Finance Committee

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Contact:

Dan Pallotta, Chair

Loretta Dionne, 

Susan Gleason

Marilyn Wilson, vice-chair

Wayne Zavotka

Address:

321 Zoar Road, Rowe, MA 01367

Fax:

413-339-5316

Article III, Section 11 of the Town of Rowe Bylaws:

"In accordance with Section 16 of Chapter 39 of the General Laws there shall be a Finance Committee consisting of five members which shall consider all municipal questions relating to appropriations and may consider any municipal question for the purpose of making reports and recommendations to the Town. This committee shall submit its recommendations and report to each town meeting, annual or special. Two members of said committee shall be elected on each of two consecutive years and one on the third year by ballot at each annual town election. No member of the Board of Selectmen or School Committee shall be eligible to serve on said committee. Members of the Finance Committee holding other town offices or positions must recuse themselves on all matters pertaining to that department. The Finance Committee shall have the powers and duties delegated to it by said Section 16 and other applicable laws including the duty of submitting a budget for the annual Town Meeting and such recommendations shall be printed on the annual Town Meeting warrant."

Responsibilities:

The Town of Rowe Finance Committee's primary role is to help develop an annual budget in conjunction with the Board of Selectmen and various elected and appointed officials. Beginning with the FY2022 Budget, the Finance Committee's will be responsible for ultimately submitting the budget that will be presented to the voters, a shift from the past when it only held advisory/recommending powers and had no say in the final budget.

Prior to all town meetings warrant articles involving finances are reviewed by the Finance Committee. The committee then voted either to recommend or not recommend the various articles, and their recommendations are printed on the warrant that is mailed to all voters.

The Finance Committee is part of the town's "Budget Advisory Group", which consists of the Board of Selectmen, Finance Committee, School Committee, Board of Assessors, Treasurer, Accountant, and Executive Secretary.

While having limited direct authority over financial matters, their recommendations often carry a great deal of weight, and the committee is often asked to collaborate on many other areas involving town moneys and policy.

The Finance Committee also controls the Reserve Fund- a fund appropriated annually at town meeting to cover unforeseen expenses, and also must concur on all line-item transfers conducted in May and June of each year.

Meetings:

The Finance Committee has no regular meeting schedule, but typically meets once a month during the summer and fall, and then more often during "budget season"- December through May.

Meeting Schedule: As Needed

No meetings currently scheduled.

Members

5 of 5 seats. 3 years each seat.

  • Dan Pallotta (Elected), Chair. 2026. Potter Road, Rowe, MA 01367
  • Loretta Dionne (Elected), mem. 2026. Rowe, MA 01367 - 339-5326
  • Susan Gleason, Member. June, 2027.
  • Wayne Zavotka (Elected), Member. June, 2027. Rowe, MA 01367
  • Marilyn Wilson (Elected), Vice-Chair. 2027. 37 Potter Road, Rowe, MA - 413-652-2059

Previous meetings:

