Motions from the minutes of the regular meeting of the Legislative Council held on Wednesday, May 6, 2009, in the meeting room of the C.H. Booth Library, 25 Main Street, Newtown. The meeting was called to order at 7:30pm.
PRESENT: Joseph DiCandido, Francis Pennarola, Gary Davis, Patricia Llodra, Po Murray, Daniel Amaral, Jan Brookes, Jeffery Capeci and William Rodgers.
ABSENT: John Aurelia, Sr., John Torok and Joseph Hemingway
ALSO PRESENT: First Selectman Joseph Borst, Finance Director Robert Tait, 1 member of the press and three members of the public.
Mr. Capeci made the motion to accept the minutes of the meeting March 4, 2009 as distributed. Mrs. Brookes seconded and the motion was unanimously carried.
Mr. Capeci moved to accept the minutes of the March 25, 2009 public hearing as distributed. Mrs. Llodra seconded and the motion was unanimously approved.
Mr. Capeci made the motion to accept the minutes from the Special Meeting March 26, 2009. Mrs. Llodra seconded and the motion was unanimously carried.
Mr. DiCandido noted that there were many grammatical errors with the minutes of March 26, 2009. Specifically he noted a change under the Finance Sub-Committee Report. According to Mr. DiCandido, the sentence should read “Mr. DiCandido noted the amount of time and effort the Board of Finance put into the Budget was enormous.”
Ms. Murray request that the letter from Attorney David Grogins of Cohen and Wolf, dated March 26, 2009, regarding the advisory questions; and the letter from Attorney Glenn A. Santoro of Robinson & Cole, dated March 25, 2009, regarding the refunding statute, be attached to the minutes of March 26, 2009.
Mr. Capeci moved to accept the minutes from the Special Meeting April 1, 2009. Mr. Amaral seconded and the motion was unanimously approved.
Mr. Pennarola made the motion to transfer from Account Number 01570-2000 Contingency, the amount of $27,000 to account number 01890-0000 to the Town Hall Board of Managers Fund the amount of $27,000. Mr. Capeci seconded and the motion was unanimously carried.
According to Mr. Pennarola the purpose of the transfer was to replace the HVAC system in the movie theater which needs replacing.
Mr. Pennarola moved to authorize the tax collector to move to the Suspense Tax Book a total 228 Personal Property Accounts totaling $55,835.16, 3 Real Estate Accounts totaling $89,907.66, and 418 Motor Vehicle Accounts totaling $66,385.62, for a total of 649 accounts and a total of $212,128.44. Mrs. Llodra seconded and the motion was unanimously approved.
Mr. Pennarola stated that the statutes require the tax collector to determine annually what accounts are uncollectable, and then those accounts are transferred from the regular accounts receivable to the tax suspense list. According to Mr. Pennarola, this frees the tax collector of the obligation of expending time and effort sending out repeated bills that don’t get paid. It does not free up the obligation for the accounts to be paid.
Mr. DiCandido made the motion to accept the 2007-2008 Audit as corrected. Mr. Pennarola seconded and the motion was unanimously carried.
Mr. DiCandido made the motion to appoint Kostin, Ruffkess & Co. to perform the audit for the next year 2008-2009 period. Mr. Capeci seconded and the motion was unanimously approved.
Mrs. Llodra made the motion to adjourn the meeting at 9:20pm. Mr Pennarola seconded and the motion was unanimously carried.
Ted Swigart, Clerk
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