Finance Committee Members:

Ulysse Maillet, Chairperson

Jeanne Hue, Vice Chairman

Cynthia Leroy

VACANT

Jennifer Goodale

Kevin Miller

C. Jackson Blair

Meeting Minutes

From The Charter (Article 2 Section 3b):

Finance Committee

—There shall be a Finance Committee which shall be appointed by the Moderator. The number of members, the term of office and further conditions of appointment, and service may be provided by bylaw. Not less frequently than annually, the committee shall choose a chairman and such officers as it may deem desirable. All articles which are contained in the warrant for any town meeting shall be referred to the Finance Committee by the Board of Selectmen for its consideration at the earliest practicable time. The Finance Committee shall report, in writing, its recommendations of each article in every warrant together with a brief statement of the reason for each such recommendation. Prior to every town meeting, the Finance Committee shall hold one or more public hearings to permit general discussion of each article contained in the warrant for such town meeting, which shall be in addition to the public hearing required on the proposed budget as provided in Section 5 - 6 (a).

From The Town Bylaws (Article 3):

Section 3.1:

There shall be a Finance Committee, consisting of seven (7) voters of the town. No person shallbe eligible to membership who shall have the care, custody or expenditure of town funds, or thecare, custody or disposal of town property, either as a town officer or member of any othercommittee, or an agent of such officer or committee. The Moderator shall in 1924 appoint threemembers for a term expiring March 31, 1925, three members for a term expiring March 31, 1926,and three members for a term expiring March 31, 1927, and thereafter in march of each yearappoint three members for a term of three years in place of those who terms shall expire in thatyear. The term of office of said members shall commence with April 1st of each year of theirappointment after the year 1924. The committee shall have the power to fill vacancies that shalloccur in its membership, and shall serve without compensation. (Amended June 12, 2000)

Section 3.2:

It shall be the duty of the Committee to investigate the financial affairs of the town, includingreceipts of and expenditures by the different departments, or any Town Officer; the methods inwhich the town business is conducted; the general conduct of the town affairs; and all the articlesin town warrants for town meetings referred to it; and, in the discharge of its duties, shall havefree access to all books of accounts, books of record and all accounts, bills, and vouchers on whichmoney has been or may be paid from the town treasury. All articles that may hereafter be insertedin warrants for any town meetings, excepting articles for the choice of officers, are hereby referredto the Finance Committee.

Section 3.3:

The Committee shall hold at least one public meeting to consider the several articles in thewarrant of each town meeting, which public meeting shall be held at a time and place to bespecified in the warrant. The Selectmen, whenever they issue a warrant for a town meetingexcepting a meeting for elections only, shall appoint a time and place for such meeting of theFinance Committee to consider the articles in such warrant, and in such warrant immediately afterthe last article therein, give notice of the time and place of such public meeting, an attested copyof such warrant to be forwarded by mail, postage prepaid, to each member of said committee bythe Constable who serves the warrant, not less than three days before the time of holding suchpublic meeting.