North Stonington Board of Finance
New Town Hall
Minutes of Regular Meeting, May 30, 2007
Call to Order: Vice Chairman Southwick called the meeting to order at
8:03 p.m. Members present were: Chairman Gumprecht, Borden, Pavlovics,
and Woodward; Marsh was absent.
Approval of Minutes: The minutes of May 23, 2007 were approved as
amended. The vote was 4-0-1, with Gumprecht abstaining. Southwick made
the motion and Woodward seconded.
Votes: The following votes were taken during the course of the evening.
A motion by Borden, seconded by Pavlovics, it was voted 3-1-1 to request
the auditor to remove from the 5-2-07, drafted management letter fiscal
6-30-06-the paragraph titled Management Response Borden, Pavlovics and
Woodward voted yes, Gumprecht no, and Southwick abstained.
On a motion by Gumprecht, seconded by Woodward, it was voted 5-0 to pay
auditor $12,037 as balance due auditor for fiscal 6-30-06. The $12,037
will be charged to line item B 3.01 Auditing.
On a motion by Southwick, seconded by Woodward, it was voted 3-1-1 to
give a 3% pay raise to the three selectmen for fiscal 7-01-07.
Gumprecht, Southwick, and Woodward voted yes, Pavlovics voted no and
Borden abstained. Prior to the vote, the Board reviewed selectmen's
salary comments from the public at the 5-29-07 budget hearing,
5-30-07 letter from resident Madeline Jeffrey, and comments from
residents Shawn Murphy and Joe Gross who were in the audience. First
Selectman Mullane spoke against a raise as he did not feel the timing
was right.
On a motion by Borden, seconded by Southwick, it was voted 5-0 that a
Selectmen salary survey (comparing North Stonington Selectmen salaries
to comparable towns) be conducted by the Board of Selectmen and be
presented to the Board of Finance not later than 9-30-07.
On a motion by Pavlovics, seconded by Gumprecht, it was voted to reduce
line item BB 17.01 (wages - secretary) from $9,427 to $5,000. the vote
was 4-1 with Borden voting no.
On a motion by Borden, seconded by Pavlovics, it was voted that total
town attorney line BB8 - $40,000. be split into two amounts as B8.00,
Town Attorney - $20,000, and BB8.01 Cloverleaf Litigation - $20,000.
The vote was 4-0-1 with Southwick abstaining.
On a motion by Southwick, seconded by Woodward to approve a 7-01-07
budget as delineated on revision # H, dated 5-30-07, expenditures of
$17,693,843 with an increase in surplus of $19,520 and use from TAR fund
of $55,935. The vote was 3-1-1 with Borden, Southwick and Woodward
voting yes, Pavlovics no, and Gumprecht abstaining.
On a motion by Southwick, seconded by Gumprecht, it was voted 4-0-1 to
request of the Board of Selectmen a referendum on fiscal 7-01-07 budget.
Pavlovics abstained.
Tabled:
Little League Funding
Tax Collector Report
Reviews:
Board of Education 4-30-07 Financial Report
Town Report: Robin Roohr to follow up on missing Boards and
Commissions reports (7). Gumprecht will assist by asking Charlie
Marsh to locate Board of Finance report. Gumprecht has assembled
all the furnished reports.
Overview of Board of Selectmen reports to Board of Finance.
7-01-07 Financial Liability Forecast.
Correspondence
5-30-07 letter from resident Madeline Jeffrey.
Data from Town Attorney on Board of Finance Quorum (4 members).
Outstanding Action Items
Southwick talking with Auditor about closing out certain
accounts.
Borden to make recommendations at next meeting on reporting
procedures from Selectmen to Board of Finance.
Next meeting - June 6, 2007
Adjournment On a motion by Woodward, seconded by Borden, it was voted
5-0 to adjourn at 10:57 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Bradford P. Borden
Acting Secretary
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