LIVE WITH PURPOSE! Join us in Somers for our 2024 Wreaths Across America Ceremony National Wreaths Across America Day is Saturday, December 14, 2024, at NOON at the Somers Center Cemetery, 81 Battle St., Somers, CT. This free public event honors veterans and their families by placing wreaths on the graves of fallen heroes and at […]
LEGAL NOTICE TOWN OF SOMERS NOTICE OF SPECIAL TOWN MEETING AND REFERENDUM All electors and persons eligible to vote in town meetings of the Town of Somers, Connecticut (the “Town”) are hereby warned that a Special Town Meeting of the Town is to be held at the Somers Town Hall Auditorium, 600 Main Street, Somers, […]
The American Legion Buck Dubiel Post 101 will be conducting their annual Veterans Day ceremonies on Monday 11, November from 11:00am-1:00pm. Please reference the map for the order in which the ceremonies will be conducted. We will begin at 11:00 at the Somers High School Flagpole. Each ceremony is approximately 10 minutes long. Times will vary slightly […]
The First Selectman, pursuant to his powers under C.G.S. 28-8a(a) has declared a public emergency arising from the threat of outdoor fires due to unusually dry conditions in the State of Connecticut and the Town of Somers. To see the Declaration To see the Adopted Ordinance Banning Open Fires on Municipal and Private Property .
The Somers Cemetery Committee will begin fall cleanup on November 1. All plot owners must remove all ornamentation before that date. After November 1, any non-conforming items will be removed and placed in the rear disposal area at Center Cemetery to be removed at a later date. This cleanup is anticipated to last no longer […]
URGENT NOTICE: EXTREME FIRE DANGER IN TOLLAND COUNTY The Forest Fire Danger in Tolland County has been elevated to EXTREME. Effective immediately, all outdoor burning is banned until further notice. This includes campfires, fire pits, and any form of open flame. The dry conditions pose a serious risk, and we urge everyone to be cautious […]
The Town of Somers Affordable Housing AdHoc Committee, along with consultants, have created an Affordable Housing Plan as required by Connecticut Public Act 17-170. The Board of Selectmen will receive public comments on this draft at a regular meeting on Thursday, November 7th at 6:00pm. For more information please contact Jennifer Roy, Assistant Director of […]
10/21/2024 – EARLY VOTING (EV) AND SAME DAY REGISTRATION (SDR) BEGINS: EARLY VOTING (EV)– Somers Town Hall, lower conference room, 600 Main Street (Route 190). HOURS: 10:00 am – 6:00 pm, except on October 29th and 31st hours will be 8:00 am – 8:00 pm. SAME DAY REGISTRATION (SDR) & VOTING– Somers Town Hall, lower […]
NOTICE OF LIMITED ELECTION DAY REGISTRATION SESSION. 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM. Admitting only those persons whose qualifications as to age, citizenship or residence in the municipality were attained after the last session for the admission of electors prior to an election (§9-17(b)). Open only to those seeking to vote in the election whose qualification […]
LEGAL NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the Zoning Board of Appeals of Somers, CT will hold a public hearing and meeting on Tuesday, December 8, 2020, at 7:00 P.M. via Teleconference to consider the following: PUBLIC HEARING: #20-010 Renee Rumore, 220 Billings Road, Somers, CT, seeking a variance from section 214-98 of the Somers […]
TOWN OF SOMERS – ZONING COMMISSION The Somers Zoning Commission has acted on the following applications at a regular meeting held Monday, December 7, 2020 at 6:30 PM via teleconference: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS: #20-009: Amy Eastman, 40 Hallie Lane, Somers, CT. Pursuant to Article XII Earth removal and Filling, §214-70 Issuance of a Special […]
Notice is hereby given that the Zoning Board of Appeals of Somers, CT has acted on the following application during a public hearing and meeting held on Tuesday, December 8, 2020, at 7:00 P.M. via Teleconference: GRANTED: #20-010 Renee Rumore, 220 Billings Road, Somers, CT, a variance from section 214-98 of the Somers Zoning regulations, […]