Finance Committee Meetings

Name Uploaded Date
   Finance Committee Minutes 2024-2-29.pdf 2024-03-12 12:12:20
   Finance Committee Minutes 2024-2-15.pdf 2024-03-12 12:12:16
   Finance Committee Minutes 2024-2-8.pdf 2024-03-12 12:12:12
   Finance Committee Minutes 2024-01-25.pdf 2024-03-12 12:12:09
   Finance Committee Minutes 2023-02-09.pdf 2023-03-29 20:05:29
   Finance Committee Minutes 2023-02-23.pdf 2023-03-29 20:05:17
   Finance Committee Minutes 2023-03-09.pdf 2023-03-29 20:05:05
   Finance Committee Minutes 2023-03-20.pdf 2023-03-29 20:04:58
   Finance Committee Minutes 2023-01-26.pdf 2023-03-29 20:04:51
   Finance Committee Minutes 2023-01-12.pdf 2023-02-15 19:16:07
   Finance Committee Minutes 2023-01-19.pdf 2023-02-15 19:15:58
   Finance Committee Minutes 2022-12-30.pdf 2023-02-15 19:15:52
   Finance Committee Minutes 2022-06-23.pdf 2022-11-03 19:57:44
   Finance Committee Minutes 2022-10-20.pdf 2022-11-03 19:57:34
   2022-02-15 FinCom Minutes.pdf 2022-06-27 12:53:54
   2022-02-08 FinCom Minutes.pdf 2022-06-27 12:40:48
   2021-11-06 FinCom Minutes.pdf 2022-05-10 14:51:02
   2022-04-15 FinCom Minutes.pdf 2022-05-09 17:24:21
   2022-02-01 FinCom Minutes.pdf 2022-05-09 17:22:57
   2022-01-25 FinCom Minutes.pdf 2022-05-09 17:22:54
   2021-11-09 FinCom Minutes.pdf 2022-05-09 17:22:47
   2021-10-14 FinCom Minutes.pdf 2022-05-09 17:22:41
   FIN 06-09-21.pdf (View on Calendar) 2021-06-04 09:51:51
   FIN 05-04-21.pdf (View on Calendar) 2021-04-29 14:28:43
   FIN 03-02-21.pdf (View on Calendar) 2021-02-25 12:56:02
   FIN 02-09-21.pdf (View on Calendar) 2021-02-05 08:31:27
   FIN 01-25-21.pdf (View on Calendar) 2021-01-15 14:22:13
   01 2128 21 proposed agenda.docx (View on Calendar) 2021-01-14 17:16:08
   01 2128 21 proposed agenda.docx (View on Calendar) 2021-01-14 17:16:08
   01 2128 21 proposed agenda.docx (View on Calendar) 2021-01-14 17:16:08
   FIN 12-08-20.pdf (View on Calendar) 2020-12-04 08:21:48
   Roundtable 10-20-20.pdf (View on Calendar) 2020-10-15 15:13:26
   FIN 10-15-20.pdf (View on Calendar) 2020-10-13 11:02:23
   FIN 10-08-20.pdf (View on Calendar) 2020-10-02 13:10:54
   FIN 09-22-20 Revised.pdf (View on Calendar) 2020-09-15 11:15:01
   FIN 09-22-20.pdf (View on Calendar) 2020-09-10 13:55:49
   FIN 08-04-20.pdf (View on Calendar) 2020-07-24 15:58:49
   FinCom Posting July 14 2020.pdf (View on Calendar) 2020-07-13 08:07:32
   FinCom Posting July 7 2020.pdf (View on Calendar) 2020-07-02 12:07:17
   FinCom Posting July 7 2020.docx 2020-06-29 15:53:07
   FinCom Posting June 16 2020.pdf (View on Calendar) 2020-06-12 13:03:59
   FinCom Posting June 5 2020.pdf (View on Calendar) 2020-06-01 13:46:05
   FinCom Posting April 28 2020.docx (View on Calendar) 2020-04-23 14:00:18
   Finance Committee 6-25-19.docx (View on Calendar) 2019-06-21 09:13:37
   2019-06-05 Supporting Documents.pdf 2019-06-05 13:28:55
   2019-04-03 Supporting Documents.pdf 2019-05-03 08:42:39
