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Berlin council adopts anti-toll resolution By Devin Leith-Yessian The Citizen
Voting along party lines, the Town Council voiced its opposition to tolls on state highways.
Berlin Mayor Mark Kaczynski, right, said “… whatever programs (parents) fear they’re | File photo losing, they need to go to the Board of Ed and lobby.”
Budget headed to referendum By Devin Leith-Yessian The Citizen
say when the $44.5 million school and $45.6 million municipal budgets go to A group of parents of local referendum on Tuesday, students are hoping to April 30. The budgets call convince residents to reject for a combined $2.2 milthe proposed school budlion increase in spending. get, saying cuts made by The corresponding mill the Town Council and rate increase of 1.36 mills Board of Finance go too would bring the rate to deep. 33.86 mills, a $238 increase “I am very concerned in taxes on a home asabout where the direction sessed at $175,000. is heading and that’s why Mongillo is part of the Parthis group of parents got ents’ Advisory Council, a together,” said Imelda group of around 30 parents Mongillo, who has two children in Berlin schools. who volunteer to give their input to Superintendent Residents will have their Brian Benigni. The group
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"Most people in our town, in my opinion, don't want tolls … that's where I think this resolution is important," Republican Councilor Alex Giannone said during the Tuesday, April 16 meeting The resolution says the implementation of tolls would divert traffic to local roads, impacting safety and property values, while forcing the town to spend more on road maintenance. “The Town Council of the Town of Berlin is opposed to the imposition of tolls and urges the Governor and its elected representatives in the General Assembly to oppose any measure that would impose tolls as an additional burden on the Berlin taxpayers,” the resolution says. The council’s three Democrats voiced their opposition, calling the resolution premature given the lack of a concrete plan for tolls before the state legislature. They also criticized the Republican trans-
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Reality: Our student populaThe town budget has artion has drastically declined. rived! Now’s the time for us, So, in order to “shore up” the voters, to determine if we enrollment numbers, the want to accept or reject it. board has taken to bussing Lately, there have been plen- students from Hartford, thus securing the need for adty of articles by the Board of ministrative jobs and mainEducation stating how “untaining school personnel derfunded” our education numbers. system is. This argument is made year after year, and I But wait! What you need to
know is that the taxpayer gets the burden of paying for them. Hartford only partially pays. That’s $8,457 additional, per bussed child, out of our pockets. That is some fancy shell game. Tell the BOE the game is over. On Tuesday, April 30 vote no/too high on the BOE budget.
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er fixed costs and would require cuts. Other members of the Parents’ Advisory Council share Mongillo’s concern. “The goal is to have parents vote no, too low, because it is too low,” Mary Ellen Mal-
oney said. “When the cost of living is 2.5 (percent annually) and we’re only getting an increase of 1.8 (percent), it is too low,” she said, referring to the school district’s average funding increase over the past five years.
proposals were “too high” or “too low” — during the referendum. The school budget has also received plenty of criticism, though, including from residents during an April 2 forum the Town Council hosted at the Senior Center.
The group is creating fliers to encourage residents to “I suggest that the Town “vote no, too low” — the Council go back to the budget also included advisoBoard of Education and go ry questions asking if the
back to the finance board and tell them we want ground zero,” said resident Joan Veley during that forum. “We want last year’s budget for this year’s budget for the Board of Ed.” Mayor Mark Kaczynski and Superintendent Benigni were to hold a meeting at Berlin High School Wednesday to discuss the budget with parents.
