Board of Finance

Minutes of the Regular Meeting of June 16, 2005

Present: Ralph C. Gold, chairman, Celia Senzer, Sally Hart, Thomas C. Bechtle, Earl Brecher, members. Anne Kosciusko, alternate.

Chairman Gold asked Annie Kosciusko to sit for Roger Kane who was absent.

The minutes of the May 19 regular meeting and the May 20 special meeting were accepted as presented.

The Board discussed a request by the clerk to establish a small committee to review the quality level of the Town report and the means and methods used to produce it each year. Tom Bechtle, Celia Senzer and Annie agreed to be on the subcommittee.

At the board’s request, Ralph Gold will talk to the Selectmen about how the Board of Finance might acquire more information about the increase in the Grand List for 2004 – 5.2% over the previous year. The board expressed interest in the gross number of property owners affected by corrections in the list and the numbers who appealed the decisions.

The board agreed that the July and August meetings will be cancelled unless a cause for a meeting arises.

The meeting adjourned at 7:59 p.m.

Lisa Lansing

Clerk