   2019-04-03 Finance Committee.pdf 2019-05-03 08:41:25
   2019-02-06 Finance Committee.pdf 2019-04-24 21:09:59
   2019-02-27 Finance Committee.pdf 2019-04-24 21:08:49
   2019-02-20 Finance Committee.pdf 2019-04-24 21:08:48
   2019-03-27 Finance Committee.pdf 2019-04-24 21:08:47
   2019-02-06 Supporting Documents.pdf 2019-02-21 08:31:37
   2019-01-30 Finance Committee.pdf 2019-02-16 19:52:21
   2019-01-23 Finance Committee.pdf 2019-02-16 19:52:19
   2019-01-30 Supporting Documents.pdf 2019-01-31 08:10:21
   2019-01-16 Supporting Documents.pdf 2019-01-30 13:18:35
   2019-01-23 Supporting Documents.pdf 2019-01-30 13:00:05
   2018-12-17 Finance Committee.pdf 2019-01-30 12:56:49
   2019-01-16 Finance Committee.pdf 2019-01-30 12:56:42
   Finance Committee 1-23 1-30 2-6 2-20.docx (View on Calendar) 2019-01-16 21:16:30
   Finance Committee 1-23 1-30 2-6 2-20.docx (View on Calendar) 2019-01-16 21:16:30
   Finance Committee 1-23 1-30 2-6 2-20.docx (View on Calendar) 2019-01-16 21:16:30
   Finance Committee 1-23 1-30 2-6 2-20.docx (View on Calendar) 2019-01-16 21:16:30
   20181217 Supporting Documents.pdf 2018-12-31 15:21:56
   20181010 Supporting Documents.pdf 2018-12-31 15:09:44
   20181029 Supporting Documents.pdf 2018-12-31 15:05:00
   20181105 Supporting Documents.pdf 2018-12-31 15:02:29
   20181029 Finance Committee.pdf 2018-12-31 14:37:10
   20181105 Finance Committee.pdf 2018-12-31 14:37:08
   2017-06-19 Finance Committee.pdf 2018-11-07 19:38:20
   2017-06-14 Finance Committee.pdf 2018-11-07 19:38:17
   2017-06-08 Finance Committee.pdf 2018-11-07 19:38:14
   2017-12-28 Finance Committee.pdf 2018-11-07 19:38:11
   2017-12-13 Finance Committee.pdf 2018-11-07 19:38:10
   2017-11-29 Finance Committee.pdf 2018-11-07 19:38:08
   2017-11-15 Finance Committee.pdf 2018-11-07 19:38:06
   2017-11-01 Finance Committee.pdf 2018-11-07 19:38:04
   2017-10-18 Finance Committee.pdf 2018-11-07 19:38:01
   2017-10-10 Finance Committee.pdf 2018-11-07 19:37:59
   2017-09-20 Finance Committee.pdf 2018-11-07 19:37:57
   2017-08-28 Finance Committee.pdf 2018-11-07 19:37:55
   2017-08-21 Finance Committee.pdf 2018-11-07 19:37:52
   2017-07-31 Finance Committee.pdf 2018-11-07 19:37:49
   2017-07-26 Finance Committee.pdf 2018-11-07 19:37:46
   2017-06-28 Finance Committee.pdf 2018-11-07 19:37:44
   2018-04-04 Finance Committee.pdf 2018-11-07 18:30:13
   2018-02-21 Finance Committee.pdf 2018-11-07 18:30:10
   2018-02-04 Finance Committee.pdf 2018-11-07 18:30:07
   2018-10-10 Finance Committee.pdf 2018-11-07 18:30:04
   2018-09-18 Finance Committee.pdf 2018-11-07 18:30:02
   2018-06-27 Finance Committee.pdf 2018-11-07 18:30:00
   2018-07-06 Finance Committee.pdf 2018-11-07 18:30:00
   2018-06-04 Finance Committee.pdf 2018-11-07 18:29:58
   2018-05-14 Finance Committee.pdf 2018-11-07 18:29:57
   2018-04-25 Finance Committee.pdf 2018-11-07 18:29:56
   2018-04-18 Finance Committee.pdf 2018-11-07 18:29:54

