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Board of Finance approves municipal and NCES budgets for town meeting after pay-reinstatement motion fails
Summary
At its May 14 meeting, North Canaan’s Board of Finance approved the municipal budget and the NCES budget to send to the town meeting on May 21, 2025. A separate motion to reinstate the first selectman’s salary by $4,000 failed for lack of a second.
At a May 14 meeting, the North Canaan Board of Finance voted to approve both the municipal budget and the NCES budget and send them to a town meeting set for May 21, 2025. Board member Christian Allyn moved to accept the NCES budget; Bryan Johnson seconded and the motion carried with no discussion recorded.
Board member Christian Allyn later raised an email from Chris Sorrell recommending that the first selectman’s salary be reinstated to last year’s level. Christian Allyn moved to increase the first selectman’s salary line by $4,000; the motion received no second and was declared dead. After that, Bryan Johnson moved to approve the municipal budget as presented and send it to the town meeting; Bill Minacci seconded, Christian Allyn objected, and the motion carried by majority vote.
The record shows the board handled routine finance items earlier in the meeting: approving the agenda and minutes, authorizing the chairman to sign the tax collector’s suspense list, and accepting both the tax collector’s and treasurer’s reports. The meeting minutes do not record a roll-call tally for the municipal budget vote beyond noting the objection and that the motion carried by majority.
The board’s actions set both budgets for consideration at the May 21 town meeting. The transcript does not specify projected tax or spending changes tied to the approved budgets; those details were not provided during the Board of Finance meeting and are expected to be presented at the town meeting.
