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PROPOSED BUDGET
FY2026
10117 REPRESENTATIVE TOWN MEETING
GENERAL REMARKS
The Waterford Representative Town Meeting is the legislative body of the town government. The RTM
holds six regular meetings (of which the December meeting is the “Annual Meeting”), one usually
extended budget session in May and occasional special meetings during the calendar year.
There are six standing committees which do much of the work of the RTM, meeting as necessary in
order to conduct the work assigned to them by the moderator. The town clerk is the clerk of the RTM
and most of the clerical work for meetings is handled by that office.
SERIES JUSTIFICATION
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The Town Clerk will handle these duties as part of his salary. | do ask that the line remain funded in the
case of a scheduling conflict or a conflict of interest.
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52010 Advertising: RTM Call, public hearing notices, notice of legislation, etc.
52020 Postage: Committee correspondence, notices, special requests for minutes or agendas.
52050 Dues Conferences and Education: Service fees to Connecticut Conference of Municipalities, which
is used by all town departments. CCM does not expect an increase, but still has not formally set its rate
for FY26. (Additional backup attached)
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53010 Office Supplies: The costs of nameplates for new RTM members will come out of the town’s
general supplies.
BUDGETARY RESTRAINT & LOOKING AHEAD
We will continue to use email and the Town Courier when appropriate to help reduce postage.
Advertising continues to be a primary stressor. Looking ahead, | foresee no relevant changes.

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First Selectman Robert Brule, Acting Moderator, called the December 2, 2024 Annual Meeting of the
Representative Town Meeting to order at 7:00 P.M.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
ROLL CALL
PRESENT: Kyrah Augmon-Bossa, Michael Bono, Jennifer Bracciale, Mark Campo, Erica Casper, Mary
Childs, Harry Colonis, Timothy Condon (speaker phone), Thomas.J. Dembek, Susan Driscoll, Timothy
Fioravanti, Nicholas Gauthier, Paul Goldstein, Kristen Gonzalez, Ryan Healy, Christina Jessuck, Matthew
Keatley, Lindsay Khan, Kate MacKenzie, Shawn Monahan, Ursula Moreshead, Kayla Mullen, Kathleen
Mullen Kohl,. Theodore Olynciw, Danielle Steward-Gelinas, David Sugrue
ABSENT: None .
EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS PRESENT: First Selectman Robert J Brule; Chair of the Board of Education Pat
Fedor
EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS ABSENT: Board of Finance Chair Glenn Patterson; Selectman Richard Muckle,
Selectman Greg Attanasio. .
ALSO PRESENT: Town Clerk David L. Campo; Town Attorney Nick Kepple; Director of Finance Kim Allen.
AGENDA ITEM C — Elect a Moderator
NOMINATION by Steward-Gelinas, seconded by Olynciw, to nominate Paul Goldstein to serve as
Moderator for a term of one year.
GOLDSTEIN selected as Moderator: Unanimous
AGENDA ITEM D ~ October 7, 2024 Minutes
MOTION by Steward-Gelinas, seconded by Keatley, to accept the October 7, 2024 Minutes as presented
MOTION PASSED: 25-0-1 (Sugrue abstained)
CORRESPONDENCE
The following items were received: A letter from Tax Collector Alan Wilensky, a quarterly report from
the Waterford Public Schools, an email from Jason M. Kohl, an email from Jeff Knight, an email from
Dani Gorman, an email from Greg Attanasio, a letter from the Waterford Democratic Town Committee,
a letter from the Waterford Republican Town Committee, a letter from First Selectman Robert Brule.
Copies of correspondence can.be obtained from the office of the Town Clerk.
PUBLIC COMMENT .
Waterford resident Jim Auwood, 19 Penninsular Ave, spoke in favor of Item 10.
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AGENDA ITEM H
Oswegatchie Fire House Building Committee Member Ted Olynciw provided an Appointee Report.
CALL ITEM 1 — Oswegatchie Fire Station Building Committee Report
PRESENTATION: Oswegatchie Fire Station Building Committee Chairman Robert Tuneski
Chairman Tuneski provided an update on the project and answered questions from the body. (See
Attachment)
MOTION by Steward-Gelinas, seconded by Bracciale, to move ITEM 10 up.
MOTION PASSED: Unanimous
CALL ITEM 10 — Leary Park Renovations
PRESENTATION: Recreation & Parks Director Ryan McNamara, Regional Vice President Andrew Dyjak
Motion by Steward-Gelinas, seconded by Sugrue, to approve an additional appropriation of $1,197,250
from the Unassigned Fund Balance of the General Fund to Line Item #33720-55855 Town Basketball
Court Repairs for the court renovations and accessibility at Leary Park.
Friendly amendment offered by Driscoll and accepted to change the Line name to “Town Courts” to
read as follows: Motion by Steward-Gelinas, seconded by Dembek, to approve an additional
appropriation of $1,197,250 from the Unassigned Fund Balance of the General Fund to Line Item
#33720-55855 Town Court Repairs for the court renovations and accessibility at Leary Park.
