Special Prudential Committee Mtg 7/10/12

 

COTUIT FIRE DISTRICT

 

PRUDENTIAL COMMITTEE
Special Meeting

July 10, 2012
5:30 PM

 FREEDOM HALL
976 Main Street
Cotuit, Massachusetts

 AGENDA

 

  • Call to order
  • Ratify and confirm the termination of the former District Treasurer
  • Ratify and confirm the appointment of Kristen Waugaman as District Treasurer

 

 

Special Prudential Committee Mtg 7/10/12

 

COTUIT FIRE DISTRICT

 

PRUDENTIAL COMMITTEE
Special Meeting

July 10, 2012
5:30 PM

 FREEDOM HALL
976 Main Street
Cotuit, Massachusetts

 AGENDA

 

  • Call to order
  • Ratify and confirm the termination of the former District Treasurer
  • Ratify and confirm the appointment of Kristen Waugaman as District Treasurer

 

 

Policy Advisory Mtg 7/10/12

 COTUIT FIRE DISTRICT

PRUDENTIAL COMMITTEE
Policy Advisory Committee

July 10, 2012
10:00 AM

Freedom Hall
976 Main Street
Cotuit, Massachusetts

AGENDA 

  • Call to order
  • Election of Chairman and Clerk
  • Discussion of issues and setting priorities for subjects to be studied.

 

 

 

 

 

 

PruComm reconvened June 28, 2012

 

COTUIT FIRE DISTRICT

 PRUDENTIAL COMMITTEE

  The regular meeting of the Cotuit Fire District Prudential Committee convened on June 25 and subsequently recessed, will reconvene on:

  June 28, 2012

7:00 PM

at

 FREEDOM HALL

976 Main Street

Cotuit, Massachusetts

 Items remaining on the agenda are:

 Call to order

Freedom Hall

  •  Completion of work in basement
  • Wiring contract
  • Basement ceiling contract
  • Maintenance and/or cleaning contract
  • Use of by the public
  • Review of other work needed

 Bulletin Board

 Procurement Officer

 Financial Department

 Reorganization of the Committee

 

Regular Meeting, June 25, 2012

 COTUIT FIRE DISTRICT

 PRUDENTIAL COMMITTEE

 Regular Meeting

 June 25, 2012

7:00 PM

 FREEDOM HALL

976 Main Street

Cotuit, Massachusetts

AGENDA

AMENDED

 Public Comment

 Call to order

  • Treasurer’s Report
  •  Financial Department
  • Freedom Hall
  • Completion of work in basement
  • Wiring contract
  • Basement ceiling contract
  • Maintenance and/or cleaning contract
  • Use of by the public
  • Review of other work needed
  •  Bulletin Board
  •  Procurement Officer
  •  Minutes
  • Reorganization of the Committee

 

 

 

 

Prudential Committee Meeting, May 21, 2012

 

COTUIT FIRE DISTRICT

PRUDENTIAL COMMITTEE

Regular Meeting

May 21 , 2012

Please note change of date

7:00 PM

FREEDOM HALL

976 Main Street

Cotuit, Massachusetts

AGENDA

Public Comment

Call to order

Minutes

Freedom Hall

District Office

Recording of meetings

Financial Department

Executive session to discuss negotiations with a non-union employee(Assistant Treasurer)

 

 

 

 

ANNUAL MEETING WARRANT, MAY 21, 2012

 

 

COTUIT FIRE DISTRICT

ANNUAL ELECTION AND DISTRICT MEETING

MAY 29 AND 30, 2012

 TO THE CLERK OF THE COTUIT FIRE DISTRICT, GREETING:

You are hereby required and directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Barnstable residing within the territory comprising the Cotuit Fire District qualified to vote in District elections and affairs to meet at the Freedom Hall, Main Street, Cotuit, on Tuesday, May 29, 2012, between the hours of four o’clock and eight o’clock PM, then and there to vote for the following officers:

      One member of the Prudential Committee, for three years

     One member of the Board of Fire Commissioners, for three years

     One member of the Board of Water Commissioners, for three years

 Warning shall also be given to said inhabitants to meet on Wednesday, May 30, 2012, at Freedom Hall, Main Street, Cotuit, at seven-thirty o’clock PM, when action will be taken on the following articles:

 (All articles which are not followed by the words “by request of . . .” are inserted by the Prudential Committee.)

Article 1:  To see if the District will vote to accept the reports of the officers and committees of the District as printed.

Article 2:  To see if the District will vote to set the annual salaries of the elected officials as follows:

Prudential Committee Members, Members of the Board of Fire Commissioners and Members of the Board of Water Commissioners: $1,250.00 each; Moderator: $250.00.

Article 3:  To see if the District will vote to raise and appropriate $130,000.00 for the expenses of the Financial Department.

Article 4:  To see if the District will vote to raise and appropriate $214,391.00 for the Barnstable County Retirement Assessment. 

Article 5:  To see if the District will vote to raise and appropriate $30,000.00 to maintain the street lights of the District.

Article 6:  To see if the District will vote to raise and appropriate $15,410.00 to support the operation of the Cotuit Library.

Article 7:  To see if the District will vote to raise and appropriate $375,100.00 for group insurance.

Article 8:  To see if the District will vote to raise and appropriate $25,000.00 for the maintenance and operation of Freedom Hall.

Article 9:  To see if the District will vote to raise and appropriate $6,808.00 for the purpose of reimbursing the Town of Barnstable for services provided by the offices of the tax collector and assessors to collect the taxes of the District.

