Minutes
There was a meeting of the RTM Ways and Means Committee on Monday, May 4, 2009, at Canoe Brook Senior Center, 11 Cherry Hill Road, Branford, CT.
The meeting came to order at 7:40 PM. Present were Rep. Avitable, Rep. Cinque, Rep. Keefe, Rep. Nardella, and Rep. Thayer.
The following were heard:
1. Presentation of the FY 2009-2010 operating budget for
Young’s Pond Park Commission - Kenneth Graham
2. Presentations on items in the FY 2009-2010 Capital Budget for:
Engineering – Janice Plaziak
GGB – Janice Plaziak and Otto Berger
Planning & Zoning – Shirley Rasmussen
Commission on Elderly – Dagmar Ridgway
Assessor – Barbara Neal
Information Technology – Peter Hugret
WPC/WWTP – Manny Furtado
Blackstone Library – Kathy Rieger
Fire – Chief Jack Ahern and Commissioner David LaCroix
Police – Chief John DeCarlo and Deputy Chief Tom Fowler
Public Works – Ed Masotta
Board of Education – Superintendent Kathleen Halligan, Buildings and Grounds Director Mark Deming, and Chief Technology Officer Clint Kennedy
3. To consider and if appropriate, approve the FY 2009-2010 proposed budgets for:
Recreation Department
Parker Park Commission
Young’s Pond Commission
Parks & Open Space
Docks & Recreational Facilities
Public Celebration
Branford Cable Television
Sewer Assessment Fund
Water Assessment
Employee Group Insurance
Municipal Insurance
Pensions & Contributions
Contingency
Principal Debt Service
Interest Debt Service
Motion by Representative Avitable to approve the above budgets as recommended by the Board of Finance. Second by Representative Keefe. Passed 5-0.
Capital Projects
All Capital Improvement plan lines were approved as recommended by the Board of Finance, except as follows:
Town:
Revaluation 2009 GL & 2014 - Assessor. $92,000 requested, approved $62,000.
Access Control System (ADT State bid) – Police. $45,500 has already been authorized and expended. Inclusion of this item in the FY2010 budget book is a typographical error. FY2010 recommended total should be reduced by this $45,500.
Police Department Carpet & Flooring – GGB - $25,000 requested, approved $12,500.
Board of Education:
21st Century Audio Visual Systems - $49,000 requested, approved $0.
Office Computers (1/6 replaced annually) - $10,000 requested, approved $5,000.
Output devices - Requested $40,000, approved $30,000.
Equipment – Requested $9,500, approved $4,500.
Indian Neck School Parking Lot and Paving – Requested $57,000, approved $0.
Indian Neck School Connect to Main Sewer – Requested $41,000, approved $0.
Capital Budget reductions of $42,500 Town, plus $167,000 Board of Ed for total reduction of $209,500, plus $45,500 typo, (Town total $88,000,) grand total of $255,000 reduction from the General fund budget as recommended by the Board of Finance.
Meeting was adjourned at 11:17.
Respectfully submitted,
Scott Thayer
Ways and Means Committee Chair
May 5, 2009
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