Board of Selectmen - Minutes - 02/09/2022

MINUTES
THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN REGULAR BUDGET MEETING
Wednesday, February 09, 2022
5:00pm
Waterford Town Hall
Members Present: First Selectman Robert Brule and Selectwoman Elizabeth
Sabilia, Selectwoman Jody Nazarchyk
PROCEDURE: The Board of Selectmen will hear budget requests in accordance
with the below agenda for the Budget meeting, which begins at 5:00pm:
The Board of Selectmen to consider and act on the following budgets and at the
appropriate time forward to the Board of Finance for its’ consideration of and
action on the FY 22/23 Budgets:
A. Call to Order First Selectman Brule called the meeting to order at 5:05pm.
B. Pledge of Allegiance
C. Public Comment: No Public Comment
D. Consider and act on the following budget requests:
1. Insurance
MOTION made by Nazarchyk, and seconded by Sabilia to tentatively
approve the Insurance 52xxx series budget request for 
FY22/23 in the
amount of $4,728,672. VOTING IN FAVOR: unanimous VOTE:3-0
MOTION made by Nazarchyk, and seconded by Sabilia to tentatively
approve the Insurance total budget request for FY22/23 in the amount of
$4,728,672. VOTING IN FAVOR: unanimous VOTE:3-0
2. Retirement
MOTION made by Nazarchyk, and seconded by Sabilia to tentatively
approve the Retirement 51xxx series request for 
FY22/23 in the amount of
$6,333,067. VOTING IN FAVOR: unanimous VOTE:3-0
MOTION made by Nazarchyk, and seconded by Sabilia to tentatively
approve the Retirement total budget request for FY22/23 in the amount of
$6,333,067. VOTING IN FAVOR: unanimous VOTE:3-0

3. Debt Service
MOTION made by Nazarchyk, and seconded by Sabilia to tentatively
approve the Debt Services request for 
FY22/23 in the amount of $7,197,640.
VOTING IN FAVOR: unanimous VOTE:3-0
MOTION made by Nazarchyk, and seconded by Sabilia to tentatively
approve the Debt Services total budget request for FY22/23 in the amount of
$7,197,640. VOTING IN FAVOR: unanimous VOTE:3-0
4. Capital lmprovements
MOTION made by Nazarchyk, and seconded by Sabilia to tentatively
approve the Capital Improvement total budget request for FY22/23 in the
amount of $2,714,792. VOTING IN FAVOR: unanimous VOTE:3-0
5. Transfer to Capital Non-Recurring
MOTION made by Nazarchyk, and seconded by Sabilia to tentatively
approve the Transfer to Capital Non Recurring total budget request for
FY22/23 in the amount of $1,338,824 VOTING IN FAVOR: unanimous
VOTE:3-0
6. FINAL ACTION on FY 22/23 Town Operating Proposed Budget
FINAL ACTION PROCEDURE:
PROCEDURE MOTION made by Nazarchyk, The Board of Selectmen to finalize
FY 22/23 Budgets listed on the attached schedule entitled “Board of Selectmen,
FY 22/23 Budgets —-Finalized on 2/09/2022 and forwarded to the Board of Finance
for their consideration of and action of the FY 22/23 Budgets
MOTION was made by Brule and seconded by Sabilia VOTE 3-0
10101 — Selectmen
MOTION was made by Ms. Nazarchyk and seconded by Ms. Sabilia to
approve the Selectmen’s budget request for FY22/23 in the total amount of
$ 207,605. VOTE: 3-0

10102 ~ Registrars of Voters
MOTION was made by Ms. Nazarchyk and seconded by Ms. Sabilia to
approve the Registrar of Voters budget request for FY22/23 in the total
amount of $78,204. VOTE: 3-0
10103 ~ Board of Finance
MOTION was made by Ms. Sabilia and seconded by Ms. Nazarchyk to
amend the Board of Finance budget request for FY22/23 in the total amount
$66,673 VOTE 3-0
10104 - Assessor
MOTION was made by Ms. Nazarchyk and seconded by Ms. Sabilia to
approve the Assessor’s budget request for FY22/23 in the total amount of
$259,344. VOTE: 3-0
10105- Board of Assessment Appeals
MOTION was made by Ms. Nazarchyk and seconded by Ms. Sabilia to
approve the Board of Assessment Appeals budget request for FY22/23 in
the total amount of $1,620. VOTE: 3-0
10106- Tax Collector
MOTION was made by Ms. Nazarchyk and seconded by Ms. Sabilia to
approve the Tax Collector budget request for FY22/23 in the new total
amount of $210,139. VOTE: 3-0
10107- Finance Department
MOTION was made by Ms. Nazarchyk and seconded by Ms. Sabilia to
approve the Finance Department budget request for FY22/23 in the total
amount of $ 703,708. VOTE: 3-0
10108 — Legal Budget
MOTION was made by Ms. Nazarchyk and seconded by Ms. Sabilia to
approve the Legal Budget request for FY22/23 in the total amount of
$295,000. VOTE: 3-0
10109 — Town Clerk
MOTION was made by Ms. Nazarchyk and seconded by Ms. Sabilia to
approve the Town Clerk budget request for FY22/23 in the total amount of
$275,739. VOTE: 3-0

