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MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING
WILLINGTON BOARD OF FINANCE
Town Office Building
40 Old Farms Road
March 20, 2003
7:00 P.M.
Members Present: Members Absent:
Lynn Brown, Chairman Robert Hipsky, Jr., Vice-Chair
Henry Becker
Jim Harvey
Bill Hodge
Kathy Blessing
Mary Goodrich, Alternate
Paul Schur, Alternate
Chrmn. Brown called the meeting to order at 7:00 P.M.
Motion made by J. Harvey to seat M. Goodrich for R. Hipsky. Seconded by B. Hodge. All in favor, motion carries.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Motion made by M. Goodrich to accept March 13, 2003 minutes as submitted. Seconded by J. Harvey. H. Becker abstained, all (5) votes in favor, motion carries. Chairman Brown later pointed out that on page one there is one place that says “budge” when it should say “budget”.
PRESENT TO SPEAK
Mary D. Edwards Public Library budget request:
Members of the Library Board were present to review their 2003-2004 budget request. Their request is for $72,486, an increase of $313 or 0.43%.
Motion made by H. Becker to fund Mary D. Edwards Public Library, Dept.517 for $72,486 as requested. Seconded by M. Goodrich. B. Hodge abstained, all (5) votes in favor, motion carries.
Recreation Department:
The Recreation Director and Recreation Coordinator presented their 2003-2004 budget request. The total request is for $32,576, a $39 or 0.1% decrease.
Motion made by M. Goodrich to fund Recreation Department, Dept. 512 for $32,576 as requested. Seconded by B. Hodge. All in favor, motion carries.
Ambulance Grant:
Chief Millix from WFD#1 presented the 2003-2004 budget request for $178,900, an increase of $9,900 or 5.86%. This increase is due to the 3% salary raise and a substantial increase in insurance costs.
Motion made by B. Hodge to fund Dept. 221, Ambulance Fund at $178,900 as requested. Seconded by H. Becker. J. Harvey abstained, all (5) votes in favor, motion carries.
Willington Fire Department #1:
Chief Millix presented their 2003-2004 budget request. The total request is for $99,620, the same as last year.
Motion made by H. Becker to fund Willington Fire Dept. #1, Dept. 232, Obj. 500 at $95,620 a cut of $4,000 from the request. Seconded by B. Hodge. J. Harvey abstained, all (5) votes in favor, motion carries.
OLD BUSINESS Chairman Brown handed out a rough draft of projected revenues and budget requests summary to further clarify the budget situation. More general discussion of the 2003-2004 fiscal year budget followed.
Motion made by B. Hodge to reduce the K-8 budget request by $150,000 to fund the Board of Education 2003-2004 at $6,166,832.. Seconded by M. Goodrich. 5 aye votes (H. Becker, B. Hodge, L. Brown, J. Harvey, M. Goodrich), 1 nay vote (K. Blessing), motion passes.
Chairman Brown will compile as much information as possible to bring to the Region 19 Board of Ed meeting on the 25th and will also write some kind of a statement from the Board.
NEW BUSINESS K. Blessing told the Board that the State Legislature is considering a statute which would give towns involved in Regional School Systems with Regional Boards of Education the option to form a Regional Board of Finance. She said that the Regional Board of Finance would be weighted per Town according to Federal Statutes.
CORRESPONDENCE No significant correspondence
GOOD & WELFARE None to report
ADJOURNMENT Motion made by B. Hodge to adjourn at 9:08 P.M. Seconded by
J. Harvey. All in favor. Motion passes.
The Board of Finance will attend the Region 19 Board of Ed meeting at E.O Smith on March 25th at 7:00PM.
The next Board of Finance meeting will be held Thursday March 27, 2003 at 7:00 PM
Respectfully submitted,
Heidi A. Leech, Secretary
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