Kaczynski said he feels the council’s proposal is strong given the town’s financial situation and said the Board of Education is responsible for cuts to programs. “The point I want to get across, which I don't feel a lot of people understand … is the council, we have no input on what programs the district reduce,” he said. “We give them the overall budget, but whatever programs (parents) fear they’re losing, they need to go to the Board of Ed and lobby.” dleithyessian@ record-journal.com 203-317-2317 Twitter: @leith_yessian
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Thursday, April 25, 2019
Letters to the Editor Make your voice heard Editor : The Town Council voted to send the town budget to referendum on Tuesday, April 30 with reductions to both the town and the Board of Education budgets. Both budgets still contain increases over last year’s funding level. The Republican majority reduced a portion of the proposed increases in each budget. The majority voted for reductions in order to reduce the proposed mill rate. The minority did not agree and supported a larger tax increase. Before the council voted on the budget, I reached out to the BOE and Board of Finance, and asked them to work with the Town Council to make a change to the proposed budget that would have reduced the mill rate with less reductions to both the town and BOE budgets. The BOE and BOF declined my offer, which resulted in the reductions made by the
majority members of the Town Council. The majority on the council has done everything we can to keep costs down and thereby keep the taxes as low as possible while not compromising services. Unfortunately, the major driver of the budget is the impact of our debt payments that are approximately 12 percent of our budget this year. According to our auditors, they should be around 4 percent. Prior councils, before this majority was elected, borrowed amounts between $10 million-$12 million a year for many years. We continue to increase payments to our pension fund that also was not properly funded in past years. These debt payments are now due and make it difficult to fund the town and the Board of Education without some increase in the mill rate. I urge the voters of Berlin to vote in the referendum on April 30, and tell your elected officials your opinion on next year’s budget. Mayor Mark Kaczynski
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grade. “Whole word method,” which teaches kids to memorize sight words, has failed miserably.
Editor : At last year’s budget meeting with the Board of Finance and Berlin BOE, BOF Finance Member Kevin Guite asked Superintendent Brian Benigni and BOE member Jake Fisher to explain the open choice program. One would think that the answer would be that we accept kids from other school districts because we teach kids to read with phonics and handwriting skills by the end first grade, or some other educational reason. The simple answer that was given, was that these kids come with more money. I bring the reading topic up because it is well known that cities like Hartford have on ongoing fight with the State Dept. of Education on how to teach kids to read, and that battle is between teaching “whole word method” or “phonics.” Phonics, in conjunction with handwriting, is the only proven way to have kids reading by the end of first
So what happens to the kids that come here? Are they up to grade level in reading skills? Or does the school system just push these kids into special education programs, because that’s the only place they can get extra help? And is this inflating our education costs?
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Now the BOE wants more money. Say no to their increase. It’s time for the BOE to start living within its means and learn how to spend our money wisely. On Tuesday April 30, vote no to any Board of Education increase.
I’m disappointed the vote was not unanimous, as it See Letters, A21
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Ferland, Sophia Ferraguto, Ting Fischer, Shannon Flaherty, Gabrielle Foster, Isabella Funk, Kendal Gagnon, Connor Gileau, Makayla Gorski, Luke Impelluso, Emma Johnson, Noelle Konior, Kelly Kozlowski, Emma LaFrance, Matthew Lanteri, Kyle Latella, Erica Lavoie, Jacob Lindsay, Brendan Malcarne, Kathryn Markey, Ryan McGowan, Jasmine Metcalf, Julia Oakes, Madeline Palmese, Cassie Parmelee, Victoria Pietrucha, Stefanie Poulin, Alexandra Ross, Gina Scalaro, Victoria Skorupski, Katy Sparmer, Nicholas Spinali, Connor Therrien, Alexandra Tzetzo, Casey Uryga, Marina Vozvyshayeva, Ashley Wenzel, Wynter Yovan. Grade 9 High Honors Bailey Baclaski, Shae Bannon, Saige Beatman, Lyla Bennett, Morgan Biello, Abigail Caliandri, Devin Collins, Sephora Cote, Ryan Cyr, Jonathan D'Amore, Salvatore Dastoli, Isabella DeFrancesco, Taylor Desmarais, Jocelyn DiMatteo, Garrett