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Revenue Committee Minutes —January 26, 2017
John Laurino-Chairman
Robert Renn-Vice Chairman
Paul Kelleher
Frank Lucibella
Kenneth Rowell
The January 26th meeting of the Revenue Committee was called to order by Vice
Chairman, Bob Renn, at 11:00 AM. Present and constituting a quorum were: Mr. Renn,
Mr. Paul Kelleher, Mr. Frank Lucibella, and Mr. Ken Rowell. Mr. John Laurino
participated in the meeting via speakerphone. Ms. Daniella Bradley O'Brien, committee
administrative assistant, was also in attendance.
One town citizen, Ms. Beverly Carney, was in attendance but declined to offer any
public comment; she desired to simply observe the meeting.
There were no changes to the minutes of the January 13, 2017 Revenue Committee
meeting. Mr. Rowell moved their approval; his motion was seconded by Mr. Lucibella
and approved 4-0-1.
Next, Mr. Renn distributed copies of a newspaper article entitled "Proposed FY18
Budget Squeezes Under 2-1/2 Cap"written by Ed Maroney in the 1/26/17 edition of the
Cape Cod Chronicle. The article describes the presentation made by John Kelly, Town
Administrator, at the 1/18/17 BOS meeting regarding the financial pressures inherent in
the FY'18 Orleans Operating Budget and FY'18-'23 CIP. Mr. Kelly was quoted as
saying "...specific attention should be directed at increasing revenues at our beaches
and transfer station so that the facilities are fully supported through user fees in a
manner similar to an enterprise fund". This committee was pleased to see that this
concept, as proposed in our 1/3/17 meeting with Atty. Mike Ford, is endorsed by Mr.
Kelly. Apparently, the BOS will continue its discussion of the the Operating Budget and
the CIP at upcoming meetings. The following Revenue Committee members plan to
attend these meetings:
1/30 - Mr. Rowell and Mr. Kelleher
2/6 - Mr. Lucibella, Mr. Rowell, and Mr. Kelleher
2/13 - Mr. Renn, Mr. Rowell, and Mr. Kelleher
Revenue Committee Minutes —January 26, 2017
Next, the committee spent approximately two hours reviewing, discussing and revising
each chart in the Draft Presentation of the Revenue Committee's Report that will be
presented to the Board of Selectmen and Finance Committee on February 15, 2017.
Ms. O'Brien will incorporate all the changes and distribute the next revision to each
member.
At the conclusion of this review, the committee discussed the possibility of conducting a
public forum, either via the Orleans Citizens Forum, or directly at Town Hall. No final
decision was made.
The committee then decided that a meeting should be called for next week. After the
meeting, Mr. Renn met with Asst. Town Clerk, Ms. Kelly Darling; the meeting is
scheduled for Wednesday, February 1, at 11:00 AM in the Skaket Room at Town Hall.
There being no further business, Mr. Kelleher moved to adjourn; it was seconded by Mr.
Rowell, and approved 4-0-1.
Respectfully submitted,
Bob Renn, Vice Chairman
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