Town of North Stonington

                                                   Board of Selectmen Meeting

                                              New Town Hall Conference Room

                                                               July 26, 2016

                                                                   7:00 PM

MINUTES

          1.      Call to Order/ Roll Call-7:02 PM with First Selectman Murphy and Selectmen Mullane and Donahue

2.      Pledge of Allegiance

3.      Public Comments and Questions

4.      Correspondence-

Letter from Garden Club

Letter from Fire Company requesting consideration to takeover service

area for emergency medical responses

Letter regarding Hollowell Road boundary Preston? North Stonington?

5.      Tax Refunds-A motion was made by First Selectman Murphy and seconded by Selectman Mullane to authorize tax refunds per the Tax Collector’s request, carrying.  3-0

Catherine Johnstone                       $   23.96

Randy Paquette                                $148.61

6.       Minutes-A motion was made by Selectman Donahue and seconded by Selectman Mullane to approve the minutes of July 12, 2016, carrying 3-0

7.      FY2016-2017 Budget -A motion was made by Selectman Murphy and seconded by Selectman Mullane to hold a public hearing on the new budget, after reductions by the Board of Finance, after general discussion motion passed 2-1 with Selectman Donahue against.

              Possible Reduction in Transfer Station Hours-Will be investigated further.  A motion was made by Selectman Murphy and seconded by Selectman Mullane to set the mill rate for FY 2016-17 at 27 mills, carrying.  3-0

8.      NSAA –Discussion with Brian Elias

Run Status Report-Run report was provided and the Board discussed training requirements, missed calls and budget cuts with Mr. Elias

Narrowband Radio-Still investigating sites on Wintechog Hill Road

Capital Equipment-In FY 2016-2017 was reviewed

9.     Maintenance of Private Roads/Property-Discussion on budget funding, tax revenues, assessments, possible surcharge for private roads, rights of way, court decisions, school bus traffic and ramification of discontinuation.  No decisions were made.

10.   Employee Safety Handbook-Ratification-Tabled, for incorporation of Mr. Donahue’s comments

11.   FY 2015-2016 Close Out, Deobligation of Capital Projects and

       Audit Preparation-Pre-Audit meeting is scheduled for the 1^st of

       August, still pending several invoices.

12.   Discussion of possible options for changing Town government

         Structure-Selectman Donahue presented information on

        Scope, mission and guidelines.  Searching for volunteers to sit

        on Committee, will report next week.

13.   Public Comments and Questions-Bob Shabunia was in from EMS Committee to remind Board on need for Clerk of the Works for Project.  Rebidding the project and advertisement was also discussed.

14.   Adjournment-10:52 PM