LEGAL NOTICE SOMERS PLANNING COMMISSION Notice is hereby given that the Planning Commission of Somers, CT will hold a public hearing and meeting on Thursday, January 14, at 7:00 pm via teleconference to consider an application for the following: Gingras Development, 19 Royal Manor, Somers, CT; pursuant to Somers Zoning Regulations Article XXVI, applicant is […]
The Somers Conservation Commission, at a regular meeting on January 6, 2021, voted to approve: App #739: 23 Eleanor Road. 25-Unit Housing Development in the Upland Review Area. Gingras Development II LLC/Tom Carenzo. 3 conditions. App #741: 183 Root Road. Construction of driveway with watercourse and wetland crossing, associated with construction of new house. David […]
At it’s regular meeting, the Somers Planning Commission approved a Special Use permit to allow Gingras Development to construct a 25 unit Detached and Semi-detached Housing Development at 23 Eleanor Road, Somers, CT with the following conditions: Revise Eleanor Road note on sheets 3, 4, 5, 8 & 9 from resurface to reconstruct road. Fire […]
The Town of Somers Inland Wetland Agent approved a minimal impact application for construction of a shed within the upland review area of a wetland on February 4, 2021, located at 27 Bobolink Lane.
The Town of Somers Inland Wetland Agent approved a minimal impact application for construction of an overhang within the upland review area of a wetland and associated watercourse on March 9, 2021, located at 51 South Road.
Notice is hereby given that the Zoning Board of Appeals of Somers, CT has acted on the following application during a public hearing and meeting held on Tuesday, March 9, 2021 at 7:00 P.M. via Teleconference: GRANTED: #ZBA21-001 Steven and Joan Ellis, 35 Colonial Drive, Somers; seeking a variance from section 214-98 of the Somers Code […]
The Somers Zoning Commission will hold a Public Hearing on Monday, April 5, 2021 at 6:30 PM in the in the Town Hall Auditorium, 600 Main Street, Somers, OR via Zoom Teleconference, to receive public comments on the following: #21-001: Mark and Karen Murdoch; application for a Text Amendment to the following sections of the […]
Town Hall, Auditorium, 600 Main Street, Somers, CT
CALL TO ORDER
PUBLIC HEARING:
Application #24-005: Hugh’s Mechanical Equipment, LLC, 357 Billings Road, Somers, seeking site plan approval per Sections 214-4.3.C.2 and 214-4.3.C.3 of the Somers Zoning Regulations, to construct two 6,000 square foot industrial buildings for use as a Contractor’s Yard and general industrial, in the Industrial Zone.
DISCUSSION/POSSIBLE DECISION:
Application #24-005: Hugh’s Mechanical Equipment, LLC, 357 Billings Road, Somers, seeking site plan approval per Sections 214-4.3.C.2 and 214-4.3.C.3 of the Somers Zoning Regulations, to construct two 6,000 square foot industrial buildings for use as a Contractor’s Yard and general industrial, in the Industrial Zone.
NEW BUSINESS:
Application #24-006: Gingras Development, for JV Ladd Properties, LLC, 85 South Road, Somers; proposed text amendment to section 4.3 Business/Industrial Districts, Principal Uses and Structures B.2 to allow Mixed-Proximate Residential uses with a Special Use Permit, and Section 6 Use Related Provisions, 6.14 Mixed-Proximate Residential development of semi-detached housing units.
Please call Daniel Parisi at 860-335-2154 if you are unable to attend this meeting. Thank you.
BOE- Curriculum
– December 3, 2024
December 3rd, 2024
5:00- 6:00 pm
Central Office Conference Room
Agenda
ApprovalofNovember11thMinutes
Data Review and Discussion
Setting future Curriculum Subcommittee Meeting Dates
Conservation Comm
– December 4, 2024
TOWN OF SOMERS
Conservation Commission
600 Main Street
REGULAR MEETING
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2024
7:00 PM TOWN HALL
AGENDA
I. CALL TO ORDER
II. OLD BUSINESS
None
III. NEW BUSINESS
1. SHOW CAUSE HEARING - ORDER TO CEASE VIOLATION. 183 King Road.
Wednesday, December 4, 7:00PM. Somers Town Hall, Lower Level Meeting Room.
