[0:42] Good evening, everybody. Thanks for, uh, thanks for coming. This is the town council regular meeting Wednesday, March 18th, 2026. It's now 7 p.m. Let's, uh, rise for the pledge, Dennis.

[0:56] United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation, under their app, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. All right,

[1:11] so the first item was second item on the agenda is visitors. I have a statement that I make before we hear from visitors.

[1:18] During the public comment, the council will listen without reply.

[1:22] This approach ensures fairness in order, while showing respect for your input,

[1:25] which we value when we consider carefully.

[1:27] If a response or an action is needed, based on what you say, the town manager will follow

[1:32] after the meeting or the town council will place the matter on a future agenda.

[1:37] Without the way many visitors would like to speak.

[1:39] Thank you.

[1:39] Yes.

[1:40] If all.

[1:41] Please have a seat.

[1:43] Thank you.

[1:45] Stay in your name and your address, please.

[1:49] Okay.

[1:49] Name is Paul Millenson.

[1:51] I'm chairman of the police commission.

[1:53] I live at 10 Old Ocean Road, Clinton.

[1:54] Thank you.

[1:58] At the Bay of Westview, I'm not a polished public speaker.

[2:01] Either way.

[2:04] Basically, I want to read that.

[2:05] I hope you guys had the lead of the police commission submitted to the town council.

[2:09] So I'm basically going to read that into the record, but I'd like to make a few quick

[2:13] comments before that.

[2:15] It won't take a minute.

[2:17] Here today to speak to you about the removal of the school resource officer, SRO position

[2:22] from the police department and budget.

[2:24] It's not my intent to be confrontational or challenge a decision.

[2:28] You're elected representatives who are tasked with making difficult decisions in the best

[2:32] interests of the town.

[2:34] Firstly, I believe you all do a good job.

[2:36] However, I also believe there are some issues or decisions that are best left to the citizens of town by way of their vote.

[2:43] My goal today is to help you conclude that the issue of school safety, specifically the full-time SRO position at L.A. Middle School, is one of those issues.

[2:53] Now, I'd just like to read the letter into the record.

[2:58] Dear members of the town council, as chairman of the Board of Police Commission, I respectfully urge the town council to restore funding for the dedicated school resource officer, SRO position at the L8 middle school and the FY 2627 budget.

[3:13] This decision is not simply about funding, it's about whether Clinton maintains that proactive safety posture in our schools.

[3:19] The current staffing model has reached its operational limit and no longer represents the responsible

[3:25] level of protection for our students, educators, and community.

[3:29] The Clinton Police Department is currently operating under a critical single point of failure.

[3:34] Once one SRO is expected to serve three separate school campuses, it is unrealistic to expect

[3:40] the single officer to effectively support three geographically separate schools while fulfilling

[3:46] the full responsibilities of the SRO role.

[3:50] Clinton is also significantly under resource

[3:52] compared to neighboring communities, while Clinton attempts

[3:55] to protect three schools with one SRO,

[3:57] Madison employs two SROs along with seven

[4:01] additional school security staff,

[4:03] Old Saburk, Essex, and Gilford, each deploy three SROs

[4:06] across the districts.

[4:08] Clinton stands out as operating

[4:10] with far fewer school safety resources.

[4:13] Beyond security, SROs provide important preventative benefits.

[4:17] They build trusted relationships with students, identify emerging concerns early,

[4:22] support the juvenile review board, and serve as mentors and positive role models within the school community.

[4:28] These early intervention efforts are a key component of modern policing and use support.

[4:35] Adding a second school resource officer represents a modest investment

[4:39] when distributed across the community with only minimal impact on individual taxpayers.

[4:45] Concerning the importance of school safety, Clinton residents should have the opportunity to decide whether staffing

[4:50] Elliott Middle School with a dedicated second SRO is a priority for their community.

[4:56] For these reasons, the Board of Police Commissioners respectfully request the Town Council restore funding for

[5:01] the Elliott Middle School SRO position in the FY 2627 budget.

[5:06] the safety of our students, educators, and community must remain a highest priority.

[5:11] Thank you for consideration and continued support of the public safety and Clinton.

[5:17] And that was what we voted on the last police commission we voted to submit that.

[5:22] Let it to you guys.

[5:24] The last thing I just say a couple of quick bullet points and then I'll get out of your way.

[5:29] I just want to say, like you said, considering school safety, hope is not a method.

[5:33] And the financial impact is going to be minimal.

[5:37] And I see no harm in letting it go towards the voters decide.

[5:44] That's all I have.

[5:46] Thank you very much.

[5:47] Thank you.

[5:51] Any other visitors would like to speak?

[5:57] I do want to let you know there is a letter that has been submitted for correspondence to be on the record.

[6:05] So it's a lengthy letter.

[6:06] I'm not going to read it.

[6:07] You all received a hard copy of it.

[6:09] So it's been received and it will be in the minutes, so anyone in the public that wants to see it will be attached to the minutes as well, and that's from Emily Roy for the record.

[6:17] Everybody have that letter?

[6:24] All right, approval of the minutes.

[6:26] We have two sets of minutes.

[6:28] First is the town council regular meeting on Wednesday, March 4th, 2026.

[6:32] Do we have a motion to approve those minutes?

[6:36] So moved.

[6:37] Second?

[6:38] Second.

[6:39] So moved by Chris Passante, second, Brian Ruffiery.

[6:42] All in favor?

[6:43] I have.

[6:44] Those opposed?

[6:45] Stay in the meeting?

[6:46] I was.

[6:47] I was.

[6:47] Tell your one.

[6:51] Got it?

[6:54] Motion carries with one abstention.

[6:57] Thank you.

[6:59] Next is approval minutes for our special meeting,

[7:02] our special budget meeting on Thursday, March 4, 326.

[7:05] So I have a motion to approve those minutes.

[7:07] It's, Mary Allen, second jury done.

[7:11] All in favor?

[7:12] All right.

[7:12] Opposed?

[7:14] I'm staying?

[7:15] I think I have to abstain, right?

[7:18] And what's up there?

[7:19] What's going on?

[7:21] Motion carries.

[7:23] Thank you.

[7:26] Point minutes and reappointments we have done tonight.

[7:28] That's right, Mary.

[7:29] Correct.

[7:31] Line out of transfers.

[7:33] You want to speak to those?

[7:34] Bob is here tonight to do that.

[7:37] Bob, I'm going to call him up.

[7:47] Good evening.

[7:47] So the first line item transfer would be relating to winter maintenance and

[8:02] I think we've

[8:03] been talking about this for a while we were waiting basically for the and winter and spring

[8:12] forward. It's $125,480, and we're getting it mainly from contingency, and really

[8:23] that that's the balance of contingency.

[8:28] So this is the pay for snow and plowing and sanding, right?

[8:32] That's correct.

[8:35] And including sand.

[8:41] So you should, you want to go motion line by line on where you want to go all together.

[8:48] Maybe we should do them individually.

[8:51] So there's a request for a motion, or a motion, I'm asking for a motion to transfer funds from,

[8:58] if you see the attachment that he's provided from the contingency fund and from the employer Social Security Contribution Fund of 125,480 to the

[9:09] winter maintenance activity fund for over time for snow and ice and snow cloud

[9:14] of sanding and salt.

[9:16] I'll hear a motion.

[9:18] So moved.

[9:19] Second.

[9:21] Second.

[9:22] All in favor?

[9:23] Discussion?

[9:24] Discussion?

[9:25] Discussion?

[9:25] Yes.

[9:26] Just want to know that completely wipes out the contingency, makes it down to zero,

[9:31] get three more months in the event that something goes wrong, what's our plan?

[9:37] We could look at other line items in the budget and see where there's funds that are untapped or unused or that we're coming under budget with, whether it be a salary, some salary line items that may not be used with vacancies.

[9:56] I'm assuming we're going to have him sign it. It's not even signed by the department head.

[10:00] It was two sheets actually, we've received it afterwards because it's already been purchased.

[10:11] It's already been purchased?

[10:13] Oh, yeah.

[10:14] And that's over time.

[10:15] And yes, absolutely.

[10:17] Well, we can't not.

[10:19] Well, we can't not.

[10:20] It's getting warmer.

[10:25] Then it's good.

[10:28] All right.

[10:28] So that end of discussion.

[10:31] All in favor?

[10:32] All right.

[10:34] Opposed?

[10:41] The second transfer relates to an amount in the 2526 CIP plan.

[10:48] If you remember there was $540,000 approved plan-wise for dredging which is required out of

[10:59] that $540,000, there was $40,000 designated for professional services.

[11:03] So, that's the only part that we're requesting, and those professional services relate to

[11:10] harbor management dredge permitting process.

[11:14] In this CIP that was just approved, there was a second 500,000, so we're waiting for July

[11:21] 1st to actually come to you for a million dollar appropriation for dredging the harbor area.

[11:29] But this is $40,000 for a professional service in order to prepare for the dredging.

[11:38] So we would have then a million, 40,000 available after this line-up.

[11:42] After this line of transfer, I'm only asking for 40,000.

[11:46] There's a million in the plan that has not been approved.

[11:50] We're waiting to July to approve the million for the actual dredging.

[11:54] They'll get a bit amount.

[11:58] So we know exactly how much it is if it's 950,000, that's what we're going to ask for.

[12:03] This is just for the 40,000 professional services relating to dredging.

[12:09] There's requirements for remitting and all these work, all the work that has to be done to lead up to be eligible for the dredging.

[12:18] And where's the other million coming from?

[12:21] The other million would be relating to the million four that we appropriated last year relating to the

[12:30] the East sidewalk project.

[12:32] So in other words, basically what we did was, if you remember,

[12:34] you appropriated 1.4 million because you're concerned

[12:37] that we didn't have the funds for the sidewalk project

[12:40] because the federal grant was a reimbursement grant.

[12:44] So in actuality, once that sidewalk project is done,

[12:48] we have a million four of which 300,000

[12:51] is a town contribution to the grant.

[12:55] So we'll have a million one.

[12:59] But we're not going to get back 1.4 from that project.

[13:02] Right.

[13:02] We'll get 1.1.

[13:04] Well, not exactly, but around that.

[13:07] Around that.

[13:07] And when will we get that?

[13:11] It's already coming in.

[13:13] I mean, as we spend it, we get it.

[13:14] Right.

[13:16] Yeah, it's not it.

[13:17] As we get it, we get it that quarter.

[13:20] And in the CIP plan, for this year, we had $500,000

[13:24] in there for balance of the right. It's a million dollars to drive.

