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The Finance Committee is defined by chapter 2.40 of Braintree's bylaws.
Membership and Qualifications:
The finance committee shall consist of fifteen (15) voters appointed by the Moderator.
No person who is an elected officer of the town,
except town meeting members,
or a member of any board of the town receiving pay there from or any appointive employee
of the town, shall be qualified to serve as a member of the finance committee.
No member of the Finance Committee shall serve on any other committee of the town,
except the capital planning committee.
Question: are any members of Fincom former members of the school committee?
question:what is the period of appointment?
Questions: WHAT DOES THIS MEAN
''or a member of any board of the town receiving pay there from or any appointive employee
of the town, shall be qualified to serve as a member of the finance committee''.
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FinCom Answers
First, no current member of the Finance Committee was ever an employee of the Town of Braintree or it's School Department or served as a member of the School Committee. There is a member of the Finance Committee named David Cunningham who has same surname as a member of the School Committee, but they aren't even related and live in opposite ends of Braintree.
Second Question: receiving pay or as a paid employee.....Selectmen receive an annual stipend of $1500 each/year. Therefore they couldn't serve on FinCom. Paid town employees are prohibited from sitting on the finance committee. There is one exception. The Secretary to the Finance Committee, James Mullin, is that committee's secretary and receives a stipend of I believe $12,000 or$15,000/year for his work for the committee. He is a full voting member of the committee by nature of his appointment. The Moderator appoints residents to the Finance Committee and the appointments are usually for a a three year period. Yada Yada Yada!
By Charlie K.
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correction of Charlie k
The first correction of Charlie K is that David Cunnungham is no longer on the Finance committee. He did not accept reappointment for another term but did accept appointment to the capital planning committee. Another is if you look at the finance committee page on the new web site for the town and look at the 2005 budget you will see that the salaries for the finance committee total $11443, of which only around $3000 goes to Mr. Mullin and the remainder is for the recording secretary.
By fin com member
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I hope this helps
Before I answer the questions, I wanted to post the entire membership and qualification section of the bylaw...
''The finance committee shall consist of fifteen (15) voters appointed by the Moderator. No person who is an elected officer of the town, except town meeting members, or a member of any board of the town receiving pay there from or any appointive employee of the town, shall be qualified to serve as a member of the finance committee. No member of the Finance Committee shall serve on any other committee of the town, except the capital planning committee.''
In other words, the following people CANNOT serve on the Finance Committee...1) an elected official (except Town Meeting Members); 2) a member of a town board receiving pay; 3) an appointed employee of the town; 4) a member of another committee (except capital planning).
The section you asked about (''what does this mean'') refers to a paid member of a town board or any appointed employee as being people who CANNOT serve on the FinCom.
None of the FinCom members are members of any other town committee or board. I do not know of any current FinCom member that was previously a School Committee member.
The appointment is good for three years at the discretion of the Moderator.
I hope that helps.
I wanted to correct the respondent (''Charlie K'') who claimed the Secretary of FinCom makes up to $12-15,000 a year. That is not correct. In fact, the entire Finance Committee budget for FY05 is $15,393 (we've proposed $13,938 for next year). Our Secretary earns $3,625 for the entire FY05.
Take care.
-Ted
By Ted Langill
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