Present: Joyce Fisk (School Board Member), Donald Davidson, Jr.,
Cary Hughes (Chair), William Keefe, Donald McGettigan, David Tierney,
Mark Whitehill

1. The meeting was called to order at 7:30 p.m.

2. Jerry Greene was not present so we were unable to receive information from the Selectmen regarding the status of the emergency communications contract and the Wilton-Lyndeborough-Temple Ambulance Service and could we could not receive information regarding the status of the Fire Department building plans. Joyce Fisk said that the Florence Rideout Elementary School Board had discussed the issues of a growing student population and space limitations but that major solutions were not likely to be found for the next fiscal year.

3. While the committee has received some of the major departmental budgets they need to be reviewed in a future meeting.

4. There was a motion to approve a budget request of $1,500.00 from Nashua Area Health Center. In the discussion that followed the committee tabled the motion to allow time to find out more about this service and if we had funded them in prior years. The budget will be moved and discussed at the next meeting of the Budget Committee.

5. A budget request for $1,000.00 from American Red Cross was received. A motion for funding $750.00 was made and discussed. The $750.00 motion passed unanimously.

6. A budget request of $845.00 from St Joseph Community Services, Inc (Meals on Wheels) was moved and discussed. The motion for $845.00 passed unanimously.

7. A budget request of $18,895.00 from the Building Inspections Department was moved and discussed. The motion for $18,895.00 passed unanimously.

8. A budget request of $850.00 from Heritage Commission was moved and discussed. The high cost of historic signs was a concern for the committee. For that reason the motion was amended to fund $350.00. The motion for $350.00 passed unanimously.

9. A motion was made to fund the Planning Board budget request of $28,764.00. We then discussed the Planning Board Budget request and the many new building permit requests and other growth issues that the Board had to face. The committee approved the $28,764.00 unanimously.

10. The Committee looked at funding requests for the Parks and Recreation budget and for the Cemeteries maintenance budget. As these two requests seem to be high we decided that the committee will discuss these with the department heads involved to clarify questions before discussing and voting on those budgets.

11. The meeting adjourned at 8:45 p.m. The next meeting will be held Tuesday, November 16, 2004 at Town Hall.

Respectfully submitted,

Cary A. Hughes
Chair, Wilton Budget Committee