BOARD OF SELECTMEN
FEBRUARY 13, 2017
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DRAFT
Attendance: First
Selectwoman Derrylyn Gorski, Selectman Clark Hurlburt, Selectman Donald Shea
Visitors: Attorney
Kevin McSherry, Fran Doba, Jim Rawson, William Brinton, Paul Bongiovanni
APPROVAL OF
MINUTES
First Selectwoman Gorski called for a motion to approve the
minutes of the meeting of January 23, 2017.
The motion of approval was moved by Selectman Hurlburt and seconded by
Selectman Shea. The minutes were
approved on a unanimous vote without change.
TAX REFUNDS
Selectman Shea moved to refund to Allan & Margaret
Holbrook the sum of $313.32, to Amity Road LLC the sum of $14.21, to Vincent
Ciarleglio the sum of $4,290.18, to Arthur and Jamie Calabrese the sum of
$4,168.24, to Katherine O’Shea the sum of $30.00, to Robert Smolensky the sum
of $2,077.82, to Bradford Buchta the sum of $13.28 and to Danielle Castro the
sum of $7.38 all for overpayment of taxes.
Selectman Hurlburt seconded the motion.
The vote taken was unanimous.
ADDITION TO AGENDA
Selectman Hurlburt moved to add ScanOptics to the agenda of
this meeting. The motion was seconded by
Selectman Shea. The vote taken was
unanimous.
SCANOPTICS
Paul Bongiovanni, Director of Business at ScanOptics was
present to give the Board of Selectmen an introduction to ScanOptics and to
explain how their product could save valuable space at Town Hall by scanning
records and important Building Department maps and files. Not only would it save space but the
information would be available much more efficiently and easy to retrieve if it
were on the computer. The estimated
start- up cost would be between $9,000 to $12,000. The scanning would start with the present
records and work back. Depending on how
far back the Town would want to go would determine the total cost. The total implementation could be done over a
period of time depending on available funding.
COMMITTEE FOR
ANNEXES
The Board of Education have decided that the Annexes are no
longer needed for school use. The
Selectmen will need to appoint a committee to look at other uses for these
buildings. Park and Recreation is
looking for space to expand their programs.
The Selectmen will need to appoint a committee to evaluate and determine
the best use of these buildings.
STATE OF
CONNECTICUT GOVERNOR’S BUDGET
The Selectmen discussed the $1,300,000 being cut from
Municipal and Education Grants in the Governor’s budget for the Town of
Bethany. Some of the cuts discussed
were passing the cost of teacher retirement to the towns to fund, the cost of
the Resident Trooper would increase from 85% to 100 %, plus an extra charge of
$750 for each constable and a $3,000 fee for cost of administration for the
constables, all to be sent to the State of Connecticut.
Another pending issue which would increase our budget is the
issue of regionalizing health districts. If this happens the cost could be ten times
what we now pay with QVHD.
ANY OTHER MATTER
PROPER TO COME BEFORE THE MEETING
A memo was received from Jeanne DelVecchio regarding a rider
on the Senior bus, purchasing alcoholic beverages and bringing them on to the
bus. The Selectmen discussed the matter
and determined that if they did not open the container and the contents were
left it in the bag from the store than it was acceptable.
ADJOURNMENT
Adjournment was called at 8:45 p.m. after a motion was moved
by Selectman Hurlburt and seconded by Selectman Shea.
Respectfully
submitted,
June
G. Riley
Secretary,
Board of Selectmen
