Secretary’s Report of minutes from theAnnual Meeting
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The meeting was called to
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The format for this meeting called for a report to the members of “The Impact of Fiscal Hard Times on our Community” by various elected officials.
Mayor Albano spoke first and gave his assessment of the difficulties that the City would be facing because of the projected cuts in State Aid. He warned that the cuts would affect all city departments and programs and that layoffs would be substantial. He emphasized that the Police and Fire Departments would be especially hard hit. The mayor also warned that the problems will be even worse in the next fiscal year.
State Represenatives
Gail Canderas and Ben Swan spoke next and gave their views on the
financial problems the State was facing and how we got into this mess. They both
felt that the answer to the problems should include the discussion of possible
new taxes as well as the cuts that Governor Romney was proposing. They both promised to do their best to make
sure
State Senator Linda Melconian arrived toward the end of the meeting and gave us her opinion of what we should expect in changes in State Aid
Following the presentation by the public officials, the report of the nominating committee was read by Paul Sears. The President opened up the meeting for additional nominations from the floor but none were made. A motion was made and seconded to approve the slate of directors and officers submitted by the Nominating Committee. The motion passed unanimously. The list of officers and directors is attached.
The meeting adjourned at
…..Paul J. Sears , Recording Secretary