Bethany Conservation Commission
February 8, 2018
Approved Minutes
- The
meeting was called to order at 8:05 by Bruce Loomis. Also in attendance were Brian Eitzer, Patsy
Winer and Matthew Popp. Absent were Shaukat Khan and Cathy Rives.
- Matthew
Popp was appointed as a voting member in place of Cathy Rives for this
meeting.
- Patsy
moved to accept the minutes of the Nov. 9, 2018 meeting, Matt
seconded. It was noted that the
letter A should be capitalized in the word appendices in the third from
last paragraph (Open Space Appendices).
- The
only correspondence was the fall 2017 issue of “The Habitat”.
- Bruce
reported on issues with the Conservation Commission budget. The expenses from last year’s
Conservationist of the Year award were not submitted during fiscal
2016-2017. They are now submitted
and put into this year’s budget, however, that additional submission along
with the projected expenses for this year’s Conservationist of the Year
and the Bethany Community School Conservation Awards will cause the
Conservation Commission’s budget for 2017-2018 to be exceeded. Bruce will send a letter to the Board of
Finance to explain the issue.
- Entered
into an Executive Session at 8:18 to discuss a land issue and
Conservationist of the Year. The
Executive Session ended at 8:34.
- There
was a discussion of creating an approved charity list for the
Conservationist of the Year award.
After the discussion the following motion was made by Brian:
Given budget issues the Conservation Commission will no
longer include a monetary donation as part of the Conservationist of the Year
award.
Bruce
seconded the motion and it passed.
- Bruce
tabled the issue on the Open Space Appendices.
- There
was a discussion of trail use within the town and whether the Commission
should make an effort to get the trails upgraded and expanded. No action was taken at this time.
- There
was a discussion about the need for additional members to the Commission.
- Matt moved
to adjourn at 9:10 Patsy seconded and the motion passed.
Respectfully submitted,
Brian Eitzer
Secretary pro-tempore