[13:27] And did we put 500,000 side last year?

[13:29] Yes.

[13:30] Right, but it's just a plan.

[13:32] The only thing that's approved in the CIP plan is the fund 60 column and the end column

[13:39] which is those small amounts that we did in the department's budget.

[13:42] That's the only thing that's appropriated.

[13:43] Otherwise, everything else in there, bonding, everything else, you just approved as a plan.

[13:48] We have to come back and get an appropriation.

[13:51] Same thing for dredging.

[13:52] So the million's going to be from reimbursement of the 1.4 project?

[13:59] Yes.

[14:00] We have a million already put aside.

[14:03] So on my books, I have a grant fund, 1.4 million.

[14:08] The revenues are from the grant and the expansion is approved because we accept the grant.

[14:15] Last year the town council approved a million in the CIP fund 60 line item to fund it.

[14:22] So we have two 1.4 million.

[14:25] If you remember, we thought that money was going to come back

[14:27] reverse years later.

[14:29] We didn't think we were going to get the money right away.

[14:31] And so we said, we better fund this sidewalk thing,

[14:33] and then we'll get 80% was coming back from the state,

[14:36] and we said, who knows when we're going to get it.

[14:38] But it turns out, we got it.

[14:40] Well, we'll get it.

[14:41] We're not going to ask for the million until next fiscal year.

[14:46] I can't allocate the money.

[14:47] But by the time that we get to the next fiscal year,

[14:49] where we have to pay for the drudging, the drudging now.

[14:53] No. No. This is just $40,000 for the...

[14:56] No, no, I'm saying, but I understand that, but...

[15:03] When will the dredge occur next, next, next winter? This summer, on next summer, 20, 20, 20, 20, 27. So it's going to be a while till we come back. No, it's in the, it's in the fall, I believe. We'll know more once you get the permitting and everything done.

[15:25] It makes sense to me to put the word of thanks for the explanation. All right, motion to move $40,000 from the CIP revaluation line item to the CIP harbor management dredging permitting

[15:37] being serviced line item, $40,000.

[15:40] I hear a motion.

[15:42] So moved.

[15:43] Second.

[15:44] Second.

[15:45] All in favor?

[15:46] Aye.

[15:46] Opposed?

[15:48] Sorry, discussion.

[15:50] I guess we had it.

[15:51] Thanks, yeah.

[15:53] Staying motion carries.

[15:55] Thank you.

[15:56] The next line item is a line item between within the department,

[16:01] which is the Building Maintenance Department.

[16:04] The booting maintenance over time needs to be funded additionally.

[16:10] It actually matches in prior years, we appropriated 10,000.

[16:14] In prior years we needed a 10,000 to, it relates to the activities at the town hall.

[16:20] On the revenue side, you know, we get the revenues on the revenue side.

[16:24] You won't see that applied to this account.

[16:27] We do have money in salaries because there was an open position.

[16:34] Motion to transfer from the line item,

[16:42] town hall maintenance, salaries to town hall maintenance over time.

[16:45] Do I hear a motion?

[16:47] So, Jerry.

[16:48] Second.

[16:49] Dennis, all the favor?

[16:51] Can I ask you a question?

[16:52] I'm sorry.

[16:53] I've asked it before, but I forgot.

[16:57] Over time, we pay for it, rather than the people who are-

[17:00] No, they do know I asked it before.

[17:02] I know I asked it before.

[17:06] I want that side again. No, no, no, no, that's okay.

[17:09] Let's go on the one who wanted to carry.

[17:13] But did we increase this year,

[17:18] budget to foresee stuff like this happening again?

[17:21] I mean, what's all this extra use, I guess,

[17:24] that increase the council or activities? I understand what?

[17:30] Well, I need over time, I guess.

[17:33] because when there's events here on Saturdays or Sunday during the day and we

[17:37] don't have a custodian they have to they pay for the custodian the groups

[17:42] that are coming to rent the space so we do get revenue from it but we can't

[17:47] transfer from the revenue to this it on this on the ledger that's not how

[17:51] the revenues of a budget went up correspondingly so we're doing yes yes so the

[17:56] revenue did go up you did corresponding take care yes and plus

[18:04] we filled

[18:04] of the position as well, which helps, and it's a Florida.

[18:09] And the new position is hours or Tuesday through Saturday.

[18:12] So the Saturday we now have someone on staff from 7 to 3.30, straight time, exactly.

[18:20] I mean, there will still be some overtime come the summer because this individual part of

[18:24] their responsibilities is the beach and working with parks and rec.

[18:28] So that's their busy season, but it should definitely have a positive impact on lowering

[18:34] So we're going to have to be maintenance wise.

[18:37] So making sure like the batch house and things like that,

[18:39] that's going to be part of his routine

[18:41] to check and make sure that everything's up and running.

[18:45] That's something new with part.

[18:47] Part can refuse to have a part time person who used to do that.

[18:50] So that position is being eliminated

[18:52] and this position is becoming a full time position.

[19:00] So we're through discussion.

[19:03] All in favor?

[19:04] Aye.

[19:05] Opposed?

[19:06] Mr. Stain, motion carries unanimously.

[19:11] Last line item transfer relates to legal, and just like we mentioned, there is no money in contingency anymore, so we did have to find other accounts, and I guess we're fortunate that there are some vacancies and some salary accounts, and we're able to request a transfer from those line items, and you see those line items.

[19:35] there. One is IT, we've had an open position, human services, there's been an open position,

[19:43] and then the fringe benefits relating to them.

[19:52] Yeah, it's a tech, it's like, I don't want to say deputy, it's like, it's a tech position

[19:58] that's been vacant, so the IT director has been getting a stipend to do the additional duties,

[20:06] So, this position has been vacant, so there's the savings there, and then the human services is the clinician position, which has just been challenging.

[20:16] We've increased the salary to be actually a little bit above market, but it's just out there quite honestly, it's hard to find people.

[20:25] So, that position has vacant.

[20:29] Michelle, is that IT position carrying over to the budget we're talking about now?

[20:34] remain in there. So it's in the budget that's being proposed but it is an option. It was

[20:43] an option to be adjusted. It's been very hard to replace. It's not the hourly rate really

[20:51] is not competitive. So what is it? Is there a specific amount of time where you go in and

[21:01] And if, like I say, legal is over budget, is it when you get invoices and we can't pay it?

[21:09] Like, is it month, you know, quarterly, it's, it's by, it's by a total line item, by department, by month, that's part.

[21:20] You mean when the invoices come in?

[21:22] So, like, so the reason we need to make this transfers because presumably we have $125,000

[21:31] worth of bills that we don't have money in the account.

[21:35] It's forecast, it's forecast.

[21:36] It's for, yeah, he pays them.

[21:38] There is, there is a deficit right now.

[21:40] If we waited to your end, it will be 125.

[21:44] Right. So, so what I'm asking is, like, how do you determine when to, to go in and

[21:51] make transfers? Like, is it, is it quarterly, monthly?

[21:56] Is there a plan? Are you just sort of wait till it gets to a certain level?

[22:03] No, I don't think there's any certain timing as I keep an eye on the bottom line of the actual department to make sure that's not over-span tennis.

[22:14] I mean, certain times depends on the accounts we wait.

[22:18] You know, I wasn't quite sure with legal if it was just the case right now and then things will smooth out.

[22:24] And, you know, I'm like, do I ask for $7,500 to the fiscal year end, $125 is $125 enough.

[22:31] How much did you budget originally?

[22:35] 125.

[22:36] 125 and it looks like it's going to be 250.

[22:39] Right.

[22:39] And then it was 250 the prior year as well.

[22:42] So we thought that maybe we could get it down and it turns out we did.

[22:47] What do we budget for next?

[22:49] What's in our next budget?

[22:50] Oh boy.

[22:51] What was it?

[22:52] One 15 hopes of that there were no union contracts next year.

[22:57] There were some tax appeals that lasted over beyond a year, and they were over, so we're just hoping activity will decrease.

[23:11] How many years with legal expenses in?

[23:13] A significant amount in FOIAs.

[23:15] I mean, we have over $20,000 in FOIAs alone, which we're averaging one a week.

[23:20] What is Ryan and Ryan doing?

[23:21] It's our labor attorney.

[23:23] So they do the union contracts.

[23:25] So that maybe we won't see next year?

[23:27] We won't see the contracts. We did three. We did have some labor matters that had to be addressed and handled.

[23:34] And a lot and quite a few actually were prior to even my time in Bob's time.

[23:39] We have some planning and zoning issues that are still out there, assessment appeals and tax issues.

[23:50] Some of them, they take a long time to get resolves and litigations, which are I think

[23:56] a result.

[23:58] What was the FOIA request last year?

[24:01] Was it this cover?

[24:02] I don't know if we did a breakdown this way last year.

[24:05] I think there was a breakdown.

[24:08] I don't recall.

[24:09] I don't remember.

[24:13] I don't remember.

[24:13] It was an overage.

[24:15] Yeah, we had allocated for way to almost the same thing last year.

[24:20] Yeah.

[24:20] It brings to mind is, you know, things like our legal bills,

[24:25] right back to where, three or four years ago,

[24:29] we used to budget for $2.25, $2.30.

[24:36] And then all of a sudden, we decided, oh no, we can only,

[24:39] we can get away with $1.25.

[24:42] Well, we can't get away with 1.25, so why do we even think that and do that imaginary

[24:49] fake 1.25 number when consistently we're going up to 2.25 now, like 3, 4, 5 years

[24:59] in a row?

[25:00] Well, certainly hoping, at least with the union contracts, we know there's going to be no

[25:05] expenses for that except for any, you know, and how about these ones?

[25:09] Well, when you look at, well, those are, when you look at the, some of the descriptions,

[25:16] you know, there's some things on here that quite honestly just were, you can't predict.

[25:22] Obviously, a foyer's you can't predict.

[25:23] There are some issues with the legal, with the ballots that were in election matter.

[25:29] Any time ordinances you want, ordinances reviewed?

[25:33] Can you predict the zoning stuff or no?

[25:35] No, because you don't know if someone's going to appeal a decision.

[25:40] Okay.

[25:40] We also did a lot of trainings, which are one time.

[25:43] So we had all of our elected boards and officials undergo training.

[25:48] Code of ethics.

[25:49] There's a lot of things that we did update that, you know,

[25:51] do take time in multiple times of reviewing and redlining and.

[25:58] Yeah, I mean, you see the appeals.

[26:04] There's a lot of zoning matters, the addresses are all there.

[26:09] Well, I agree with Dennis's point, but I guess that's the whole concept of budgeting, right?