MOTION PASSED: Unanimous
CALL ITEM 2 — Pre-Emption Light Repairs
PRESENTATION: interim Fire Director Stephen Dubicki, Jr
Motion by Steward-Gelinas, seconded by Dembek, to approve an additional appropriation of $27,000
from Line #205-31520 Undesignated Fund Balance of the Capital Nonrecurring Expenditure Fund to Line
#20523-57838 Capital Pre-Emption Light Repairs for a study to test all town pre-emption lights and
create a plan to be used as the basis of a F¥2026 Capital Project budget request.
MOTION PASSED: Unanimous
CALL ITEM 3 —Jordan Traffic Light Upgrade Designation
PRESENTATION: Interim Fire Director Stephen Dubicki, Jr
Motion by Steward-Gelinas, seconded by Keatley, to approve a recommendation from the Board of
Finance to designate an additional $10,460 to Line #20523-57791 Jordan Traffic Light Upgrade from
Line #205-31520 Undesignated Fund Balance of the Capital Nonrecurring Expenditure Fund for a study
to complete a capital project for fire services.
Discussion ensued
MOTION by Olynciw, seconded by Mullen Kohl, to table.
Motion withdrawn
MAIN MOTION PASSED: Unanimous
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CALL ITEM 4: Jordan Traffic Light Upgrade
PRESENTATION: Interim Fire Director Stephen Dubicki, Jr
Motion by Steward-Gelinas, seconded by Dembek, to approve a recommendation from the Board of
Finance to appropriate $35,460 from the currently designated line #20523-57791 Jordan Traffic Light
Upgrade.
MOTION PASSED: Unanimous
RTM Member Tim Condon Left
CALL ITEM 5: Public Safety Radio Grant Acceptance
MOTION by Dembek, seconded by Moreshead, to act upon a resolution to accept a grant in the amount
of $500,000 from the State Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection for replacement of
the town public safety radio system as per the attached resolution.
Friendly amendment offered by Driscoll and accepted to correct typos in final draft.
MOTION PASSED: Unanimous
CALL ITEM 6 — Alewife Cove
PRESENTATION: Planning Director Jonathan Mullen, AICP; Environmental Planner Maureen Fitzgerald
MOTION by Steward-Gelinas, seconded by Keatley, to approve a recommendation from the Board of
Finance to appropriate $37,500 from the currently designated Line #20541-57238 Alewife Cove to fund
a matching grant contribution to the National Wildlife Foundation 2022 Long Island Sound Futures Fund
Grant Award for the Stabilization of Alewife Cove Study.
Friendly amendment offered and accepted to change ”2022” to “2023”.
MOTION PASSED: Unanimous
CALL ITEM 7 — Mago Point Improvements
PRESENTATION: Planning Director Jonathan Mullen, AICP, Town Attorney Robert Avena, Director of
State Boating Law Administrator Peter B. Francis
MOTION by Steward-Gelinas, seconded by Moreshead, to approve a recommendation from the Board of
Finance to appropriate $374,500 from the designated Line Item #20511-57870 Mago Point
Improvements for the Town’s contribution to the municipal/state improvements to the Mago Point
parking lot and state launching area, pursuant to the contract provided.
MOTION PASSED: Unanimous
CALL ITEM 8 — Nevins Cottage Structural Repairs
PRESENTATION: Planning Director Jonathan Mullen, AICP
MOTION by Steward-Gelinas, seconded by Khan, to approve a recommendation from the Board of
Finance to appropriate $75,000 from the Capital and Non-recurring designated line# 20511-57767
Nevins Cottage Structural Repairs, for Nevins Cottage Repairs.
Friendly amendment offered by Olynciw and accepted to remove “Structural” to read as follows:
MOTION by Steward-Gelinas, seconded by Khan, to approve a recommendation from the Board of
Finance to appropriate $75,000 from the Capital and Non-recurring designated line# 20511-57767
Nevins Cottage Repairs, for Nevins Cottage Repairs.
MOTION PASSED: 24-1-0 (MacKenzie opposed)
CALL ITEM 9 — Service Contracts and Repairs
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PRESENTATION: Public Works Director Gary Schneider
MOTION by Steward-Gelinas, seconded by Olynciw, to approve a recommendation from the Board of
Finance for an additional appropriation of $98,254 from the Unassigned Fund Balance of the General
Fund to Jine item #10111-52040 Service Cont. and Repairs.
MOTION PASSED: Unanimous
CALL ITEM 11 — Track and Field Turf Replacement
PRESENTATION: Board of Education Finance Director Joe Mancini, Regional Vice President Andrew Dyjak
MOTION by Steward-Gelinas, seconded by Sugrue, to approve a recommendation from the Board of
Finance to appropriate $1,147,000 from the designated Line Item #20560-57820 Track and Field Turf
Replacement to replace the turf on the Waterford High school track and field.
MOTION by Moreshead to table until further test results are available and a second making the motion
contingent on future test results.
