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North Stonington Board of Finance
Meeting Minutes
of
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
New Town Hall
40 Main Street, North Stonington, CT
- Call to Order: Chairman Dan Spring called the meeting to order at 7:30 P.M.~ Mustapha Ratib, Brent Woodward and Peter Nimirowski were present. Emile Pavolvics and Elwin Bresette were absent.
- Public Comments and Questions:~ There were no public comments or questions.
- Reval 2011 Presentation by Daryl Delgrosso: Town assessor Daryl Delgrosso presented the Board a draft 2011 Grand List report. The following table provides a comparison of the 2010 to 2011 Grand List. The reduced 2011 numbers represent a reduction, from 2010, of 15.57 per cent. An increase in mill rate to 24.07 would be needed to raise the same revenue.
Description |
2010 |
2011 |
Real Estate |
558,251,010 |
457,775,555 |
Motor Vehicles |
40,604,570 |
42,531,350 |
Personal Property |
26,832,206 |
27,142,138 |
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Estimated Total |
625,687,786 |
527,449,043 |
A final report from the assessor’s office is anticipated by the end of January 2012.
- Board of Selectmen: First Selectman Nick Mullane updated the Board on the following:
a. Project updates:
- The Boombridge Road bridge project first phase, which is the design work, is on schedule.~
- The Main Street bridge construction project is now under contract with a completion date of August 28, 2012.
- A contract with Planimetrics for $25,000 has been signed that will address town Affordable Housing issues.
- An addition to the transfer station to accommodate the compaction of recyclables is under way for a cost of $50,000. Half the cost comes from LOCIP.
- The Town has purchased three new pickup trucks; two Ford F150s and a Ford F350.
- The replacement boiler project at the school is close to being finished. Gaging improvement in energy consumption against the old is difficult because of the switch over from oil to gas combined with the warmer than normal winter.
A complaint from the Eastern Pequot Tribal Nation has been issued against the US Department of Interior that has the potential to impact the Town if land were to be annexed and came off the tax rolls.
- The Connecticut DEP has begun the drawdown of Wyassup Lake to facilitate damn repair. Repair of the bridge on Rt 184 over the Blackwell Brook will start in the near future.
b. Project Encumbrances/Jeremy Hill: In reference to the Board of Selectmen letter re-dated January 5, 2012 regarding the Jeremy Hill Road paving project, Dan Spring made a motion to approve a request to extend the 90 day encumbrance period by 30 days so that the $128,537 (budget account number B27.03) payment can be applied to FY 2010-11 expenditures. The motion was seconded by Peter Nimirowski and carried 4-0-0.
- Additional Appropriations:
A motion was made by Dan Spring to approve an additional appropriation of $50,850 to fund the Federal Share of the DUI grant for line item BB26.04 State Troopers. The motion was seconded by Brent Woodward and carried 4-0-0.
A motion was made by Dan Spring to approve an additional appropriation of $15,363 to line item BB27.03 Town Road Maintenance for expenses incurred to the Hewitt Property Dam-PW #130. The motion was seconded by Mustapha Ratib and carried 4-0-0.
A motion was made by Dan Spring to approve an additional appropriation of $17,000 to Capital Non Recurring (CNR) new line item (Village Green Bridge) for engineering costs associated with repair of the bridge. The motion was seconded by Peter Nimirowski and carried 4-0-0.
- FY 2010/2011 Closeout: The Town has provided all items requested by Marien + Company (Auditor) resulting from the audit except for fraud statements, which should be provided by Friday (January 20, 2012). One change that has been implemented because of the audit is the outsourcing of the Town payroll.
A motion was made by Dan Spring to accept the FY 2010-2011 Town audit as presented by Marien + Company. The motion was seconded by Brent Woodward and carried 4-0-0.
- FY 2011/2012 Budget / Tri-Part Meeting: Town departments have been requested to submit budgets for the upcoming year. Planning and Zoning has responded with a five per cent increase. The tri-part meeting between the BoF, BoS and BoE is scheduled for February 8, 2012.
5. Tax Collector’s Report: Tabled
6. Previous Minutes:~ Brent Woodward moved to approve the BoF minutes of January 4, 2012. Mustapha Ratib seconded and the motion carried 4-0-0.
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- Correspondence: ~Dan Spring reported that the Town Clerk had been provided with the necessary information to complete the RFPs for audit services, which would be issued directly.
8. BoF Strategy/Future Agenda Items:
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- REVAL 2011
- Tri-Part Meeting
- Audit FY 2010-11
- Approval of January 18, 2012 Minutes
9. Adjournment: A motion was made by Dan Spring to adjourn. The motion was seconded by Peter Nimirowski and carried 4-0-0. The meeting adjourned at 10:17 PM.
Respectfully Submitted,
Brent Woodward
Secretary, Board of Finance
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