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April 18,2002
ATTENDANCE:
Members present: Bernice Fink,Vice Chairman;Stephen Dawe;Keith Mitchell;Paul Stewart;Jack Watkins;Mark Weber.
Not Present: Michael Ganron,Paula Porten,Paul Stewart
CALL TO ORDER-
Bernice Fink called the meeting to order at 7:05 p.m.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES: -No Minutes were approved.
REVIEW of PRESENTATION FOR TOWN MEETING
Jack Watkins used last year's presentation as a basis to start working on the Finance Committee Presentation. The committee
reviewed the draft and made several recommendations including adding an introductory slide showing who the Finance
Committee members are;how the Town is standing up to its Financial Policies;and putting in a timeframe between debt
approval and actual expenditure payments.
WARRANT REVIEW
No changes were made to the warrant.
NORTH ANDOVER FY2000 PER CAPITA SPENDING
Mark Weber handed out a report showing the Comparison of North Andover FY2000 per capita spending to spending in other
Massachusetts communities. The report listed North Andover as ranking 224th out of 351 in total spending and showed various
charts of spending per capita for General Government,Public Works,Police,Education per Pupil, Culture and Recreation,
Health and Welfare,Fixed Costs,and Debt Service.
EMAIL COMPLIANCE WITH OPEN MEETING POLICY
Keith Mitchell referred to the letter from Attorney Tom Urbelis and verified that as long as the committee does not do any
decision making for a quorum agreement,he sees no issue with the current manner in which they are communicating via email.
OTHER
Bernice Fink said she would attend the Suburban Coalition meeting on Wednesday,April 20.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business,Keith Mitchell made a MOTION,seconded by Mark Weber,to adjourn the meeting
at 8:50 p.m. Vote approved 5—0.
submitted by: Carol Ritchie, Sr.Confidential Clerk