sewer rates. Another almost fifteen thousand ($15,000) dollars transferred to offset health insurance That would leave a balance of two hundred thousand ($200,000) dollars in sewer surplus. In terms of certified free cash, we have discussed that throughout Town Meeting and this does not reflect the most recent transfers that may have been made out of Town Meeting. If you note, we had a balance on July 1, 1988 of two million five hundred thousand ($2,500,000) dollars. We used considerable amounts of that, including almost a million ($1,000,000) dollars for salary adjustments that were not included in the FY89 budget. There were additional Town Meeting votes in the Special Town Meeting this spring. The balance following Town Meeting is, as Don said, approximately two hundred ninety ($290,000) dollars or a little bit less than that at this point. The tax rate calculation is included in your budget book. This shows the tax rate calculation for the last four years. You can see how it moves across the sheet from year to year. The top line is the appropriation at the Annual Town Meeting. Offsets 354 Adjourned Annual Town Meeting May 1, 1989 are items that are offset from the appropriation. You also have county charges and state charges. These are the so- called cherry sheets. The overlay reserve is the amount of money that is kept by the Assessors on an annual basis to be able to deal with any tax appeals that may be upcoming. What we do is take the budget less the funding from other sources. You'll see this year's budget proposes three million two hundred fifty -five thousand ($3,255,000) dollars from borrowing much of which has been done by Town Meeting and approved by Town Meeting to date. An amount from free cash, an amount from other available funds, revenue sharing. There is no funding left in Federal reveune sharing. An amount of one million eighty -nine thousand ($1,089,000) dollars in sale of real estate, eight million three hundred eighty -nine thousand ($8,389,000) dollars in local receipts, seven million eighty -nine thousand ($7,089,000) in state receipts. I will tell you that I was requested by a member of Town Meeting, although we have to do it in any case, each motion for each budget will indicate the source of funds, whether it is from sale of real estate, from free cash, from overlay surplus, or from other available funds. That leaves finally a net amount to be raised by taxation about eighteen million five hundred thousand ($18,500,000) dol- lars. The total assessed valuation of the community is one bil- lion three hundred fifty million ($1,350,000,000) dollars ap- proximately and that yields a tax rate of thirteen dollars and seventy -six cents ($13.76). The bottom part is the tax rate calculation based on proposition 2 1/2. If you'll note, it is anticipated that the revenues from taxes will go up a little bit more than than 2 1/2 percent. The reason for that is that new growth has to be fac- tored in and that allows you to increase a little bit more than 2 1/2 percent. Finally, we'd like to run through in a little bit more detail the total revenues and other resources and comparing the FY89 budget that we are just completing now with the proposed FY90 budget. If you'll note, the amount from property taxes is up 4.5 %. The amount from local revenue from sources other than property taxes is up 9.63 %. You can see that there are a couple of areas specifically; motor vehicle excise taxes are growing slightly. You'll see that the user charges for rent at Pearl Street School is a new item this year. Previously that was in a revolving fund operated by the School Department. Also there's an increase in parking fees. This is for the parking fees at the depot. The user charges for water and sewer are up slightly. As a general rule, all the rest of the revenues are projected to be relatively flat. The next area is