BOARD OF FINANCE
TOWN OFFICE BUILDING
40 OLD FARMS ROAD
WILLINGTON, CT 06279
BUDGET MEETING MINUTES
Thursday, February 27, 2014
Members Present: Members Absent:
John Patton, Vice Chair Alan Ference, Chairman
Elizabeth Treiber Robert Wiecenski
Jim Bulick Peter Latincsics
Geoff Prusak – Alternate
Annemarie Poole, Alternate
Also Present: Donna Latincsics, Business Manager; Tish Ignatowicz, Treasurer; Tina Binheimer, Animal Control Officer; Tara Bergeron, WYFSS; Mike Pinatti, Parks & Rec Commission; Nancy Bailey, Library Board of Directors.
Vice-Chairman John Patton called the meeting to order at 7:01 P.M.
SEATING OF ALTERNATES
Elizabeth Treiber motioned to seat Annemarie Poole for Alan Ference and Geoff Prusak for Robert Wiecenski. Jim Bulick seconded. All were in favor, motion carried.
PRESENT TO SPEAK – no one
APPROVAL OF MINUTES – tabled till next meeting
NEW BUSINESS
Budget Presentations
Dog Fund
Tina Binheimer presented her budget request. The request is for $21,330, which is an increase of $1,536 or 7.76%. The increase is mostly due to heating costs and truck maintenance.
Parks and Recreation
Mike Pinatti presented the budget request. The request is for $48,708 which is an increase of $691 or 1.44%. Annemarie Poole asked how many different families we touch with rec programs. Vice-Chair Patton asked what programs are being implemented. Town is covering 96% of administrative costs. He asked that they come back and with the answers before the end of the budget process.
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WYFSS
Tara Bergeron presented the budget request. The request is for $50,300 which is an increase of $2,693 or 5.7%. The main increase was for the Director’s salary that was discussed at a previous meeting. Discussion followed about the fund balance. The budget includes the application of $4,000 from the WTFSS fund balance.
Library Board
Nancy Bailey presented the budget request. The request is for $183,385 which is an increase of $21,171 or 13.05%. Discussion followed. The Town now has full responsibility for funding the library. Fund raising will continue.
OLD BUSINESS
WFD#1 Compensated Absences
Vice-Chair Patton informed the Board of what he knows about what happened. The Town took over the payroll services for the Fire Dept. In 2011 a check for $68,124.37 to cover all of the liabilities of the compensated absences was given to the Town for Fund 17 (Payroll). There was a miscommunication between the Town staff and the Fire Department. At that time it was co-mingled with Fund 17 (Payroll). A year later when the Union contract was negotiated there was a deficient that was run that year and there was a CD set up for liabilities and only $46,970.40 remained in Fund 17. Discussion followed.
It was decided to make a transfer to bring the Fund current to cover the original liability. It’s suggested that the Fire Department add this to their Budget request as a line item going forward. What has accrued since the original deposit will have to be calculated.
John Patton motioned to transfer $21,153.97 from Fund 17 (ESR) to Fund 17A (Payroll) to be added to the compensated absences CD at the appropriate time. Jim Bulick seconded. All were in favor, motion carried.
CORRESPONDENCE – none
GOOD & WELFARE - none
ADJOURMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 8:13 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Debra L. Lewis
BOF Recording Secretary
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