BOARD OF SELECTMEN
MEETING MINUTES
MONDAY, JANUARY 23, 2017
DRAFT
Attendance: First Selectman Derrylyn Gorski, Selectman
Clark Hurlburt, Selectman Donald Shea
Visitors: Town Attorney, Kevin McSherry, Fran Doba
First Selectwoman Gorski called the meeting of
the Board of Selectmen to order at 7:30 p.m. The meeting was held in the
Selectmen’s Conference Room of the Bethany Town Hall.
APPROVAL
OF MINUTES
First Selectwoman Gorski called for a motion to
approve the minutes of the previous meeting of January 9, 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 the motion to refund to Arkady
L. Gordon for the sum of $42.42, Kristine Sullivan for the sum of $50.06 and
for Patricia Glazer for the sum of $157.22, for a grand total of $249.70, all
for overpayment of taxes. The motion was
seconded by Selectman Hurlburt. The vote
taken was unanimous.
PLANNING GRANT APPLICATION
First Selectman Gorski
indicated she reached out to Hiram Peck for information on this grant process
but was not able to speak with him as of yet.
CORRESPONDENCE
There was no correspondence
to discuss at this time.
COMMISSION APPOINTMENT RECOMMENDATIONS
Selectman Shea recommended
two (2) candidates for appointment to the Inland Wetlands Commission. Robert Huxley (R), and
Alexander Westphal. First
Selectman Gorski will provide the contact information to IW Chair, Alexandra
Breslin.
POST MEETING NOTE: PER WILL BRINTON, ALEXANDER
WESTPHAL IS NOT A REGISTERED VOTER IN BETHANY.
FRAN DOBA NOTIFIED THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN VIA EMAIL.
AMITY SCHOOL BUDGET
First Selectman Gorski told
the board that, at last week’s BOF meeting, Chairman John Grabowski reported
that the Amity BOE budget seemed to be holding steady at 2.86% increase. She was concerned so she attended tonight’s
ABOE Finance Committee meeting to voice her opinion about the potential budget
increase. She shared with the group that
Governor Malloy told the COST members that while he was able to protect funding
to the municipalities in past, it is getting more difficult to do that now. During
the presentation she learned that the proposed budget has been reduced to 2.07%
over last year and that Bethany’s contribution will actually be about $90,000
less than last year due to reduction in student enrollment. She said she emphasized to the Finance
Committee that, clearly, based on the results of the referendum in December, Amity
taxpayers will support infrastructure maintenance and so Amity should go to the
towns to approve costly maintenance projects rather than funding them in the
operating budget.
ADJOURNMENT
At 7:46PM Selectman Shea moved to adjourn the
meeting. Selectman Hurlburt seconded the
motion. The vote taken was unanimous.
Respectfully submitted,
Frances K. Doba
