MINUTES REGULAR MEETING
WILLINGTON BOARD OF FINANCE
TOWN OFFICE BUILDING
40 Old Farms Road
Willington, CT 06279
January 20, 2005
7:00 P.M.
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Members Present: Members Absent:
Lynn Brown, Chairman Bill Hodge
Lisa Kenderdine
Jim Harvey
Kathy Blessing
Henry Becker
Paul Schur - Alternate~
Geoff Prusak – Alternate
Chairman Brown called the meeting to order at 7:00 P.M.
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Motion made by Jim Harvey to seat Geoff Prusak for Bill Hodge. Motion seconded by Kathy Blessing. All in favor, thus motion carried.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Motion to approve minutes of December 16, 2004 made by Henry Becker, Lisa Kenderdine seconded, Geoff Prusak abstained. All in favor, thus motion carried.
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PRESENT TO SPEAK – no one
OLD BUSINESS – None
NEW BUSINESS –
1. Schedule – Jim Harvey motioned to accept the Board of Finance 2005 Meeting Schedule. Geoff Prusak seconded. All in favor, motion carried.
2. Connecticut Municipal Consortium – Chairman Brown distributed a copy of the mission statement of the Connecticut Municipal Consortium for Fiscal Responsibility. Discussion followed.
Kathy Blessing motioned that the Board of Finance of Willington join the Connecticut Municipal Consortium for Fiscal Responsibility. Henry Becker seconded. All in favor, motion carried.
3. Secretary – There were no applicants for the BOF Secretary position. Chairman Brown informed the board that he and Debra Hlobik spoke to see if they could work around her schedule with the Town of Tolland so that she could continue with the Board of Finance. Discussion followed. They discussed increasing the salary to make it worthwhile for the secretary to continue.
BOARD OF FINANCE -2- January 20, 2005
Lisa Kenderdine motioned to increase the secretary’s salary to $15.00 per hour. Henry Becker seconded. All in favor, motion carried.
Kathy Blessing motioned to make the salary change effective immediately. Lisa Kenderdine seconded. All in favor, motion carried.
4. BOF Budget – Henry Becker motioned to submit the BOF 2005-2006 budget of $3890. Geoff Prusak seconded. All in favor, motion carried.
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CORRESPONDENCE –
Letter from Connie Berglund – 4 bids have been received engineering qualification proposals to solve the water issue with the school. Discussion followed.
Board members request a copy of the proposals. Chairman Brown will speak with her to get copies. Henry Becker inquired as to what happened with the committee we approved to follow thru with issue. Chairman Brown informed him that the First Selectman does not want to proceed with a committee. He has been working with Connie Berglund and feels that things are proceeding.
GOOD & WELFARE –
Kathy Blessing will be meeting with Terry next week to check on the library budget.
Henry Becker will be looking into the ball field project to see how they are proceeding.
Motion to adjourn made by Jim Harvey at 8:21 pm…seconded by Geoff Prusak.~~ All in favor, motion carried.
Respectfully submitted,
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Debra Hlobik, BOF Secretary
Attachment – 2005 BOF Meeting Schedule
Board of Selectmen
860-487-3100
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