The Windsor Town Council held a special meeting on April 21, 2026, to review proposed budgets for information services, human services, the child development enterprise fund (Montessori School), and the adult daycare enterprise fund (Care and Connection). Presentations detailed current operations, financial trends, and future projections. Council members asked questions and offered comments but took no final votes on the budgets.
Information Services (Scott Nolan, Anita Jubri, Andrew Goldberg):
Human Services (Jasmine Hall, Anita Dhubre):
Child Development Enterprise Fund – Montessori School (Laura Casey):
Adult Daycare Enterprise Fund – Care and Connection (Tara Nuzzo):
Good evening and welcome to the special meeting of the town council. Uh, this evening we are here discussing the following items in our budget: information services, human services, child development enterprise fund, and the adult daycare enterprise fund. Um, counselors, we will go back and forth as far as questions are concerned. Um we will try to keep it to two questions, but if I have to tap-tap with the gavel, that means that you've gone from A through G and it's still question one. She's going to Z. Okay. A through G. So we're good to G now? Well, I'm just saying, if I if I have to tap tap, that means you need to wrap it up. Okay. I need a yellow and pink card. Yeah. That part. So let's say EFGF. So the F he gets the yellow. Oh, sorry. No, no, the E he gets the yellow. F he gets the uh red, and then the G, you get banged on the head. If you get the tax app, it's time to wrap up. Okay. So we'll begin with information services. So information services, if you can please step forward. All right. All right. So Anita, Scott, Andrew, all right. Good evening. Good evening. Uh good evening, uh Mayor Blackberrick and members of the town council. My name is Scott Nolan, town clerk, and together with Anita Jubri, assistant to the town manager, and senior communications specialist Andrew Goldberg, we will be presenting the information services budget that begins on page N one. Both of our overall and general fund budgets are projected to come in under budget by around two percent due to lower personnel costs resulting from partial year vacancies. Most recently, including 19th century school district account journals from 1880 through about 1910 that have been restored. As we look forward to fiscal year 2027, the town clerk's office continues to work with and support our register of voters office as it relates to our elections and as we prepare to implement no excuse absentee ballot voting subject to the state's direction. As you may recall, in November of 2024, Connecticut voters overwhelmingly approved a constitutional amendment authorizing the Connecticut General Assembly to explore additional legislation that would allow for no excuse absentee ballot voting. This could mean that any qualified registered voter could request an absentee ballot without needing a or to without providing a reason as previously outlined in our state state's constitution. While this constitutional amendment did not automatically change the law, it gave the state legislatures the authority to pass new legislation that would ultimately could expand access to the ballot box. We anticipate that legislation may be considered in the current session of the Connecticut General Assembly, potentially affecting elections beginning upon passage or in 2027. At this time, we are still waiting guidance on the implementation of no excuse absentee voting and what that may entail, any potential change to early voting days for primaries or general elections, and whether continued state funding will be available to support these changes. I should note at this time there is no requirement for the state of Connecticut to provide funding to support early voting or no excuse absentee balloting. However, that is always subject to change at the state's direction. I will continue to monitor developments closely and prepare our elections accordingly. Anita will now review the public relations budget found on page N6 and N7. Thank you, Scott, and good evening. The FY27 supplies and services line show a slight uptick. The services line reflects a $2,500 transfer from the IT department. This funding supports the town's email notification system, which will now be managed managed by the public relations department. The $4,670 previously budgeted under maintenance and repair has been reallocated to services. This is not a new expense, but an existing cost associated with our Granicus software. The adjustment was made for cleaner accounting as Granicus now issues us a single invoice with everything on it as opposed to itemized that they did in the past. The highlight of our year was our summer of 10,000 flowers campaign in partnership with the planning department. This promotion was designed to maintain visibility and encourage community engagement during the multi-month process of the Windsor's POCD, the plan of conservation and development.