[26:19] So you have to make a put a number out there.

[26:22] And what I'm saying is a different point of maybe we should have some sort of financial controls

[26:30] in place that says any time we exceed our budget by 50,000 we need to make line transfer

[26:40] because we're going to have the same issue with the human resource. Hopefully we don't

[26:45] have the same issue. We have the same accounting method with the human resources position

[26:52] that we're facing. Is there waiting? I don't think so. We can engage the lawyers like on a retainer

[26:57] so that it would be more predictable?

[26:59] They're out of retainer, but if it's under the retainer,

[27:01] they bill us as.

[27:02] And then if it's over, they stop at the retainer.

[27:06] But there's certain things that are not included

[27:08] that are just matters that aren't.

[27:11] And some of these are attorneys that were,

[27:13] some of these zoning matters were left

[27:15] with the prior attorneys because they were already

[27:18] in litigation and handling it.

[27:23] What's the line item for the adopted charter revision 11, 2023?

[27:27] 23. It's under Milano and wanted for $2,200. It's from 1123. I'm not sure exactly which one

[27:37] that one is. No, I know. I don't know. Bob, do you have any? No, I mean, I can find out

[27:43] exactly which one that one is. Bob went through and tried to categorize them.

[27:47] These invoice numbers, 15, 657. Yeah. Matters. It could be checks on. Yeah, we could check on that.

[27:53] I mean, it certainly can go back to the invoice and find it.

[27:56] Yeah, absolutely.

[28:00] All right, so I think I went out or again, I think maybe we did the discussion before the motions, but we'll try to do it.

[28:06] Right, so this is a line item transfer from various salaries and fringe benefits to legal in the amount of $125,000.

[28:18] Do I have a motion for the transfer?

[28:21] So moved.

[28:23] Second.

[28:24] Second.

[28:25] Brian and Carrie discussion any any more discussion? All in favor?

[28:32] Aye. Aye. Opposed?

[28:35] I abstain?

[28:37] Motion carries, you know, and that's it for the next

[28:53] is the finance report.

[28:56] Janius had turned on the TV.

[28:57] Yeah, it was on. I don't know. I don't know why it's off.

[29:03] Oh, he's on here. Yeah, I'll probably turn it off off. Which one is it?

[29:09] The red one.

[29:10] Red is it?

[29:10] I don't know.

[29:23] Positions be.

[29:24] It hasn't been stated.

[29:26] Where's my connection?

[29:33] We'll talk about the report first.

[29:35] That's in front of you, dated March 18th, 2026.

[29:39] I'll just go over the items that are different from the prior month, for the most part, everything's

[29:47] been the same.

[29:49] If you look at the General Fund Fund Bounce Report, the only thing different on that from

[29:57] and prior fund bounce reports is that-

[30:00] We've put in the amount reserved for the million dollars use of unbounce in this budget coming up once we do that, then we're predicting that at the end of this fiscal year, June 30th, 2026, the unassigned fund bounce would represent 21 percent of total budget. So we're close to 20 percent. I think that's even rounding 21, it's even lower, it's like 20.6 percent. Right, that's pretty tight. That is right.

[30:29] So we're pretty tight actually the budgets are getting tighter there's nothing wrong with the tight budget

[30:35] There's nothing wrong with sweating it right is it's you know if you're not it's not tight budget then

[30:41] I guess we're not being that responsible. So the on the side fund balance to repeat what you said to make sure it's clear

[30:46] It's 14 million 176 598 the estimate. Yeah, which is roughly 21% yeah, our budget of about 68

[30:55] So really that's the the only change there

[30:58] except for I added the report upon request and, you know, I'll be adding that quarterly.

[31:04] We have added this report. It's the CIP fund 60, and it's the line item detail.

[31:10] It's on page 17. And that reports the projects that the town council approved in the first column of the CIP.

[31:20] And that's page 17,

[31:28] fun 60, town slash board of ed, capital projects.

[31:32] You have the budget amounts on the left hand column that were approved in the budget process.

[31:38] And then you have a second to last column, you have year-to-date expenses, and then

[31:43] more importantly, available balance.

[31:46] Typically at fiscal year end, I go over those available bounces and inquire from the

[31:51] departments is if the project has been finished.

[31:58] If you remember, a lot of these line items also reserve accounts, specifically for the

[32:03] fire department, we have, you'll see line items there for apparatus, but they're there

[32:09] to save up over the years until we get to a certain point where we can purchase an apparatus

[32:14] when we plan to purchase it.

[32:15] So there are some reserve accounts there as well.

[32:19] As you can see, at the very top, there's the 1.4 million sidewalk appropriation.

[32:27] And like I said, there is another appropriation for 1.4 million in the grant fund.

[32:33] So that 1.4 million will become available.

[32:39] I do have the Board of Ed did give me detail on their line on them, so I'll pass that

[32:48] out.

[32:48] It's a little small.

[32:49] You can have to get your goggles on.

[32:52] But these are there so I can approve that object, and these are the items that are still

[33:00] So I'm going to announce in the yellow of the projects that are finished, and there was

[33:07] a massive available world actually going to keep them in the council, they won't be in

[33:13] the appropriation, and they won't be spent.

[33:21] I'm sorry.

[33:23] So if I cancel that appropriation, so there's no authority to spend, it goes into fund 60 fund

[33:29] balance for the time period.

[33:32] So, you said the ones that are yellow highlighted?

[33:35] Yellow highlighted those items you see in the description column that they were savings.

[33:42] The project came under what they thought.

[33:44] Those are amounts not used.

[33:48] Oh, okay.

[33:55] So, you'll see your reserve accounts for the police fleet relating to their lease vehicles,

[34:00] so we have money available there.

[34:02] Fire department, like I said, there's reserve accounts there.

[34:07] I like to say typically at fiscal year end I meet with the department heads and if they

[34:13] say the projects over I close and you'll no longer see an appropriation on this report

[34:20] and the funds fall just like the general fund into fund amounts.

[34:35] So in the June time period I can come back to the town council and report on those lion

[34:41] and items representing projects that are complete with

[34:44] amounts still available.

[34:55] Another point to make that unassigned fund balance of 14

[34:58] million, 176, we're right around 20 percent.

[35:02] So next year when we do the budget, and if it goes up,

[35:05] say, 3 percent from 68 million to 70 million,

[35:09] we're going to have to put money aside to keep that at 20 percent.

[35:13] It's going to, we're actually going to put money in the

[35:15] rainy day fund for the first time in a long time.

[35:18] Yeah, unless we have bounces less than the general fund,

[35:23] which fall into, so for instance, it could be a year

[35:28] where the Board of Ed comes and asks for non-lapsing

[35:30] monies and it's a year that possibly we don't do that

[35:34] because we will need an amount to fall into fund

[35:36] bounce to keep a 20% fund bounce.

[35:39] So, you know, we might get away next year

[35:42] without having to put it in, but then the following year.

[35:46] Right.

[35:46] that's if we keep it at 20 right yeah I'm trying to follow this so on the back

[35:54] on this board of ed one so you're saying that right now they have 299,228

[36:02] dollars that they did not spend that we allocated it in a different CIP project let

[36:12] Yeah, so they have a balance of 299,000 of which for them there are two-year projects.

[36:21] So they haven't completed a lot of these projects.

[36:24] So it's a balance yet to be spent.

[36:26] That yellow highlights are the balances that they know they're not going to spend because

[36:31] the project's over and they've had savings.

[36:33] About 30,000.

[36:35] Right. So there's, I noticed, there's a lot of projects on that list that says a two-year span.

[36:42] So then a lot of times you'll see them requesting an amount for computer and technology.

[36:49] They may be saving an amount so they come up to a certain amount so they can actually purchase

[36:53] what they need for the computer technology.

[36:57] So all those accounts are still active except for the yellow highlights.

[37:00] It

[37:10] seems like a lot of money is sitting there.

[37:12] I just thought that somehow we could apply to issues

[37:17] CIP for this budget, but I guess we can't,

[37:20] not until we know these two-year projects are right.

[37:25] Any money sitting there, the general fund

[37:27] is making the interest.

[37:30] Yeah, well, yeah.

[37:31] Just so you know, I mean, I don't have to tell you about it.

[37:35] We're looking for every dime we can this year to try to,

[37:38] And,

[37:41] you know, I'm talking about it.

[37:44] All

[37:48] right, now where is my report?

[37:58] So that's it for the report.

[38:01] And now in front of you that you have the, we'll just go over the financial statements

[38:07] a little bit.

[38:08] In front of you, you have an excerpt as up to 20 pages.

[38:14] The financial statements themselves are 161 pages.

[38:17] I picked the ones that are the most informative, I guess the most interesting.

[38:21] Now, if I can find out where it is,

[38:30] I must have, but it was, wasn't it, a PDF?

[38:35] Yes, it was a PDF.

[38:36] I don't see a PDF on the bottom.

[38:38] It was from E-mail.

[38:47] Email?

[38:53] Oh, there we go.

[38:54] No, that's not it.

[38:55] No,

[38:58] that's not it.

[38:59] No, that's not it.

[39:01] Yeah, I know.

[39:02] Sorry.

[39:04] All right.

[39:04] Well, let's go through the report.

[39:05] What we've got, we've got the report in front of us, this is the report for the fiscal year ending June 30 of 2025.

[39:16] You know, just generally, you're going to find, right?

[39:20] Yes.

[39:22] Generally, municipal accounting, governmental accounting, there's no difference from commercial accounting, small business accounting.

[39:32] We have the same reports, we have the same general entry manuals, we have the same general

[39:39] ledges.

[39:41] There's just a few differences because obviously commercial companies are profit motivated

[39:49] and municipalities obviously we're concentrating on the inflows and outflows for governmental

[39:57] purposes.

[39:58] So that's the difference, and there's a few different accounting entries, but for the

[40:04] most part we're the same.

[40:08] The major difference is, in governmental accounting, we account by funds.

[40:16] Funds are treated like a separate set of books, they have their own separate general ledgers,

[40:21] and the nice thing about funds is it's compartmentalizing the accounting of the government.

[40:27] It makes it kind of like easier to see.

[40:29] Major fund being the general fund, which is our budget.

[40:33] Each fund has a specific purpose, specific inflows,

[40:37] revenues, and specific expenditures,

[40:40] specific reason for spending.

[40:42] General fund is for reports on the government's major operations.

[40:47] That's what we talk about all the times.

[40:49] Major operations, it's the public works,

[40:52] expenditures, it's the public safety, human services.

[40:55] But then we have other funds like grant funds, and that reports grant activity, and it's for a special purpose, right?

[41:04] A grant is for a specific purpose, and that's what that fund is for a specific purpose.

[41:08] We have another major fund is a capital project fund, so any capital project is in a capital project fund,

[41:16] specific flows of revenues, mainly bond proceeds or grants, and the expenditure is obviously for a capital project.

[41:24] So, fund reporting almost when you look at these financial statements makes it kind of more understandable because it's, like I said, segmented.

[41:37] I start with that because you'll see a financial statement in the beginning of the financial statements.

[41:44] We have a governmental financial accounting board which makes rules just like commercial companies has FASB financial accounting standards board.

[41:54] I'm almost going to say like five years ago they changed a rule but no it's 25 years ago.

[42:00] And what they did was they said look we want a financial statement in front of the main

[42:05] financials and we're going to call it government wide or town wide and what we want you to do

[42:11] is add up all the funds together and put it into a financial statement.

[42:16] Back then all the financials directors went nuts.

[42:21] It didn't make sense and it's in front.

[42:26] So when you open up your financial stamps and you see that, you're kind of like, wow, education, 70 million.

[42:33] Well, I thought I budgeted 36 million.

[42:37] So it's a little confusing.

[42:39] So, if you go to, we're starting off with the basic financial statements, the very first one, and it's on the screen here.

[42:48] The very first one is called government activities. It's actually the balance sheet for the town, but it's everything combined.

[42:56] All the funds combined, it's the general fund, it's the grants, it's the capital projects combined.

[43:03] What do you, as a financial statement, read it. What do you get out of it?

[43:08] Well, on this first page, I can see the capital assets, I can see the amount or the amount

[43:16] invested in capital assets, so that's useful, it's all in one place.

[43:23] And I'm going to go to the next one, which is the income statement, and we call that statement

[43:28] of net position, I'm sorry, that's on page 4, I find this interesting.

[43:35] So, the the the income statement for the townwide financial statements, which is on your

[43:40] page, it doesn't have a page number, it doesn't, no, it doesn't, but it's right after page

[43:45] three, so I guess it's page four.

[43:48] Government activities, statement of activities, is kind of a neat presentation of all the

[43:56] town revenues and all the expenditures.

[43:58] And the way it's presented is very interesting, right?

[44:00] Left-hand side is by function, so we've got general government, public safety, public

[44:05] works, planning, development.

[44:07] Very first column are the expenditures for that year.

[44:11] Now remember, this is all other funds, right?

[44:13] So there's our expenditures, so for public safety, 6.4 million.

[44:19] If you look in the public safety general fund, it's not 6.4 million, right?

[44:23] So obviously we have some grant funds relating to public safety, you know, so this is the combined.

[44:30] Then you see three columns program revenues, revenues that those functions bring in.

[44:39] So for instance public safety charges for services, $114,000 and if you move over to the next

[44:47] two columns, $738,000 for public safety grants.

[44:53] So where does this leave us, the very last column, well, we're negative 5.6 million, where

[44:57] does that money come from?

[45:00] So you can see down, down, middle of the page, general revenues, right?

[45:10] So all of these government programs on the left hand side run a deficit, right? Obviously, right? Because charges for services only add up to 2.4 million out of the 69 million expenses, operating grants add up to 13 million, and then capital grants add up to 2.7 million, leaving a deficit of 50 million. Where do we get that from? You see below property

[45:32] taxes, general grants, income from investments, right?

[45:38] So it's a big, big summary, but it's interesting, right, because we see the types of

[45:44] expenditures that municipalities have and where is the money coming from.

[45:48] That's what I get from this financial statement that they kind of like forced us all to do.

[45:54] So I changed that position actually went up, we're worth more a year later, by about $4 million.

[45:59] dollars. Right. That was, I was just about to say that. Another very interesting thing

[46:04] is I always look at that net position, which is another word for fun balance, overall.

[46:09] And if it's going up, it tells me that the town is investing in itself and doing the

[46:13] right thing.

[46:16] Since I've been here, I've never seen it while I've only had, I've looked

[46:20] at the other finished stames. We've been going up progressively. The towns that are in trouble

[46:25] look at that for our statements, you know, the, you know, the West Havens and the

[46:30] Hamdons, it's going down.

[46:32] So that's one thing I get out of this.

[46:34] That's valuable.

[46:35] So what's the counting change charge for a million bucks?

[46:39] Do you know what that is?

[46:40] The counting change?

[46:43] I can find out what that was.

[46:44] It's tough question, huh?

[46:46] Yeah.

[46:46] It was an accounting pronouncement, and I can't remember what the subject was, but it's

[46:53] in the detail, by the way.

[46:55] Okay.

[46:55] Okay, so if we go to the next page, now we get to the financial statements that I

[47:02] used to, and it's by fund, and that's page five, happens to be the balance sheet.

[47:09] And this is broad categories.

[47:11] Obviously, the general fund is a fund, capital projects is a fund, but the other governmental

[47:17] funds column is a combination of funds, and we'll go look at them.

[47:21] They appear at the end of the financial statements, but I think you were asking about the other funds interested in the other funds and we'll see those other funds tonight.

[47:33] And under the, I've highlighted under the general fund column, you see the unassigned fund balance of 15.1 million.

[47:40] If

[47:45] we go to the next page, page five, same funds, but it's the income statement.

[47:50] Income statement here is called Statement of Revenues, Expansions and Changes and Fund

[47:54] Bounce.

[47:56] I highlight under the general column intergovernmental revenues and education expenditures because that's

[48:03] another confusing thing.

[48:05] Education didn't spend 42 million in the general fund.

[48:08] The difference is the state pays five plus million dollars for the teacher's pension.

[48:16] So we're required to add that to the education expenses, and we offset it above intergovernmental

[48:25] revenues.

[48:25] That's five of the 12, what's the rest?

[48:28] ECS?

[48:29] Five of the 12, we'll see that when we get to the budget detail.

[48:33] It's all our state revenue grants, and we'll see the detail later.

[48:37] But it's just it's just nice to know that in that education amount is 5 million relating to the

[48:43] State payment of teachers pensions

[48:49] Next one is just an example of another type of fund for douchey funds and that's how

[48:55] funds that hold monies for others

[48:59] Right, it's not the town's funds. So a pension fund. We know we're holding money for employees for when they retire

[49:07] It says pension and op-ed trust funds, but mainly it's pension.

[49:11] We don't have much in our op-ed fund because we don't have exposure to retiree benefits.

[49:18] There aren't many in this town, which is positive, actually.

[49:22] No financial pressures in that area.

[49:25] But you can see that the pension and op-ed trust hold 28 million.

[49:32] If you go to the next page, page 8, it's the income statement for the pension and trust funds.

[49:39] You can see the contributions by the employer, plan members, and the investment earnings.

[49:47] So when you look at the total additions to the fund, it was 5.3.

[49:53] And it's nice to see that it benefits so much lower than that, right?

[49:56] Right? So the additions to the pension fund, which are employee contributions, employee contributions and investments, exceed the benefits paid out by over $2 million.

[50:09] Where does that $2 million go? It goes into the pension fund bounce.

[50:14] But that's not change in fair value. Those investments can go up and down. That's just a snapshot.

[50:19] Yeah, well, yeah, the income statement, the balance sheets are snapshot in time.

[50:24] The income statement is from the beginning of fiscal year to the end of the fiscal year.

[50:29] But yeah.

[50:30] Well, we see a reduction in the employee contribution now that the police department went to a state front.

[50:35] You will. Yeah.

[50:36] Yeah.

[50:36] Yeah. In another part of the financial statements, in the footnotes, there is information on the state pension.

[50:40] Okay.

[50:41] Yeah.

[50:41] Which we don't control, but there is information because that number will go down.

[50:48] So will the net position and there will be next year a note referring to that so people don't

[50:54] misunderstand.

[50:56] Yeah. Page nine, so after the financial statements, just like any financial statements,

[51:03] you have notes to the financial statements and those notes explain mostly everything.

[51:08] I just picked one note, a note that's a topic all the time.

[51:12] Before we go on to that, can we go back to Jerry's question?

[51:15] So when that gets moved off to go to Seamers, our net position, we have a certain amount

[51:21] to put aside for the liability, and then we have the liability on our balance sheet, too.

[51:25] Are we in a negative or a net positive?

[51:28] Were underfunded?

[51:29] Where 60 percent funded, and the actuaries, I think we amitized over 20 years, that 60 percent

[51:37] funded is planned to go to 100 percent in the future.

[51:41] Yeah, someday.

[51:41] And when we make the move to the Seamers,

[51:44] is there any change in that?

[51:45] Or were still six?

[51:46] It was, I think it went from 60 to 63.

[51:52] Okay.

[51:53] It's a little bit.

[51:54] So it's for the most part the same.

[51:56] Yeah.

[51:57] Thanks.

[51:59] So on page nine is an example of a footnote

[52:02] and it gives detail of our bonds.

[52:04] You could see I've highlighted the additions.

[52:06] Remember in January 30th,

[52:11] 2025, we issued 2.15 million in bonds, here it's a general purpose bonds and school bonds.

[52:20] You'll see various types, namely bonds and refunding bonds.

[52:25] Refunding bonds are just like refunding a mortgage, right?

[52:28] So I have an issue, maybe I've had it for five years, it's a 20-year issue, and all the sudden

[52:34] interest rates go down, we can refinance or refund to lower amounts.

[52:40] And that's what we do, anytime we have the opportunity.

[52:44] So you can see quite a few refunding bonds

[52:46] amongst those normal bonds.

[52:50] And it depends on the interest rate.

[52:52] So we know interest rates are going down a bit.

[52:54] There could be a possibility of refunding and saving

[52:57] as money here.

[52:59] I usually get the go ahead.

[53:00] We have a bond advisor, which is in Madison.

[53:05] So they let us know when the best time is to do that.

[53:09] But we're always looking to do it.

[53:15] Go to the next page, page 9.

[53:18] It's just another footnote, but it shows you the...

[53:22] Sorry.

[53:22] Sorry to go back on your last word.

[53:24] Yeah, go ahead.

[53:24] So in the interest rate column, like for example, the very first one,

[53:28] refunding bonds under general-purpose bonds, it's between two and five percent.

[53:31] You have a variety of interest rates because at different times the bonds were...

[53:35] Right, fine.

[53:35] So you'll try to find the high ones, like the five percent,

[53:38] and if you have an opportunity to refinance that, you will, and get a lower interest.

