1985/02/19iBoard of Finance
;Meeting of February 7, 1985 -4-
iCapltal - Board of Education. Mr. Clinton Informed the Board members that the
iExecutive Board funded one-third of their requests; Mr. Freeman stated that at
Jleast one-half of these items need to be funded.
FRANSFERS
IA Budget Change Form request was received from Edward F. Haber, Municipal
!Garage, dated January 2I, 1985, requesting $1,546.74 to Account #552, Tires.
IThis was due to the fire on Ragged Mountain whereby 18 tires had to be replaced.
He cannot complete the scheduled replacement of four tires on the payloader
unt these funds are restored.
~85-33 Motion was made by Mrs. Delaney, seconded by Mr. Pentore and
VOTED to appropriate $1,546.74 from Account #240, Contingency, to
Account #552, Tires.
A Budget Change Form request was received from Jean G. Conway, R.N., Supervisor,
~ublic Health Nursing Service, dated February I, 1985, requesttng $450 to
Account #1552, Staff Nurses, from Account #1563, Hospice Program. This adds
~.50/hour to the position of Hospice Nurse for assuming the additional duties
that are mandated by this position.
Mr. Clinton contacted Mr. D'Errlco by phone who informed him that this is included
lin the job description, that this is a reasonable amount of money to pay for
Ithis type of service and that she is performing hospice work 90% of the time.
I85-34 Motion was made by Mr. Pentore, seconded by Mrs. Delaney, to
appropriate $450 to Account #1552, Staff Nurses, from Account #1563,
Hospice Program.
. OPPOSED: Dr. Mclntosh
fhe meeting was adjourned at 10:20 P.M.
Respectfully submitted,
Alexandra D. Dempsey
Secretary
MINUTES
BOARD OF FINANCE
Regular Meeting
February ]9, 1985
lthers Present:
Angelo J. Tiezzi, Blanche J. Delaney, Steven Vandrilla,
Dr. John P. Mclntosh, Richard Pentore, Joseph A. Bernardi
(9:15 P.M.)
Gary S. Clinton, Finance Director; Mayor Warren E.
Kingsbury; Deputy Mayors Robert A. Argazzi and Thomas W.
Ward, Jr.; James D'Errico, Personnel Director; Fro~
Alexander and Alexander: Henry L. Gotta and'James Carter;
Richard Lee, The tterald
'his joint meeting of the Executive Board and the Board of Finance for the
,urpose of reviewing a Draft Copy of an "insurance Management Study" was
:ailed to order by Mayor Kingsbury at 7:35 P.M.
Ir. Gotta opened the discussion by stating that they have tried to recognize
hat the Town is a large multl-milllon dollar organization. They have taken
look at the future intention of what the Town wants to do w~th its insurance
rogram as well as a look at the insurance program as ~t now stands and what
mprovements can be made to improve costs. This report was also put together
,ith assistance from people in the General Town Government, Board of Education
well as Mr. Zackln.
stated that they have done quite a bit on risk management. He orated that
,e is concerned that there is no centralized control of insurance or an analysis
,f the losses that are being generated and corrective action being taken to
ontrol these losses. The losses that the Town has are going to creep up
,n you; someone has to have control of that function. He would recommend that
Risk Management Committee, composed of staff people; people who have authority
nd responsibility to go with that authority. A statement on risk management
hould come from the top official of the Town. Considerable discussion concern-
Ing this proposed Committee followed.
r. Carter then reviewed the recommendations with the Board members, in review-
ng the report, Mr. Carter commented that he does not see the services of
he insurance carrier being taken advantage of by the Town. Mr. Gotta stated
hat he should be regularly assisting the department heads. Mr, Carter then
ommented that if there is a priority between the hiring of an electriclan or
plumber, that a licensed electriclan be hired first and then a llcensed
lumber. He stated that it is not legally required to have a licensed
le_trician.
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AS concerns the property coverage, Hr. Carter telL that a ~J,UUO ucouctJble
is tOO smaJl~ a deductible for a Town the size of Berlin should be $25,000.
As regards the insurance bid procedure it was suggested that the Town needs
someone who knows what they are doing; someone who is active in the commercial
lines. He suggested that the Town pick their agent first and then assign
companies to them so that they do not step on each other's toes.
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Meetinj of February 19, 1985 -2-
Reorganization. Mayor Kingsbury presented the Board members with a memorandum
(undated) entitled "Reorga~Jzatlon of Berlin's Government" with an attached
flow chart. Mayor Kingsbury stated that this is a plan for reorganlzi'ng the
Town departments so that as much as posslbJe we can direct the supervision of the
departments in an orderly, workable fashion. He presently has ten department
heads reporting to the Mayor; he proposes three. He stated that the additional
personnel involved, which have nothing to do with reorganization, would amount
to about $46,000 and include another mechanic at the Town garage, an assistant
engineer, a part-time clerk and the funding of the senior dj'rector on a full-
time basis.
Chairman Bernardi questioned if it would be possible to receive a h~ief descrip-
tion of each position. Mr. D'ErrJco replied that it would be possible.
Budget Chan~e Form Request. Mayor Kingsbury requested that the Board of Finance
review a Budget Change Form request dated January 25, 1985, for $440.00 to J
Account #106, Recording Secretary, which was tabled at the January 31, 1985, meeting
The meeting was adjourned at 11:30 P.M.
Respectfully submitted,
Alexandra D. Dempsey
Secretary
MINUTES
BOARD OF FINANCE
Regular Meeting
February 21, 1985
Members Present: Joseph A. Bernardl, Blanche J. Delaney, Angelo J. Tiezzi,
Dr. John P. Mclntosh
Members Absent: Steven Vandrilla, Richard Pentore
Others Present: Gary S. Clinton, Finance Director
The meeting was called to order by Chairman Bernardl at 8:10 P.M.
MINUTES
Motion was made by Mrs. Delaney, seconded by Mr. Tlezzi, and
VOTED to approve the Minutes of February 7, 1985.
Motion was made by Mr. Tiezzi, seconded by Mrs. Delaney, and
VOTED to approve the Minutes of February 19, 1985.
CORRESPONDENCE
A letter was received from Milton P. Freeman, Director of Business Opera-
tions, Board of Education, dated February 13, 1985, regarding Program 85.
Mr. Freeman stated that the present expenditures for 1984/85 are $12,000
each for State Agency, Non-Public and Public and $80,000 each for Local
Non-Public and Public. The projected expenditures for 1985/86 are
$20,000 each for Stage Agency, Non-Public and Public and $104,OOO each
for Local Non-Public and Public.
A letter was received from Milton P. Freeman, Director of Business Opera-
tions, Board of Education, dated February 13, 1985, regarding the Capital
Improvement Facilities in the 1985/86 budget. He stated that they wish to
delete the building addition for Griswold School, as well as the air condi-
tioning, in the amount of $57,000. They wish to add fans for the elementary
school classrooms in the amount of $7,500. The request for Capital Improve-
ment - Facility now totals $123,500.