the operating transfers. We transfer money from the two cemetery funds, the perpetual care fund and the sale of lots and you can see how those have been changed over the two - year period. The earnings distribution for the Light Department is anticipated to remain level. The abatement surplus has been certified by the Assessors so that we can take six hundred ten thousand ($610,000) dollars out the abatement surplus. Certified free cash we talked about earlier, about seven hundred fifty thousand ($750,000) dollars. Water fund surplus - this number looks a little strange. If you recall last fall we took six hundred fifty thousand ($650,000) dollars out of water surplus to fund a major portion of the capital expense for water treatment plant improvement. This year we are anticipating appropriating thirty -five thousand ($35,000) dollars from water surplus directly for the water ac- count. And for sewer we are anticipating one hundred thirty -five thousand ($135,000) dollars to use to balance that budget. Sale of real estate fund is one million eighty -four thousand ($1,084,000) dollars and bond authorization is three million two hundred fifty -five thousand ($3,255,000) dollars. That amount will be adjusted slightly because of the action taken by the Town r, 355 Adjourned Annual Town Meeting May 1, 1989 Meeting on the relocation of the School Department offices was somewhat less than was really anticipated. What I'd like to do now is just very briefly go over an overview of the budget and this also is in the booklet that you received on the budget. This is intended to take the FY89 budget, the FY90 budget, indicate what the difference is in dollars and what the percent- age increases or decreases are. I'm not going to go over every line in detail. I think that you can look at a couple of them that are especially significant. Cemetery Department down 18 %. That's because of the completion of some major capital work. The debt service is up 15.26 %. The reason for that is the debt service for the Public Works garage is just coming on line. Employee Benefits are up 20.1 %. We dis- cussed the major cause of that in terms of the Health Insurance programs of the Town. Water shows a decrease of 25 %. Again, that's partly because that six hundred fifty thousand ($650,000) dollar capital item shows in the FY89 dollars. The Sewer is up 25.26 %; that is because of the increase in the MWRA expenses. In terms of the capital expenses you can compare the other capital for FY89 which is the Fire House. Then you see a number of capital projects totaling two million eight hundred ninety - five thousand ($2,895,000) dollars for the projects as listed. And again the School office should be modified to read one hundred seventy -five thousand ($175,000) dollars instead of two hundred thousand ($200,000) dollars. There are expected one hundred nine thousand six hundred ($109,600) dollars in Annual Town Meeting Special Articles. The inter - governmental assess- ments - that's basically from the Cherry Sheet - we're estimating to be six hundred nine thousand ($609,000) dollars. Total budget of thirty -eight million nine hundred seventy -one ($38,000,971) dollars or an increase of a little bit more than 4 1/40. I think the main comments, just getting back to the revenues for only a minute, that Don Allen has indicated to you (and I think we all recognize, those of us who have been wrestling with the budget on a daily basis) is a balanced budget as it is required to be. The resources that we are using, that we have available to us are the maximum resources available this year. We are using as much sale of real estate as we can meeting the legal guidelines. We are using as much free cash as we can. We are pushing the revenues as hard as we feel is prudent to do. It is a balanced budget. It is a responsible budget. However, any changes in the budget in