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Committee says maintaining the CIP spreadsheet should be a town job, not a volunteer task
Summary
Members argued the multi‑million‑dollar CIP spreadsheet requires a paid town employee to maintain and update data annually rather than relying on volunteers; they discussed fitting the role into a finance/admin job description.
Committee members objected to the idea that volunteers should be responsible for keeping the town's CIP spreadsheet current. One member argued the town needs an employee to maintain the data and to coordinate department inputs, noting the spreadsheet underpins multi‑year capital planning and includes millions in planned spending: "This is way too much freaking money for the town to ask a volunteer... to take that job on."
Members proposed making the new or reconfigured finance/administration position responsible for the data (not the committee), while keeping a committee member available during meetings to capture agreed changes for the staffer to update afterward. The committee supported including the responsibility in the incoming staff job description so that updates are consistent year to year.
