Town of Pittsfield
Budget Committee
December 27, 2006
Members Present: W. Case, L. Deane, C. Dustin, G. Gilman, C. Keuenhoff,
L. Okrent, M. Paradise (School Board rep), J. Prue, H. Schoppmeyer, L. Small
(Select Board rep), M. Vaughan.
Members Absent: E. Bahr
Meeting was called to order at 7PM by Chairman Dustin. The minutes of the
December 20, 2006 meeting were approved as corrected.
Present were Gary Johnson, Fire Chief and Jen Tedcastle, assistant Ambulance
Director to answer questions concerning the Fire/Ambulance proposed budget.
4215-1-110 Full Time EMT Director……..since there is no full time director, the
$38,259 in this line item is being shifted , $27,000 to 4215-1-111 Full time EMT’s
and the remainder to 4215-2-140 Vacation/Sick/Holiday line item.
4215-1-290 Uniforms The chief would like this line item raised to $1800 from the
$1100 in the proposed budget. It is very costly to buy an entire outfit for a firefighter.
4215-1-694 New Equipment Chief Johnson would like this line item raised back
to the $3000 he originally proposed.
4215-3-390 Collection Costs Since this line is already at $6297 through November,
the Chief would like the proposed figure to return to $7000.00
The Amb/FD Secretary will receive a 4% raise.
Several Firefighters will need Hepatitis B inoculations. The Chief would like to
see the Medical Supplies line item and the Health Maintenance line items increased to
his original proposal of $4500 and $1000 respectively.
4220-2-694 New Equipment This line item includes hose, hand tools, and annual
hose testing. The Chief is asking $7000 for this line item over the $6000 proposed by
the Select Board.
4220-5-633 Fire Alarm Maintenance Original proposed budget was for $1000, the
Select Board set at $500.00.
Superintendent of Waste Water Treatment, Ronald Vien, presented the proposed budget
for the Waste Water Treatment .
Salaries and benefits are same as last year, still under contract. Electricity and telephone
are proposed to be increased slightly, based on usage. Rest of the budget remains
nearly the same as the present year.
Capital Outlay – 01-4902
$28,000 is listed under –4-300 for Police Cruiser – this is the second of three payments
$7,000 for a used truck for the Animal Control Officer – 4-310
$105,000 for the highway grader- 6-330
Capital Reserve – 01-4915
This fund includes same line items as the current year except that monies for Police
Station renovations has been added to a reserve fund for Municipal Buildings,
so that the total in this line item comes to $75,000.
School Budgets will be ready and may be picked up at Town Hall on Friday, Dec. 29.
The discussions at the meeting on Wednesday, January 3, 2007 will center on Town
Expenditures, Revenue projections and any other questions the committee members may
have. School Budget discussions will begin on January 10, 2007.
Meeting adjourned at 8:35 PM
Joan M. Prue, clerk