BOARD OF FINANCE
DECEMBER 11, 2018
Page 1 of 2
DRAFT
Attendance: Chairman John Grabowski, John Ford IV, Sharon
Huxey, Elizabeth Thornquist
Visitors: First
Selectwoman Derrylyn Gorski, Thomas Broesler, Sheila Lang
The December 11, 2018 of the Board of Finance was opened at 7:05
p.m. without a quorum present.
CHAIRMAN’S REPORT
Chairman Grabowski gave his report on the Amity Regional
School Finance meeting. The new
superintendent Dr. Jennifer Byars was present at this meeting. The Amity audit is almost complete except for
a few problems with the Student Activity Fund.
The surplus from the 2017-18 budget is $3,213,732. Bethany should receive a check of $633,074
for their percentage of the surplus. It
appears that for the budget of 2018-19 there is a $916,641 surplus for the
first six months of this year. The Amity
Regional School System would like to present their budget to the Board on
February 12, 2019.
FIRST
SELECTWOMAN’S REPORT
First Selectwoman Gorski reported that the cost to date for
the tornado cleanup is approximately $425,000.
The paperwork for FEMA is complete.
First Selectwoman Gorski introduced Sheila Lang. First Selectwoman Gorski has hired Sheila to
fill the vacancy of Tom Broesler, Finance Director when he retires January 10,
2018. Since Tom will have drawn the
entire budget of $54,000 an additional appropriation will need to be made to
cover the salary of Sheila for the balance of the fiscal year.
At 8:00 p.m. Katie Erickson called in and her phone was
placed on speaker so that the special meeting of 6:55 p.m. to appoint and swear
in a new member could officially be called to order. After the adjournment of the special meeting
the regular meeting of the Board of Finance was called to order by Chairman
Grabowski at 8:05 p.m. The newly
appointed member Elizabeth Thornquist was seated to make a quorum.
There will be a CCM Workshop held on January 5, 2019 from
9:30 – 1:00. All members of the Board of
Finance are invited to attend.
FINANCE DIRECTOR’S
REPORT
Tom Broesler distributed financial report for period ending
November 30, 2018. Board members
questioned the report regarding correctness of the Contingency Fund balance,
Contracted Services regarding separation of tree work and how the funding had
been distributed between tornado damage and removal of dead ash trees.
The Town has asked for an extension to complete the
audit. It has been granted.
Chairman Grabowski requested that Tom send out budget
requests for fiscal year 2019-20 as soon as possible with a format to be
followed by all departments.
APPROVAL OF
MINUTES
The approval of the minutes of October 9, 2018 was tabled.
ADJOURNMENT
Adjournment was called at 8:30 p.m. after a motion was moved
by Sharon Huxley and seconded by John Ford IV.
The vote taken was unanimous.
Respectfully
submitted,
June
G. Riley
Clerk,
Board of Finance
