The Board of Finance held a Budget Hearing on Tuesday, April 5 at which all three budgets were presented by their respective bodies to residents. Bob Moore, NewHartfordPlus techie, video’ed the three-hour meeting and he will be adding three separate videos of the hearing as they are processed.  Below is the first video of the Regional # 7 presentation:

Video # 1: Northwestern Regional # 7 Budget Presentation

After Board of Finance member Reggie Smith opened the meeting and handed the chairmanship back to Ben Witte (who had rearranged his work travel schedule to be at the hearing), the first budget was presented by Molly Sexton Read, Chairperson of Northwestern Regional # 7 Board of Ed. Following is the video of her presentation:

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Video # 2: Town Administration Budget Presentation

The second budget presentation was made by First Selectman Dan Jerram. Following is the video of his presentation:

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Video # 3: New Hartford Public Schools Budget Presentation

The final budget presentation was made by Superintendent Dr. Philip O’Reilly. Following is the video of his presentation.  Included are some of the comments made after the presentation.