Article 10:   To see if the District will vote to support enactment of an Act of the Mass. General Court given below:

Section 1. (a) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, Elected officials of the Cotuit Fire District who receive compensation by vote of the District at an annual or special District meeting per G.L. 41, § 108 shall not, as such, constitute employees for purposes of G.L. c. 32B and shall not, as such, be eligible for participation in the District’s contributory medical, dental and life insurance plan (the “plan”).

     (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, however: (i) Any such elected officials who were elected prior to the effective date of this act, whether or not presently serving, if eligible and vested as of said date to participate in the plan at retirement, or as presently retired, shall continue to be eligible and vested to participate upon retirement, or as presently retired; (ii) Any such elected officials who were elected prior to the effective date of this act who participate in the plan on the effective date of the act shall continue to be eligible to participate in the plan until the end of their current terms, and in event they serve an immediately successive term or terms thereafter, shall continue to be eligible to participate in the plan during said successive term or terms, provided that they pay 100 percent of the cost of participation in the plan, plus any administrative cost therefore as may be imposed by the Prudential Committee; and (iii) Nothing contained in the act shall impair or in any way affect any right of a District retiree created by c. 36 of the Acts of 1998 or c. 24 of the Acts of 2003.

     (c)  This act shall take effect upon the date of its passage; provided, however, that the General Court may make clerical or editorial changes of form only to the bill, unless the Prudential Committee approves amendments which shall be within the scope of the general public’s objectives of this petition.  (Article requested by Citizen Petition)         

Article  11:  To see if the District will vote to raise and appropriate $1,334,707.65 for the labor and salaries of the Fire Department; and to raise and appropriate $292,069.50 for the remaining expenses of the Fire Department, to be apportioned approximately as follows:

Maintenance, $58,845.00

Operating expenses, $232,224.50

Miscellaneous $1,000.00 and

for a total appropriation of $1,626,777.15

(Requested by the Board of Fire Commissioners) 

The Prudential Committee recommends this Article.

Article 12:  To see if the District will vote to raise and  appropriate $9,500.00 to provide for the ambulance service

billing. (Requested by the Board of Fire Commissioners)

The Prudential Committee recommends this Article.

Article 13: To see if the District will vote to  raise and appropriate $38,500.00 to provide for the purchase of patient medical supplies and related equipment for the operation of the ambulance.  (Requested by the Board of Fire Commissioners)

The Prudential Committee recommends this Article.

Article 14: To see if the District will vote to raise and appropriate $9,700.00 for the purpose of hiring New Call Firefighters.(Requested by the Board of Fire Commissioners)

The Prudential Committee recommends this Article.

Article 15: To see if the District will vote to appropriate and transfer from available funds a sum of money to the current Fire Department operating budget to cover unforeseen emergency expenses which occurred during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2010.  (Requested by the Board of Fire Commissioners)

Article 16:  To see if the District will vote to raise and appropriate:

$26,000.00 for the Water Department for service connections

$298,292.00 for labor and salaries; and $313,400.00 for the remaining expenses of the Water

Department, to be apportioned approximately as

follows:

 $74,000.00 for maintenance;

$187,400.00 for operations; and

 $52,000.00 for miscellaneous expenses

for a total appropriation of $637,692.00 and that the receipts and revenues of the Water Department be applied to these amounts. (Requested by the Board of Water Commissioners)

The Prudential Committee recommends this Article.

Article 17:  To see if the District will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer and appropriate or borrow and appropriate from available funds the sum of $50,000.00 for the meter replacement program.  (Requested by the Board of Water Commissioners)

The Prudential Committee recommends this Article.

Article 18:   To see if the District will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer and appropriate or borrow and appropriate the sum of $30,000.00 for pump replacement and well treatment.  (Requested by the Board of Water Commissioners)

The Prudential Committee recommends this Article.

Article 19:   To see if the District will vote to raise and appropriate $25,000.00 to rewire Freedom Hall to bring the building up to Code.

Article 20:   To see if the District will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for a District Office.

Article 21:   To see if the District will vote to raise and appropriate $174,800.00 for notes and interest.

Article 22:  To see if the District will vote to raise and appropriate $25,000.00 for the Stabilization Fund as provided under Section 5B, Chapter 40, of the General Laws.

Article 23:   To see if the District will vote to raise and appropriate $50,000.00 to the reserve fund as provided under Section 5C, Chapter 40 of the General Laws.

Article 24: To see if  the District will vote to appropriate and transfer a sum of money from free cash in the Treasury toward the tax levy of the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2012. 

 Hereof fail not to make due return of this warrant and your doings thereon at said meeting.

 Given under our hands this Twenty-Sixth day of April, 2012.

                               Laurie C. Hadley

                              Amy M. Kates

                              Richard G. Barry

          PRUDENTIAL COMMITTEE

A True Copy, attest:            

_________________________

Charles W. Eager, Clerk

Cotuit Fire District

Special Meeting, April 5,2012

COTUIT FIRE DISTRICT

PRUDENTIAL COMMITTEE

Special Meeting

April 5 , 2012

7:00 PM

FREEDOM HALL

976 Main Street

Cotuit, Massachusetts

 AGENDA

Public Comment

Call to order

Freedom Hall

 Financial Department budget

 

 

 

 

 

Special Meeting, April 5,2012

COTUIT FIRE DISTRICT

PRUDENTIAL COMMITTEE

Special Meeting

April 5 , 2012

7:00 PM

FREEDOM HALL

976 Main Street

Cotuit, Massachusetts

 AGENDA

Public Comment

Call to order

Freedom Hall

 Financial Department budget