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Willington board seats Lisa, approves minutes; resident urges posting missing minutes
Summary
The Willington Board of Finance moved on June 18 to seat Lisa for an absent member and approved minutes from prior meetings; resident Ralph Tis said minutes for multiple prior meetings were not posted online and the board said it had forwarded those minutes to the town clerk for posting.
The Willington Board of Finance voted on June 18 to seat Lisa in place of Christina Mos for tonight's meeting and took up approval of the minutes from prior meetings.
A board member moved and seconded the motion to seat Lisa; the chair called the vote and welcomed Lisa after the motion was accepted. The board later moved to approve the June 4 minutes and the motion was seconded; the transcript contains inconsistent lines (a voiced opposition and abstentions followed by a statement that the motion "passed unanimously"). The meeting transcript does not provide a clear roll-call tally or identify which members voted yes, no or abstained on the minutes approval.
During the public-comment period, resident Ralph Tis raised an access and transparency concern, saying minutes for several recent meetings (February 19; April 7; April 16; May 7; May 21; and June 4) were not available online. "This is not good to not keep those minutes up to date," Ralph Tis said, urging the board to catch up with postings. The chair and another member responded that the minutes had been forwarded to the town clerk for posting and that the board would verify the outstanding items.
No formal disciplinary or corrective votes resulted from the public comment; the board said it would ensure the clerk receives the forwarded minutes and would follow up at the next meeting if posting delays remained. With no other business, the chair adjourned the meeting.