Both withdrawn
MOTION PASSED: 21-1-3 (M. Campo opposed; Gonzalez, Olynciw, Mullen Kohl abstained)
CALL ITEM 12 — High School Tennis Courts Replacement
PRESENTATION: Board of Education Finance Director Joe Mancini, Regional Vice President Andrew Dyjak
MOTION by Steward-Gelinas, seconded by Keatley, to approve a recommendation from the Board of
Finance to appropriate $1,148,100 from the designated Line Item #20560-57833 Tennis Court
Replacement for replacing the tennis courts at Waterford High School.
MOTION PASSED: 22-2-1 (M. Campo MacKenzie opposed, Olynciw abstained
CALL ITEM 13 — Wage Increases
PRESENTATION: Human Resource director Christine Walters, Labor Attorney Kristi Kelly
MOTION by Steward-Gelinas, seconded by Keatley, to accept a request from the First Selectman to
approve the non-union Administrative Support (AS) & Technical Crafts (TC) and the non-union
Management Professional general wage increase of 2.50% for fiscal year 2025-2026.
MOTION PASSED: 22-0-2 (Bracciale, Gauthier abstained)
CALL ITEM 14 — Executive Session
MOTION by Steward-Gelinas, seconded by Khan to discuss strategy and/or negotiations with respect to
the Waterford Professional Firefighters Association Local 4629, International Association of Firefighters,
AFL-ClO bargaining agreement in executive session and invite First Selectman Robert Brule, Interim Fire
Director Stephen Dubicki, Labor Attorney Kristi Kelly, and Human Resource Director Christine Walters to
attend at 9:58 P.M.
MOTION PASSED: Unanimous
MOTION by Steward-Gelinas, seconded by Bracciale, to come out of executive session at 10:22 P.M.
MOTION PASSED: Unanimous
CALL ITEM 15 — Waterford Professional Firefighters Association Local 4629
PRESENTATION: Human Resource director Christine Walters, Labor Attorney Kristi Kelly
MOTION by Driscoll, seconded by Gauthier, to approve the funds necessary to implement the tentative
Agreement between the Town of Waterford and the Waterford Professional Firefighters Association
Local 4629, International Association of Firefighters, AFL-CIO, to be effective July 1, 2024 — June 30,
2028, and authorize the First Selectman to sign on the Town’s behalf.
MOTION PASSED: Unanimous
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CALL ITEM 16 — Oswegatchie Fire Station Building Committee
MOTION by Driscoll, seconded by Childs, to appoint Guy Russo to the Oswegatchie Fire Station Building
Committee.
MOTION by Steward-Gelinas, seconded by Sugrue, to appoint Michael Eloaum to the Oswegatchie Fire
Station Building Committee.
VOTING IN FAVOR OF RUSSO: Augmon-Bossa, Bono, Casper, Childs, Driscoll, Fioravanti, Gauthier,
Gonzalez, Khan, Moreshead, Mullen, Mullen Kohl, Olynciw
VOTING AGAINST: Bracciale, Campo, Colonis, Dembek, Goldstein, Healy, Jessuck, Keatley, MacKenzie,
Monahan, Steward-Gelinas, Sugrue
GUY RUSSO APPOINTED:
CALL ITEM 17 ~ Personnel Review Board
MOTION by Steward-Gelinas, seconded by Keatley, to appoint Tali Maidelis to the Personnel Review
Board. (Term 12/01/2024 — 11/30/2027)
MOTION PASSED: Unanimous
CALL ITEM 18 —Social Services Grants Review Board
MOTION by Steward-Gelinas, seconded by Keatley, to appoint Thomas Dembek to the Social Services
Grants Review Board, (Term 12/02/2024 — 11/30/2025)
MOTION by Driscoll, seconded by Gauthier, to appoint Lindsay Khan to the Social Services Grants Review
Board. (Term 12/02/2024 — 11/30/2025)
MOTION PASSED: 23-0-2 for both (Dembek, Khan abstained)
CALL ITEM 19 — RTM Proposed Schedule.
MOTION by Steward-Gelinas, seconded by Keatley, to approve the 2025. Regular Meeting Schedule. (See
attachment)
MOTION PASSED: Unanimous
CALL ITEM 20 — RTM Proposed Budget
MOTION by Steward-Gelinas, seconded by Bracciale, to approve the FY26 budget in the amount of
$18,903 and forward to the Board of Selectmen for approval. (See attachment)
MOTION PASSED: 23-2-0 (Childs, Gauthier opposed)
NEW BUSINESS:
MOTION by Gauthier, seconded by Steward-Gelinas, to refer the subject of “salaries of elected officials”
to the Finance Wage & Personnel Standing Committee of the RTM in regard to the letter submitted by
First selectman Robert Brule, (See Attachment)
MOTION PASSED: 24-1-0 (Driscoll opposed)
MOTION by Steward-Gelinas, seconded by Dembek, to adjourn at 10:44 P.M.
MOTION PASSED: Unanimous.
Respectfully Submitted,
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David L. Campo, CCTC
Waterford Town Clerk.
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