[53:42] Right, so our bonds are serial bonds, so you can go out on the market and buy municipal

[53:49] bonds and you can just get a five-year one or ten-year, so they're serial bonds.

[53:54] So each year, let's just say one-twenty-a-th of it, matures, right?

[53:59] Now the bonds, twenty-years, they're obviously going to pay a higher interest rate, right?

[54:05] So sometimes when we refund, we'll refund the whole issue, if it makes sense, or sometimes

[54:10] will refund and it's complicated will pluck out years from a bond issue and

[54:15] just refund those amounts that make sense. So it does get a little complicated but

[54:21] yes that's what we do. Sorry to interrupt. So the next one is just another foot

[54:26] note and it just shows the maturity amounts each year and the the interest and

[54:33] you could see maturity amounts actually goes up a little bit and then goes down.

[54:39] And it goes up because of, you know, just refunding that sometimes a mouse gets switched

[54:46] between years and you would think it would continue to go down, but it does go up until

[54:51] 2031 and then it starts going down and it dramatically goes down 2037.

[54:58] And that's our annual principle only and then the interest is over to the road.

[55:04] So there's your total payment, and the total amount of debt to touch in, it doesn't

[55:11] significantly retire until, like you said, 2037.

[55:20] The next page is under-required supplementary information, and this is of interest to most

[55:27] people as well.

[55:28] It's a general fund, and basically it's the budget.

[55:30] So it shows the original budget, any transfers, final budget, and actual amount, and the

[55:36] variance with the budget.

[55:39] And it basically matches what we've been reporting last year.

[55:43] You won't find any surprises in here.

[55:46] If you remember, I've highlighted some

[55:48] variances.

[55:48] Property taxes had a nice variance.

[55:51] We're starting revenues, by the way.

[55:56] Education intergovernmental revenues had a variance

[56:01] because the special education came

[56:04] in $286,000 over the amount budgeted, and we know that's a fluid account right, special

[56:10] education depends on the children and that changes during the year.

[56:15] So you can see all the revenues, budget amounts and actual amounts, and then on the next page,

[56:21] still revenues, but you see the appropriation of fund balance there.

[56:25] Back in 2425 we appropriated 4 million in fund balance, then it went down to 2 million

[56:32] plus to now is down to a million.

[56:35] Page 13 starts the expenditures, and that's

[56:40] by function by department, and you'll

[56:42] see the different variances.

[56:47] And by the way, you won't see any negative variances,

[56:49] because we can't have negative variances.

[56:52] That's why we come to you for transfers.

[56:55] So these are all positive.

[56:58] And like I said, I think in the future,

[57:00] So these are, these variances are going to get smaller, which is nothing over that.

[57:07] So that goes to page, that ends on page 14.

[57:11] The total expenditure budget had a variance of 455 on page 14.

[57:18] You can see the transfer from education light item to the education non-lapsing fund of

[57:24] $150,000.

[57:29] We move on to the next page.

[57:35] Actually, it's just informational, this is just the general fund, and really what does

[57:42] it tell you?

[57:43] The education and unlapsing fund at year end is combined into the general fund, so there's

[57:51] just the way, different towns do it different ways, Clinton and your auditors combine the

[57:58] education and unlapsing fund to the general fund, and it's one big general fund amount.

[58:02] Now, other towns, they may have a separate fund report separately, but it's disclosed

[58:08] here.

[58:08] You can see what's in the education on lapsing front.

[58:12] And in fact, that amount on the financials, the $9.59, is still the amount you see today

[58:18] on my report.

[58:22] Page 16, same report, but it's the income statement.

[58:27] So this is really summarized, right?

[58:29] This is just by function.

[58:39] Page 17 is interesting.

[58:40] Every year we get this.

[58:42] This is a report of the tax collector.

[58:47] And it's by a grand list year.

[58:50] All the way to the bottom.

[58:52] Grand list 2023 is the grand list that's current.

[58:59] If you add two years to it, it gets you to the fiscal year, right?

[59:02] This is actually fiscal year 2425, but it's grandless 23.

[59:06] So you can see our current tax label, we levied $52.9 million in the tax bills.

[59:12] During the year, we had some lawful corrections.

[59:16] Tax bills are increased 41,000, decrease 448,000, that's usually by tax appeal cases during the year.

[59:23] So the adjusted taxes collectible was, is highlighted for, for grandless 23 was 52.4 million.

[59:32] We actually collected 51.9 million, so 52.4 divided by 51.9 million gives you the tax collection rate for that year, which was 99.05.

[59:46] It's been pretty consistent, it's been a little bit over 99% for the last few years.

[59:52] And

[59:56] if you're interested in the delinquent taxes, you can

[1:00:00] We see, above the highlight, total prior years, in the beginning of the year, we're looking to collect 1.2 million of delinquent taxes, and we actually collect 366,000 of it. So, slowly but surely, we collect on those delinquent taxes. And businesses, I mean, do the towns ever sell that or factor it? Yes. Yeah, we do sell the ends.

[1:00:28] I mean, we're not quick to do it.

[1:00:31] You know, we give everybody a chance.

[1:00:34] So it's a fair process.

[1:00:39] So on the next page, now we're going to go to those other funds,

[1:00:44] those other governmental funds.

[1:00:47] And it gives you detail on them.

[1:00:49] This first page on page 18 mentions the fund, the funding

[1:00:55] source and what those funds generally are for.

[1:01:01] We go to page 19.

[1:01:03] So I picked the income statements for these funds.

[1:01:06] It's more interesting, because you get to see the revenues coming in and the expenditures.

[1:01:13] So on that page 19, we start off with the historic document preservation fund.

[1:01:18] And I've highlighted the fund balance. There's 38,000 in there.

[1:01:20] You can see the revenues for that year, and you can see the expenditures.

[1:01:24] and you can see the type of revenues, right?

[1:01:26] So if you look at the Historic Document Preservation Fund

[1:01:29] into governmental, so we get 5,500 in grants,

[1:01:33] normally for preserving documents of the town clerk's office,

[1:01:37] and we get 5,900 in charge of services.

[1:01:40] That's a fee the state lets us collect for this purpose.

[1:01:45] Miscellaneous fund or miscellaneous grants

[1:01:50] grants and you can see that because under revenues you'll see most of its intergovernmental,

[1:01:55] which is grants. Community development grant fund, that's interesting, that's an old community

[1:02:02] development grant that was used to lend money to low income people, typically really seniors

[1:02:12] that where the houses are in bad repair and the town would, let's say, loan 30,000 to put

[1:02:19] a new roof on. They wouldn't have to pay it back. It will be a lien on the house. So as

[1:02:25] you can see there, we do have funds available.

[1:02:29] No funds are coming in. What's happening

[1:02:31] is the only funds that are coming in are the liens when they, when we have the opportunity

[1:02:36] of getting them.

[1:02:37] And where do you track those liens? Like is there an item on the back?

[1:02:40] We have, we have a list of liens. The order is asked for them every year and they kept

[1:02:46] track. I'm trying to remember, I can't remember what department now.

[1:02:49] What's the small city's grant? It's, I think, urban renewal. I mean, that's the

[1:02:54] advice.

[1:02:55] By the way, these funds here on the financial statements, there are

[1:02:58] a compilation of maybe some more funds, and we'll get to look at that at

[1:03:03] the very end. Culture and Recreation, the very last one, you'll see $454,000

[1:03:09] in there. That's quite a bit of money, but what that is, it's a fund where we

[1:03:13] collect money for playing sports on our fields and those

[1:03:19] monies are saved over time and then let's say after six years we

[1:03:24] replace the artificial turf. So the sports teams are paying for the use of the

[1:03:29] field and we use the money to actually put the money back into the park.

[1:03:36] We need to fix the field that we could use at 450,000. How did it get 224 in the

[1:03:41] current year. Who's gave us that where that grant come from? Oh, you say those are fees.

[1:03:46] Yeah, all the sports programs, the pay to play sports programs. It's on the list of identified

[1:03:54] periods. Next page. So you have a health and welfare fund, mainly funded by grants.

[1:04:03] You have a school cafeteria fund, and you can see there's a lot of state and federal grants

[1:04:10] coming in plus charges for services. They do have a 302,000 fund bounce. They do have

[1:04:16] the capability of purchasing kitchen equipment with this fund as well. So if there is a fund

[1:04:27] bounce, they have that flexibility. So I wouldn't expect to see any kitchen equipment in the

[1:04:35] education budget. There's money here. Big, big fund school activity fund. That's all

[1:04:43] the student activity funds relating to mainly collecting for the students, yearbooks,

[1:04:49] trips. But there is a central activities fund there and we'll see it later. And I think

[1:04:56] the major source there is Medicare reimbursements and that's used for some programs. But we'll

[1:05:02] we'll get to that detail later.

[1:05:06] Next page.

[1:05:07] Okay, so these are the funds that we report.

[1:05:10] We can't possibly report all the funds that are on the box,

[1:05:13] so we summarize them on these lines,

[1:05:17] but I've done a spreadsheet for you for your information

[1:05:19] to show you what funds comprise those columns

[1:05:23] in the financial statements.

[1:05:25] So if you take your combining work sheets that I gave you,

[1:05:29] if you go to the first page,

[1:05:31] That first page are all the capital project funds.

[1:05:36] The very last column is the column that you see in the financial statements.

[1:05:41] But I have funds on the books quite a few, right?

[1:05:44] So the very first fund you see, it's fund 60, which is our CIP fund.

[1:05:49] Then you have some old capital project funds with some mouse.

[1:05:56] Notice you see the Morgan High School Fund?

[1:06:00] That's a separate fund.

[1:06:01] You see a negative balance of a million dollars.

[1:06:04] That's the balance that we're waiting for State Reimbursement.

[1:06:09] Anything left, we're going to have to bond, and we still have permission to bond

[1:06:12] on the books.

[1:06:13] We haven't bonded everything for that.

[1:06:14] That's taking forever, typically the State Education Department takes forever.

[1:06:24] Anyway, that's the detail for capital projects, and that's how we get the column

[1:06:28] in the financial statements.

[1:06:30] So if you don't mind back to this, she, the annual Comprehensive Financial Report, page five.

[1:06:38] So fund balances, we have unassigned fund balance at the time in back in June of 30th, 2025, it was $15 million, $15103, right?

[1:06:46] Where's these?

[1:06:48] Yeah, so if you go, if you go to the very total column, 3.7 million fund balance at the end?

[1:06:55] I don't see it. Oh, yeah, capital projects. Yeah, 3, 7, 4, 1. Yeah, you'll see that. I've got it. Yeah. Yeah. Okay.

[1:07:02] Right. You can't possibly put all this in the financials, right? So they anything to do with capital, they add it together into into one

[1:07:08] fund for financial. Anyway, this is, uh, this is the detail information. If you go to the next page, uh, this is what comprises the miscellaneous fund.

[1:07:18] And

[1:07:21] now we're getting down to it.

[1:07:25] We're a deep now.

[1:07:27] The miscellaneous fund that's there is the old miscellaneous fund that the town used.

[1:07:33] The very first column grants fund is a new fund I created

[1:07:37] to improve the accounting and it tracks the grants easier.

[1:07:41] By the way, I created the

[1:07:44] I created grant account numbers so it's easier to track.

[1:07:48] But that's the grand notice. There's a separate fun for nips now that used to be thrown into miscellaneous, but I think it's just helpful for me to know exactly what's in on it's program totally we it was currently we have $45,000 in it.

[1:08:06] And that's used for recycling. We do buy brushes for the what are they sweeping machines?

[1:08:16] which is the allowable expense for that.

[1:08:19] If you go to the next page, it's the public safety.

[1:08:22] It's a small fund.

[1:08:23] It's just two funds.

[1:08:26] Federally seized assets.

[1:08:27] That used to be a big fund in the old days.

[1:08:31] Basically, they don't give us the money anymore.

[1:08:33] But there used to be a lot of money in these funds,

[1:08:36] not anymore.

[1:08:37] The state and the feds took it for themselves.

[1:08:41] If you go to the next page, it's the culture and recreation.

[1:08:44] and that gives you an idea of what's in there.

[1:08:48] The very first column, activity's revolving.

[1:08:51] That's the recreation.

[1:08:52] That's the Parks and Recreation Sports Fund.

[1:08:56] And that's what's used to improve their sports facilities.

[1:09:02] Normally, they're grounds.

[1:09:05] You've got the Shell Fish Commission there.

[1:09:06] You have a Youth Recreation Center.

[1:09:09] Parks and Rec, they have some small donations.

[1:09:10] and I don't know, don't ask me why the firing range is in there, but it's in there.

[1:09:17] So, I find this fascinating.

[1:09:22] So, you and me maybe only.

[1:09:25] So, we collect $221,000 from our...

[1:09:32] Basket, all these programs, right?

[1:09:33] Yeah.

[1:09:35] That part of it doesn't surprise me too much.

[1:09:38] But what surprises me is $180,000 comes out, like what improvements?

[1:09:46] Yeah, I'll tell you what, we were put in that next meeting.

[1:09:49] That's a lot of improvements.

[1:09:50] I'll give you a detailed, well no, well, there's a lot of expenses relating just operational expenses relating to the programs.

[1:09:58] So it's not, so it's how they fund their instructors and all of that.

[1:10:02] So when they offer programs at the REC department and they hire people to instruct and all of that and referees and things like that, it gets paid out of this fund as well.

[1:10:13] So there's $180,000 in expenses to fund operating.

[1:10:18] So the profits just the different.

[1:10:20] Right. So if you look at the excess is $40,000, that goes into that fund balance.

[1:10:25] This fund grant has probably took 10 years and typically we know turf feels less about 10 years.

[1:10:31] So it's fun, it's funded through that.

[1:10:34] It's like a revolving, I mean, but there's some,

[1:10:36] obviously, it's profits, but I could see referees,

[1:10:39] but you know, a lot of like basketball,

[1:10:43] I'm the instructor and I don't get paid.

[1:10:45] What?

[1:10:46] I don't know.

[1:10:47] There's something like that.

[1:10:49] I don't know.

[1:10:50] It's just that it seems like a lot that's going out.

[1:10:54] And so if you could just, I do a report in it.

[1:10:56] Yeah, I believe it.

[1:10:58] I just want to like to see because like you made a good point Hank if that balance

[1:11:03] grows

[1:11:04] when we go for a tarfield or fix the

[1:11:07] St. Coles at the football field. That's what it's there for us. Well, that's what we're thinking. Yeah, that's what we were right. We had that plan here

[1:11:16] Next page is the health and welfare

[1:11:19] So you're saying that maybe we can fix that sinkhole and everything out of that fund

[1:11:24] We did yeah, I do have some yes

[1:11:26] Yes. Well, yes, we could.

[1:11:29] We could apply it to it.

[1:11:30] That's the purpose of the fund.

[1:11:32] Right.

[1:11:35] Now, we don't create any funds without town council approval, so these funds were approved 20 years ago,

[1:11:42] and when they're approved, when you create a fund, you have to say the specific purpose

[1:11:48] where the revenues come in, what they're going to expand.

[1:11:50] I understand, I understand, I understand.

[1:11:54] I'm just amazed that

[1:11:58] we've taken money in the last past years out of CIT and maybe

[1:12:04] out of our budgets to do things and we've been sitting on 364,000.

[1:12:10] Well no, that's been increasing, let's say, 50 to 75,000 each year and I don't know what

[1:12:15] the commission's plan is, maybe we can get them into, you know, what commission is that?

[1:12:21] Parks and Rec.

[1:12:22] So those funds are there increasing until it gets to some point and I don't know 10 years that they're going to replace artificial turf. I don't know.

[1:12:32] No, I mean, I'm sorry. I don't want to beliga this thing forever. But when it comes to artificial time, all of a sudden they'll say to us,

[1:12:39] No, we're going to have to bond the $1,000 we've placed the turf up in park rec

[1:12:44] I already I will just go to CIP or bonding process and try to

[1:12:49] work it all out here at the table and

[1:12:53] There might be $500,000 said in that that program for a sinkhole

[1:12:58] Well, they were already told they're already put made aware that this fund will be used to fix that

[1:13:05] Is that the only department's got these big? Yeah?

[1:13:09] Some of them are rejected here, maybe.

[1:13:11] Yeah, no.

[1:13:12] This is everything, right here.

[1:13:13] So all in the financial statements,

[1:13:15] and this is the detail.

[1:13:16] When they do the soccer tournament,

[1:13:21] I know they make a lot of money.

[1:13:22] That is that where this soccer money goes.

[1:13:27] Yep.

[1:13:30] Next page is Halton Welfare,

[1:13:34] and that's for the most part all grants.

[1:13:43] And then the very last page is from the school side,

[1:13:48] and that what comprises the school activity funds.

[1:13:51] You'll see some scholarships in there.

[1:13:54] Student activity fund is all the yearbooks and the trips

[1:13:58] and so those funds on the student activity

[1:14:01] is actually put aside for the students.

[1:14:04] Central office activity, those charges for services

[1:14:11] are mainly Medicare reimbursements.

[1:14:15] And there are some programs that are paid for.

[1:14:17] As you can see, there's 343,000 this year that programs were paid,

[1:14:28] and that's it.

[1:14:31] That's an obligatory, one heck of a report.

[1:14:37] And you really seem to enjoy it, that's great.

[1:14:41] Good job.

[1:14:42] Thank you.

[1:14:42] Nice job.

[1:14:43] Thank you.

[1:14:44] A little bit of denial.

[1:14:45] All right.

[1:14:49] We're on to the time management.

[1:14:51] Okay.

[1:14:53] We had a position which I told you about a few months back, a 19-hour clerk position in

[1:14:59] and human service.

[1:15:02] So that was just recently filled by Alyssa Collingo. I apologize if I didn't say her name. She's going to be starting in the next week or so. They're working to get a start date. The HR firm has started meeting with department heads as part of the audit on town compliance and practices. That should take about three months. Obviously, once we get that report, the council will be shared with the council.

[1:15:29] landfill, landfill capping was at a stance still for quite some time like two plus years.

[1:15:35] We had a call with deep and the representatives from LERO, and they are going to be coming

[1:15:42] on the April 1st meeting to give the Tant Council a complete update.

[1:15:45] We finally got a reply from deep regarding the application.

[1:15:50] So they will be here on April 1st to give an update to you on that.

[1:15:54] And based on what they're saying, we may start as soon as May.

[1:16:00] So it's moving quick.

[1:16:01] It was all due to some issues with deep that they can elaborate on.

[1:16:05] And then the Veterans Affairs Commission,

[1:16:08] Caffeine Conversation is moving forward.

[1:16:11] Rick is here tonight, and I wanted to thank him specifically,

[1:16:15] because without him spearheading this event, it would not be moving forward.

[1:16:19] Nor would it be going in with such plans

[1:16:24] to be a reoccurring event. So we have a lot planned for the first one including a survey

[1:16:30] that we actually reckon I met today to go over to really get a sense on the needs of the vets

[1:16:38] that we have here in Clinton and we are going to have it very welcoming for them on the 26th. So we'll do

[1:16:48] another social media push on that but we've had some great response so far. So that is pretty much

[1:16:53] It's been just busy, just, you know, day-to-day stuff, but those are the things that I have to report.

[1:17:04] It's the money, the agenda, and the number eight.

[1:17:06] Oh, sorry, go ahead.

[1:17:07] Yeah, just ask a couple questions.

[1:17:09] I'm not very good at attending those Pearson meetings, it seems.

[1:17:13] Yes.

[1:17:13] I get there at the wrong time.

[1:17:15] It's the last time.

[1:17:16] Could you give us an update?

[1:17:17] So, right now, they are on track for construction starting in June.

[1:17:23] There is a little, we are trying to define the space of the grass up front and the use

[1:17:30] of that.

[1:17:31] So, and I'm in the final stages of getting the lease completed.

[1:17:35] There's a few things within the lease that we have to work through septic and terms of

[1:17:41] use of the grass, you know, sound, you know, what times the day can we use, have music and

[1:17:45] things like that.

[1:17:46] So we're just working through those types of things.

[1:17:50] And once I have some more finalized details of the lease and the proposed use of the

[1:18:01] grass area, I will give you guys an update.

[1:18:05] But their funding is in place, which is great, which was something that was holding them

[1:18:09] up.

[1:18:09] That's great.

[1:18:09] But with the DOH.

[1:18:10] And I know they're community oriented.

[1:18:13] They're aware of the fund space.

[1:18:15] They've been doing, yes.

[1:18:16] They have the 30 spaces.

[1:18:17] because I believe it is for the garden and the church.

[1:18:21] And they actually have held some community events

[1:18:23] or meet and greets where they've talked to the residents

[1:18:27] and let them know what's going on.

[1:18:28] And they're right, yes.

[1:18:31] They do those on their own as part of their outreach.

[1:18:34] We've actually received an application,

[1:18:36] we received an application for apartment.

