North Stonington Board of Finance
New Town Hall
Minutes of Regular Meeting, May 16, 2007
Call to Order: Vice Chairman Southwick called the meeting to order at
8:11 p.m. Members Borden, Marsh, Pavlovics, and Woodward were present.
Chairman Gumprecht was absent.
Approval of Minutes: The minutes of Special meeting and Regular
meeting, both on May 9th were reviewed. The special meeting minutes was
approved 5-0 as presented and the regular meeting minutes 5-0 as amended
Both approvals followed a Marsh motion and seconded by Woodward.
Little League: Status was updated. A letter dated 5/14/07 from the
Little League was presented and will be referenced by the Little League
at the Budget hearing.
Surplus: The estimate by Marien and Co. for June 30,2007 is
$1,144,921.
Voted: During the course of the evening, the following votes were
taken:
Southwick moved, seconded by Woodward to send to Town Meeting, without
Board of Finance comment, a request from the Board of Selectmen (First
Selectman's letter of May 16, 2007) for an additional appropriation of
$30,000 to line item BB8.0, town attorney. The vote was 3-2, with
Borden, Southwick and Woodward voting yes, and Marsh and Pavlovics
voting no.
Southwick moved, seconded by Woodward to approve expenditures of
$17,696,671 for proposed 6-30-08 Budget. The motion failed 1-4 with
Southwick voting yes.
Pavlovics moved, seconded by Woodward to present to the Budget Hearing,
a balanced budget with a mill rate of 19.75. The motion passed 4-1
with Southwick voting no.
Borden moved, seconded by Southwick to approve proposed 6-30-08
expenditures of $17,696,671. The motion passed 4-1 with Pavlovics
voting no.
Other: During the voting deliberations, Southwick commented that the
Board of Finance members that he was seriously considering resigning,
and "you are all pathetic". Southwick instructed that his comments were
to be included in the minutes.
Tabled: Tax collector report.
Town report, Nick Gumprecht to pursue.
Correspondence: 5-14-07 letter from Assessor confirming State of Ct Net
Grand List calculations for North Stonington.
Letter from Marien and Co. of 5-16-07 stating that Board of Finance "has
enough information to prepare the 2007-2008 budget".
Outstanding Action Items:
Board of Education uninsured cash.
Net Grand List and tax collection percentage
Fixed Asset List
DARE Fund
LOCIP Fund
TAR fund
Capital non recurring account
Next Meeting: May 23, 2007 New Town Hall
Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at 12:23 a.m. on a 5-0 vote
with motion by Borden, seconded by Marsh.
Respectfully submitted,
Bradford P. Borden
Acting Secretary
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