Minutes of Regular Meeting on April 16th, 2009

Present Y- N

Regular Members;

N

Anne Ingvertsen

N

Earl Brecher

Y

Celia Senzer

Y

Sally Hart

Y

Ralph Gold

Y

Tom Bechtle

Alternates;

Others;

Y

John LaPorta

Y

Barbara Herbst, Board Clerk

Y

Jack Preston

Y

Cornwall BOE members

Call to Order:

7:30 p.m.

Chairman:

Asked Jack Preston to sit in for Anne Ingvertsen

Chairman:

Asked John LaPorta to sit in for Earl Brecher

Additions to the

None

Agenda

Minutes:

March 12th, 2009 minutes of budget meeting were mailed to all members.

All reported reading the minutes.

Motion:

Celia Senzer

Made a motion to approve the minutes as presented

Tom Bechtle

Seconded

Chairman

Asked for any discussion

Motion passed unanimously.

Minutes:

March 19th, 2009 minutes of regular meeting were mailed to all members.

All reported reading the minutes.

Motion:

Celia Senzer

Made a motion to approve the minutes as presented

Tom Bechtle

Seconded

Chairman

Asked for any discussion

Motion passed unanimously.

Minutes:

April 2nh, 2009 minutes of budget meeting were mailed to all members.

All reported reading the minutes.

Motion:

Celia Senzer

Made a motion to approve the minutes as presented

Tom Bechtle

Seconded

Chairman

Asked for any discussion

Motion passed unanimously.

Reports of Boards

Board of Selectmen - First Selectman Gordon M. Ridgway was not in attendance and in

and Commissions:

his absence, via the board clerk, requested a brief meeting of the Board of Finance

directly following the budget hearing on April 24th. The purpose of this brief meeting will be

to update the Board of Finance on the status of the FY 2009 budget performance to date and to

possibly submit any budget requests necessary.

Transfers:

One

Number

# 6

BOE request a budget transfer into their line #261-1000 Unemployment-Certified Staff

A motion was passed at the BOE regular meeting held on April 16th, 2009

to request this transfer in the amount of $10,000 (ten thousand dollars) pursuant to the minutes of

the Regular Meeting of the Board of Finance on March 29th 2008.

Costs to date in this line are $11,492 - amount budgeted for this line was $510

Unemployment claims were anticipated by the Board of Education however the Board of Finance

requested that the FY 2009 budget be reduced by $10,000 with the understanding that if

funding was necessary for #261-1000 Unemployment-Certified Staff the Town would provide it.

Motion:

Celia Senzer

Made a motion to approve the budget transfer as requested

Tom Bechtle

Seconded

Discussion:

Chairman Ralph Gold asked the BOE chairman if this would be the only budget transfer request

for this FY. Barbara Gold, Chairman for BOE responded that to the best of her knowledge this

would be the only request.

Celia Senzer asked what the surplus Region #1 money of approximately $18,900

(eighteen thousand, nine hundred dollars) was being used for. BOE Chairman said that she

thought that was spent on the new boiler but would have to verify that with the BOE Board Clerk and

report back to the Board of Finance.

Chairman Ralph Gold asked the BOF Clerk if the First Selectman, in anticipation of this request from

from the BOE had provided budget line funding options. The options provided by the Selectmen

were to take $5,000 (five thousand dollars) from the Contingency line and to take $5,000 (five

thousand dollars) from the Sanitation, Bulky Waste line. This would fully expend the Contingency

line for FY 2009 and the Sanitation, Bulky Waste line had enough surplus resulting from less

than anticipated bulky waste disposal fees for FY 2009.

Chairman

Asked for a vote to grant and fund this budget request as stipulated above.

Motion passed unanimously.

Adjournment:

7:48 p.m.

Motion:

Sally Hart made a motion to adjourn

Jack Preston seconded

Motion passed unanimously.

Respectfully Submitted:

Barbara Herbst

Board Clerk