Finance Committee Minutes, 2015-2019

Name Uploaded Date
   Finance Committee Minutes 2019-12-10.pdf 2020-01-17 07:55:42
   Finance Committee Minutes 2019-11-07.pdf 2020-01-17 07:55:36
   Finance Committee Minutes 2019-10-28.pdf 2019-11-08 07:17:45
   Finance Committee Minutes 2019-09-19.pdf 2020-01-17 07:55:48
   Finance Committee Minutes 2019-07-23.pdf 2019-12-02 07:55:41
   Finance Committee Minutes 2019-07-09.pdf 2019-12-02 07:58:46
   Finance Committee Minutes 2019-05-01.pdf 2019-08-15 07:36:37
   Finance Committee Minutes 2019-04-03.pdf 2019-08-15 07:35:52
   Finance Committee Minutes 2019-03-27.pdf 2019-08-15 07:35:26
   Finance Committee Minutes 2019-02-27.pdf 2019-08-15 07:34:53
   Finance Committee Minutes 2019-02-20.pdf 2019-08-15 07:38:04
   Finance Committee Minutes 2019-02-06.pdf 2019-08-15 07:37:42
   Finance Committee Minutes 2019-01-30.pdf 2019-08-15 07:37:30
   Finance Committee Minutes 2019-01-23.pdf 2019-08-15 07:37:07
   Finance Committee Minutes 2019-01-16.pdf 2019-08-15 07:36:55
   Finance Committee Minutes 2018-12-17.pdf 2019-08-20 17:49:00
   Finance Committee Minutes 2018-11-05.pdf 2019-08-20 17:50:54
   Finance Committee Minutes 2018-10-29.pdf 2019-08-20 17:50:48
   Finance Committee Minutes 2018-09-18.pdf 2019-08-20 17:50:38
   Finance Committee Minutes 2018-07-06.pdf 2019-08-20 17:49:32
   Finance Committee Minutes 2018-06-27.pdf 2019-08-20 17:49:32
   Finance Committee Minutes 2018-06-04.pdf 2019-08-20 17:49:26
   Finance Committee Minutes 2018-05-14.pdf 2019-08-20 17:49:20
   Finance Committee Minutes 2018-04-25.pdf 2019-08-20 17:49:18
   Finance Committee Minutes 2018-04-18.pdf 2019-08-20 17:49:17
   Finance Committee Minutes 2018-04-04.pdf 2019-08-20 17:49:10
   Finance Committee Minutes 2018-02-21.pdf 2019-08-20 17:49:06
   Finance Committee Minutes 2018-02-14.pdf 2019-08-20 17:49:04
   Finance Committee Minutes 2017-12-28.pdf 2019-08-22 17:30:02
   Finance Committee Minutes 2017-12-13.pdf 2019-08-22 17:30:01
   Finance Committee Minutes 2017-11-29.pdf 2019-08-22 17:29:53
   Finance Committee Minutes 2017-11-15.pdf 2019-08-22 17:29:40
   Finance Committee Minutes 2017-11-01.pdf 2019-08-22 17:29:33
   Finance Committee Minutes 2017-10-18.pdf 2019-08-22 17:29:08
   Finance Committee Minutes 2017-10-10.pdf 2019-08-22 17:29:07
   Finance Committee Minutes 2017-09-20.pdf 2019-08-22 17:29:04
   Finance Committee Minutes 2017-08-28.pdf 2019-08-22 17:29:02
   Finance Committee Minutes 2017-08-21.pdf 2019-08-22 17:31:48
   Finance Committee Minutes 2017-07-31.pdf 2019-08-22 17:31:44
   Finance Committee Minutes 2017-07-26.pdf 2019-08-22 17:31:40
   Finance Committee Minutes 2017-06-28.pdf 2019-08-22 17:31:38
   Finance Committee Minutes 2017-06-19.pdf 2019-08-22 17:31:11
   Finance Committee Minutes 2017-06-14.pdf 2019-08-22 17:31:03
   Finance Committee Minutes 2017-06-08.pdf 2019-08-22 17:30:58
   Finance Committee Minutes 2017-05-08.pdf 2019-08-22 17:30:49
   Finance Committee Minutes 2017-02-08.pdf 2019-08-22 17:30:19
   Finance Committee Minutes 2017-01-25.pdf 2019-08-22 17:30:10
   Finance Committee Minutes 2016-06-03.pdf 2019-08-22 17:36:07
   Finance Committee Minutes 2016-05-12.pdf 2019-08-22 17:36:06
   Finance Committee Minutes 2016-04-20.pdf 2019-08-22 17:36:05
   Finance Committee Minutes 2016-04-11.pdf 2019-08-22 17:36:04
   Finance Committee Minutes 2016-02-24.pdf 2019-08-22 17:36:03
   Finance Committee Minutes 2016-01-21.pdf 2019-08-22 17:36:03
   Finance Committee Minutes 2016-01-05.pdf 2019-08-22 17:36:09
   Finance Committee Minutes 2015-12-16.pdf 2019-08-22 17:48:45
   Finance Committee Minutes 2015-12-01.pdf 2019-08-22 17:48:44
   Finance Committee Minutes 2015-10-06.pdf 2019-08-22 17:48:43
   Finance Committee Minutes 2015-06-11.pdf 2019-08-22 17:48:43
   Finance Committee Minutes 2015-05-22.pdf 2019-08-22 17:48:35
   Finance Committee Minutes 2015-04-24.pdf 2019-08-22 17:48:34
   Finance Committee Minutes 2015-04-08.pdf 2019-08-22 17:48:34
   Finance Committee Minutes 2015-04-03.pdf 2019-08-22 17:48:29
   Finance Committee Minutes 2015-02-16.pdf 2019-08-22 17:48:25
   Finance Committee Minutes 2015-02-11.pdf 2019-08-22 17:48:49
   Finance Committee Minutes 2015-02-04.pdf 2019-08-22 17:48:48
   Finance Committee Minutes 2015-01-28.pdf 2019-08-22 17:48:47
   Finance Committee Minutes 2015-01-26.pdf 2019-08-22 17:48:46
   Finance Committee Minutes 2015-01-13.pdf 2019-08-22 17:48:46