terms of adding funds really need reflect some modifications or changes the other way. The Moderator recognized Mr. Cohen. Town Counsel, H. Theodore Cohen of Tyler & Reynolds, reminded Town Meeting that first you must have a budget by July 1st for the next fiscal year. If you go through the omnibus budget, a motion can be made by anybody to reconsider any particular line item or any par- ticular vote if a block was done; if it was done within the req- uisite time period as set forth in the Town of Reading By -Laws which would be within twenty -four (24) hours of the vote being taken. An exception to that was written into the By -Laws in Section 4 of Article 2 specifically to address the possibility that the Commonwealth itself would not give the Town sufficient informa- tion to act upon a budget. There is a provision whereby if there is State or Federal action or inaction, or other circumstance not within the control of Town Meeting, the Selectmen could make a motion to reconsider, which has to be approved by the Moderator, at any time, provided that Town Meeting is still in existence. So up until any time this Town Meeting finally adjourns, a motion to reconsider could be made due to Federal or State actions or inactions or other circumstances not within the Town's control. i Adjourned Annual Town Meeting May 1, 1989 If motion were made to reconsider, it takes a two - thirds (2/3) vote to move reconsideration but if it were made, the Town could go back to any particular line item and address it. That requires that Town Meeting still be in existence. There are all sorts of possibilities of going through the budget and then adjourning Town Meeting until the end of June to wait to see if your budget money comes in as anticipated. Alternatively, if you vote the budget, Town Meeting ad- journs, and there is a shortfall, you may have to have a Special Town Meeting during the next fiscal year to make some realignment of what you are going to do. The idea is that Town government is going to operate and be funded July 1, 1989 and you need to have budget and funds available for appropriation come July 1st. ARTICLE 26. Moderator, Paul C. Dustin recommended moving each block, of which there are fourteen (14) individual motions to be made; that during the discussion of each individual motion, we amend each line item as you feel it necessary. Following dis- cussion of that motion, we will then move on and repeat the process for the remaining fourteen (14). At that point we will then go back and vote each of the motions as they may have been amended or depending upon the final tally as they may need to be readjusted or amended to bring within a balanced budget. If you vote no, it means the body wants to take action as an omnibus budget. If that is the wish of the Body, the Chair will see it is adhered to. The recommendation of the Chair was overwhelmingly defeated. It was the ruling of the Chair, at the wishes of the Body, that we will proceed with the Omnibus Budget as in years' past. ARTICLE 26. On motion of Donald C. Allen, it was voted that the Town approve and appropriate the Proposed FY 1990 Budget as presented for line items 1 and 2. Funds are to be provided as follows: Lines 1 and 2 Property taxes, State aid, and non - property tax local receipts. ARTICLE 26. On motion of Donald C. Allen, it was voted that the Town approve and appropriate the Proposed FY 1990 Budget as presented for line items 3 - 13; with Out -of -State Travel as stated. Funds are to be provided as follows: Lines 3 - 13 Property taxes, State aid, and non - property tax local receipts. ARTICLE 26. On motion of Brian J. McMenamin, line 17, as amended by Russell T. Graham, and lines 19 and 27, as amended by Nils L. Nordberg, were voted that the Town approve and ap- propriate the Proposed FY 1990 Budget as presented for line items 14 - 28; with Out -of -State