Finance Committee Meeting – 5.20.25
On agenda: review of Warrant Article 6 (Hoosac Water Quality District.)
The Williamstown Finance Committee meets on an as-needed basis. Watch them LIVE on WilliNet Channel 17. Previously recorded meetings air on WilliNet Channel 16.
On agenda: review of Warrant Article 6 (Hoosac Water Quality District.)
Adelson & Company PC tells Fin. Comm. & SB they have issued a "good, clean audit" for W'town/2024 fiscal year. Finance Comm. votes unanimously to recommend amending Town Meeting Warrant Article 6 as follows: To see if the Town will vote to appropriate from Estimated Sewer Receipts the sum of $1,218,044, provided that $200,000 of this appropriation is contingent on the Hoosac Water Quality District implementing a sludge disposal plan different from that recommended in the budget, or any other sum, to pay interest and maturing debt, and for charges, expenses and outlays of the Hoosac Water Quality District, or take any other action in relation thereto. The HWQD is scheduled to meet next Wed., May 14, 4pm at the District.
Fin Comm votes on recommendations of finance warrant articles. Unanimously rec'm FY26 Town Budget w/ estimated 7% tax increase. Fin Comm votes to recommend as part of Town Budget expenditures to: W'town Chamber of Commerce: $55K; W'town Youth Center: $50K; W'town Community Preschool: $25K.
Fin Comm hears presentations from the 8 non-profit organizations who applied for town funding: Chamber of Commerce-$50K; W'town Community Preschool-$50K; W'town Farmer's Market - $10K; Images Cinema - $50K; W'town Skatepark - $150K; Remedy Hall - $40K; Sand Springs Pool - $50K; W'town Youth Center - $50K.