THE FOLLOWING SHOW CAUSE HEARING WILL BE HELD BY THE
COMMISSION IN CONNECTION WITH CEASE AND DESIST ORDER ISSUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE INLAND WETLANDS AND WATERCOURSES
REGULATIONS OF THE TOWN OF SOMERS AND THE CONNECTICUT
GENERAL STATUTES. A COPY OF THE CEASE AND DESIST ORDER IS ON
FILE IN THE SOMERS LAND USE OFFICE:
Nicholas Turnberg, 183 King Road, regulated activity within 100 feet of a wetland or
watercourse.
2. Modification: Application #770: 44 Broadway Road. Construction of new house and
driveway within Upland Review Area and Wetland; modification to include deck, shed,
and footing drain outlet in Upland Review Area. Jason Hackett.
3. Proposed 2025 Meeting Dates
IV. AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION
V. STAFF REPORT
VI. CORRESPONDENCE AND BILLS
CACIWC - $65 CACIWC Dues, $85 annual symposium attendance for Chair.
VII. MINUTES APPROVAL: September 4, 2024
VIII. ADJOURNMENT
Boards and Commissions: Appointments/Resignations: None
FINANCE
Transfers and Appropriations
CFO Finance Report/Updates
Presentation of Scheduled Payments
UPDATES FROM BOARDS AND COMMISSION: None
PENDING BUSINESS - None
NEW BUSINESS
Staffing Request: Request to hire Erica Pascale as the part-time Human Resources Generalist at $30 an hour at 15- 20 hours a week with a start date of January 6, 2024. Tim Keeney
Approval of the Emergency Management Director Job Description. Todd Rolland
Adoption of the Resolution authorizing the First Selectman to execute any documents for the Fiscal Year 2024 Emergency Management Performance Grant. Todd Rolland
Approval of Minutes of November 21, 2024, Regular Meeting of the Board of Selectmen.
The Board of Selectmen waives the reading of the minutes of the Regular Meeting from November 21, 2024, and that minutes of said meeting be approved.
ADJOURNMENT
Zoning Board of Appeals
– December 10, 2024
Tuesday, December 10, 2024 – 6:30 P.M.,
Town Hall, 600 Main Street, Somers, CT
REVISED MEETING LOCATION:
BOARD OF SELECTMAN’S CONFERENCE ROOM
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
PUBLIC HEARING – DISCUSSION/POSSIBLE DECISION:
ZBA24-004: Jack Kennedy, 166 Durkee Road, Somers, seeking a variance from section 214-3.4C Front yard setback requirement to construct a front porch 44’ (forty-four feet) from the front property line where 50’ (fifty feet) is required, in the A-1 Residential Zone.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES: October 8, 2024
ADJOURNMENT
Special Town Meeting 7:00pm
– December 10, 2024
LEGAL NOTICE
TOWN OF SOMERS
NOTICE OF SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
AND REFERENDUM
All electors and persons eligible to vote in town meetings of the Town of Somers, Connecticut (the “Town”) are hereby warned that a Special Town Meeting of the Town is to be held at the Somers Town Hall Auditorium, 600 Main Street, Somers, Connecticut on Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 7:00 p.m., for the following purposes:
1. To elect a moderator.
2. To consider and discuss (but not vote on) the following resolution:
AMENDMENT RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN INCREASE IN THE APPROPRIATION AND THE AMOUNT OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND NOTES OF THE TOWN TO FINANCE SAID APPROPRIATION FROM $10,500,000 TO $15,000,000 FOR THE HVAC AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT
The full text of the foregoing authorizing resolution is on file and open to inspection at the office of the Town Clerk, Town Hall, Somers, Connecticut for the use or inspection of any interested person.
