1. Discussion/Possible Decision: Application #753: 132 Stafford Road. Construction of new house in the Upland Review Area. Richard Daniele.
III. NEW BUSINESS
1. Application #754/Jurisdictional Ruling: 242 Billings Road. Resubdivision of property containing wetlands, no activity proposed. Steven J. and Renee A. Rumore.
2. Application #755: 80 Wood Road/538 Turnpike Road. Resubdivision of property to create an additional residential lot with new house and barn in the Upland Review Area. T-Square Builders, LLC.
IV. AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION
V. STAFF REPORT
VI. CORRESPONDENCE AND BILLS
VII. MINUTES APPROVAL: August 4, 2021
VIII. ADJOURNMENT
2September 2, 2021●●(2 events)
Emergency Prep Advisory Council
– September 2, 2021
TOWN OF SOMERS
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS ADVISORY COUNCIL
MEETING AGENDA
Thursday, Sept 2, 2021
8:00 AM
Fire Station
1. Call to Order
2. Members Present
3. Old Business
a. COVID 19 Update
4. New Business
a. CERT Report
b. General Discussion
5. Approval of Minutes: June 3, 2020
6. Adjournment
Long Term Recovery Committee Update from Chairman Anne Cournoyer
Boards and Commissions – Appointments
Hillsdale Correspondence and Discussion
Scheduled Payments
8/19/21 Reg BOS Minutes for Approval
Adjournment
3September 3, 2021
4September 4, 2021
5September 5, 2021
6September 6, 2021●(1 event)
Labor Day Offices Closed
N/A September 6, 2021
7September 7, 2021●●(2 events)
Zoning Commission – CANCELLED
September 7, 2021
**SEPTEMBER 7, 2021 MEETING CANCELLED AND PUBLIC HEARING POSTPONED**
A SPECIAL MEETING WILL BE HELD AT A FUTURE DATE TO BE DETERMINED-LEGAL NOTICE TO FOLLOW
The next regular meeting is scheduled for October 4, 2021.
Questions or concerns should be directed to Jennifer Roy in the Land Use Department #(860) 763-8220 or jroy@somersct.gov.
WPCA
– September 7, 2021
TOWN OF SOMERS
WATER POLLUTION CONTROL AUTHORITY
600 MAIN ST.
SOMERS, CT 06071
REGULAR MEETING AGENDA
9/7/21
7:30 pm
Town Hall Meeting Room
I. Minutes
II. Somersville WPCF – Pilot Project: Executive Session – Legal Strategy
III. Correspondence/Audience Participation
IV. Bills/Transfers
V. Adjournment
Please call Steve Jacobs at 763-8216 if you are unable to attend this meeting. Thank you.
8September 8, 2021●●(2 events)
Board of Assessment Appeals
– September 8, 2021
Cemetery Committee
– September 8, 2021
9September 9, 2021●(1 event)
Planning Commission
– September 9, 2021
REGULAR MEETING AGENDA
Thursday, September 9 2021, 7:00 PM
Somers Town Hall Lower Level Conference Room, 600 Main Street, Somers, CT
CALL TO ORDER
AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION (only items not on the agenda)
PUBLIC HEARING:
Application #429 for a proposed 1 Lot Re-subdivision: Rumore, 242 Billing Road, Somers.
OLD BUSINESS:
Discussion/possible decision – Application #429 for a proposed 1 Lot Re-subdivision: Rumore, 242 Billing Road, Somers.
NEW BUSINESS:
Application #430 for a proposed 1 Lot Re-subdivision: Daniel Fraro, 70 Wood Road, Somers.
MINUTES APPROVAL: August 12, 2021
ADJOURNMENT
10September 10, 2021
11September 11, 2021
12September 12, 2021
13September 13, 2021●●(2 events)
Library Board
– September 13, 2021
LIBRARY BOARD OF DIRECTORS
SOMERS PUBLIC LIBRARY
MONDAY, September 13, 2021 – 6:30 p.m.