Fallon, Sophia Fazzina, Jacob Ferland, Samantha Ferrero, Benjamin Fisher, Juliana Garcia-Chinchilla, Nina Garofalo, Ryan Garrity, Jethro Grumo, Griffin Hilbie, Sean Hunt, Isabella Karam, Hailey Karas, Paul Kendrick, Kristen Kozlowski, Daniel Lamoureux, Luke Lanteri, Grace Lazzara, Lindsey Leary, Caitlyn Lennehan, Elijah Mahler, Mantas Malinauskas, Juliana Mancini, Joseph Manzi, Laura Martin, Lauren McBride, Clare McGeever, Mason Michaud, Omar Mountassir, Simon Narel, Shree Patel, Julia Paul, Carlisse Perales, Emily Roche, Dakota Rymarzick, Olivia Salina, Jacob Smalley, Kyla Smulski, Tanner Sparks, Gianna Uba, Michael Vignone, Samuel Walowski, John Zibell. Grade 12 Honors Dominic Arborio, Zoe Bassett, Jacob Biello, Adam Bilinsky, Kyle Bisson, George Bittel, Melanie Bosco, Emily Caracoglia, Rachael Cavanagh, Kyle Chant, Derek Chlastawa, Patryk Chorzepa, Sarah Cintron, Paul Coccomo, McKenzie Cyr, John Downes, Taylor Droste, Alexander Dumas, Kevin Dunn, Aaron Gauvin, Julia Gdovin, Nicholas Gendron, Madalyn Gormley, Ian Guite, Maisie Hayes, Ajlal Khan, Ani LaPointe, Abigail Larkin, Matthew Lavoie, Zenae Lewis, Jordan Lovett, Sebastian Malespini, Nicholas Martinez, Emily Mazzotta, Rachael Meade, Holden Murphy, Maxine Muscatello, Isabella Nardi, Jillian Parmelee, Maya Patel, Brandon Peate, Nicole Pekarovic, Jack Repaci, Francheska Rivera, Dillon Roy, Sebastian Scott, Sarah
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Thursday, April 25, 2019
Opinion
Budget can be tightened; vote no By Anne Reilly
Since the Republicans came into power over four years ago, a charter revision occurred allowing you, the taxpayer, the right to vote twice on town budgets. The Republican Town Committee urges all taxpayers to come out and vote on Tuesday, April 30 for the first budget referendum. With a new budget proposed at $90,090,754, your mill rate change will be a 1.36 percent increase. That means if you have a home worth $250,000, your increase will be $238. We applaud the Board of Finance and Town Council for trying to minimize the impact on taxpayers. However, we think there’s more work to be done.
The Board of Ed is once again using scare tactics, and not showing full information on the town data it is using. First, it’s using data from school systems that have increased school populations. The Rocky Hill school population has grown 20 percent in five years. Of course Rocky Hill needed to increase its education spending.
State average spending on education is greatly increased by the cities. In the meantime, our Board of Ed tries to find ways to keep people on the payroll by registering students from other towns to fill our classrooms. Have they confirmed residence requirements for current students who state they reside in our town? See Reilly, A24
Exercise your right to vote The Berlin Board of Education fully supports education and all of the students in Berlin. The board spent months analyzing and evaluating the Superintendent’s proposed budget to create a budget to support the learning of the students. The cuts that were made at the meeting on Monday, April 15 were due to the cuts made by the Board of Finance and Town Council. The Board of Education did not want to have to cut in areas that will negatively impact student learning opportunities, such as eliminating teachers and administrators, elimination of programs and services, and materials and supplies. Each year, the Board of Education has had to find cre-
ative ways to do more with less. At this point, the board has exhausted all cost-saving measures in previous years and, with the budget cut, the Board of Education will have to make drastic cuts. Unfortunately, students will be impacted as a result of larger class sizes, less opportunities for clubs, activities and athletics, decrease in special education services, less materials and supplies for students and teachers, and the loss of an administrator.
I’m writing a response to one of those articles entitled “We are not adequately funding our schools,” which appeared in the March 7 edition of The Berlin Citizen. Below are some fine points the Berlin BOE neglected to inform you about.
Allow me to make several corrections. The Democratic Party is not responsible for “all the bonding done.” Republicans and Democrats alike have taken the easy path and bonded items that should have been paid for through operations. This has gone on for over 20 years. In fact, Mayor Mark Kaczynski proposed bonding $2 million in routine capital items just last year, the goal being to keep
It is more like a 50-year capital plan under this majority council. Another favorite untruth of Anne Reilly is to say we can consolidate services to save money. See Holmes, A24
A second, advisory question will follow: “Advisory Question 2. If you voted no on the Board of Education Budget, is the budget … Too High. Too Low.”