All electors and persons eligible to vote in town meetings of the Town are hereby further notified that pursuant to Section 7-7 of the Connecticut General Statutes, as amended, the Board of Selectmen by resolution adopted at its meeting on October 17, 2024, removed the foregoing resolution from the agenda of this Special Town Meeting for submission to the voters for vote by voting machine.
The question to be voted upon is as follows:
“Shall the resolution entitled, ‘AMENDMENT RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN INCREASE IN THE APPROPRIATION AND THE AMOUNT OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND NOTES OF THE TOWN TO FINANCE SAID APPROPRIATION FROM $10,500,000 TO $15,000,000 FOR THE HVAC AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT’, be approved?
Yes ______ No ______"
The ballot label for said question shall read as follows:
“Shall the Town of Somers increase its appropriation and the amount of general obligation bonds and notes to finance said appropriation from $10,500,000 to $15,000,000 for the HVAC and electrical system improvements project?
Yes _____ No _____"
The vote will be conducted on Tuesday, December 17, 2024, between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. at the following polling places:
Voting District 1 Location of Polling Place: Town Hall,600 Main St, Somers
The location of the polling place for all non-resident property owners eligible to vote will be 600 Main Street, Somers, Connecticut.
Absentee ballots will be available in accordance with applicable law. Absentee ballots will be counted at the following central location: Registrar’s Office, Somers Town Hall, 600 Main Street, Somers, Connecticut. Voters approving the resolution will vote “Yes” and voters opposing the resolution will vote “No.”
3. To adjourn the special town meeting to a vote by voting machine on the above question to be held on the date, during the time and at the noticed polling place referred to above.
Dated at Somers, Connecticut this 2nd day of December, 2024.
TOWN OF SOMERS, BOARD OF SELECTMEN
11December 11, 2024
Planning Commission
– December 12, 2024
13December 13, 2024
Wreaths Across America
– December 14, 2024
LIVE WITH PURPOSE!
Join us in Somers for our 2024 Wreaths Across America Ceremony
National Wreaths Across America Day is Saturday, December 14, 2024, at NOON at the Somers Center Cemetery, 81 Battle St., Somers, CT.
This free public event honors veterans and their families by placing wreaths on the graves of fallen heroes and at other meaningful sites.
The Somers Department of Veterans Affairs' objective is to reach 2,000 sponsored wreaths for the event.
If you wish to get involved, please visit our sponsorship link: www.wreathsacrossamerica.org/CT0131P - Town of Somers Cemeteries. You can sponsor a wreath to honor and remember our military personnel laid to rest in one of Somers, CT's three cemeteries.
Please note that you can sponsor a wreath specific to a grave. This guarantees that your loved one will receive a remembrance wreath, even if we do not meet our goal of at least 2,000 wreaths. During the 2024 ceremony, wreaths were randomly placed on the graves of servicemembers across our three cemeteries due to insufficient sponsored wreaths for every grave (there are over 2,000 military gravesites in Somers).
On Wreaths Across America Day, even if our goal is not reached, volunteers will stand before each identified service member’s grave and honor them by stating their name, rank, and branch of service aloud, expressing gratitude for their service. This small act carries great significance, reminding us of the sacrifices made by those who serve.
For additional information on how to volunteer locally or sponsor a wreath for an American hero, please visit www.wreathsacrossamerica.org/CT0131P - Group Name: Town of Somers Cemeteries.
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Special Referendum- School HVAC
– December 17, 2024
All electors and persons eligible to vote in town meetings of the Town are hereby further notified that pursuant to Section 7-7 of the Connecticut General Statutes, as amended, the Board of Selectmen by resolution adopted at its meeting on October 17, 2024, removed the foregoing resolution from the agenda of this Special Town Meeting for submission to the voters for vote by voting machine.
The ballot label for said question shall read as follows:
“Shall the Town of Somers increase its appropriation and the amount of general obligation bonds and notes to finance said appropriation from $10,500,000 to $15,000,000 for the HVAC and electrical system improvements project?
Yes _____ No _____”
The vote will be conducted on Tuesday, December 17, 2024, between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. at the following polling places: