Board of Finance July 21, 2026
“Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results”.
The Board of Finance should implement a priority-based budgeting approach to fund core services based on community impact.
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AI (artificial intelligence) should be used as a tool to increase efficiencies and lower costs.
The Town should be pro-active, not re-active to limit the increase in rental units with families that increase the use of the infrastructure, demands on the schools, natural resources and public safety.
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The Board of Education has renovated Latimer Lane School and Henry James Junior High prematurely without any discussion on redistricting and placing the 6th grade in the Junior High.
Grades K-2 should be placed in two schools, Grades 3-5 should be placed in two schools reducing overhead costs.
There should not be any proposal for school renovation until there is a complete impact study on increased enrollment.
The High School track and field replacement was prioritized over the dismal unsafe tennis and pickleball courts at Henry James Junior High that are used by the tennis teams for practice and the community for play.
The Memorial Park pool and the entire facility should be removed, having all swim activities at Simsbury Farms.
A $2-3 million Splash Pad is not a necessity when families can attach a garden hose to a sprinkler on hot days with no cost to the taxpayers.
Families should take responsibility for their family’s quality of life, without asking the taxpayers to foot the bill.
The New Act building with 3,000 sq.ft. of space and a cost between $2-3 million on the Simsbury Meadows, for the sole purpose of the Simsbury Performing Arts should produce quarterly reports to the Town of all expenditures attributed to the building maintenance as a Special Revenue Fund.
The Board of Education New Path building should have a Special Revenue Fund for all revenues and costs associated with the maintenance of the building.
The Board of Finance acts as the primary fiscal watchdog and steward of public funds.
It is the Board of Finance’s responsibility to ensure budgets do not place an undo burden on the taxpayers by evaluating all expenditures on a cost benefit analysis.
