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 19^th and April 8^th 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 9^th to review a final draft.  Dale offered to talk to Bloomfield Leisure Services about scheduling our Annual Meeting on June 18^th. 

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

5)      New Business

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