MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING
WILLINGTON BOARD OF FINANCE
Town Office Building
40 Old Farms Road
May 15, 2003
Members Present: Members Absent:
Lynn Brown, Chairman Robert Hipsky, Jr., Vice-Chair
Henry Becker Kathy Blessing
Paul Schur, Alternate Bill Hodge
John Patton, ex officio Jim Harvey
Mary Goodrich, Alternate
Chrmn. Brown called the meeting to order at 7:18 P.M. after the arrival of John Patton
Motion by H. Becker to seat P. Schur for K. Blessing. Seconded by L. Brown. All in favor, motion carries.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
A correction should be made on the minutes from the April 17th meeting. The location at the top of the page should say Town Office Building 40 Old Farms Road since that is where the meeting was held. Motion made by H. Becker to accept the April 17, 2003 minutes as corrected. Seconded by P. Schur. All in favor, motion passes.
PRESENT TO SPEAK
Revenue Collector, Gay St. Louis was present to request the transfer of uncollected tax revenue to the suspense book.
Motion by H. Becker stating the Board of Finance authorizes the transfer of $16,565.65 of uncollected property tax to the suspense tax book and authorizes Chairman Brown to sign the authorization on behalf of the Board. Seconded by P. Schur. All in favor, motion carries.
OLD BUSINESS None
NEW BUSINESS Setting of the MIL rate for the 2003-2004 fiscal year. Chairman Brown handed out a budget summary for the upcoming fiscal year and requested that the MIL rate be set at 28.80. This is an increase of 1.55 MIL or 5.69%. Motion made by H. Becker to set the 2003-2004 MIL rate at 28.80 as requested by Chairman Brown. Seconded by P. Schur. All in favor. Motion passes.
CORRESPONDENCE None
GOOD & WELFARE The Board of Finance Secretary gave her resignation and an immediate search is underway to find a replacement if anyone knows someone who might be interested.
ADJOURNMENT Motion made by P. Schur to adjourn at 7:33 P.M. Seconded by
H. Becker. All in favor. Motion passes.
Respectfully submitted,
Heidi A. Leech, Secretary
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