Travel as stated. Funds are to be provided as follows: Line 17 As amended by Russell T. Graham, fixes the salaries of these elected officers as required by General Laws, Chapter 41, Section 108. Line 19 As amended by Nils L. Nordberg, increases line 19 by $22,500 to $58,510 and decreases line 27 by $22,500 to $257,601 ADJOURNED ANNUAL TOWN MEETING ARTICLE 26 No. APPROPRIATED FY1988 EXPENDED FY1988 ADJSTD. APPROP. FY1989 TOWN MGR FY90 Recomn FINANCE COM FY90 Recomm FINANCE COM REMARKS VOTE ACCOUNTING DEPT. 7,730.00 6,000.00 5,900.00 5-0 -0 31,132.00 33,629.00 1 Personal Serv. 67,068.00 69,738.00 77,645.00 81,370.00 81,170.00 5 -0 -0 2 Non-Personal Exp. 1,400.00 ............ 1,242.00 ............ 1,450.00 ............ 1,450.00 .............. 1,450.00 5 -0 -0 TOTAL 68,468.00 70,980.00 79,095.00 82,820.00 ............-- 82,620.00 200.00 COMMUNITY DEVL. DEPT. CONSERVATION DIV 3 Personal Serv. 4 Non-Personal Exp. PLANNING DIV 5 Personal Serv. 6 Non - Personal Exp. ZONING BOARD 7 Personal Serv. 8 Non - Personal Exp. MIST COMM 9 Non-Personal Exp. INSP DIV 10 Personal Serv. 11 Non - Personal Exp. GENERAL DEPT 12 Personal Serv. 13 Non - Personal Exp inc OST not to exceed* TOTAL Personal Serv. Non - Personal Exp. Total FINANCE DEPT. 36,195.00 37,088.00 28,467.00 27,385.00 27,385.00 5 -0 -0 7,335.00 5,020.00 7,730.00 6,000.00 5,900.00 5-0 -0 31,132.00 33,629.00 2,805.00 2,900.00 2,900.00 5 -0 -0 5,041.00 10,007.00 28,250.00 16,500.00 16,400.00 5 -0 -0 2,100.00 1,678.00 2,225.00 2,400.00 2,400.00 5 -0 -0 2,210.00 1,961.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 5 -0 -0 1,000.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 5 -0 -0 50,670.00 49,552.00 49,390.00 51,793.00 51,793.00 5 -0 -0 4,255.00 3,954.00 3,520.00 4,235.00 4,235.00 5 -0 -0 -- 54,435.00 70,109.00 70,109.00 5 -0-0 11,050.00 7,500.00 5,700.00 5-0-0 -- ............ ............ *1000 ..... .. ..... 1,200.00 ............ 1,000.00 0.00 ............ 120,097.00 121,947.00 137,322.00 154,587.00 154,587.00 19,841.00 ........ . ... 21,942.00 ...... ...... 51,750.00 .......... .. 35,435.00 ............ 33,435.00 139,938.00 143,889.00 189,072.00 190,022.00 ............ 188,022.00 FIN COM 14 Personal Serv, 2,250.00 144.00 2,000.00 2,160.00 2,000.00 5 -0 -0 15 Non - Personal Exp. 35,350.00 34,170.00 38,350.00 36,500.00 43,850.00 5.0 -0 16 Reserve Fund 330,000.00 330,000.00 150,000.00 193,390.00 166,000.00 5 -0 -0 *Out of State Travel in the amount indicated is included in the non - personal expense category 34 4 -3 -89 No. APPROPRIATED EXPENDED ADJSTD, APPROP. TOWN MGR FINANCE COM FINANCE COM REMARKS FY1988 FY1988 FY1989 FY90 Recoma FY90 Recoma VOTE FINANCE CONTINUED ASSESSMENT DIV Personal Serv. 17 Elect. Off. 10,530.00 18 Etec. Off. Reval 508,153.93 19 Other 78,469.00 20 Non-Personal Exp. 6,000.00 21 Capital 0.00 22 Interest -Tax Appeal 8,393.93 TREAS. /COLLECT. DIV 5-0-0 23 Personal Serv. 191,071.00 24 Non-Personal Exp. 61,570.00 DATA PROCESSING 0.00 25 Non-Personal Exp inc 66,840.00 -- DST not to exceed* 26 Capital 50,000.00 GENERAL DEPARTMENT LAW 27 Personal Serv. 64,800.00 28 Non - Personal Exp. Total 10,530.00 11,162.00 11,775.00 11,775.00 5-0-0 508,153.93 (25,000) from Art.31,ATM 85 (0) Capital 50,000.00 ............ 76,665.00 91,548.00 58,510.00 58,510.00 5 -0-0 8,600.00 5,800.00 17,800.00 17,800.00, 5-0-0 0.00 12,800.00 0.00 0.00 5-0-0 8,394.00 -- 0.00 0.00 5-0-0 193,372.00 206,664.00 -- 69,622.00 94,800.00 - LAW 66,767.00 64,540.00 64,800.00 47,800.00 5 -0-0 *700 700.00 ( 300.00) - 5-0-0- 49,983.00 42,000.00 29,275.00 20,900.00 5-0-0 Town Counsel 85,000.00 274,855.00 257 , 601.00 5 -0 -0 95,000.00 5 -0-0 57,650.00 57,650.00 5 -0 -0 Personal Serv. 282,320.00 280,711.00 311,374.00 Non-Personal Exp. 508,153.93 517,553.00 353,490.00 Capital 50,000.00 ............ 49,983.00 .. .... ...... 54,800.00 ............ TOTAL 840,473.93 648,247.00 719,664.00 GENERAL SERVICES DEPT. SELECTMEN 347,300.00 329,886.00 370,140.00 333,400.00 29,275.00 20,900.00 ............ ............ 746,715.00 683,886.00 29 Non-Personal Exp. 9,630.00 8,468.00 9,900.00 10,200.00 10,100.00 5-0 -0 TOWN MANAGER 30 Personal Serv. 108,255.00 114,860.00 106,923.00 61,355.00 61,355.00 5 -0 -0 31 Non - Personal Exp inc 67,130.00 67,130.00 77,800.00 5,600.00 5,600.00 5-0.0 OST not to exceed* *1200 *1200 *1200 LAW DIV. Hon - Personal Exp. 32 Town Counsel 85,000.00 85,000.00 90,000.00 95,000.00 95,000.00 5 -0-0 33 Labor Counsel 35,000.00 18,318.00 24,000.00 12,000.00 10,000.00 5 -0 -0 34 Other 5,000.00 12,527.00 5,220.00 5,500.00 3,500.00 5 -0-0 PERSONNEL DIV. 35 Personal Serv. 12,480.00 6,099.00 33,024.00 16,700.00 16,700.00 5 -0 -0 36 Non-Personal Exp. 6,500.00 5,292.00 47,550.00 46,210.00 44,210.00 5-0 -0 *Out of State Travel in the amount indicated is included in the non- personal expense category 35 4 -3 -89 No. APPROPRIATED EXPENDED ADJSTD. APPROP. TOWN MGR FINANCE COM FINANCE COM REMARKS FY1988 FY1988 FY1989 FY90 Recomm FY90 Recomm VOTE GENERAL SERVICES CONTINUED TOWN CLERK DIV 37 Personal Serv. 61,390.00 60,717.00 59,853.00 16,700.00 16,700.00 5 -0-0 38 Non - Personal Exp. 8,130.00 7,981.00 6,255.00 7,005.00 6,605.00 5 -0-0 ELECTIONS /REG *1200 *1200 ("800 39 Personal Serv. 1,150.00 411.00 1,220.00 1,500.00 11,220.00 5.0 -0 40 Non - Personal Exp. 40,100.00 33,761.00 52,400.00 40,000.00 18,000.00 5-0 -0 WEIGHTS 8 MEASURES 13,475.00 11,771.00 18,064.00 18,063.00 17,663.00 5 -0-0 41 Personal Serv. 3,270.00 3,270.00 5,000.00 5,275.00 5,275.00 5 -0 -0 42 Non - Personal Exp. 900.00 453.00 600.00 600.00 500.00 5 -0 -0 43 CASUALTY INS 301,373.00 324,531.00 316,500.00 283,000.00 283,000.00 5 -0-0 44 1NDEMN POL /FIRE 30,000.00 13,187.00 30,000.00 30,000.00 25,000.00 5 -0 -0 GENERAL DEPARTMENT 1,450.00 1,450.00 1,330.00 1,045.00 1,045.00 5 -0 -0 45 Personal Serv. 129,170.00 129,170.00 5 -0 -0 46 Non - Personal Exp. Inc 52,883.00 52,873.00 60,506.00 74,700.00 72,625.00 5 -0 -0 DST not to exceed* 22,020.00 22,212.00 27,350.00 *1700 *1500 5-0-0 Total Personal Sery 186,545.00 185,357.00 206,020.00 230,700.00 240,420.00 Non - Personal Exp 588,763.00 ...... ...... 576,648.00 ..... ..... .. 660,225.00 .. .......... 609,815.00 ............ 574,140.00 ............ TOTAL 775,308.00 762,005.00 866,245.00 840,515.00 814,560.00 HUMAN SERVICES DEPT. HEALTH DIVISION 47 Personal Serv. 81,795.00 80,897.00 34,860.00 39,344.00 39,344.00 5-0-0 48 Non - Personal Exp Inc 49,085.00 48,188.00 42,668.00 41,568.00 41,168.00 5-0 -0 DST not to exceed* *1200 *1200 ("800 ELDER SERVICES DIV 49 Personal Serv. 59,745.00 65,434.00 65,360.00 63,370.00 67,370.00 5 -0 -0 50 Non Personal Exp, 13,475.00 11,771.00 18,064.00 18,063.00 17,663.00 5 -0-0 VETERANS SERV DIV 51 Personal Serv. 17,890.00 18,841.00 12,254.00 12,865.00 12,865.00 5-0 -0 Non-Personal Exp. 52 Aid 20,000.00 19,291.00 20,000.00 17,000.00 16,000.00 5-0 -0 53 Other 1,450.00 1,450.00 1,330.00 1,045.00 1,045.00 5 -0 -0 RECREATION 54 Personal Serv. 52,883.00 52,873.00 60,506.00 60,286.00 60,169.00 5 -0 -0 55 Non-Personat Exp. 22,020.00 22,212.00 27,350.00 34,472.00 33,860.00 5-0-0 *Out of State Travel in the amount indicated is included in the non - personal expense category 36 4 -3 -89 No. APPROPRIATED EXPENDED ADJSTD. APPROP. TOWN MGR FINANCE COM FINANCE COM REMARKS FY1988 FY1988 FY1989 FY90 Recomm FY90 Recomm VOTE HUMAN SERVICES CONTINUED GENERAL DEPT 56 Personal Serv. 1,610,243.00 1,651,033.00 75,196.00 84,885.00 84,885.00 5 -0 -0 57 Non-PersonaL Exp Inc 179,647.00 188,222.00 1,200.00 3,910.00 3,250.00 5 -0 -0 DST not to exceed* *1200 0.00 *2800 TOTAL 18,000.00 17,785.00 20,000.00 19,500.00 0.00 5 -0.0 Personal Serv. 212,313.00 218,045.00 248,176.00 260,750.00 264,633.00 5-0 -0 Non - Personal Exp. 106,030.00 ............ 102,912.00 ............ 110,612.00 .... .. ...... 