The 2016 Verona budget was prepared through four public workshops. We’re including the full video of each meeting and links to let you jump to particular sections of each meeting.
March 3, 2016 Budget Workshop
The meeting begins with an overview of the budget–and budgeting process–by Matthew Laracy, Verona’s finance official. Key sections are:
Construction Code
Longevity Pay
Fire Department
Public Works
March 10, 2016 Budget Workshop
The meeting again opened with an overview of the Police Department budget, which is almost 50% of Verona’s municipal budget in terms of personnel costs. Staffing in the tax assessor’s office received significant scrutiny. Key topics at this meeting are:
Police Department
Municipal Court
Community Services (Recreation, Health):
Tax Assessor
March 15, 2016 Budget Workshop
Spending on Public Works Department items like roadways dominated the meeting and there is no longer any longevity pay in the Finance Department. The Library’s Children’s Room is getting a much needed renovation and Library card holders can now borrow from 20 other towns’ collections. Key points of the meeting are:
Verona Public Library
Streets & Highways, Recycling, Shade Tree
Finance
Legal & Professional Services
Administrative & Executive
March 31, 2016 Budget Workshop
Presented in full on the first page of this story, the March 31 meeting focused on reconciling spending plans and cuts discussed in the previous three sessions. Town Manager Matthew Cavallo presented four possible budget options, which over the course of the meeting coalesced into a fifth option that had support of four of the five Council members: Mayor Ryan, Deputy Mayor Nochimson and Councilmen Roman and Jay Sniatkowski. Councilman Bob Manley expressed support for option four.
