WILLINGTON BOARD OF FINANCE
Town Hall
Common Road
Willington, CT ~06279
April 6, 2010
MEETING FOLLOWING THE BUDGET HEARING
Members Present:
Ken Schoppmann, Chairman
Ann Marie Brown, Vice-Chair
Elizabeth Marco
Alan Ference
Peter Latincsics
Chopeta Lyons
Richard Littell - Alternate
Mark Wiggins – Alternate
Also Present: Donna Latincsics, Business Manager; Tish Ignatowicz, Treasurer; Lynn Nicholls, Public Works Dir.; Selectmen Christina Mailhos and Tyler Millix; Dave Harding, Superintendent; Mark Makuch, Board of Ed; members of the public.
Chairman Schoppmann called the meeting to order at 8:04 P.M.
SEATING OF ALTERNATES – not needed
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Motion to approve the minutes of the March 25, 2010 Special Budget Meeting was made by Ann Marie Brown with the following amendments. Chopeta Lyons seconded. All were in favor, motion carried.
Under present to speak:
1st line of Chopeta’s request should end with: to be included.
Page 2, budget transfers is missing the line:
$7,550 from line 0183 Consulting Engineers
PRESENT TO SPEAK – no one
NEW BUSINESS
CIP
Chairman Schoppmann recapped for the Board where things stand with the Capital Improvement Plan. Our Board rejected the plan at our last meeting and sent it back to their Board with a request to reschedule one of the Fire Trucks. The Board of Selectmen rejected our suggested revision. The leases for the fire trucks are funded with funds from the Emergency Services Fund and LOCIP. The Emergency Services Fund is designated specifically for the purchase of Emergency Equipment.
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Tyler Millix, Fire Chief Willington #1, spoke about the difference of opinion between the Board of Finance and the Fire Departments with the use of the Fund and the trend with the growth of the fund. There is $317,000 sitting in the fund now which could be $400,000 by the end of this fiscal year. Based on his professional experience they have the cash to pay for one truck now. Over the next 10 years they should have the funds to be able to cover the other one. The truck that is being replaces for Willington #1 is 30 years old. They cannot guarantee that is will pump and do not consider it safe.
Dick Clause of the Willington Hill Fire Department said that the truck they need to replace is also 30 years old; it’s their 1st responder and needs work to be able to make is safe. This request has been in CIP for 8 years. Discussion followed.
Lisa Marco motioned to approve the CIP plan as presented with the two fire trucks included. Chopeta Lyons seconded. Vote was taken: Yes (Ference, Brown, Marco), No (Lyons, Latincsics, Schoppmann). Vote was tied, motion failed.
BUDGET DISCUSSIONS
Chairman Schoppmann informed the Board that there have been some changes with the budget with three of the departments. Library - $1,200, BOE - $48,000 and the Selectmen - $2,000.
Peter Latincsics motioned to reduce spending to $70,822. There was no second.
Ken Schoppmann motioned to change the Library grant from $116,375 to $115,146, which reflects the $1,229 reduction. Alan Ference seconded. All were in favor, motion carried.
Ken Schoppmann motioned to adjust the Board of Education from $7,754,296 to $7,706,296. Alan Ference seconded. All were in favor, motion carried.
Ken Schoppmann motioned to adjust the Selectmen’s budget from $2,677,487 to $2,675,487 which reflects a $2,000 reduction in health insurance. Alan Ference seconded. All were in favor, motion carried.
AUDITOR SELECTION
Donna Latincsics presented the Board with a spread sheet summarizing the auditor’s bids. Chairman Schoppmann informed the Board that we will discuss this at the next Board of Finance meeting on April 15th.
Chairman Schoppmann informed the Board that the Auditor’s bids seem to running higher than is budgeted for the 2010/2011fiscal year. He asked for the Board opinion on increasing the budget to reflect the possible increase.
Peter Latincsics motioned to leave the budget request for the 2010/2011 fiscal year as is. Chopeta Lyons seconded. All were in favor, motion carried.Board of Finance -3-
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OLD BUSINESS – none
CORRESPONDENCE – none.
GOOD & WELFARE – none
ADJOURMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 9:35 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Debra Hlobik
BOF Recording Secretary
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