116,058.00 ----- -- - - - -- 113,786.00 ............ 5-0 -0 TOTAL 318,343.00 320,957.00 358,788.00 376,808.00 377,619.00 5 -0 -0 LIBRARY DEPT. 11,000.00 11,000.00 58 Personal Serv. 325,034.00 332,043.00 356,578.00 376,190.00 376,190.00 5-0 -0 59 Non - Personal Exp Inc 95,427.00 95,426.00 107,986.00 118,585.00 116,085.00 5-0-0 DST not to exceed* 74,995.00 79,960.00 *1500 ..... *1500 ............ *1000 ............ 5-0 -0 TOTAL ............ 420,461.00 ... ... ...... 427,469.00 ...... . 464,564.00 494,775.00 492,275.00 PUBLIC SAFETY DEPT. POLICE 60 Personal Serv. 1,610,243.00 1,651,033.00 1,717,660.00 1,815,531.00 1,810,851.00 5 -0 -0 61 Non - Personal Exp Inc 179,647.00 188,222.00 185,718.00 188,975.00 186,775.00 5-0-0 DST not to exceed* *3000 3,000.00 *2800 62 Capital 18,000.00 17,785.00 20,000.00 19,500.00 0.00 5 -0.0 ANIMAL CONTROL 63 Personal Serv. 15,590.00 15,890.00 17,164.00 18,022.00 18,022.00 5 -0 -0 64 Non - Personal Exp. 5,850.00 5,758.00 6,250.00 6,350.00 5,350.00 5 -0 -0 Capital 11,000.00 11,000.00 FIRE 65 Personal Serv. 1,608,445.00 1,672,591.00 1,748,577.00 1,766,240.00 1,766,240.00 5 -0 -0 66 Mon - Personal Exp Inc 74,995.00 79,960.00 80,705.00 64,030.00 83,030.00 5-0 -0 DST not to• exceed* *1200 1,200.00 *1000 67 Capital (radio /car) 10,000.00 10,000.00 25,500.00 0.00 0.00 5-0-0 EMERGENCY MGMT 68 Personal Serv. 1,050.00 1,050.00 2,225.00 2,350.00 2,350.00 5 -0.0 69 Non-Personal Exp. 1,150.00 1,140.00 1,050.00 1,000.00 500.00 5 -0 -0 GENERAL DEPARTMENT 70 Personal Serv. 117,119.00 117,119.00 5-0 -0 71 Mon - Personal Exp. 600.00 ( 600.00) 5-0-0 *out of State TraveL in the amount indicated is included in the non- personal expense category 37 4 -3 -89 PUBLIC WORKS DEPT. No. APPROPRIATED FY1988 EXPENDED FY1988 ADJSTD, APPROP. FY1989 TOWN MGR FY90 Recomm FINANCE COM FINANCE CON REMARKS FY90 Recomm VOTE PUBLIC SAFETY CONTINUED 72 Personal Serv. 119,033.00 122,940.00 TOTAL 191,287.00 174,338.00 73 Non - Personal Exp. 160,900.00 185,400.00 168,543.00 Personal Serv. 3,235,328.00 3,340,564.00 3,485,626.00 3,719,262.00 3,714,582.00 36,000.00 Non - Personal Exp. 261,642.00 275,080.00 273,723.00 280,955.00 275,655.00 Capital 39,000.00 38,785.00 45,500.00 19,500.00 0.00 76 Non - Personal Exp. TOTAL ........ .. .. 3,535,970.00 ......... 3,654,429.00 ............ 3,804,849.00 -- ---- - - -- -- 4,019,717.00 ............ 3,990,837.00 PUBLIC WORKS DEPT. BLDG MINT 72 Personal Serv. 119,033.00 122,940.00 124,323.00 191,287.00 174,338.00 73 Non - Personal Exp. 160,900.00 185,400.00 168,543.00 223,149.00 222,724.00 74 Capital (General) 35,000.00 35,000.00 60,000.00 36,000.00 10,000.00 ENGINEERING 75 Personal Serv. 196,619.00 187,599.00 205,125.00 233,300.00 223,300.00 76 Non - Personal Exp. 5,065.00 5,732.00 6,470.00 6,734.00 6,734.00 ADMINISTRATION 77 Personal Serv. 115,340.00 103,098.00 123,000.00 129,932.00 129,932.00 78 Non - Personal Exp. 11,000.00 10,688.00 10,680.00 7,902.00 7,902.00 HIGHWAY MAINT 79 Personal Serv. 458,911.00 374,399.00 456,711.00 510,335.00 498,335.00 80 Non - Personal Exp Inc 298,471.00 350,665.00 315,233.00 340,233.00 323,386.00 DST not to exceed* *1400 *1400 *1000 Capitol 310,000.00 122,159.00 81 Library Parking Lot 43,900.00 45,000.00 0.00 82 Street Recon 320,000.00 150,000.00 150,000.00 83 Street Accept. 70,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 See Art. 18 -25 84 Drainage 210,000.00 210,000.00 85 Walk /Curb Program 25,000.00 0.00 86 STREET LIGHT 108,596.00 108,596.00 119,456.00 173,543.00 173,543.00 87 RUBBISH COLL /DISP 625,000.00 639, 093.00 661 ,100.00 732,523.00 732,523.00 88 Hazardous Waste 12,000.00 11,854.00 12,000.00 20,000.00 14,500.00 PARKS i PROP MINT 89 Personal Serv. 127,623.00 118,015.00 143,415.00 151,303.00 148,783.00 90 Non - Personal Exp. 30,046.00 31,280.00 33,592.00 33,592.00 33,592.00 91 Capital 17,000.00 37,421.