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Board of Finance Minutes 03/16/2011 Approved

North Stonington Board of Finance
Approved Meeting Minutes
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Senior Center
Behind Holly Green, North Stonington, CT


  • Call to Order: Chairman M. Donahue called the meeting to order at 7:34 P.M.  Chairman M. Donahue, Vice Chairman D. Spring, P. Nimirowski, E. Bresette, E. Pavlovics and M. Ratib were present.
  • Public Comments and Questions: None.
  • Board of Selectmen:
  • 2011-12 Budget Revenue Estimate – No additional update available.
  • Transfer and Additional Appropriation for Town’s Attorney:  E. Bresette moved to transfer $10,000.00 from Line Item BB20.00 Town Insurance to B8.00 Town Attorney. D. Spring seconded and the motion carried 6-0-0.
P. Nimirowski moved to recommend to a Town Meeting an Additional Appropriation of $20,000.00 to Line Item B8.00 Town Attorney. D. Spring seconded and the motion carried 6-0-0.
  • Additional Appropriation to Capital Non-recurring Account for Main Street Bridge Repairs: M. Donahue moved to recommend to a Town Meeting an Additional Appropriation of $177,337.00 to the CNR Storm Damage account. D. Spring seconded and the motion did not carry 2-4-0 with E. Bresette, P. Nimirowski, E. Pavlovics and M. Ratib voting against.
  • Status of Town Audit:
  • Accept Final Report: E. Bresette moved to accept the Final Report of the 2009/10 Town Audit. D. Spring seconded and the motion carried 6-0-0.
  • RFP for Annual Audit – Marien & Company confirmed there will be no increase in price for audit services next year
  • Board of Finance Strategy:
  • Assessor’s Proposed 2011-12 Budget – M. Donahue moved to reduce the proposed Assessor’s budget and remove the 2% salary increase for Assessor and Assistant. D. Spring seconded and the motion carried 6-0-0.
  • BOF Budget/Administrative Assistance – A formal quote for audit services from Marien & Co. will be forwarded shortly. Marien & Co. confirmed there will be no additional separate Federal Single Audit resulting from the receipt of FEMA reimbursements – only one Federal Single Audit is required.
  • Additional Revenue Sources – The Board will investigate expanding sources of revenue to the Town.
  • Previous Minutes: D. Spring moved to approve the BOF Regular Meeting minutes of November 17th as written. P. Nimirowski seconded and the motion carried 5-0-1, with E. Bresette abstaining.
P. Nimirowski moved to approve the BOF Regular Meeting minutes of November 17th as written. M Ratib seconded and the motion carried 5-0-1, with E. Bresette abstaining.

  • Correspondence: E-mail, Marien to Donahue, Town of North Stonington Audit Services for 2010/11 Report, March 14, 2011.
  • Future Agenda Items Identification: None.
  • Adjournment: E. Bresette moved to adjourn. D. Spring seconded and the motion carried 6-0-0. The meeting adjourned at 10:20 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,

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Mark S. Donahue                                         Approved: 3-23-11
Chairman, Board of Finance