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North Stonington Board of Finance
Draft Meeting Minutes of
Wednesday, June 5, 2013
New Town Hall
North Stonington, CT
- Call to Order: Chairman Dan Spring called the meeting to order at 7:33 PM. Brent Woodward, Mike Urgo, Mustapha Ratib and Emile Pavolvics were present. Peter Nimirowski was absent.
- Public Comments and Questions: Joe Gross reiterated his desire for having the Board, on a go forward basis, conduct a top down financial review of select departments to determine the validity of requested budgets. He also stated that should budget(s) fail at the upcoming referendum reductions should be based on need rather than arbitrary cuts.
Joe Guiseppe felt the education budget stood a good chance of passing as it had had minimal growth over the last five years. He was not as positive when it came to the government budget. He thought the capital spending was excessive and questioned why the undermined parking lot retaining walls had not been repaired coincidental with Main Street bridge repair. An explanation was provided.
Brian Elias, president of the NS Ambulance Association, spoke on behave of his request for additional funding to cover operating expenses for the balance of the fiscal year. As this request for additional funding occurs on an annual basis, the Board requested an evaluation into the methodology of budget estimating. Brian agreed to determine the cost of such an evaluation.
Mark Perkins, spokesperson for the NS Fire/EMS facility project, requested the Board to move on bringing the project to a Town meeting for approval. Because no action had been taken by the Town attorney on review of the USDA letter of conditions dated April 27, 2013 and the Town is not yet in receipt of the conditions from the bond attorney, the Board declined to move the issue to a Town meeting. To demonstrate the Board’s support of the project, Dan Spring moved the following:
4. Suspense Report: Tabled pending BOS action.
5. Budget Presentation; Town Meeting: 6-2-2013 Review: BOF Chairman Dan Spring, Superintendant Peter Nero and First Selectman Nick Mullane had presented the fiscal year 2013-2014 budgets to the Town on June 2, 2013. Questions and answers were generated. The budgets will be brought to referendum on June 10, 2013.
6. Future Strategies; EDC Forum 5/30/13 Review: Mustapha Ratib, Emile Pavolvics and Brent Woodward along with other members of various Town boards and commissions attended the EDC forum on economic development for public officials.
7. Previous Minutes: 5-0-0.
8. Adjournment:
Respectfully Submitted,
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Brent B. Woodward
Secretary, Board of Finance
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