Friday, July 4, 2014

Wintonbury Land Trust Meeting Notes - May 14, 2014


WINTONBURY LAND TRUST – May 14, 2014, 5 Bear Ridge Drive, Bloomfield  

Present:  Chip Caton, Dale Bertoldi, Vikki Reski, Kevin Gough, Doris Johnson, Paula Jones, Patrick Sullivan

Rose-breasted Grosbeak
 

1)      Approval of the minutes for the March 19th and April 8th meetings was deferred until next month.  Paula will resend the drafts of those meeting notes.
 

2)      There was 1 additional Agenda item under New Business:  Proposal to approve hiring Whittlesey & Hadley to research UBI implications of Van Otterloo AT&T cell-tower proposal.

3)      Review of Bylaws – Paula provided a summary of the suggestions that had been submitted by those present for amending the Bylaws.  The group reached consensus on recommended changes.  Paula will create a marked-up version for Diane Mack to review and will copy the Board on that markup when she sends it to Diane.  The Board will meet again on June 9th to review a final draft.  Dale offered to talk to Bloomfield Leisure Services about scheduling our Annual Meeting on June 18th. 

We had limited time remaining, so turned to New Business. 

5)      New Business

a)      Our next meeting dates are June 9th (final review of proposed amendments to Bylaws) and June 18th (Annual Meeting). 

b)      There was no Q & A.

c)      Dale reported that Whittlesey & Hadley had done a complementary cursory review of the Unrelated Business Income (UBI) implications of the Van Otterloo cell tower proposal for the Land Trust.  He asked the Board to approve an expenditure of $1,500 to $1,800 for the firm to do a thorough written review.  He noted that this was a discounted rate.  A motion to approve the expenditure passed by a vote of 3 in favor, 1 opposed.   

 
Recorded by Paula Jones       

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