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Ray Andrews

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Past: Finance Committee (2020–2023)

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2023-04-27·Finance Committee·spoke
Mr. Andrews who is going off the Committee upon finishing three years. Ray has been focused on the affordable housing envelope. Mr. Andrews gave an explanation of the affordable housing entities, how they interact and what is required. Mr. Andrews explained that there are four committee boards that he has been following: Concord Municipal Affordable Housing Trust which was created in 2019 at annual town meeting as a way to hold money to make it available opportunistically when units or property becomes available without having to wait for town meeting and go through the process.
2023-04-27·Finance Committee·seconded
seconded by Mr. Andrews
2023-03-23·Finance Committee·spokeFinance Committee minutes process reform.
assigned Mr. Andrews as Scribe.
2023-03-15·Finance Committee·secondedFY24 CPS Budget Guidelines and Final Vote.
Seconded by Ray Andrews
2023-03-15·Finance Committee·spokeArticle 14 – Use of Free Cash
Ray Andrews expressed interest in voting on the CPS budget article before this article to gauge what the impacts of that article may be and to consider free cash as a potential source of funding.
2023-03-15·Finance Committee·spokeAnnual Free Cash Property Tax Reduction
Ray Andrews expressed interest in voting on the CPS budget article before this article to gauge what the impacts of that article may be and to consider free cash as a potential source of funding.
2023-03-15·Finance Committee·spokeFY24 CPS Budget Guidelines and Final Vote.
Ray Andrews stated that the Finance Committee's responsibility is to look at these things from a financial perspective, and he feels members are doing their job.
2023-03-09·Finance Committee·secondedFinance Committee Article Recommendations (2021-2025)
seconded by Ray Andrews
2023-02-23·Finance Committee·spokeFinance Committee Annual Report Process Evolution
The CPC sections will be written by Ms. Ortner and Mr. Andrews.
2022-11-17·Finance Committee·spokeConcord Middle School financing and construction
Ray Andrews stated that he feels the Finance Committee is choosing between "pay more now" and "pay more later" and that the timing is unfortunate.
2022-11-17·Finance Committee·spokeConcord Middle School financing and construction
Ray Andrews expressed interest in better understanding the value engineering that was done and the bigger components of the project that may influence the total cost.
2022-10-27·Finance Committee·spoke
Ray Andrews was appointed as scribe for the meeting
Mr. Andrews provided an update on the Christopher Heights Junction Village project.
2022-06-23·Finance Committee·spokeFinance Committee Guidelines Process Approach
Mr. Andrews joined the meeting.
2022-05-26·Finance Committee·spokeFinance Committee Guidelines Process Approach
Mr. Andrews joined the meeting.
2022-03-10·Finance Committee·spokeCPS FY2023 Budget Gap Resolution
Ray Andrews stated that the Finance Committee may vote to take no action on the article and let Town Meeting decide.
2021-09-23·Finance Committee·spokeAffordable Housing Funding and Policy Overview
Mr. Andrews briefed Fin Com on Affordable Housing (AH).
2021-05-11·Finance Committee·secondedConcord Affordable Housing Trust Fund Appropriations
seconded by Mr Andrews
2021-03-25·Finance Committee·spokeLong-Term Capital Planning Process Adoption
Mr. Andrews noted that his daughter had participated in basketball
2021-03-25·Finance Committee·spokeConcord Middle School financing and construction
Mr. Andrews noted that his daughter had participated in basketball
2021-02-25·Finance Committee·spokeDraft bylaw on guideline publication.
Mr. Andrews noted that not everyone looks at the Town's web site, so additional posting locations may be warranted.
Mr. Andrews noted that not everyone looks at the Town's web site, so additional posting locations may be warranted.