BOE making ‘veiled threats’
By Mark Holmes
To say that Anne Reilly’s party is following the 10-year capital plan is beyond laughable. The Republicans have not funded one-tenth of the 10-year capital plan in the last three years. The town has buildings, equipment, the Senior Center and police cruisers literally falling apart.
“Question 2. Shall the proposed Board of Education budget for the 2019-2020 fiscal year be adopted? Yes. No.”
The voting will be done by voting machine. Those desiring to vote in favor of said budget shall shade in the designated “yes” area on the The town referendum will be ballot. Those desiring to vote held on Tuesday, April 30 at your assigned location. Polls See Vote, A23
We cannot cut our way to prosperity This is in response to Berlin Republican Town Committee Chair Anne Reilly’s commentary, which can only be characterized as lies designed to play to her angry, far right supporters.
The question posed will be:
The schools will run, but they will not offer the best possible services like they have in the past.
By Scott Veley
kicking the can down the road in order to be reelected.
are open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Absentee ballots are available at the town hall.
The Berlin Board of Education has been authoring commentary articles in hopes to soften you up for the upcoming budget referendum.
In order to compensate for that, the BOE busses students from other areas, such as Hartford, “puffing up” the enrollment numbers to justify extreme and unreasonable tax increases. Now, why would the BOE ask for more tax dollars and additional staff when there are less students to teach? Does any of this make sense to you? Taking the above into consideration, one would think there would at least be a reduction of BOE administrators. The answer? No. There isn’t. Berlin schools, as of my last Freedom of Information request, had 21 administrators (more than New Britain), with salaries ranging from $100,000 to $204,000 (not including a hefty benefits package.)
Did you know that not one cent has ever been cut from a previous year’s approved BOE budget? By CT State Law-CT Gen Stat 10-262, it can’t be. As a matter of fact, this law states that the Board of Education in entitled to a minimal increase every year. What this means, folks, is that the Perhaps the Berlin BOE should focus on Board of Education budget can only be in- its top heavy administrators for their cost creased and can never be reduced. savings. No, they will not. So when the BOE claims its budget is being cut – it is not. The proposed increases (usually more than $1 million) are being reduced.
Instead, they will resort to veiled threats of canceling sports, canceling all extra school activities and introducing “Pay for Play” or “Pay to Park.” It’s the same play – year after year – from a very old playbook.
Did you know Berlin’s student enrollment is declining drastically? As a matter of fact, Scott Veley is writing on behalf of the there are fewer students in BHS than Berlin Republican Town Committee. when I attended in the ‘70’s.
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St. Gabriel’s Episcopal Church, 68 Main St., East Berlin, was the recipient of the “Faith Community of the Year” award at the 50th Annual Meeting of the Friendship Service Center of New Britain, held March 26. St. Gabriel’s provides “Mass on the Grass,” a worship service every Saturday at 2 p.m. outside the Friendship Service Center, followed by lunch prepared by parishioners. Also, the church provides services for children who are served by the Friendship Center. Furthermore, the church helped furnish the Howey House, a permanent supportive housing building owned and managed by the Friendship Service Center for the chronically homeless. Deacon Donald Richey accepted the award on behalf of St. Gabriel’s.
Dinner will be served from 5 to 7 p.m. Tickets are $18 for adults and $6 for ages 4 to 12. Children under 3 eat free. Tickets will be sold at the door, but advanced ticket purchases are encouraged. For more information, contact Anne Reilly at 860-829-0260 or Andra Millerd at 860-828-9722.
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would have sent an even stronger message to Hartford. Democrats Karen Pagliaro, JoAnn Stetson and Peter Rosso are thoughtful council members and strong supporters of our town. It’s difficult to understand why they think tolls would be a good thing for our town. Steven Wilson Kensington
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and not the Redcoats. This was the Citizens chance to recognize their great season and let Berlin residents feel proud, but I think they fell short in their reporting. The town and our local newspaper need to focus on good news like this and stop making us read about the political fighting between the two parties. A good sports season always creates a “feel good” situation for town residents. Do not underestimate the power of positive feelings/thinking.
