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1. Call Meeting to Order

705

2. Roll Call

Roll call (10 Present, 0 Absent, 0 Excused)

3. Public Participation [Per Town Council Rules, this segment of the meeting shall not exceed thirty (30) minutes unless extended by the Mayor, with the consent of the majority of the Town Council.]

Mike Sullivan, 24 Jared Court, last meeting there was discussion about declining enrollment n the schools. hope the BOE will touch on this subject as a observation to see anticipated declining of enrollment. I think the BOE should explain about this. if we are looking at declining enrollment what has the BOE evaluated for employment, etc. makes sense reducing -

Kevin Foley, 498 Main Street - concerned with the pathway that we are going. Think we are close to becoming Vernon, Manchester, East Hartford. nothing has happened in the last 50 years and we have declining in school enrollment. time to make bold decisions, stop being politicians and become a business. Every time I watch seems like we are watching a political race. Don't run for office, do your job. Everyone is saying no tax - knock it off, doing nothing for the kids who are our future.

4. Communications

Jan - Community Foundation, Charity event, Saturday night 23rd, we are Bone Fish Grill offering full dinner - every penny will go to SW Community Foundation.

5. Town Manager's Report [Per Town Council Rules, this segment of the meeting shall not exceed ten (10) minutes unless extended by the Mayor, with the consent of the majority of the Council.]

defer to Special Meeting.

6. Items for Discussion

A. Board of Education Budget Presentation

Delnicki - tonight is for posing questions, tonight is the first look at the budget, each Councillor should formulate questions to get to the Superintendent and the Manager. When we have WS we can have questions answered. If public has questions shoudl also formulate and give them to Manager or Clerk. Chairperson David Joy - presented BOE budget presentation.

B. General Government Budget Presentation

Galligan - budget will be officially presented Friday - as new taxes come in should adjust capital budget to go along with that. BOE 66% of total budget and Town 28% of total budget. 5.5 to 6% tax increase on properties of average household of 300,000. Revenue has not changed a lot. ECS funding has been steady as well as other grants. The funding will be steady next year but do not know about the future. A lot of state funidng is based on the market. two areas left open proposed revenue adjustments and proposed expenditure reductions. Have given example of propsed expenditure increases. stated bulleted items. 2, 151,000 increase. Town Council will have to roll up our sleeves and make tough decisions. This community has been very lucky that we have had a fiscally responsible Town Council. we are falling short - our tax rate collection is still the highest around. Fund balance is at 800,000 - which will not be made up this year. have serious concerns in this budget. Tolland has not progressed. when you don't have all of the services that is what makes up a community. Glastonbury is 25.00 per month to pick up trash. technology has been good to keep the staff levels the same for a long time. Mayor - follow same format at the BOE - tonight is an overview - formulate questions and give to TM or Clerk to be answered in WS. Joint WS for BOE on 4/2/13 - get questions in as soon as possible. Next Regular meeting is 4/1/13 and at that point will have received the Town budget and will have questions formulated. Galligan - when questions come in to me will send answers to all Tow Council members.

7. Executive Session

8. Adjournment

Bazzano, McCann, unanimous 7:50 p.m.

Mar 20, 2013 Town Council Special Work Session

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1. Call Meeting to Order

705

2. Roll Call

Roll call (10 Present, 0 Absent, 0 Excused)

3. Public Participation [Per Town Council Rules, this segment of the meeting shall not exceed thirty (30) minutes unless extended by the Mayor, with the consent of the majority of the Town Council.]

Mike Sullivan, 24 Jared Court, last meeting there was discussion about declining enrollment n the schools. hope the BOE will touch on this subject as a observation to see anticipated declining of enrollment. I think the BOE should explain about this. if we are looking at declining enrollment what has the BOE evaluated for employment, etc. makes sense reducing -

Kevin Foley, 498 Main Street - concerned with the pathway that we are going. Think we are close to becoming Vernon, Manchester, East Hartford. nothing has happened in the last 50 years and we have declining in school enrollment. time to make bold decisions, stop being politicians and become a business. Every time I watch seems like we are watching a political race. Don't run for office, do your job. Everyone is saying no tax - knock it off, doing nothing for the kids who are our future.

4. Communications

Jan - Community Foundation, Charity event, Saturday night 23rd, we are Bone Fish Grill offering full dinner - every penny will go to SW Community Foundation.

5. Town Manager's Report [Per Town Council Rules, this segment of the meeting shall not exceed ten (10) minutes unless extended by the Mayor, with the consent of the majority of the Council.]

defer to Special Meeting.

6. Items for Discussion

A. Board of Education Budget Presentation

Delnicki - tonight is for posing questions, tonight is the first look at the budget, each Councillor should formulate questions to get to the Superintendent and the Manager. When we have WS we can have questions answered. If public has questions shoudl also formulate and give them to Manager or Clerk. Chairperson David Joy - presented BOE budget presentation.

B. General Government Budget Presentation

Galligan - budget will be officially presented Friday - as new taxes come in should adjust capital budget to go along with that. BOE 66% of total budget and Town 28% of total budget. 5.5 to 6% tax increase on properties of average household of 300,000. Revenue has not changed a lot. ECS funding has been steady as well as other grants. The funding will be steady next year but do not know about the future. A lot of state funidng is based on the market. two areas left open proposed revenue adjustments and proposed expenditure reductions. Have given example of propsed expenditure increases. stated bulleted items. 2, 151,000 increase. Town Council will have to roll up our sleeves and make tough decisions. This community has been very lucky that we have had a fiscally responsible Town Council. we are falling short - our tax rate collection is still the highest around. Fund balance is at 800,000 - which will not be made up this year. have serious concerns in this budget. Tolland has not progressed. when you don't have all of the services that is what makes up a community. Glastonbury is 25.00 per month to pick up trash. technology has been good to keep the staff levels the same for a long time. Mayor - follow same format at the BOE - tonight is an overview - formulate questions and give to TM or Clerk to be answered in WS. Joint WS for BOE on 4/2/13 - get questions in as soon as possible. Next Regular meeting is 4/1/13 and at that point will have received the Town budget and will have questions formulated. Galligan - when questions come in to me will send answers to all Tow Council members.

7. Executive Session

8. Adjournment

Bazzano, McCann, unanimous 7:50 p.m.

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