[1:18:40] Oh, yeah.

[1:18:40] No, but it's not out there yet.

[1:18:42] They took it from some of the website.

[1:18:44] But I mean, so the interest is there as well.

[1:18:46] and once we have a firm window for a construction I'm going to put out a

[1:18:52] public statement so that people are aware of what's going on and the use of

[1:18:56] the space as well because obviously the construction of the parking will be

[1:18:59] off limits and make sure we're working on this for the space for senior for the

[1:19:04] senior senator yes fire works I know that it is not on your plate right but of

[1:19:13] Of course, the town values it.

[1:19:15] And so I just wanted to know if there are plans,

[1:19:19] if somebody is doing this.

[1:19:21] There's not been a non-for-profit

[1:19:22] that has reached out to do it.

[1:19:24] Placemakers, it is something that is too big of an undertaking

[1:19:27] for them.

[1:19:28] So as of now, no, there is not.

[1:19:32] What can we do?

[1:19:34] Can we do anything?

[1:19:35] Because if there's a group out there

[1:19:38] that would like to spearhead it,

[1:19:39] they're welcome to do it.

[1:19:40] It's a matter of a group doing it.

[1:19:41] They should be a non-for-profit because people and businesses are making donations and those are tax deductible, so they should be a non-for-profit group, and it's about, I mean, it's quite an expensive undertaking, so they would need to be managing a significant amount of money and donations, so a reputable group, obviously, would be ideal.

[1:20:11] Chairman's report, so I'm on the library building committee and we've been working on talking with a woman named Don LaValle at the state of Connecticut construction grant program.

[1:20:24] Well, Mary Beth reached out to him, and then I reached out to Norman to see if we can increase our chances to get such a grant.

[1:20:33] And so it's a terrible long shop, but you miss all the shots you don't take, right?

[1:20:36] So we're going to try to get that money.

[1:20:39] And then in addition, so that's not anything new.

[1:20:41] I'm just updating you.

[1:20:42] The letter of intent is due in June.

[1:20:45] And then the application for the grant is in September.

[1:20:49] So that's progressing.

[1:20:53] If we were to be awarded such a grant,

[1:20:56] it could pay it for up to 50% of the total project cost,

[1:20:59] not to exceed a million dollars.

[1:21:01] We'll see what we can get put in for and what our

[1:21:04] chances are getting it.

[1:21:05] And then we also talked about the possibility, and I think

[1:21:07] We looked in our capital plan that we had other funding for the library project and it was $500,000 and we're hoping that we could go for a steep grant or some other type of grant help the library project.

[1:21:17] It's not open right now.

[1:21:18] It's usually in June or July, so maybe we should talk, maybe with Mary Beth or to understand that we're prepared for it.

[1:21:26] We've got to be sure we're ready here or whatever we have to have in place so that when it does open up we're ready.

[1:21:31] What is open as a congressionally directed spending or do we have any intention there or anything?

[1:21:39] The question is who would you reach out to, right? You could go to Chris Murphy Blumenthal or the application is open.

[1:21:46] Yeah, so we should. You know, if anybody want to take the action, I'll take the action to reach out to our federal delegation and ask them CDS.

[1:21:55] What is it?

[1:21:56] Congressional?

[1:21:56] That's right.

[1:21:57] It's a CDA.

[1:21:59] It's a CDA.

[1:22:00] No, it's a CDA.

[1:22:01] No, it's a CDA.

[1:22:02] Yeah.

[1:22:05] Next slide, please.

[1:22:06] Well, we have a hard time, quite frankly, because I remember being on that library committee

[1:22:10] a year ago, when you were going to go to the feds and ask somebody up there, and they said,

[1:22:20] hey, you guys got $500,000 for your water.

[1:22:24] Yeah, so probably I'm not trying to I just give you a maybe that forgot

[1:22:31] We're going to see how that was denied and then now reinstated

[1:22:36] Yeah, that might be a very good excuse for them to say to you. I don't know certainly can't hurt by trying but

[1:22:44] Don't get your whole side. There's a number of municipalities who apply for multiple things and in the same year for the CDS and

[1:22:52] and our have been awarded it.

[1:22:55] Like a whole save book was one of them.

[1:22:57] So we can get multiple and sequential years.

[1:23:03] So next item I wanted to mention is we had a conversation

[1:23:06] in our last time council meeting about block cameras

[1:23:09] and the question of the jurisdiction of the management

[1:23:11] of the data, whether it's falls from the police commission

[1:23:14] or the town council.

[1:23:16] And I was hawked with outside council

[1:23:19] and they seem to think that the answer is predominantly

[1:23:21] or probably the police commission.

[1:23:23] That's not a definitive answer yet, but there's an expression in the Navy called overtaken by events.

[1:23:28] And I think we've been overtaken by events because the State of Connecticut is considering House Bill 5449 and Senate Bill 4.

[1:23:34] Maybe you could tell us a little more about it, Chris, of what to tell about that.

[1:23:38] It's more so the data, so they just want to read the regulatory oversight on where the data goes.

[1:23:44] So the guy, the gentleman from Flock came and testified and his testimony was very straightforward.

[1:23:49] We have the data after 30 days, the data is deleted.

[1:23:54] But it's in the cloud, is how they back it up, so you technically don't know.

[1:23:59] But the data then, obviously the police department,

[1:24:02] the police commission have oversight on that data.

[1:24:05] Right now it's 30 days, that they keep the data in their system.

[1:24:08] The legislation that they proposed, they wanted to drop it to seven days.

[1:24:13] They may agree on 14 to 21 days.

[1:24:15] But the only way that the data stays active is if it's an active criminal investigation.

[1:24:22] So if they have a license plate and it's involved in some sort of criminal investigation,

[1:24:27] that then would stay in possession of the police department.

[1:24:31] There's also other issues, that issue but the bill also translates to cross states and

[1:24:37] how they share the information because again, you can have some states will allow share ability of that data.

[1:24:43] So then somebody from their state could call our state and then you know deal with that but all of the data that they say that they

[1:24:51] Are going to that they keep active is has to be involved in a criminal investigation. There has to be paperwork, but I think the

[1:24:57] You know, I think a lot of the questions that came up during the public hearing was that people are still concerned about it

[1:25:02] They're still concerned where the data stays

[1:25:04] They say that it goes in the cloud and then what happens if there's a breach there then that data is there and you know

[1:25:10] So they don't limit, they basically snapshot every license plate.

[1:25:14] You know, whether you're going, coming, going, or, you know, and so people are worried about that part of it as well.

[1:25:21] So the legislation, I don't know what's going to happen, I know the debating and dealing with how long that that data should be kept active.

[1:25:27] The bottom line is the people that are against it are just the oversight of you're doing this.

[1:25:32] And people, just freaks some people out and people are upset about it and I mean, that's part of the process of the public hearings

[1:25:39] where people can come in and talk.

[1:25:41] So I personally, I think that something will happen.

[1:25:44] I think they'll negotiate to probably a shorter term,

[1:25:46] but I don't think it would be the end of the legislation.

[1:25:49] I think it'll continue to be up for debate on how they handle it.

[1:25:53] But there'll be some legislation possibly by May 6th when the General Assembly ends.

[1:25:58] Correct.

[1:25:59] And from our point of view, we probably shouldn't do anything until we see what happens at the state level.

[1:26:03] Because that'll be say law, because that'll be the oversight of anything.

[1:26:06] So, I mean, you know, those are the flock cameras.

[1:26:09] I mean, those are the camera readers.

[1:26:10] The state is the opposite of that.

[1:26:11] Make that clear.

[1:26:12] That's the flock cameras.

[1:26:13] Not the hearing we're having next week on the...

[1:26:16] The speed cameras are completely different and it's...

[1:26:18] I mean, I voted in favor of it in Hartford because it wasn't a mandate.

[1:26:21] It was an ask and it was that the municipalities make their own decision.

[1:26:27] So, every municipality should have their own elected board, elected officials,

[1:26:30] that make their own decision on what they want to do.

[1:26:32] And that's why the ordinance part of all of that

[1:26:34] that was something that I was okay with.

[1:26:38] So, I mean, and again, we make that decision.

[1:26:41] I mean, the governing body of the towns,

[1:26:43] then make the decision on the ordinance itself,

[1:26:45] what it says, what it does, and how it flows.

[1:26:48] So, let's keep our fingers crossed.

[1:26:50] The state law comes out the way we hope,

[1:26:52] and it looks like it's gonna,

[1:26:53] then we don't have to do anything at all.

[1:26:55] Yeah, I mean, whatever it is, we'd have to follow.

[1:26:57] And Chris, that flock camera debate,

[1:27:00] it's not partisan, is it?

[1:27:03] it's it's everybody yeah yeah the Black and Puerto Rican caucus are very

[1:27:09] involved in that they play a big part up in Hartford you know and it's you

[1:27:12] know it's they talk they just they worry about you know people getting your

[1:27:15] your information and where it goes and they say that it's deleted I mean we

[1:27:20] delete things off our phone if you want it you get it so a deletion doesn't

[1:27:24] mean it's necessarily mean a deletion you know when the the gentlemen from

[1:27:27] flock talked about like the cloud.

[1:27:32] I mean, it's going to be somewhere.

[1:27:34] Let's put it that way.

[1:27:35] So the data will be somewhere.

[1:27:37] They can delete it off of their system.

[1:27:38] And then basically they said it was the

[1:27:40] municipalities police department.

[1:27:43] But you could drive through Clinton.

[1:27:45] And then go through old saybrook and they can

[1:27:48] keep it for the firm full term.

[1:27:50] If it's not, if they-

[1:27:51] Only if it's a criminal investigation.

[1:27:53] Right.

[1:27:54] But your license plate still going to get captured

[1:27:56] in another town, and stay in the cloud.

[1:27:59] So it's going to get in the cloud,

[1:28:00] whether it's in from Clinton or from Old Saberker Madison.

[1:28:03] It's that's why the law that they're trying to propose.

[1:28:06] I don't know if it doesn't really fix the problem,

[1:28:08] but it just shortens the term from 30 days

[1:28:10] down to a shorter term.

[1:28:11] But the people that don't like it

[1:28:13] or the people that are just uncomfortable

[1:28:15] with everybody knowing where they go every time.

[1:28:19] If you say that you're going to get picked up on the date

[1:28:22] is going to be in the cloud, the only way to stop that

[1:28:25] That is to not have flock cameras that I can think of now.

[1:28:27] And they're going to have to have that.

