MINUTES OF ANNUAL TOWN BUDGET MEETING
APRIL 19, 2017
Town Hall Hearing Room
Present: First Selectman Julia Pemberton, Deputy Town Clerk Kathleen Miserendino, Richard Emerson (Moderator), Margaret L. O’Donnell, Patricia J. Moisio, Katherine Stauffer, Betsy M. Higgins, Jennifer K. Wastrom
First Selectman Julia Pemberton called the meeting to order at 3:26 p.m. She asked for nomination of a moderator.
Motion: To nominate Richard Emerson as Moderator of the meeting. Moisio, O’Donnell. Motion passed unanimously.
Mr. Emerson called upon the Deputy Town Clerk, Kathleen Miserendino, to read the call of the meeting.
LEGAL NOTICE
WARNING-NOTICE OF ANNUAL
TOWN BUDGET MEETING
The Legal Voters in the Town of Redding, Connecticut, and those
entitled to vote therein are hereby warned and notified to meet at
the Annual Town Budget Meeting to be held in the Hearing Room of
the Town Hall Office Building in Redding, Connecticut on Wednesday
April 19, 2016 at 3:00 P.M., EDT for the following purposes:
1. To set the date and time for the Annual Budget Referendum
for fiscal year July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2018. Pursuant to the
provisions of CGS 7-7 amended by Public Act 81-228, the Board
of Selectmen voted at its meeting duly warned and held on
March 20, 2017 to submit the 2017-18 Budget to a machine vote.
To do any and all things legal and necessary to accomplish the
above named purpose and take any other action that may legally
and properly come before the meeting.
DATED at Redding, Connecticut this 3rd day of April, 2017.
BOARD OF SELECTMEN
Julia Pemberton, First Selectman
Margaret L. O’Donnell, Selectman
Michael Thompson, Selectman
Mr. Emerson asked for a motion to approve the warning as read.
Motion: To approve the warning of the annual town budget meeting as read. Moisio, O’Donnell. Motion passed unanimously.
Mr. Emerson then indicated he had received a Certification of Publication of Legal Notice pursuant to the provisions of CGS 7-4, signed by the First Selectman.
Mr. Emerson noted that the first purpose of the meeting was to set the date for the annual budget referendum, since the Board of Selectmen voted to send the annual budget to referendum at their special meeting held on March 20, 2017.
Mr. Emerson then asked for a motion to set the referendum date.
Motion: To set the date for the town annual budget referendum for Tuesday, May 2nd 2017 from 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Redding Community Center. Moisio, Stauffer. Motion passed unanimously.
Mr. Emerson stated since there was no further business to come before the meeting, he would entertain a motion to adjourn the meeting.
Motion: To adjourn the annual town budget meeting Moisio, O’Donnell. Motion passed unanimously.
The meeting was adjourned at 3:30 p.m.
Submitted by:
Kathleen Miserendino, Deputy Town Clerk