North Stonington Board of Finance
Meeting Minutes
of
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Senior Center
40 Main Street, North Stonington, CT
1. Call to Order: Chairman Dan Spring called the meeting to order at 7:34 P.M. Peter Nimirowski, Emile Pavolvics and Brent Woodward were present. Mustapha Ratib and Elwin Bresette were absent.
2. Public Comments and Questions: No public comments.
3. Board of Selectmen: First Selectman Nick Mullane and Selectmen Mark Donahue and Shawn Murphy updated the Board on the following:
a. Project Updates:
• A meeting between the Town and the contractor of the Main Street bridge project, which has yet to shown any signs of significant work, is scheduled for March 15, 2012. Nick Mullane is confident the end date will be met.
• Design drawings of the Hewitt Property dam repair are currently being reviewed by the Department of Environmental Protection. FEMA is expected to provide financial aid with the Town’s share being somewhere in the $300,000 range.
• The Boombridge Road bridge project first phase, which is the design work, is lagging out to twelve months. The completion date is now December 2012 rather than September 2012.
• Tennis court reconstruction completion is expected in four weeks vice the previously reported date of June of this year and on budget.
b. Additional Appropriations:
Dan Spring moved to approve an additional appropriation of $20,000 to line item BB11.04 (Planning and Zoning Attorney). The motion was seconded by Peter Nimirowski. The motion was defeated 2-2-0.
The request for this appropriation was deferred at the previous BoF meeting to allow time for the Selectmen’s office to assemble a detailed financial sheet describing how the budget had been spent. Although the details did provide the expenditures, numerous additional entries could not be explained, which was the basis of the disapproval.
c. Update Tribal Recognition and Annexation: At this point, action by the federal government, state and town(s) has yet to be determined. Nick Mullane expressed his desire for staying involved and is trying to develop a line of communication with the government. Little money has been spent by the Town on this matter to date.
d. Budget Prep 2012-13/Revenue: A proposed draft schedule of 2012/2013 revenues was provided. Although many items are questionable, significant items include FEMA reimbursement of $1,481,250 and Note Proceeds of $2,141,000. Nick Mullane is attempting to meet with FEMA representatives to further discuss the issue. He will also provide the Board with a schedule of redemption of Town debt.
Dan Spring challenged the Selectmen to create a 3/5 year budget plan that included hook-up to the Stonington sewer system with expansion to the route 2/184 traffic circle in the next 12 to 18 months. Nick Mullane said that a lot of investigative work had been done over the last few years on adding sewers to the Town and would share the information. Dan Spring emphasized that a reasonable growth in the Grand List would add vitality to the Town.
e. Profit/Loss Ledger: All earlier questions had been resolved with the exception of FEMA’s payment methods that Nick Mullane is pursuing.
4. Previous Minutes: Dan Spring moved to approve the minutes of March 7, 2012 as amended. The motion was seconded by Emile Pavlovics and passed 4-0-0.
5. Correspondence: None
6. BoF Strategy/Future Agenda Items:
• Profit and Loss Report
• Approval of March 14, 2012 Minutes
• Budget Review with the BoE
• P and Z Additional Appropriation
7. Adjournment: A motion was made by Dan Spring to adjourn. The motion was seconded by Peter Nimirowski and carried 4-0-0. The meeting was adjourned at 10:55 PM.
Respectfully Submitted,
Brent Woodward
Secretary, Board of Finance
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