741 Colonel Ledyard Highway  
Ledyard, Connecticut 06339  
TOWN OF LEDYARD  
CONNECTICUT  
Finance Committee  
~ AMENDED AGENDA ~  
Chairman Gary St. Vil  
Regular Meeting  
5:00 PM  
Wednesday, January 21, 2026  
Town Hall Annex Building - Hybrid  
Format  
In -Person: Council Chambers, Town Hall Annex Building  
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I
CALL TO ORDER  
II.  
III.  
IV.  
V.  
ROLL CALL  
RESIDENTS & PROPERTY OWNERS COMMENTS  
PRESENTATIONS / INFORMATIONAL ITEMS  
APPROVAL OF MINUTES  
MOTION to approve the Finance Committee Minutes of January 7, 2026  
FIN-MIN-2026-01-07  
Attachments:  
Finance Director’s Report - Fiscal Year 2025-2026  
Financial Reports - Fiscal Year 2025-2026  
Vi.  
VII.  
Year to date budget vs. actual - FY 26 revenues thru December 2025  
Attachments:  
pdf  
VIII. OLD BUSINESS  
Discussion regarding potential uses for the funding received from the National Opioid  
Settlement Payments.  
1.  
Community Speaks Out Presentation-2024-09-11  
Overdoses in Ledyard-2024-02-20-Map-Key.pdf  
Overdoses in Ledyard-2024-02-20-Map-1.pdf  
Attachments:  
Overdoses in Ledyard-2024-02-20.pdf  
Opioid Settlement Funding-Ledyard Prevetion Coalition-Town  
Council Approved Revised Proposal-2023-09-28pdf.pdf  
Ledyard Youth Serivces OPIOD SETTLEMENT  
FUNDS-2023-06-07.pdf  
Opioid Fudning-Ledyard Prevetion Coalation OPF proposal  
final-2023-06-05.docx  
YOUTH SERVICES-IDEAS FOR - OPOID SETTLMENT  
FUNDING-2023-04-25.pdf  
LEDGE LIGHT-E-MAIL--RECEIVED OPIOID LTR-2023-04-13.pdf  
Final-Distributor-Settlement-Agreement-9321-Exhibit-Updates  
Final-Janssen-Settlement-Agreement-rev-7-30-21 (1)  
National Opioid Settlement Allocation Notice - Connecticut Janssen  
Pmts 1-4 and totals  
OPIIOID SETTLEMENT FUNDING -REQUEST USE  
RECOMMENDATIONS-LEDGE LIGHT-LTR-2023-04-13.pdf  
OPIOD SETTLEMENT FUNDING -REQUEST USE  
RECOMMENDATIONS-YOUTH SERVICES-LTR-2023-04-13.pdf  
Discussion scheduling Regular Quarterly Joint Finance Committee Meetings between  
the Town Council and Board of Education.  
2.  
3.  
BOARD OF EDUCATION-FISCAL YEAR 2026-2027-PLANNING  
TIMELINE-REQUEST BUDGET PLANNING MTG -TOWN  
COUNICL FINANCE CMT-EMAIL-2025-10-20  
Attachments:  
QUARTERLY FINANCE CMT MTGS-EMAIL-2025-06-08  
Continued discussion regarding upcoming potential Grant Opportunities.  
4
Any Old Business proper to come before the Committee.  
NEW BUSINESS  
IX.  
MOTION to amend the Agenda to add the following:  
Discussion and possible action on the  
MOTION to recommend the Town Council authorize overspending account #  
0101-20-2050-20501-54300 (Ledyard Fire Company, Repairs and Maintenance) by an amount not to  
exceed $8,000.  
***ADD ON***  
MOTION to authorize overexpenditure of winter operations budget accounts  
10140103-51815 (Snow Overtime), 10140103-58300 (Employee Reimbursement), and  
10140107-56301 (Salt and Sand) due to higher-than-normal winter operation’s needs.  
1.  
FY26 Winter Budget Projections.pdf  
Attachments:  
***ADD ON***  
MOTION to authorize the transfer of the audited, unexpended balance of the  
Conservation Commission’s FY 24/25 operating budget in the amount of $1,575 to the  
CNR Fund and increase the budgeted appropriation for account #21090305-58922 (Trail  
Maintenance) by the same amount in accordance with Ordinance #300-018 “An  
Ordinance Establishing a Conservation Commission for the Town of Ledyard”.  
2.  
ORD-#300-018-CONSERVATION COMMISSION-2019-09-25  
Conservation Commission FY 25 budget surplus - transfer to  
capital.pdf  
Attachments:  
***ADD ON***  
MOTION to authorize overspending account # 0101-20-2050-20501-54300 (Ledyard  
Fire Company, Repairs and Maintenance) by an amount not to exceed $8,000.  
