Board of Finance - Minutes - 03/17/2021

Board of Finance Monday, March 17, 2021
Budget Hearing Zoom Recording
Present:
Absent:
Elected:
RTM:
Staff:
Chairman Ronald R. Fedor, John Sheehan, Glenn Patterson, Robert Tuneski;=
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Kevin Petchark; Tali Maidelis (7:45 pm) =
Mark Geer . ~
Robert J. Brule, First Selectman; Jody Nararchyk, Selectwoman a
Thomas Dembek, RTM Moderator ~~
Gary Schneider, Director Public Works; Sandy Kenniston, Public Works; Christine
Johnson, Library Director; Abby Piersall, Planning Director; Brian Flaherty,
Director Recreation & Parks; Neftali Soto, Chief Engineer/Director Utility
Commission; Brett Mahoney, Chief of Police; Joseph Mancini, BOE Director of
Operations/Finance; Kimberly Allen, Finance Director; Maryellen McConnell,
Secretary
Establishment of a quorum and call to order:
A quorum was established and a call to order was established at 7:02 pm,
March 17, 2021.
Public comment: Letters from John O’Neill, Chairman Historic Properties
Commission and Robert Nye, Municipal Historian were read into the minutes.
Standing Motion: was made by Kevin Petchark and seconded by Glenn
Patterson to tentatively approve the below budget requests for FY22/22.
Vote: 5-0 | Motion: Passed
Building Maintenance Budget:
Motion by Kevin Petchark and seconded by Glenn Patterson to approve the
Building Maintenance budget request for FY21/22 for a total amount of
$778,870.
Vote: 5-0 Motion: Passed
Public Works Budget:
Motion by Kevin Petchark and seconded by Glenn Petchark to approve the
Public Works budget request for FY21/22 in the total amount of $4,709,654.
Vote: 6-0 Motion: Passed

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Motion by John Sheehan and seconded by Glenn Patterson to move the Debt
Service Budget forward.
Vote: 6-0 Motion: Passed
Motion by Kevin Petchark and seconded by Glenn Patterson to approve the Debt
Service Budget request for FY21/22 in the total amount of $7,934,633.
Vote: 6-0 Motion: Passed
Capital Improvements:
Motion by Kevin Petchark and seconded by Glenn Patterson to approve the
Capital Improvements budget request for FY21/22 in the total amount of
$2,964,754.
Vote: 6-0 Motion: Passed
Transfers to Capital and Non-Recurring Expenditure Fund:
Motion by Glenn Patterson and seconded by John Sheehan to decrease the
Town Wide Camera System from $110,000 to $85,000.
Vote: 6-0 Motion: Passed
Motion by John Sheehan and seconded by Ronald Fedor to decrease $30,000
from the Waterford Beach Park Improvements (Amphitheater) line #10137-
57854 pending the final budgetary hearing on March 24, 2021.
Vote: 6-0 Motion: Passed
Motion by Ronald Fedor and seconded by Kevin Petchark to reduce $100,000
from the Nevins Cottage line.
Vote: 6-0 Motion: Passed
Motion by Kevin Petchark and seconded by Glenn Patterson to approve the
Transfers to Capital and Non-Recurring Expenditure budget request for FY21/22
in the new total amount of $820,600.
Vote: 6-0 Motion: Passed

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8. Adjournment:
Motion by John Sheehan and seconded by Robert Tuneski to adjourn the Budget
Meeting of the Board of Finance at 10:16 p.m.
Vote: 6-0 Motion: Passed
Respectfully submitted,
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Mark Geer, In.-eferk
Maryellen M¢€onnell, Secre

To: Ronald Fedor
Chairman, Board of Finance
From: John O'Neill
Chairman, Historic Properties Commission
Date: March 11,2021
RE: Nevis Cottage
| ask that the Board of Finance to keep the $150,000 earmarked for the Nevins Cottage. There is some
progress being made toward a plan for the building. The fact that it has been neglected by the town, but
the town will not allow the sale of the property to a more conscientious caretaker have made
restoration efforts difficult.
This piece of the Civic Triangle, the heart of Waterford, has been allowed to deteriorate for far too long.
A remedy for this prominent eyesore is overdue. Soon, hundreds of taxpayers will once again will sit
waiting to drop off their kids at school wondering, “When will someone do something with that poor
little house ?”
Thank you for your consideration of this matter,
John 0’
CC: First Selectman Rob Brule
Director of Planning and Development, Abby Peirsall

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TO: Ronald Fedor
Chairman, Board of Finance
FROM: Robert Nye
Municipal Historian
Historic Properties Commission
DATE: March 10, 2021
RE.: Nevins Cottage
| urge the Board of Finance to retain the $150,000 earmarked for the Nevins Tenant Cottage. The timing
is especially important as currently efforts are being made to secure additional funding for its
restoration.
In addition to the building’s historical and architectural significance, the site is recognized as an
important part of the town center/Jordan Village streetscape. According to the town’s Plan of
Preservation, Conservation & Development, historic resources like the Nevins Cottage “provide a direct
connection to the history and ‘sense of place”... and “enrich our visual and emotional attachment to
the community... “. Sadly, once a building is gone, it’s gone.
Respectfully,
cc.: First Selectman Rob Brule
RTM Moderator Thomas Dembek
Director of Planning & Development Abby Piersall
Historic Properties Commission Chairman John O’Neill
Historical Society President Kristen Widham