Thursday, May 30, 2024

Annual Meeting : Monday June 10, 2024 6:00 PM

 Abbewood Homeowners' Association 

Homeowners' Meeting 

Monday June 10, 2024 6:00 PM 

Hazardville United Methodist Church  330 Hazard Avenue, Enfield, CT 

Driveway is just before the church down to parking lot in back

The meeting room is at parking lot level. Entrance is on side of the church


Agenda

  • Call to Order 
  • Acceptance of minutes from June 13, 2023 Homeowners Meeting 
  • Question and Answer Session with Chris Tomkunes, Beebe Landscape Services, Inc.
  • Proposed F' 2024-25 Budget 
  • Presentation 
  • Discussion and vote 
  • Nomination and Election for Board Members 
    • Term expires in June 2024 for Guy Bourassa 
    • Nominations for candidates to be accepted from the floor 
  • Old Business 
  • New Business 
  • Adjournment 

In accordance with Article III, Section 3.5 of the By Laws this agenda serves as notice of the upcoming Homeowners' meeting. Please bring this agenda and all attachments to the meeting



1 comment:

  1. ARE WE STILL AN ALL AMERICAN TOWN?
    In the early 70’s Enfield was acclaimed an “All American Town” by
    a national magazine. As a former “All American City” we hope that
    our governing body can once again strive for that title. After
    witnessing what the majority party has recently done to our town, I
    don’t believe we will be given that accolade anytime soon and that
    is sad.
    What will this town council be remembered for……decimating our
    local school system and squandering taxpayer dollars by wanting
    to demolish sidewalks on Abbe Road that were recently installed,
    also at taxpayer expense.
    So, lets look at what the majority party has done to our image and
    to the school system and what it has done to those who have no
    voice….our children.
    First the sidewalk issue
    New sidewalks were installed on Abbe road effecting 4 or 5
    residents. The sidewalks were installed at the request of a town
    councilor who recognized that older people and the disabled
    needed those walkways for safety.
    One resident does not want to maintain the sidewalks and claims
    that the former town manager told him that the town would
    maintain them and shovel the sidewalks when it snows. If indeed
    she told him that DPW would maintain the walkway, she had no
    right under the law or our state constitution to say this. Article 1
    section 1of our state Constitution states: “All men when they form
    a social compact, are equal in rights; and no man or set of men
    are entitled to exclusive public emoluments or privileges from the
    community”. This essentially means that no individual or group of
    individuals should receive a benefit from the town that is not
    available to anyone else. All residents whose homes abut
    sidewalks have to shovel those walkways as per municipal
    ordinance. These sidewalks were put in place for public safety.
    People who wish to safely walk on that stretch of Abbe would be
    prohibited from doing so if the sidewalks were dismantled. People
    with disabilities and particularly older people need those
    sidewalks. So the answer given by the majority party is to
    dismantle them at public expense.
    Rather than spending time in trying to improve our town (like
    making sure that our kids are given the best education possible)
    the majority party is bogged down with this silly notion of digging
    up sidewalks that were flawlessly installed by a reputable
    contractor at taxpayer expense and now possibly removed again
    at taxpayer expense. Is this what makes for an “All American
    Town”?
    And now there’s the education budget that an “All American Town”
    has to address. Making draconian cuts in the education budget
    that will hurt one group of people who really have no voice…our
    children…. is something that we should not be proud of.
    By cutting the superintendent’s budget by almost $10 million we’ll
    have this result:
    1. A possible layoff of approximately 100 tenured and non
    tenured staff resulting in larger class sizes and as interim
    Superintendent Andrew Langley has said, shattering the livelihood
    and family life of these dedicated professionals.
    2. We will also see the elimination of positions that are so
    beneficial and helpful to many of our students.
    3. The elimination of reading teachers, world language
    teachers and the end of the sixth grade world language program
    are results of the budget cut.
    4. Career counselors at Enfield High School are on the
    chopping block.
    5. The sports program at the middle school will be
    eliminated.
    6. And class sizes will increase that will prevent teachers
    from giving individual attention to those children who need it.
    Is this what we want for our children? Is this what we want for our
    community? Is this what an “All American Town” looks lik

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Thank you!