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Jun 23, 2026

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Briefing
May 20, 2026

Finance Committee meeting summary

Committee established a Board of Education Non‑Lapsing Fund and moved the BOE’s $212,031 audited surplus into it; approved transferring a $19,943 Eversource reimbursement into the BOE capital account; authorized up to $7,000 from the Open Space account for a Long Pond invasive‑species study; recommended sale of 480R Shewville Road to Kevin Blacker for $150,000 and approved listing 89 Town Farm Road for sale; discussed upcoming short‑term borrowing (BANs) and continued work on opioid funds, joint meeting scheduling, and grant opportunities.

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Briefing
May 6, 2026

Finance Committee (Ledyard) — May 6, 2026: recommended tax refunds and suspense-file transfers

The Town of Ledyard Finance Committee met in hybrid format on May 6, 2026 (called to order 5:01 p.m., adjourned 5:49 p.m.). Present: Jessica Buhle, Carmen Garcia‑Irizarry, Tim Ryan. Residents raised concerns about a blighted property (538 Colonel Ledyard Hwy) and Board of Education expense recording. Agenda items included FY2025‑26 finance reports, discussion of National Opioid Settlement uses, quarterly joint meetings with the Board of Education, grant opportunities, and review of budget‑process reports. Committee recommended approval of three tax refunds and recommended transferring tax accounts to the suspense file and overpayments to the general fund. Official minutes: provided.

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Briefing
Apr 8, 2026

Finance Committee recommends FY2026/2027 budget; creates Ethics Commission line item

At its April 8, 2026 meeting the Ledyard Finance Committee (Chair: Councilor Buhle) reviewed adjustments to the proposed FY2026/2027 budget, voted to add a new Ethics Commission department budget, and voted to recommend the Town Council adopt the proposed budget. A resident raised concerns about uncertain State revenues and pending legislation affecting veterans' tax exemptions. The committee will present the recommended budget at an April 21, 2026 public hearing.

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Briefing
Apr 1, 2026

Finance Committee approves fire apparatus purchase, land-use appropriation and LOTCIP commitment; budget debate continues

The Ledyard Finance Committee (April 1, 2026) met in hybrid format. Members approved minutes (with one set deferred), recommended purchase of a replacement fire pumper for $1,173,066, appropriated $73,782.83 from sale proceeds to Land Use capital for POCD/document updates, and authorized a Commitment to Fund a LOTCIP grant of $3,224,800 for the Lantern Hill Road Bridge replacement. Committee reviewed year-to-date financials (tax collections 98.6% through Feb. 28) and noted an expected increase in police overtime due to an officer’s active military duty. A motion to reduce the Board of Education FY2026/2027 request by $232,335 failed (1–1); a special meeting on April 8, 2026 was scheduled to further address the budget.

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Briefing
Mar 19, 2026

Finance Committee agrees by consensus to adjustments that lower the proposed FY2026/2027 budget to $73,627,506

The Ledyard Finance Committee met March 19, 2026 (4:00 PM, Town Hall Annex — hybrid) for a FY2026/2027 budget work session. Committee members reviewed capital and operating additions/reductions and revenue adjustments after earlier budget work sessions on March 5, 9 and 12. By consensus the Committee approved General Government expenditure additions of $8,197 and reductions of $191,360 (no changes to Board of Education expenditures), and revenue adjustments resulting in a revised total budget of $73,627,506. The Committee will continue budget review on April 1, 2026 and aims to forward a proposed budget to the Town Council on April 8, 2026 to meet an April 21, 2026 public hearing. The session adjourned at 5:11 PM.

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Briefing
Mar 18, 2026

Finance Committee approves grant applications, audit contract, tax refunds and water budget adjustment; sets FY26/27 budget hearing and town meeting dates

At the March 18, 2026 Ledyard Finance Committee meeting (hybrid), members voted unanimously on several finance actions: authorize submission of a COPS Congressionally Directed Spending grant for police body and in-car cameras; approve four tax refunds totaling $12,562.61 (double payments); grant a bid waiver and appoint PKF O’Conner Davies for FY2026 auditing services ($75,000); approve a $1,860,262 Water Operations budget adjustment (reducing the audit line by $2,738); and set the FY2026/2027 public hearing for April 21, 2026 and the Annual Town Meeting on May 18, 2026 with a referendum on May 19, 2026. Several items were continued, including uses of National Opioid Settlement funds and scheduling joint finance meetings with the Board of Education.