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 FORESTRY 92 Personal Serv. 113,680.00 85,800.00 120,064.00 126,625.00 126,623.00 93 Non - Personal Exp. 18,879.00 70,888.00 20,993.00 20,493.00 20,493.00 94 Town Forest Come. 500.00 500.00 *Out of State Travel in the amount indicated is included in the non- personal expense category 4 -3-89 RN No. APPROPRIATED FY1988 EXPENDED FY1988 ADJSTD. APPROP. FY1989 TOWN MGR FY90 Recoam FINANCE COM FINANCE CON REMARKS FY90 Recow VOTE PUBLIC WORKS CONTINUED 1,269,767.00 99 Non - Personal Exp inc 1,377,738.00 1,578,670.00 1,463,673.00 OST not to exceed* EQUIP MAINT 0.00 *1400 100 Capital 471,400.00 351,914.00 95 Personal Serv. 96,379.00 95,277.00 97,129.00 106,955.00 106,955.00 96 Non - Personal Exp. 107,781.00 164,474.00 115,606.00 119,000.00 117,000.00 97 Capital 109,400.00 87,334.00 177,000.00 175,000.00 104,000.00 TOTAL 144,207.00 156,765.00 169,034.00 98 Personal Serv. 1,227,585.00 1,087,128.00 1,269,767.00 99 Non - Personal Exp inc 1,377,738.00 1,578,670.00 1,463,673.00 OST not to exceed* 59,500.00 0.00 *1400 100 Capital 471,400.00 351,914.00 600,900.00 Subtotal 3,076,723.00 3,017,712.00 3,334,340.00 101 SNOW i ICE CONTROL 148,100.00 263,905.00 159,005.00 CEMETERY DEPT. 102 Personal Serv. 103 Non - Personal Exp. 104 Capital Developmnt TOTAL Personal Serv. Non-Personal Exp Capital TOTAL SCHOOL DEPT. 105 Personal Serv. Non - Personal Exp. 106 Athletics 107 Special Educ. 108 Other 109 TOTAL 1,449,737.00 1,408,266.00 5 -0 -0 1,677,669.00 1,652,897.00 5 -0 -0 641,000.00 474,000.00 5 -0.0 3,768,406.00 3,535,163.00 159,005.00 159,005.00 6 -0 -0 147,950.00 144,207.00 156,765.00 169,034.00 169,034.00 5 -0 -0 30,185.00 32,305.00 29,287.00 30,325.00 30,325.00 5-0 -0 27,640.00 25,520.00 59,500.00 0.00 0.00 5 -0 -0 1,375,535.00 1,231,335.00 1,426,532.00 1,618,771.00 1,577,300.00 1,556,023.00 1,874,880.00 1,651,965.00 1,866,999.00 1,842,227.00 499,040.00 ............ 377,434.00 ........ . . .. 660,400.00 .. .... . . . . .. 641,000.00 474,000.00 3,430,598.00 3,483,649.00 3,738,897.00 ............ 4,126,770.00 -- -- -- -- - --- 3,893,527.00 10,750,803.00 10,612,763.00 11,644,787.00 82,921.00 60,121.00 80,865.00 471,175.00 557,836.00 663,087.00 1,719,330.00 1,618,575.00 1,844,901.00 ---­------- ------------ ----- ------- 13,024,229.00 12,849,295.00 14,233,640.00 12,527,579.00 12,493,579.00 67,856.00 79,856.00 765,665.00 765,665.00 1,932,629.00 1,906,129.00 - --- -- -- - --- ............ 15,293,729.00 15,245,229.00 4 -0 -1 NORTHEAST REGIONAL Vocational School Dist 110 Assessment 239,668.00 239,668.00 209,643.00 187,000.00 186,285.00 ---- - - - - -- ------ - - - - -- ------ - - - - -- ------ - - - - -- ------ - - - - -- TOTAL 13,263,897.00 13,088,963.00 14,443,283.00 15,480,729.00 15,431,514.00 *Out of State Travel in the amount indicated is included in the non- personal expense category 39 5 -0 -0 4 -3 -89 No. APPROPRIATED EXPENDED ADJSTD. APPROP. TOWN MGR FINANCE COM FINANCE COM REMARKS FY1988 FY1988 FY1989 FY90 Recomm FY90 Recomm VOTE DEBT SERVICE 111 Retirement of Debt 860,000.00 855,000.00 810,000.00 112 Int. -long Term Debt 227,963.00 225,426.00 299,925.00 N 113 Short Term Int. Exp 83,325.00 69,812.00 215,000.00 ---- - -- - ---- --- --- - -- - -- ------ - - - - -- TOTAL 1,171,288.00 1,150,238.00 1,324,925.00 EMPLOYEE BENEFITS 114 Contrib Ret. 1,646,838.00 1,652,769.00 1,664,510.00 115 Non Contrib Ret. 85,140.00 71,900.00 83,100.00 116 Unemplymnt Benefits 20,000.00 18,396.00 45,000.00 117 Group Health /Life 1,210,000.00 1,284,573.00 1,436,000.00 118 Medicare 25,000.00 40,199.00 50,000.00 119 Workers Comp 101,420.00 101,420.00 102,634.00 TOTAL 3,088,398.00 3,169,257.00 3,381,244.00 RECAP TOTALS WATER 120 Personal Sery Non - Personal Exp. Personnel Benefits Other Inc OST not to exceed* 121 Total Non -Pers Exp. 122 Debt Service 123 Capital TOTAL 1,517,045.00 1,517,045.00 5.0 -0 10,000.00 10,000.00 5-0.0 ............ ............ 