[1:28:29] I mean, the issues are, you know, and like they say that, well, if there's a stolen car, we can find it.

[1:28:34] But the problem is that if it picks up on a camera, Clinton, and they're driving a killing

[1:28:37] worth, they're gone.

[1:28:39] So like, you know, so they can find out that they say, oh, that car's a stolen vehicle.

[1:28:43] They can read the license plate, right?

[1:28:45] Because if somebody reported it stolen, it's in the system is reported.

[1:28:47] They have a hit on the camera that says it's a stolen car.

[1:28:51] Like, I don't think it prevents anything.

[1:28:53] I mean, at that point, if it's stolen car, they're gone.

[1:28:55] You're not going to get, I mean, it could be on the lookout, I guess, and then what they say, put it on a hot list.

[1:29:01] But again, if you shorten the time to seven days, then again, you're in seven days you're gone.

[1:29:08] But that's a lot of moving parts.

[1:29:11] And again, it should be up to the municipalities on what they want to do with these things.

[1:29:18] Well, let's see what the state law says.

[1:29:20] Yeah, I mean, there's going to be a law they're going to do what they do and then we don't have a choice

[1:29:23] All right, so now changing from flock cameras to the automated camera hearing that we're going to have next week

[1:29:31] We asked

[1:29:32] The community sending letters and things to you so that we make sure that the presentation by the chief answers the questions

[1:29:38] Have you received no?

[1:29:40] I received any

[1:29:42] Okay, yeah, and myself

[1:29:46] deputy Cain and

[1:29:47] and chief to mail receive them, so we're all, we'll get them.

[1:29:51] And none of you got it?

[1:29:52] Yeah.

[1:29:53] Wow.

[1:29:53] And we did put out on social media.

[1:29:55] Okay.

[1:29:56] Thank you.

[1:29:58] Next item that I had on my mind.

[1:30:00] I'm sorry to be a little bit long, but we talked about the leadership guide and updating our mission statement and our vision statement and that kind of stuff. And I would like to have a special meeting or, yeah, a special meeting to a workshop to do that in. And we said we would do that after the budget was over. And we're still probably not over yet. There's April and May are pretty busy, but sometime in the next few months, maybe in June or July, I'd like to go back to leadership guide, our vision statement. There was a letter that Carl sent us that described

[1:30:29] the nature of the town council form of government.

[1:30:33] I went back to Reddit recently and it's pretty good.

[1:30:35] And it would be good for us to go over that,

[1:30:37] and then go through our leadership guide,

[1:30:38] make sure everybody understands their roles

[1:30:39] and responsibilities.

[1:30:40] And then update our goals.

[1:30:42] We did them in 2020, we did the town council.

[1:30:45] And then it was updated in 21 and we haven't done it since

[1:30:48] and so it'd be good to update our goals.

[1:30:53] And then next is, last year we did our performance

[1:30:57] evaluation of the town manager a little late.

[1:31:00] If things didn't get done as timely as we had hoped, and what is it doing June?

[1:31:06] June is my anniversary.

[1:31:08] So I like to get started earlier than last year.

[1:31:12] So I was thinking we'd have an executive session.

[1:31:14] I have our first meeting in discussion about it in, like say May, like end of May, May 20th.

[1:31:18] We have a meeting on May 20th, an evening meeting.

[1:31:21] And if that works for everybody's schedule, it's the 7 p.m. meeting on May 20th.

[1:31:25] After the meeting, we'll have the executive session to begin that process.

[1:31:32] just I mean clarification on that is you know we have we have to review this

[1:31:42] current and then and then going forward for next year so I think what we

[1:31:50] talked about was you know we're sort of in now and there's really you know we

[1:31:56] can have a discussion, but we've already discussed the goals for this session, so we can talk

[1:32:03] about it.

[1:32:03] I think we need more time to go for next year, next, you know, the next cycle is where

[1:32:11] we really need some more time, but we can talk about that in executive session, but that's

[1:32:16] two different things.

[1:32:21] And then the only thing that popped in my head was we talked about the use of the Andrews

[1:32:26] memorial hall. And you said you were going to look at it still working on the inventory.

[1:32:31] Yeah. Inventory of what resources we have available like lighting or sound. Yeah. Okay.

[1:32:37] You have an ETA or idea of one. No, Todd's running point on that. He's waiting to get some

[1:32:44] response from the gentleman who actually does the walk through when it looks at the sound

[1:32:49] board. There's been a suggestion to relocate the sound board. I know the screen's okay.

[1:32:55] So I know bits and pieces of it, but some of it's a little bit more complex. We're waiting for an actual right now

[1:33:00] Report. Thank you. That's it for me. We're chairman's report council discussion

[1:33:05] I'll put it up to the council anybody got

[1:33:09] Anything more? I think all mine came in my questions

[1:33:14] Bob you wore them out

[1:33:16] You did

[1:33:19] How council liaison reports will go with you first Brian?

[1:33:22] Planning and zoning, the affordable housing at five liberty places approved, that's 24 units, eight of them are going to be affordable, the DPW storage unit was approved at not road and the council received their ethics training from attorney to not for you on Monday.

[1:33:39] Another two and a half hour planning and zoning meeting.

[1:33:44] You've got the long story there, very short story.

[1:33:47] Chris?

[1:33:49] Nothing from Park and Rack.

[1:33:51] From economic development, Nancy Adams asked me to ask you, I know it's in the budget

[1:33:59] we don't have an economic development coordinator guaranteed in the budget yet, but if we did

[1:34:03] and we post said job, if you could share draft of that job posting, I think they have some

[1:34:07] people in mind that they think might be.

[1:34:08] Absolutely.

[1:34:09] Oh, wait a minute.

[1:34:10] Yeah.

[1:34:11] That's it for me.

[1:34:12] I wish the mission was wrong, no big deal.

[1:34:16] I will want to say that Deputy King has made a short eight

[1:34:24] minute presentation about the traffic

[1:34:29] camps for the public.

[1:34:32] And I guess I could share it with you.

[1:34:37] ahead of time if you'd like.

[1:34:38] Well, yeah, that'd be nice to share it with us,

[1:34:41] but I'm just wondering, is he going to share it?

[1:34:43] He's planning to share it as part

[1:34:44] of their presentation on the 25th.

[1:34:46] It's a very concise, it may help, as a matter of fact,

[1:34:54] after I watched it Monday, and it was very nice.

[1:35:02] And I suggested to him, possibly if he could do the same

[1:35:07] thing for flock. To explain a lot of things, just like Chris is trying to do right now

[1:35:14] about the state and whatever. And going to a little bit more detail about all the little

[1:35:22] and those have to be long. And I think if he comes even close to what he did for the safety,

[1:35:27] it'd be very beneficial. And he said that he's going to look into it and the chief was talking

[1:35:33] the other night here, I guess we were talking and said he thought it was a good idea.

[1:35:36] He was going to him in his depth to try to do something like that to get it because

[1:35:41] I think it would help out.

[1:35:42] I agree.

[1:35:43] I know when they discussed it the other night, the police commission, there were several things

[1:35:47] that I was wrong on, we blunt about the storage of the equipment and not only the storage

[1:35:57] with the sharing. See, I was under the assumption that as soon as that camera takes the picture

[1:36:03] of my license, that just gets broadcasted across the United States, everybody's got access

[1:36:08] to it, not true. Our police department has the access. And you have to request, if you're

[1:36:16] in Illinois. And you had a suspicion about something coming up. Do you have to

[1:36:27] request Clinton to ask for my license plate and information?

[1:36:33] And if PD has asked another PD, it's not the public ask.

[1:36:36] And before they do that, I guess the dep or somebody down there designated to do this,

[1:36:42] They would check it out, and that state has to be one of those sharing states that Chris was talking about that

[1:36:50] Handlers your information in a supposedly

[1:36:55] Confidential way and stuff like that. So that was loose to me and

[1:37:00] I told you that you don't know that are a debt that you know

[1:37:04] That was one of my biggest concerns was as soon as I died down killing with my license plate. It's on boom

[1:37:10] So it's over in California or Chicago or something like that or Illinois, you know, and

[1:37:17] businesses are there, just don't know, don't go right out there, it stays here.

[1:37:22] And people have to request that.

[1:37:23] So there was a lot of things that I guess, whenever we approved this, what two years ago,

[1:37:31] a year and a half, I don't know.

[1:37:32] That maybe, you know, wasn't clear enough or, you know, sort of overlooked or whatever.

[1:37:40] And I think the depth is going to try to get into that a little bit and explain it a little clearer

[1:37:49] just how who handles that data, how that data gets moved. And of course, Chris

[1:37:55] bought a very interesting subject now when you talk about eye clouds, that really

[1:38:00] will scare a lot of people. I know it's scared of me because you know, where's the clouds?

[1:38:05] But anyway, so anyway,

[1:38:09] I'll give you something I know about clouds,

[1:38:12] maybe just interesting.

[1:38:14] You're such things as public clouds and private clouds.

[1:38:16] So electric boat would not share its information

[1:38:18] on a public cloud.

[1:38:20] So we wouldn't have a place in a different state

[1:38:22] that was secure and it was a big main frame

[1:38:25] and it stored our information

[1:38:26] and no other persons can get to it.

[1:38:27] So you could be in a cloud and not be vulnerable.

[1:38:31] And then there's public clouds

[1:38:32] where a lot of different companies or towns share

[1:38:35] and then it's segregated and separated,

[1:38:38] and then that gets a little much worse.

[1:38:41] So, I'm looking forward to that.

[1:38:44] And, you know, I think the debt you're doing, you know,

[1:38:49] I just think of it as a job of trying to get.

[1:38:52] That's a great idea, and that would be very clarifying.

[1:38:55] It would be good to know those facts.

[1:38:57] Might make sense to wait to see what the state law is.

[1:38:59] Oh yeah, definitely.

[1:39:00] Definitely.

[1:39:00] Oh yeah, I'm just saying this will only be another tool.

[1:39:03] And, you know, something more, we should look at before we get into the nitty-gritty.

[1:39:12] All the information we have to better.

[1:39:15] All right.

[1:39:16] Anybody else anything else?

[1:39:18] Do I hear a motion to adjourn?

[1:39:20] So?

[1:39:21] Brian, first.

[1:39:23] First second.

[1:39:24] All.

[1:39:25] Two down.

[1:39:26] Okay, everybody.

[1:39:26] Motion second.

[1:39:28] Discussion?

[1:39:29] All in favor?

[1:39:30] Opposed?

[1:39:31] Just if you guys are staying in motion cares.

Clinton Town Council - March 18 2026

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