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Waterford Selectmen approve $3.26 million in year‑end transfers and multiple departmental adjustments
Summary
The Waterford Board of Selectmen approved a slate of FY26 and FY27 budget transfers on July 7, including a $3,261,744 fiscal cleanup transfer, several smaller personnel and operating transfers, and acceptance of board minutes. One transfer tied to an employee complaint was amended on the floor from $3,000 to $25,000; one member abstained.
The Waterford Board of Selectmen on July 7 approved a series of fiscal adjustments to close out the town’s FY26 accounts and to fund some FY27 needs, including a $3,261,744 “cleanup” transfer presented by Director of Finance Kim Allen.
Kim Allen told the board the large transfer covers training, new hires, ADP payroll/timekeeping charges, new grants‑management software, contracted obligations for GGA staff, increased phone and fuel costs, life insurance changes and cleanup from recent storms. "We made it in '26, but it will carry over to '27," Kim Allen said of the life insurance change.
The board also approved multiple smaller transfers and appropriations: a $50,000 transfer from police to cover animal control costs billed by East Lyme; a $45,233.43 appropriation to cover an accrued‑time payout in Fire Services; a $25,900 correction to move hours charged to a special‑revenue grant back to operating for Youth & Family Services; a $66,062 FY27 transfer for automotive repairs and fleet consolidation; and a $56,000 transfer to cover increased shifts and storm overtime at Quaker Hill Fire Station. All motions were moved, seconded and approved by voice vote, where recorded.
One agenda line contained an incorrect dollar figure on the published packet. Kim Allen and board members clarified that agenda items 8 and 9 were reversed on the packet; the board approved a friendly amendment changing an item listed as $3,000 to $25,000 to cover costs related to an employee complaint filed with the Connecticut Department of Labor. Selectman Rich announced he would abstain "without knowing the details." The clerk recorded one abstention on that motion.
First Selectman said the transfers are intended to balance the books before auditors complete year‑end work around mid‑July. "There will be a little bit more cleanup," Kim Allen said; "this should be the majority though." The board accepted published minutes for June meetings and adjourned.
What happens next: Approved FY26 transfers will be forwarded to the Board of Finance where required by ordinance; the finance director said reporting and quarterly breakdowns (for example, fleet costs) can be provided on request.
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