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SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES
MAY 26, 2010 at 8:15 p.m. following Referendum
Old Saybrook High School
Auditorium
- CALL TO ORDER Chairman, Carl Fortuna, called the Special Meeting (following Referendum) to order at 8:15 p.m.
Attendant Members Absent Members
Carl Fortuna, Chairman John O’Brien
George Whelen, Vice Chairman
Lee Sparaco
David LaMay
Grant Westerson
Barry O’Nell
IN ATTENDANCE:
Michael Pace, First Selectman
Bill Peace, Selectman
Carol Manning, Selectman
Bob Fish, Treasurer
Barry Maynard, Tax Collector
Michael Spera, Chief of Police
Julie Pendleton, Director of Finance and Operations
Joseph Onofrio, Superintendent of Schools
Mario Gaboury, Chairman, Board of Education
Brad Thorpe, Chair, Budget & Finance, Board of Education
Gerri Lewis, Clerk
Chairman Fortuna noted that the special meeting was to set the Mill Rate. He then called upon Treasurer Bob Fish. Mr. Fish distributed the “Mill Rate Calculation For The Year Ending June 30, 2011.” This included the Grand List, Tax Collection Rate, Other Revenues, Fund Balance Appropriation, and the Total Revenue (Budget). Mr. Fish also discussed, briefly, the projected general fund revenues for the year ending June 30, 2011.
Selectman Pace noted that the shortfall was the risk of the possible loss of the $80K in the Conveyance Tax.
Chairman Fortuna noted that the current Mill Rate is 13.44 and that the new Mill Rate would be 13.99. He asked for a motion to adopt the new Mill Rate.
Motion: To adopt a Mill Rate of 13.99 against the Grand List of October 1, 2009.
Moved: G. Westerson Second: G. Whelen
Discussion: None
Approved: C. Fortuna; B. O’Nell; D. LaMay; G. Whelen; L. Sparaco; G. Westerson 6-0-0
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At this time, Chairman Fortuna signed a letter to Barry E. Maynard, Tax Collector which read: “At a meeting of the Board of Finance, Town of Old Saybrook, legally warned and held on the 26th day of May, 2010 it was voted to adopt a Mill Rate of 13.99 against the Grand List of October 1, 2009.”
Chairman Fortuna, noting there was no further business, asked for a motion to adjourn.
Motion: To adjourn at 8:28 p.m.
Moved: G. Westerson Second: B. O’Nell
Discussion: None
Approved: C. Fortuna; B. O’Nell; D. LaMay; G. Whelen; L. Sparaco; G. Westerson 6-0-0
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Respectfully Submitted,
Gerri Lewis, Clerk
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