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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOctober 2, 2023 - Special Town Board Meeting Minutes Town of Enfield Special Town Board Meetfng Monday, October 2, 2023 5:30 PM In-person at the Enfield Town Courthouse and Via the Zoom Meetfng Platiorm Attendance: Supervisor Stephanie Redmond, Councilpersons: Jude Lemke, and Cassandra Hinkle; Town Bookkeeper Blixy Taetzsch; Highway Superintendent Buddy Rollins; Town Clerk Mary Cornell Virtual Attendance: Councilperson Robert Lynch Absent: Councilperson James Ricks Call to Order: Supervisor Redmond called the meetfng to order at 5:30 PM Privilege of the Floor: N/A Additfons and Changes to the Agenda: Tompkins County – Countywide Shared services plan 2024. Supervisor Redmond shared that the County had contacted her a while ago and wanted the Town to hold a public hearing on this plan and she was initfally hesitant as not much informatfon has been forthcoming and it does not seem at the stage to implement/ready for a public hearing, she is not sure what the Town’s potentfal financial contributfon would be, there are many unknowns. Blixy commented that the Town of Newfield had a Public Hearing last week and there were a lot of questfons and not many answers to them. Councilperson Lemke would like legislature Randy Brown present at the Public Hearing. Councilperson Lynch suggested that the Supervisor contact the County representatfve that is working on this initfatfve for their availability to attend the public hearing. Supervisor Redmond moved and Councilperson Lemke seconded to hold a Public Hearing on October 11, 2023 at 6:30 PM Vote: Councilperson Hinkle, Aye; Councilperson Lemke, Aye; Councilperson Lynch, Aye; Supervisor Redmond, Aye; Carried. Correspondence: N/A New Business: Budget: Clerk Cornell distributed two tentatfve budgets to the Town Board as directed by the Town Supervisor. The Tentatfve Budget marked Final is the submitted Tentatfve Budget. Supervisor Redmond asked the clerk to send both to show how much of an increase the tax rate would be if all requests were to be funded at the amounts requested. She noted that the Highway dept. had originally asked for a 5% raise and she reduced it to a 4% raise. Some of the excessive funds that the Town is using over the course of the next three years is from the large building permit fees that the Town received this year. In three years, the highway facility will be off bond and those funds could be utflized to offset future budget increases. Supervisor Redmond shared that every $30,000 increase counts as a 1% increase in the tax rate. Bookkeeper Taetzsch went over the budget and focused on the 2024 Tax and Fund Balance Analysis (pg 3). Clerk Cornell shared the breakdown of what the increase was for in the IT line. Supervisor Redmond commented that this is an extremely difficult tax year and if board members can see areas to cut back to be prepared to discuss them at the next Town Board meetfng on October, 11. Announcements: N/A Adjournment: Councilperson Lemke moved and Councilperson Hinkle seconded. Adjourned at 6:02 PM Respectiully submitted, Mary Cornell Mary Cornell Town Clerk