PUBLIC HEARING MINUTES
APRIL 11, 2005
7:00 P.M.
TIMOTHY EDWARDS MIDDLE SCHOOL
ROOM ALT. 6
PURPOSE: TO RECEIVE CITIZEN INPUT ON THE PROPOSED BOARD OF EDUCATION BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2005/2006.
The Public Hearing was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by Deputy Mayor Pelkey. The Clerk of the Council read the Call of the Meeting (a copy of which is attached). The following Town Council members were present:
Deputy Mayor John P. Pelkey
Councillor Thomas Delnicki
Councillor Deborah Fine
Councillor Judith Paquin
Councillor Elizabeth Pendleton
Councillor Cary Prague
Councillor Matthew Streeter
Councillor Roseann Williams
Absent: Mayor Edward Havens
The following Board of Education members were present:
Robert O’Connor, Chairperson
Kathleen Soucy Daugherty
Anthony J. Fornuto II
Janice A. Snyder
Keith Yagaloff
Absent: David S. Joy
James Katz
Victoria S. McCulloch
Thomas Reale
There were approximately 55 people in the audience.
Mr. Robert O’Connor, Chairperson of the Board of Education presented the Board of Education’s budget, which was being submitted this evening. Please see attached Exhibit A.
Annamae and Bill Davis were unable to attend the meeting, but they submitted a letter to the Members of the Town Council and Members of the Board of Education and asked that it be read into Minutes for Public Hearing. Please see attached Exhibit B.
The following members of the audience then came forward to address the Town Council and the Board of Education:
Bob Benson, 15 West Road
Herb Asplund, 56 Tumble Brook Drive
James Throwe, 1330 Main Street
Lonnie Maytubby, 16 Lake Street
Joe Costa, 25 Rosemary
Cate Evans, 22 Morgan Farms
Roger Whitham, 68 Kingfisher Circle
Kerri Davidson, 432 Oakland Road
Kathryn Hale, 54 Orchard Hill Road
Linda Howell, 66 Beechwood Lane
Sylvia Georgeadis, 105 Greenfield Drive
Kevin McCann, 170 Lisa Drive
Jody Oliver, 67 Murielle Drive
Barbara Hoff, 200 Lefoll Boulevard
Cindy Oppenheimer, 46 Beechwood Lane
Tim Moriarty, 90 Skyline Drive
Barbara Madara, 29 Highview Road
Daria Plummer, 235 Orchard Hill Drive
Following comments from the audience, Deputy Mayor Pelkey asked for a Straw Vote, the results of which were as follows:
Those supporting the School Budget as submitted to the Town Council by the Board of Education: 37
Those that support spending more on the School Budget: 4
Those that support spending less on the School Budget: 5
A motion to adjourn was made at 9:05 p.m.; was duly seconded; and approved, unanimously.
Respectfully submitted,
Vanessa Perry
Assistant to the Clerk of the Council
Attachments – Exhibit A: Presentation made by the Chairperson of the Board of Education
Exhibit B: Letter from Annamae and Bill Davis
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