We are now into budget season and the ugliness will be in our face as the political parties point fingers and play the blame game. I hope other town voters are as tired of this as I am and start sending stronger messages when voting. It has gotten to the point I am thinking like the old time movie Brewster’s Millions, when Richard Pryor told everyone to vote “none of the above.” I wonder how many of us would take advantage of that option if it was really offered?
Let’s send a message to both political parties and have a strong turnout for the budget vote this year. Show the rest of the state that the residents of Berlin care and want their voices heard. I don’t care how you vote; just exercise your right to vote – it only takes a few minutes. It is what really makes this country great.
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We spend 12 percent of our budget on debt repayment – 12 percent! Accountants state that towns should have no more than 4 percent of the total budget go towards debt payment. It is a heavy burden for our budget. Many projects were bonded, including our high school renovation, which exploded our debt and were done without a spending plan by the Democrats. We need to minimize bonding and reduce overall spending.
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We need to make our government more efficient. Our three areas of government – town, police and Board of Education – must work on ways to consolidate and save dollars. A technology review is beginning this coming year. This budget is a start.
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The Republican Council has reduced yearly bonding and will continue to bond respon-
The writer is chair of the Berlin Republican Town Committee.
We are asking people to vote no/too high on both questions on the budget.
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The town manager and finance director are on the record stating that there is no cost savings to be had. Synergies yes, dollars no. The one area we all agreed on as necessary to consolidate is technology and Kaczynski cut that position in the budget. Anne Reilly is now telling us that we have hundreds of students attending Berlin schools that don’t live here, all designed by the BOE to keep teachers on the payroll. This is an outrageous charge. The BOE as well as the CIAC closely monitor residency requirements.
Currently, for the second year in a row, Anne Reillyhas her Republican allies putting up Axe the Tax signs for a budget her own mayor and majority council voted to send to referendum. Check that. She is the real mayor, not Kaczynski. Berlin needs a vision and plan for growth that includes freezing taxes for our most needy seniors and investing in our town and assets that will increase our grand list. My friends, we cannot cut our way to prosperity. Please vote no/too low for both budgets on Tuesday, April 30. Send a message that we want to take back Berlin and put it on the right path to growth. The writer is an unaffiliated voter, and a member of Berlin’s Board of Finance.
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BERLIN LEGAL NOTICE REMINDER FOR ELDERLY HOMEOWNERS TAX CREDIT FILING BY MAY 15, 2019 TAX RELIEF FILING DEADLINE
Assessors Office would like to remind elderly homeowners and taxpayers who are 100% disabled the deadline for filing the state’s property tax relief program is MAY 15th, 2019. Homeowners who were 65 as of December 31, 2018, and who meet specific guidelines may be eligible for the program. Those who are 100% disabled regardless of age may also be eligible. Residents who meet the eligibility requirements can apply in the Town’s Assessor’s Office, Room 18 in the Town Hall, at 240 Kensington Road. The filing period is February 1st through May 15th. Eligibility guidelines include a maximum annual income of $36,000 for a single person and $43,900 for married couples. The tax benefit works on a sliding scale with a minimum exemption of $150 to a maximum of $1,250. An applicant must show date of birth, Social Security number and proof of all income – taxable and non taxable for 2018. Items the state requires for proof of all income when applying for the Elderly Homeowners Program include: >Copy of the 1099 form from Social Security >Copy of a complete income tax return for 2018 >If no income tax return was filed, submit copies of all 1099 forms + W-2 forms + 1099 Dividend forms, etc. >Receipts for rental income >Pensions, Veteran’s Pension, Railroad retirement Those who want more information may contact the Assessor’s Office at 860-828-7039. R214360
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The Town of Berlin does not discriminate on the basis of disability in admission to, access to, or operations of its programs, services, or activities. The Town of Berlin does not discriminate on the basis of disability in its hiring or employment practices. This notice is provided as required by Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Questions, concerns, complaints, or requests for additional information regarding the ADA may be forwarded to the Town of Berlin’s designated ADA Compliance Coordinator. Name: Jennifer Ochoa
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