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Harwinton Board of Finance recommends $8,315,673 general government budget; adjusts fire department line
Summary
At its April 23 meeting the Harwinton Board of Finance recommended a $8,315,673 General Government budget for 2026–2027 and approved an adjusted amount for budget line 2030 after discussion with the Harwinton Volunteer Fire Department. The board approved the minutes of April 16 and adjourned at 8:16 p.m.
Chairman Peter B. Thierry called the Harwinton Board of Finance to order at 7:00 p.m. on April 23. The board approved the minutes of April 16, 2026, following a motion by Bob Barry and a second by Eric Niedmann; John Fredsall, Eric Niedmann, Bob Barry and Charles Casella voted yes and Sandra Davis abstained.
Terry Ferrarotti, chief of the Harwinton Volunteer Fire Department, discussed a requested supplemental of $31,712.07 for budget line 2030 for fiscal year 2026–2027. Following that discussion, Sandra Davis moved to set line 2030 at $188,512; that motion received no second and was not acted upon. Eric Niedmann then moved, and Sandra Davis seconded, to set line 2030 at $183,794. The motion was reported as adopted on a voice vote (“All in favor”).
Later in the meeting John Fredsall moved, and Bob Barry seconded, that the board recommend to the Town Budget Meeting a General Government budget of $8,315,673 for 2026–2027. That recommendation was adopted on a voice vote (“All in favor”). The transcript records additional discussion of line 2090 but does not specify a proposal or dollar figures for that line.
The board noted there was no old business, new business, supplementals, invoices, or correspondence for the meeting. A motion to adjourn, made by John Fredsall and seconded by Charles Casella, carried and the meeting ended at 8:16 p.m.
(Functional labels used in this article—"Chairman," "committee member," or "board member"—are drawn from the meeting text or applied as functional descriptors where a formal role/title was not explicitly provided in the transcript.)