10110 — Planning & Zoning
MOTION was made by Ms. Nazarchyk and seconded by Ms. Sabilia to
approve the Planning and Zoning budget request for FY22/23 in the total
amount of $657,972. VOTE: 3-0
10111 — Building Maintenance
MOTION was made by Ms. Nazarchyk and seconded by Ms. Sabilia to
approve the Building Maintenance budget request for FY22/23 in the total
amount of $842,389. VOTE: 3-0
10112 — Insurance
MOTION was made by Ms. Nazarchyk and seconded by Ms. Sabilia to
approve the Insurance budget request for FY22/23 in the total amount of
$ 4,728,672. VOTE: 3-0
10113 — Economic Development
MOTION was made by Ms. Nazarchyk and seconded by Ms. Sabilia to
approve the Economic Development budget request for FY22/23 in the total
amount of $27,471. VOTE: 3-0
10114 — Conservation Commission
MOTION was made by Ms. Nazarchyk and seconded by Ms. Sabilia to
approve the Conservation Commission budget request for FY22/23 in the
total amount of $18,250. VOTE: 3-0
10115 — Zoning Board of Appeals
MOTION was made by Ms. Nazarchyk and seconded by Ms. Sabilia to
approve the ZBA budget request for FY22/23 in the total amount of $4,310.
VOTE: 3-0
10116 — Retirement Commission
MOTION was made by Ms. Nazarchyk and seconded by Ms. Sabilia to
approve the Retirement Commission budget request for FY22/23 in the total
amount of $ 6,333,067. VOTE: 3-0
10117 — Representative Town Meeting
MOTION was made by Ms. Nazarchyk and seconded by Ms. Sabilia to
approve the RTM budget request for FY22/23 in the total amount of $18,903.
VOTE: 3-0

10118 ~ Building Department
MOTION was made by Ms. Nazarchyk and seconded by Ms. Sabilia to
approve the Building Department budget request for FY22/23 in the total
amount of $316,641. VOTE: 3-0
10119 — Youth Services
MOTION was made by Ms. Nazarchyk and seconded by Ms. Sabilia to
approve the Youth Services budget request for FY22/23 in the total amount
of $272,160. VOTE: 3-0
10120 ~ Social Service Grants
MOTION was made by Ms. Nazarchyk and seconded by Ms. Sabilia approve
the Social Service Grants budget request for FY22/23 in the total amount of
$88,194. VOTE: 3-0
10121 — Contingency
MOTION was made by Ms. Sabilia and seconded by Ms. Nazarchyk to
amend the Contingency budget request for FY22/23 in the total amount of
$265,000. VOTE: 3-0
10122 — Emergency Management
MOTION was made by Ms. Nazarchyk and seconded by Ms. Sabilia to
approve the Emergency Management budget request for FY22/23 in the total
amount of $1,068,486.VOTE: 3-0
10123 — Fire Services
MOTION was made by Ms. Nazarchyk and seconded by Ms. Sabilia to
approve the Fire Services budget request for FY22/23 in the total amount of
$3,408,420. VOTE: 3-0
10129 — Police Department
MOTION was made by Ms. Nazarchyk and seconded by Ms. Sabilia to
approve the Police budget request for FY22/23 in the total amount of
$6,488,241. VOTE: 3-0

