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From the Town's July 16, 2026 records response. July 8: the Board of Education's attorney, Peter J. Murphy of Shipman & Goodwin, writes the First Selectman and Town Administrator that the Board's approved budget is $4,839,390, that a payment of approximately one tenth was due July 1, and that "the Board received a payment of only $100,000"; that the "Approval Process" violates the Board's rights under Conn. Gen. Stat. 10-222 and has no authority in the Town Charter, whose expenditure provisions exempt the Board of Education; and that the First Selectman's own July 6 email "demonstrates that the Board of Selectman never discussed nor approved the Approval Process." It demands the remainder of the July payment (pp. 47-51). July 9: Superintendent Bruneau formally requests the remaining balance be transferred that day (p. 53). July 10: the attorney repeats the demand to the Treasurer and Town Administrator and notes the July 13 Board of Selectmen agenda item, whose packet contains no documentation of the procedure being acted on (pp. 52-58). Sunday, July 12, 8:46 PM: Town Treasurer Lisa Jablonski reports she has made the transfer, after 5 PM, expected to post around July 14 -- the night before the Board of Selectmen's July 13 meeting (p. 59).