Budget Committee Agenda 01.13.22

6:30 pm Bradford Area Community Center

Members – Laurie Colburn (Chair), Doug Southard (Vice Chair), Justin Dohrn, Tim McKenna, Jen Richardson, Beth Downs, Marlene Freyler (Select Board Rep)

Select Board members Andrew Pinard and Mel Pfeifle will be in attendance.

Karen Hambleton, Town Administrator

Pledge of Allegiance

Old Business:

Receipt of Correspondence:

  • Review minutes from the December 16, 2021 & January 6, 2022 meetings

Review of Budget and Expenditures:

  • Jim Raymond – Review Fire Department Budget
  • Preliminary feedback from Select Board on Warrant Items
  • General discussion on any outstanding questions in preparation for voting on General Budget (January 27th, 2022 target)

Receipt of Information or Proposals:  

  • Budget story
  • Updates on the Big Picture

Future Business:

  • Next Budget Committee Meeting will be January 27th, 2022
  • Important dates:
    • Feb 11, 2022 last date to hold 1st Public Hearing (must be noticed by Feb 4, 2022)
    • Feb 16, 2022 last date to provide Select Board with Annual Budget

Department partnership:

  • Laurie Colburn – Strategy around telling the “Budget story”; Town Clerk
  • Doug Southard – Trends over time; Fire Department
  • Justin Dohrn – Transfer Station
  • Tim McKenna – How Budget is presented at Town Meeting; Police Department
  • Jen Richardson – Highway
  • Beth Downs – Select Board

Topic: Budget Committee

Time: Jan 13, 2022 06:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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