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Briefing
Mar 12, 2026

Finance Committee holds FY 2026/27 budget work session; reviews departmental budgets and CIP requests

On March 12, 2026 the Ledyard Finance Committee met in a hybrid Budget Work Session at the Town Hall Annex Building to review the Mayor’s proposed FY 2026/2027 departmental budgets and Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) requests. Departments heard included Town Clerk, Registrars/Elections, Historic District Commission, Parks & Recreation/Senior Citizens, Social Services, Library, School Nurses, and Management Information Systems (MIS). Noted CIP items included a $25,000 Sawmill Dam remediation request (Historic District), $92,000 total Parks & Rec requests, and MIS requests totaling $139,675 (including a $77,175 computer/server sinking fund and meeting-room technology replacements with $62,500 allocated by the Mayor). Registrars reported no state funding for Early Voting and discussed reducing days. The Committee asked the Library for a breakdown of consortium discounts/fees, agreed to leave detailed CIP wrap-up for later, and noted they may reconvene if proposed State revenues change. The session adjourned at 5:16 p.m.

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Briefing
Mar 5, 2026

Finance Committee budget work session reviews Mayor’s FY 2026/2027 proposal and departmental requests

The Finance Committee held a hybrid budget work session on March 5, 2026 to review the Mayor’s proposed $73.81M FY 2026/2027 budget, department presentations, CIP requests, capital and operating drivers (healthcare, salaries, capital, road restoration), and planning/housing study funding. The session adjourned at 4:40 p.m.

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Briefing
Mar 4, 2026

Finance Committee (Ledyard) — March 4, 2026: federal grant for dispatch system approved; veterans tax-exemption discussed, no action taken

The Finance Committee (Councilors Buhle, Garcia‑Irizarry, Ryan) met in hybrid format. The committee approved prior minutes, received the Finance Director’s reports, recommended acceptance of a federal COPS grant to replace the dispatch CAD/RMS system (up to $229,000 appropriation to be reimbursed), approved a bid waiver for commercial laundry equipment for turnout gear, and authorized overspending the Town Attorney account through June 30, 2026. Extensive public comment and committee discussion addressed possible modifications to Public Act 24‑46 (veterans 100% disabled property tax exemption); no ordinance or cap was adopted at this meeting. Several agenda items (opioid settlement uses, school grant reimbursement, scheduling joint finance meetings, and other grant opportunities) were continued.

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Briefing
Feb 4, 2026

Finance Committee joint work session with Town Council & Board of Education — FY 2026/2027 budget planning and long-term capital planning (Feb 4, 2026)

The Finance Committee held a hybrid joint work session with the Town Council and Board of Education to collaborate on preparation of the Fiscal Year 2026/2027 budget. Agenda items included budget format and transparency, options to reduce expenses (including shared/regionalized services and privatization), more accurate revenue estimates, guidance for negotiating/executing contracts, correct ledger recording, employees and retirees healthcare, school nurses, long-term Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) development, procedures for recording and expending additional revenues, review of Public Act #24-45 and the OLR report on 2025 Acts affecting education, and scheduling joint quarterly meetings.

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Briefing
Feb 4, 2026

Finance Committee recommends DOT Local Bridge grant, reviews FY2025 audit and continues budget discussions

Meeting held Feb 4, 2026 (5:00 PM, Town Hall Annex - hybrid). CliftonLarsonAllen presented the Fiscal Year ending June 30, 2025 audit. Committee approved the Jan 7, 2026 minutes, recommended approval of a Connecticut DOT Local Bridge Program grant application and resolution for Lantern Hill Road Bridge No. 137001 (est. total ~ $2.8M, 50% eligible). Committee continued review of financial reports, discussed Board of Education surplus accounting under Public Act #24-45, potential uses for National Opioid Settlement funds, scheduling joint quarterly finance meetings with the Board of Education, and noted issuance of an RFP for auditing services.

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Briefing
Jan 21, 2026

Finance Committee meeting minutes — January 21, 2026: winter budget adjustments, fire repair authorization, Avalonia tax-exemption advanced

Committee approved minutes, recommended overexpenditures for winter operations and a fire repair, transferred $1,575 from Conservation operating to trail maintenance, advanced a draft ordinance and resolution to grant/abate Avalonia Land Conservancy tax-exempt status, and continued discussion on opioid settlement uses and property tax exemption policy.

