Committee Report - Finance - 6-8-16 — File 201715

Finance Committee Page 1 of 1 Printed 6/14/2016 June 8, 2016 REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE Attendee Name Title Status Arrived Tony Lafuente Chair Present Maryann M. Heuston Vice Chair Present Katjana Ballantyne Ward Seven Alderman Present Matthew McLaughlin Ward One Alderman Present William A. White Jr. Alderman At Large Present Robert J. McWatters Ward Three Alderman Present Mark Niedergang Ward Five Alderman Present Lance L. Davis Ward Six Alderman Present John M. Connolly Alderman At Large Present Dennis M. Sullivan Alderman At Large Present Mary Jo Rossetti Alderman at Large Present Others present: Michael Mastrobuoni - SomerStat, William Roche - Personnel, Mary Skipper - Superintendent of Schools, Tim Snyder - Mayor’s Office, Skye Stewart - SomerStat, Nick Salerno - Elections, Greg Jenkins, Oliver Sellers-Garcia - OSE, John Long - City Clerk, Charles Sillari - Clerk of Committees The meeting took place in the Aldermen's Chamber and was called to order at 6:15 PM by Alderman Lafuente and adjourned at 9:40 PM. Document List: • New & Vacant Position Info • Corrections to proposed budget • OSE Supplemental Materials • Additional School Department Information • Job Description - Legislative Liaison Approval of the May 18, 2016 Minutes RESULT: ACCEPTED

Finance Committee Page 2 of 2 Printed 6/14/2016 2. FY-17 departmental budget review Mr. Mastrobuoni distributed corrections to the proposed budget and supplemental materials for OSE. Mr. Roche distributed information on new and vacant positions contained in the proposed budget. School Department: School Superintendent Mary Skipper presented the School Department’s FY-17 budget and outlined the School Committee’s goals. She explained the process used to develop the budget and reported that the FY-17 budget is $65,420,081 and is 4.65% higher than last year’s budget. Alderman White asked that some demographic and enrollment data be included in the future. He also asked that data on the number of students leaving school and the reasons why also be provided. Executive: Mr. Snyder presented the department’s budget and spoke about a new Legislative Liaison position. Clerks: Mr. Snyder presented the department’s budget and spoke about a change of title for one of the clerk positions. SomerStat: Ms. Stewart presented the department’s budget. Elections: Mr. Salerno presented the department’s budget. The design of the census has been updated. All CF reports under the department’s domain are being posted online. Arts Council: Mr. Jenkins explained that some positions have been reassigned from other departments to the Arts Council. Sustainability and Energy: Mr. Sellers-Garcia presented the department’s budget request and spoke about many of the programs undertaken by OSE. City Clerk: Mr. Long spoke presented his department’s budget. The city’s archives will be relocated to the Edgerly School building and will have a reading room for the public. Requests for information: • Alderman White requested data (from the Personnel Department) for new positions for the past 10 years. • Alderman Ballantyne requested that the Personnel Department provide the amount of lag money for unfilled positions listed on the New & Vacant Positions handout. • Alderman Heuston requested the names of personnel in the positions marked “filled” on the New & Vacant Positions handout. 3. Any and all associated departmental financial matters