3.  
000183  
Attachments:  
LEDYARD FIRE ESTIMATE  
LEDYARD R11  
MOTION to adopt a proposed “An Ordinance of the Town Of Ledyard Authorizing  
Avalonia Land Conservancy to Receive Property Tax Exempt Status As of the Date of  
Purchase of Real Property to be Preserved And Maintained As Open Space” as  
presented in the draft dated January 15, 2026.  
4.  
ORDINANCE AVALONIA TAX  
Attachments:  
ABATEMENT-DRAFT-2026-01-15  
Avalonia Land Conservancy-Request Tax Abatement -154 Stodddards  
Wharf Rd-CGS12-81dd-ltr-2026-01-12  
MOTION to schedule a Hybird (in-Person and Video Conference) Public Hearing date  
for February 11, 2026 at 6:30 p.m. to receive comments and recommendations regarding  
a proposed “An Ordinance of the Town Of Ledyard Authorizing Avalonia Land  
Conservancy to Receive Property Tax Exempt Status As of the Date of Purchase of Real  
Property to be Preserved And Maintained As Open Space”.  
5.  
ORDINANCE AVALONIA TAX  
Attachments:  
ABATEMENT-DRAFT-2026-01-15  
Avalonia Land Conservancy-Request Tax Abatement -154 Stodddards  
Wharf Rd-CGS12-81dd-ltr-2026-01-12  
MOTION to adopt a proposed a proposed “Resolution Authorizing The Abatement  
Delinquent Property Taxes For The Avalonia Land Conservancy” as presented in the  
draft dated January 15, 2026.  
6.  
7.  
RESOLUTION AVALONIA TAX  
Attachments:  
ABATEMENT-DRAFT-2026-01-15  
Avalonia Land Conservancy-Request Tax Abatement -154 Stodddards  
Wharf Rd-CGS12-81dd-ltr-2026-01-12  
Discussion regarding the Town’s Property Tax Exemption Ordinances  
2025 LOCAL VS STATE TAX EXEMPTIONS-2025-01-21  
ORD-200-003-To-Provide-Property-Assessment-Relief-for-Certain-Ve  
teran-Homeowners  
Attachments:  
ORD-200-004-Concerning-Property-Taxes-and-Title-38-of-the-United  
-States-Code-Veterans-Special-Housing-Exemption  
ORD-200-005-(rev 1)APPENDIX 202-02-26  
-An-Ordinance-to-Provide-Property-Tax-Relief-for-Certain-Homeown  
ers-Age-Sixty-Five-or-Ove  
ORD-200-005-An-Ordinance-to-Provide-Property-Tax-Relief-for-Cert  
ain-Homeowners-Age-Sixty-Five-or-Ove  
ORD-200-005-APPENDIX 2023-01-11  
-An-Ordinance-to-Provide-Property-Tax-Relief-for-Certain-Homeown  
ers-Age-Sixty-Five-or-Ove  
ORD-200-006-For-the-Abatement-of-Property-Taxes-for-Housing-for-  
Low-or-Moderate-Income-Persons  
ORD-200-007-For-the-Abatement-of-Property-Taxes-on-Lands-Preser  
ved-for-Open-Space-or-for-Public-Right-of-Way-Easements  
ORD-200-008-Authorizing-the-Bishop-Seabury-Angelican-Church-to-  
Receive-Property-Tax-Exempt-Status-as-of-the-Date-of-Purchase-of-R  
eal-Property  
ORD-100-010 (rev-1) -Establishing-a-Housing-Authority & PILOT  
Agreement-2021-05-26  
ORD-100-010 (rev-1) -APPENDIX - PILOT Agreement-2021-05-26  
ORD-200-014-Providing for Tax Exemption for Farm  
Buildings-2021-04-18  
ORD-200-015-Providing for Tax Exemption Inglesia Fuente  
Desalvaction 2021-06-09  
ORD-200-016-Providing for Tax Exemption Handicap Accessible  
Vehicles-2023-10-11  
ORD-200-017-Providing for Tax Exemption For Gold Star  
Families-2024-09-25  
HOMEOWNERS TAX RELIEF PROGRAM (Circuit Breakers  
Program) QA Booklet  
Mandatory Property Tax Relief for Homeowners 2024-R-0126  
Personal Motor Vehicle Property Tax Assessments and Rates  
2025-R-0097  
Property Tax Exemption for Veterans With a 100% P&T Disability  
Rating 2025-R-0129  
Veterans Property Tax Exemptions by Town State-Mandated  
Exemptions 2025-R-0130  
8.  
Any New Business proper to come before the Committee  
ADJOURNMENT  
X.  
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