10130 — Public Works Department
MOTION was made by Ms. Nazarchyk and seconded by Ms. Sabilia to
approve the Public Works Department budget request for FY22/23 in the
total amount of $ 4,709,563. VOTE: 3-0
10132- Conservation of Health
MOTION was made by Ms. Nazarchyk and seconded by Ms. Sabilia to
approve the Conservation of Health budget request for FY22/23 in the total
amount of $148,126. VOTE: 3-0
10133 ~ Public Health Nursing
MOTION was made by Ms. Nazarchyk and seconded by Ms. Sabilia to
approve the Public Health Nursing budget request for FY22/23 in the total
amount of $26,000. VOTE: 3-0
10135 — Senior Citizens Commission
MOTION was made by Ms. Nazarchyk and seconded by Ms. Sabilia to
approve the Senior Citizens budget request for FY22/23 in the total amount
of $494,493. VOTE: 3-0
10136 — Library
MOTION was made by Ms. Nazarchyk and seconded by Ms. Sabilia to
approve the Library budget request for FY22/23 in the total amount of
$999,475. VOTE: 3-0
10137 — Recreation & Parks
MOTION was made by Ms. Nazarchyk and seconded by Ms. Sabilia to
approve the Recreation and Parks budget request for FY22/23 in the total
amount of $1,452,431. VOTE: 3-0
10141 — Flood & Erosion Control Board
MOTION was made by Ms. Nazarchyk and seconded by Ms. Sabilia to
approve the Flood and Erosion Control Board budget request for FY22/23 in
the total amount of $2,138. VOTE: 3-0
10143 ~ Ethics Commission

MOTION was made by Ms. Nazarchyk and seconded by Ms. Sabilia to
approve the Ethics Commission budget request for FY22/23 in the total
amount of $850. VOTE: 3-0
10145 — Human Resources
MOTION was made by Ms. Nazarchyk and seconded by Ms. Sabilia to
approve the Human Resources budget request for FY22/23 in the total
amount of $259,856. VOTE: 3-0
10147- Information Technology
MOTION was made by Ms. Nazarchyk and seconded by Ms. Sabilia to
approve the IT budget request for FY22/23 in the total amount of $1,160,391.
VOTE: 3-0
10138 — Current Year Capital Improvements
MOTION was made by Ms. Nazarchyk and seconded by Ms. Sabilia to
approve the Current Year Capital Improvements budget request for FY22/23
in the total amount of $2,714,792. VOTE: 3-0
10139 — Debt Service
MOTION was made by Ms. Nazarchyk and seconded by Ms. Sabilia to
approve the Debt Service budget request for FY22/23 in the total amount of
$7,197,640. VOTE: 3-0
10140 — Capital and Non-Recurring
MOTION was made by Ms. Nazarchyk and seconded by Ms. Sabilia to
approve the Transfers to Capital and Non-Recurring budget request for
FY22/23 in the total amount of $1,338,824. VOTE: 3-0
MOTION was made by Brule and seconded by Nazarchyk to approve and
forward to the Board of Finance the FY22/23 budget as: General
Government Operations, Capital and Debt Services in the amount of
$ 47,140,761 for a total General Government, excluding Board of Education.
VOTE 2-1 (Sabilia)
7. 
FINAL ACTION on Capital Improvement Plan & Debt Services
(Including the 5 year CIP)

Capital Improvement Plan FY 2023-2027
a.
MOTION made by Nazarchyk; To approve that The Board of
Selectmen shall be the requesting agency through which projects
submitted under Transfers to Capital Nonrecurring Expenditure
Fund, in order begin the appropriations process. The Board of
Selectmen hereby authorizes the First Selectman to act on their
behalf by forwarding his recommendations to the Board of
Finance and RTM.
MOTION was made by Brule and seconded by Sabilia VOTE 3-0
b. MOTION made by Nazarchyk; To approve that The First
Selectmen, on behalf of the Board of Selectmen, shall request the
Board of Finance and RTM not to act on any appropriations from
any funds designated in the Transfers to Capital Nonrecurring
Expenditure Fund (CNR) unless it has been reviewed by the First
Selectman for consistency with the Capital Improvement Program
as ratified.
MOTION was made by Brule and seconded by Sabilia VOTE 3-0
c. Ratification of Capital Improvement Plan
MOTION made by Nazarchyk: To consider and act on the Capital Improvement
Plan of the Board of Selectmen for fiscal year 2023-2027
MOTION was made by Brule and seconded by Sabilia VOTE 3-0
E. Correspondence: None
F, Adjournment- was made by Ms. Nazarchyk and seconded by Sabilia to
adjourn at 6:37pm. VOTING IN FAVOR; unanimous, VOTE:3-0
Respectfully Submitted,
Cindy Dupointe
Recording Secretary