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TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER
School Administration Building
Meeting Minutes Public Hearing
Meeting Date March 28, 2016
Bill Callahan, Chairman BC X Susan Almono, SA
Donald Elliot, DE Vice Chair Timothy Tschirhart, TT X
Karin Blake, KB X Liz Gerron, LG X
Thomas Ringler, TR X Angela Ciofolo, AC X
Chris Nobile, CN X
Jennifer Goldman, JG X
Note: All FINCOM votes are subject to change upon receipt of new information.
Note: Documents used in this meeting are listed in Document Table, herein.
Call to order 6:45
Public Hearing
BC: Called the public hearing to order, and went on to say that we are here to take any questions or
comments that the public has.
BC: We have been crunching numbers for the past 5 months and have heard from many of the people in
this room and have asked them many questions with regards to the budget. We are pretty well satisfied
with the budget
TT: Most important and most impressive is all the communication that we received from every member
of the town, department managers and the school department. I also want to pay special attention to
Lyne Savage, since she is behind a lot of the leg work.
TT: Went on to say that as a result of the leadership, North Andover is one of the lowest Tax increases.
That is a compliment to the T
Discussion starts on or about 6:48/00:02:56 on video time
BC: Mr. Novak we will be happy to hear from you and specifically on Warrant Article 15.
Novak: Stated that the town implemented the town meal tax back in 2011 during a financial crisis and I
think that now is the time to get rid of it.
TT: Responded that the Town has made great strides in creating reserves (with regards to this tax) and not
just for a rainy day and it also helps to ensure our cost of borrowing is kept low.
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Novak: Responded and stated that this meal tax is just a small portion of the budget and it seems like it
will be fairly painless to get rid of.
KB: This little bit allows us to put something away. Those reserves will come later when interest rates
climb.
CN: Spoke of the revenue that the town has received over the years. That money represents real services
that our town has. Out o
Many of the Board members gave their reasoning to Novak on why the meal tax should remain and all of
the benefits to the budget and to the Town. The Town is much better with this meal tax than without.
Novak: Expressed his disagreement with the Board, and there support with wanting to keep the meal tax
in place. He felt the Town is doing well enough, and should get rid of the meal tax.
JG: Stated that there is no such thing as surplus in this town, also stated in her opinion we are running
very lean.
BC: Mr. Novak I appreciate you making the time to come down here, and also your interest in the
Thank you.
Adjourn 7:10
TT: Made a motion to adjourn
KB: Second the motion
All in favor
Document Table
SUBJECT FROM TO
* 1. Draft 2016 Annual Town Meeting Warrant Maylor Fincom
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* located in the DropBox
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