STRETCH GOAL – Let’s restore the R Band too

With the target in site let’s ante it up a little further Wallingford.

As you know, the Wallingford Fireworks Fund has never been able to restore the R Band performance at the show. We’ve never had enough money left over after paying all the other bills. Last year they played because money left in the Parks and Recreation budget was available for this use and a lot of people enjoyed the performance.

Unfortunately, there are no funds left in the Parks and Recreation budget this year for a repeat performance.

Having said that, I am going to see if we can’t make the stretch goal over the weekend to restore them too.

Now hear this Wallingford supporters of the Wallingford Fireworks event – Please consider helping us a little more; get us over the line on the fireworks and let’s stretch for restoring the R Band too.

Saturday May 25th we will be at the Wallingford Landfill and the Recycling center from 8AM to about noon as well as Stop and Shop from 9AM to about 1PM; stop by with your donations.

If you can make it – please consider mailing your tax deductible donation to:

Wallingford Fireworks Fund
c/o Jason Zandri
35 Lincoln Drive EXT
Wallingford, CT 06492

Additionally – you can make your donation to PAYPAL as well at the button at the bottom of this post.

This is Wallingford and we can do anything.

Let’s roll.

Will the R Band play at the town’s Fourth of July celebration?

At yesterday's Town Council meeting the 2012 - 2013 budget as amended by the Council was approved by a 6-3 vote. 

In it was a change to the Park and Recreation Department Budget.

The Park and Recreation Department requested funding and it was approved at the requested dollar amount by Mayor Dickinson.

By the time the budget discussions occurred, the Park and Recreation Department fine tuned their costs and a couple of items came in under budget so they brought the $6,000.00 saving to the Council to amend their budget.

Councilor Fishbein then made a motion to restore $5,000.00 of the $6,000.00 that they were requesting be removed. This was voted on by the nine councilors at the time (I do not remember how that vote went down specifically) and the motion was passed.

At last nights meeting Councilor Laffin made a motion to repeal that change. It failed 7-2 with only Councilor Cervoni supporting him.

What this means, provided Mayor Dickinson doesn't veto the budget, (and this was the ONLY change made to his original budget), is that the R Band will perform at the show at no additional cost to the Fund.

The town is expending no additional planned funds and they are still saving $1,000.00

The Fund's costs do not change as we never have been able to raise enough extra money to restore the R Band performance.

So at this point we are still working as before with raising the final $3,000.00 we need to reach our 2012 fundraising goal of $30,000.00