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Briefing
Jan 7, 2026

Finance Committee — Meeting Minutes (January 7, 2026)

The Ledyard Finance Committee met in hybrid format on January 7, 2026. Actions included approval of minutes, authorization of a $4,645 remediation expense for Gales Ferry Engine 21, approval to transfer $157,133 in additional Federal Impact Aid to the Board of Education capital reserve, denial of a motion to cancel a 1988 BOE capital-transfer resolution, and recommended town commitment letters totaling $178,000 from the Open Space Fund to Avalonia Land Conservancy for two land acquisitions. Finance staff reported the FY2024–25 audit was submitted to the state and FY2026/27 budget materials are due to the Mayor on January 20, 2026.

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Briefing
Dec 9, 2025

Ledyard Finance Committee approves amended Budget Letter of Directive for FY 2026/2027

At a special hybrid meeting on December 9, 2025 (5:00 p.m., Town Hall Annex Building), the Ledyard Finance Committee (Chair Jessica Buhle, Councilor Carmen Garcia‑Irizarry; Tim Ryan excused) reviewed and approved a revised Budget Letter of Directive to the Mayor and Board of Education for preparation of the Fiscal Year 2026/2027 budget. The committee adopted three substantive amendments requiring (1) language noting the Town Council’s intention to reduce the mill rate substantially following the 2025 revaluation; (2) departmental submissions to include ranked top-ten priorities, an "excellence gap" narrative, and justification for increases; and (3) tighter formatting and transparency for the Board of Education budget (separate grouped salary lines by school, supplies/services/utilities by school) plus identification of services that could be shared with other towns or between the BOE and Town. The committee set an expectation that overall requested increases be limited to below three percent unless clearly justified. The motion was recommended for Town Council approval (vote 2-0). Residents raised concerns about last year’s directive not being followed and about the 2025 property revaluation.

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Briefing
Dec 3, 2025

Ledyard Finance Committee (Dec 3, 2025) — budget actions, bid waivers, WPCA lead survey, ALPR approved

The Finance Committee met in hybrid format and approved multiple FY2025/2026 actions including vendor bid waivers, capital appropriations, a staffing allocation for the Land Use office, and updates to Town Council budgets. The committee authorized the Mayor to contract Arcadis to produce a cost estimate for the WPCA lead-service-line survey required by the CT Department of Public Health, and added Flock Safety to the standing bid waiver list for Automated License Plate Readers. Several procedural items (budget directive letter, joint Finance/BOE schedule) were continued for follow-up.

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Briefing
Dec 3, 2025

Finance Committee organizational meeting: 2026 meeting schedule approved; transition items reviewed

On December 3, 2025 the Ledyard Finance Committee held an organizational meeting (hybrid) called to order by Councilor Jessica Buhle. Councilors Buhle and Carmen Garcia-Irizarry were present; Tim Ryan was excused. The Committee voted 2–0 to approve the 2026 regular meeting schedule (first and third Wednesdays at 5:00 p.m., with listed dates). The Committee reviewed outstanding transition items forwarded in a November 12, 2025 memo — including scheduling joint finance meetings with the Board of Education, quarterly review of opioid settlement receipts and distribution, potential grant opportunities, and follow-up on American Rescue Plan Act projects/funding (projects to be completed by December 2026). The Committee will discuss these items further at its regular meeting later that evening. The meeting adjourned at 4:48 p.m.

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Briefing
Oct 15, 2025

Ledyard Finance Committee — Meeting Minutes (October 15, 2025)

Committee met in hybrid format; approved minutes; heard Finance Director’s pre-audit projections and audit status; recommended Town Council actions on a foam-removal grant application (fire apparatus), a standing bid waiver addition (Freightliner/Alliance), and an $8,000 neglected cemetery grant appropriation; discussed but did not approve appropriating $157,133 in Impact Aid to the BOE CNR and requested a prioritized BOE project list; agreed to continue quarterly joint finance meetings with the Board of Education.

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Briefing
Aug 20, 2025

Joint Work Session of Town Council and Board of Education Finance Committees — FY2026/2027 budget planning (Aug 20, 2025)

Hybrid joint Finance Committee work session to begin FY2026/2027 budget planning. Topics included cost-reduction options, contract negotiation guidance, accurate ledger recording of Board of Education (BOE) expenses (including employee/retiree healthcare and other in‑kind items), shared/regionalized services, capital improvement planning, budget presentation format, revenue recognition (including a noted $481,385 Agri‑Science grant revenue change), and scheduling regular quarterly joint meetings. Several items were continued for follow-up at the next quarterly meeting; committees agreed to pursue ledger reclassification of certain BOE-related expenses during the fiscal year to improve transparency.

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