1,527,045.00 1,527,045.00 1,791,206.00 1,790,006.00 5 -0 -0 74,800.00 74,800.00 5 -0 -0 30,000.00 30,000.00 5-0 -0 1,901,181.00 1,901,181.00 5 -0 -0 60,000.00 65,000.00 5-0 -0 200,000.00 200,000.00 5-0 -0 4,057,187.00 4,060,987.00 27,053,142.93 27,120,083.00 29,370,626.00 31,943,103.00 31,542,892.00 437,401.00 437,831.00 462,528.00 92,009.00 588,366.00 564,366.00 648,251.00 *900 588,366.00 564,366.00 740,260.00 246,000.00 246,000.00 228,800.00 134,000.00 158,000.00 956,000.00 1,405,767.00 1,406,197.00 2,387,588.00 508,339.00 508,339.00 5 -0 -0 164,264.00 645,313.00 *1000 809,577.00 211,600.00 240,200.00 1,769,716.00 164,264.00 645,313.00 *1000 809,577.00 5.0 -0 211,600.00 5 -0 -0 240,200.00 5 -0 -0 1,769,716.00 SEWER 124 Personal Serv. 138,323.00 96,767.00 147,923.00 159,929.00 159,929.00 5 -0-0 *Out of State Travel In the amount indicated is included in the non- personal expense category M includes $140,000 needed at Spring Town Meeting 40 4 -3-89 No. APPROPRIATED EXPENDED ADJSTD. APPROP. TOWN MGR FINANCE COM FINANCE COM REMARKS FY1968 FY1988 FY1989 FY90 Recomm FY90 Recomm VOTE SEWER CONTINUED Non - Personal Expense Personnel Benefits Other inc DST not to exceed' 125 Total Non -Per* Exp. 126 MWRA 127 Debt Service 128 Capital TOTAL RECAP TOTALS 43,969.00 148,058.00 141,143.00 167,375.00 122,904.00 *1450 ------ *1120 148,058.00 141,143.00 211,344.00 653,920.00 651,637.00 1,000,977.00 277,950.00 284,865.00 271,505.00 1,218,251.00 1,174,412.00 1,631,749.00 86,437.00 86,437.00 122,904.00 122,904.00 *1450 ------ *1450 - - - - -- 209,341.00 ------ - - - - -- 209,341.00 5 -0 -0 1,448,288.00 1,448,288.00 5 -0 -0 214,380.00 214,380.00 5-0 -0 12,000.00 ............ 12,000.00 5-0 -0 ......------ 2,043,938.00 2,043,938.00 29,677,160.93 29,700,692.00 33,389,963.00 35,756,757.00 35,356,546.00 A true copy. Attest: au�:,,. �Ce<��cefna Doris M. Fantasia Town Clerk 41 4 -3 -89 6 j Adjourned Annual Town Meeting Line 26 May 1, 1989 Sale of Real Estate Fund in the amount of $20,900 Lines 14 - 25, and 27 - 28 Property taxes, State aid, and non - property tax local receipts. On motion of Michael F. Slezak, it was voted this meeting stand adjourned to meet at 7:30 PM on Thursday, May 4, 1989, at Reading Memorial High School. Meeting adjourned at 10:42 PM. 103 Town Meeting Members were present. A true copy. Attest: &,- A,,91a' Doris M. Fantasia Town Clerk ADJOURNED ANNUAL TOWN MEETING Reading Memorial High School May 4, 1989 The meeting was called to order by the Moderator, Paul C. Dustin, there being a quorum present. The Invocation was given by Alan B. Bond of the First Con- gregational Church, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. Moderator, Paul C. Dustin, announced Public Employee Recog- nition Week. ARTICLE 26. On motion of Donald C. Allen, it was voted that the Town approve and appropriate the Proposed FY 1990 Budget as presented for line items 29 - 46; with Out -of -State Travel as stated. Funds are to be provided as follows: Lines 29 - 46 Property taxes, State aid, and non - property tax local receipts. ARTICLE 26. On motion of Donald C. Allen, it was voted that the Town approve and appropriate the Proposed FY 1990 Budget as presented for line items 47 - 57; with Out -of -State Travel as stated. Funds are to be provided as follows: Lines 47 - 57 Property taxes, State aid, and non - property tax local receipts. ARTICLE 26. On motion of Donald C. Allen, it was voted that the Town approve and appropriate the Proposed FY 1990 Budget as presented for line items 58 and 59; with Out -of -State Travel as stated. Funds are to be provided as follows: Lines 58 and 59 Property taxes, State aid, and non - property tax local receipts. ARTICLE 26. On motion of Donald C. Allen, it was voted that the Town approve and appropriate the Proposed FY 1990 Budget as presented for line items 60 - 71; with Out -of -State Travel as stated. Funds are to be provided as follows: