WILLINGTON BOARD OF FINANCE
Town Hall
Common Road
Willington, CT ~06279
7:00 P.M.
MEETING FOLLOWING THE BUDGET HEARING
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Members Present: Members Absent:
Ken Schoppmann, Chairman Elizabeth Marco
Ann Marie Brown, Vice-Chair
Alan Ference, Secretary
Peter Latincsics
Robert Wiecenski
Elizabeth Treiber - Alternate
Annemarie Poole - Alternate
Also Present: Donna Latincsics, Business Manager; Tish Ignatowicz, Treasurer; Christina Mailhos, 1st Selectman; Dave Harding, Superintendent; Butch Littell, Selectman; members of many of the Boards and Commissions; members of the public.
Chairman Ken Schoppmann called the Meeting Following the Budget Hearing to order at 7:40 P.M.
SEATING OF ALTERNATES
Alan Ference motioned to seat Annemarie Poole for Lisa Marco, Robert Wiecenski seconded. All were in favor, motion carried.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Motion to approve the minutes of the March 15, 2012 Budget meeting was made by Alan Ference with the following amendment, Robert Wiecenski seconded. All were in favor, motion carried.
Page 1, under present to speak should say Fermier Road.
Motion for Senior Center was duplicated
Peter Latincsics felt that the Gauthier's comments should have been added from the end of the meeting.
PRESENT TO SPEAK
Alex Strong, Fermier Rd - commented about the per student cost very close to $16,000, the same as EO Smith.
Board of Finance -2- April 10, 2012
NEW BUSINESS
Appropriation of HPTAG & STEAP Grant funds.
Selectman Mailhos summarized the project and the need for a Town Meeting to appropriate the funds.
Ann Marie Brown motioned that the Board of Finance recommends that the Board of Selectmen call a Town Meeting for the following purpose:~ to appropriate $100,000 from the STEAP grant, Project #2011160001, and $7,500 from HPTAG (Historical Preservation Technical Assistant Grant) for renovations and restoration of the Old Town Hall. Annemarie Poole seconded. All were in favor, motion carried.
Budget adjustments if needed - none needed.
OLD BUSINESS – none
CORRESPONDENCE
Chairman Schoppmann asked the Board for their comments on the previously received letter from the Town of Killingworth. Discussion followed
Nancy Gauthier commented that with more regionalization there is less local control.
Carl Pierson , Fermier Road, commented that a good reliable representative would be needed.
A poll was taken of the Board to see if they wanted to take action on the request. Peter Latincsics voted yes, all others voted no.
GOOD & WELFARE
The concern about the public coming to meetings and their questions being welcomed. The Board of Finance encourages as many people as possible to come to the meetings. The Board will continue to make this a hospitable place where the public can ask questions to be answered with the utmost courtesy.
ADJOURMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 8:14 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Debra Hlobik
BOF Recording Secretary
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