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Lakeville Historical Commission asks FINCOM for funds for Town House ramp; seeks outside input on proposed Native American statue
Summary
At a regular meeting, the Lakeville Historical Commission voted for the secretary to request a Finance Committee meeting to seek encumbrance of prior-year free cash for a Town House accessibility ramp. Commissioners also reopened discussion of a proposed statue of John Sassaman and agreed to seek outside consultation before advancing the project.
The Lakeville Historical Commission voted to ask the Town of Lakeville Finance Committee (FINCOM) to meet with the commission about returning previously unencumbered funds so the commission can fund an accessibility ramp at the historic Town House.
Commissioners moved that the commission secretary write a letter to FINCOM requesting a meeting to discuss using fiscal year 2018 free cash to encumber funds for the ramp and to apply fiscal 2019 allotments toward outstanding rent. The motion was moved and carried by voice vote; no individual mover or second was recorded in the meeting transcript.
The commission discussed the procedural reason for the request: one member noted that anticipated funding had not been encumbered at the end of the fiscal year and instead went into free cash, leaving the commission without the expected reserved funds. “The money was not encumbered at the end of the fiscal year; it automatically went into free cash,” the member said. The same member described the transfer sheet as the mechanism the commission should use to request that FINCOM make those funds available.
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