Finance Committee Minutes, 2010-2014

Name Uploaded Date
   Finance Committee Minutes 2014-12-18.pdf 2019-08-22 18:02:07
   Finance Committee Minutes 2014-12-10.pdf 2019-08-22 18:02:06
   Finance Committee Minutes 2014-11-17.pdf 2019-08-22 18:02:51
   Finance Committee Minutes 2014-10-27.pdf 2019-08-22 18:02:50
   Finance Committee Minutes 2014-10-20.pdf 2019-08-22 18:02:47
   Finance Committee Minutes 2014-08-21.pdf 2019-08-22 18:02:46
   Finance Committee Minutes 2014-06-20.pdf 2019-08-22 18:02:44
   Finance Committee Minutes 2014-05-08.pdf 2019-08-22 18:02:42
   Finance Committee Minutes 2014-04-18.pdf 2019-08-22 18:02:41
   Finance Committee Minutes 2014-02-18.pdf 2019-08-22 18:02:36
   Finance Committee Minutes 2014-01-07.pdf 2019-08-22 18:02:33
   Finance Committee Minutes 2013-12-06.pdf 2019-08-22 18:02:31
   Finance Committee Minutes 2013-10-01.pdf 2019-08-22 18:02:29
   Finance Committee Minutes 2013-06-14.pdf 2019-08-22 18:02:27
   Finance Committee Minutes 2013-04-25.pdf 2019-08-22 18:02:25
   Finance Committee Minutes 2013-02-08.pdf 2019-08-22 18:02:25
   Finance Committee Minutes 2013-01-18.pdf 2019-08-22 18:02:24
   Finance Committee Minutes 2013-01-09.pdf 2019-08-22 18:02:23
   Finance Committee Minutes 2012-11-20.pdf 2019-08-22 18:02:21
   Finance Committee Minutes 2012-10-25.pdf 2019-08-22 18:02:15
   Finance Committee Minutes 2012-08-17.pdf 2019-08-22 18:02:13

Finance Committee Minutes, 2020-Present

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