PUBLIC HEARING MINUTES
APRIL 15, 2003
SOUTH WINDSOR HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM
7:30 P.M.
PURPOSE: TO RECEIVE CITIZEN INPUT ON THE PROPOSED BOARD OF EDUCATION BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2003/2004
The Public Hearing was called to order at 7:35 p.m. by Mayor Aman. The Assistant to the Clerk of the Council read the Call of the Meeting (a copy of which is attached hereto).
Council Members Present:
Mayor William Aman
Deputy Mayor Matthew Streeter
Councillor Paul Burnham
Councillor Thomas Delnicki
Councillor Deborah Fine
Councillor Edward F. Havens
Councillor Judith Paquin
Councillor John Pelkey
Council Members Absent:
Councillor Barbara Barbour
Board of Education Members Present:
Kathleen Soucy Daugherty, Chairperson
Patrick Hennessey
David Joy
Victoria McCulloch
Keith Yagaloff
Thomas Reale
Janice Snyder
David Wilson
Board of Education Members Absent:
Antoinette Rodrigues
Minutes
Public Hearing – Board of Education Budget
Page 2
April 15, 2003
Kathy Soucy Daugherty, Chairperson of the Board of Education, presented the Board’s Budget (see attached Exhibit A). The following is the financial “bottom line” information contained in the presentation:
2002-2003 Approved Budget $44,884,496
Increase
Maintenance of education program and facilities $2,453,898
Improvement to educational programming and plant 1,242,409
Total Increase $3,696,307
2003-04 Board of Education Budget $48,580,803
Mayor Aman called upon members of the audience who wished to speak.
The following individuals spoke on behalf of the Gymnastics Program and asked that it be reinstated:
Sue Ellen Levine, 75 Lefoll Boulevard, current High School Gymnastics Coach
Shelly Hartnett, E-9 St. Marc Circle, spoke on behalf of the program and also read a letter from her daughter who was a South Windsor High School graduate and a member of the South Windsor Gymnastics Team while attending South Windsor High School.
Cathy King, 612 Pleasant Valley Road
Jamie Langevin, 212 Abbe Road
Sara Ferguson, 209 Norton Lane
Toni Langevin, 212 Abbe Road
Marina Camblor, 239 Lawrence Road
Annie Belanger, 71 Chapel Road
Alejandra Rivos, Exchange Student from Mexico
Allie Hartnett, E-9 St. Marc Circle
Allyssa Bramley, 48 Perrin Lane
Minutes
Public Hearing – Board of Education Budget
Page 3
April 15, 2001
The following individuals spoke in support of the Board of Education Budget as presented this evening:
Dan Abrahamson, 83 Morgan Farms Drive
Nancy DeMay, 69 Charing Road
The following individuals indicated their feelings that the Budget, as presented this evening, was excessive:
Tom Dillon, 34 Barber Hill Road
Tom Berstene, 95 Rimfield Drive, urged the Board to adopt a “Maintenance Budget.”
Peter Santoro, 66 Farmbrook Lane, also offered his services to the Board of Education to begin using free software available on the Internet.
John Stantial, 55 Debbie Drive
Roy Normen, 158 Homestead Drive
Cary Prague, 60 Krawski Drive
Paul Aitner, 19 Deepwood Drive
Nancy Dunn, 83 Homestead Drive
Ed Michalski, 416 Abbe Road
Barbara Hoff, 200 Lefoll Boulevard, indicated that the Board of Education Budget should be more than a “Maintenance Budget,” but less than that presented this evening:
Mayor Aman called for a Roll Call vote, the results of which were as follows:
Those in favor of the proposed budget as presented this evening - 5
Those in favor of a budget higher than that presented – 0
Those in favor of a budget lower than that presented - 15
The Public Hearing was closed at 9:22 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Merlyn P. Guild
Assistant to the Clerk of the Council
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