Blake Community Room
If you are unable to attend please call the library: 860-763-3501
AGENDA:
1. First Audience to Citizens
2. Approval of minutes
3. New Business
a. Director Search
4. Correspondence
5. Treasurer’s Reports
6. Financial Business
a. Year-to-date budget
7. Committees
a. Friends of the Library liaison report
8. Old Business
a. Procedure for Review/Policy – Collection boxes in Library
b. ARPA Grant through CT State Library/IMLS
9. Director’s Report
10. Second Audience to Citizens
11. Adjournment
Cultural Commission
– September 13, 2021
SOMERS CULTURAL COMMISSION
REGULAR MEETING AGENDA
September 13, 2021 – 7:00 p.m.
At Piedmont Hall
1. Call to order 7:00 p.m.
2. Secretary’s Report
a. Approval of June 14, 2021 Regular Meeting Minutes – A. Levesque
b. Correspondence – A. Levesque
3. Treasurer’s Report
a. Financial Accounts Report – A. Levesque
b. Bills for approval/pay – B. Guimond
4. Old Business
a. Piedmont Hall Repairs (roof, ceiling, green shutter, sheet rock damage) Update – A. Levesque
b. 2021 Sponsorship Campaign Update – D. Fraro and A. Murphy
c. Food truck update for fall concerts – A. Levesque
d. Thank you cards to 9 new Sponsors – G. Tishler
e. History of Piedmont Hall and SCC Update – C. Rusinowski
f. 2021 Summer concerts discussion – A. Levesque
g. Donation to Somers CT Boy Scout Troop #387 for work done on Gazebo (i.e. sanding and repainting of railing and flooring) – A. Levesque
h. Fall concerts on washout weekends … If available, Joanna’s.? – A. Levesque
i. 2021 Piedmont Coffeehouse discussion continued – A. Levesque
5. New Business
a. Concert Tonight sign / Concert Today sign redone? Continue with the spring and summer concerts going forward?. – A. Levesque
6. Adjournment (next regular on-site meeting Monday, Oct., 11, 2021)
14September 14, 2021●●(3 events)
Zoning Board of Appeals – Cancelled
N/A September 14, 2021
**SEPTEMBER 14, 2021 MEETING CANCELLED**
The next regular meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, October 12, 2021.
Questions or concerns should be directed to Jennifer Roy in the Land Use Department #(860)763-8220 or jroy@somersct.gov.
Senior Advisory
– September 14, 2021
TOWN OF SOMERS ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR SENIORS
September 14, 2021 at 1:30
Kibbe Fuller
I. Call to Order
II. Approval of 6/8/21 minutes
III. Audience
IV. Correspondence
V. Old Business
A. Plaque presentation Home Town Kitchen
VI. New Business
A. Social Services update
B. Senior Center update
VII. Committee Updates
VIII. Adjournment
Long Term Recovery
– September 14, 2021
Somers Long Term Recovery Committee (LTRC)
Meeting Agenda
9.14.21
7:00pm
Kibbe Fuller
1. Brief discussion of First Selectman meeting presentation.
2. Discuss next steps to creating a template for a Long -Term Recovery Plan to be used as a resource for the town administration and emergency management when initially addressing and managing the acute un-met needs of the of the community all the way through to a full recovery with the community becoming whole, to the extent possible, beyond a catastrophic event.
Next meeting – October 12, 2021
15September 15, 2021●(1 event)
Housing Authority
– September 15, 2021
Housing Authority of the Town of Somers
Meeting September 15, 2021 – 1:00 p.m.
71 Battle Street
Meeting Agenda
1. Call to Order
2. Attendance
3. Discussion with individual residents
4. Old Business
4.1. Management of Property (REDI)
4.1.1. Apartment Rental – Update
4.1.1.1. Review plans and prospects for retaining 25% units in Phase I
4.1.2. Review Condition of the Facilities and work orders
4.1.3. Review Financial Condition
4.1.4. Review Resident Services Coordinator’s activities
4.2. Review of COVID-19 safety provisions and access to community spaces
4.3. Other
5. New Business
5.1. Other
6. Approval of minutes from August 18, 2021
7. Resident Questions/Concerns
8. Adjournment
16September 16, 2021●(1 event)
Board of Selectmen
– September 16, 2021
TOWN OF SOMERS
BOARD OF SELECTMEN
REGULAR MEETING AGENDA
Thursday, September 16, 2021
6:00pm
Town Hall
Selectmen’s Conference Room
Call to Order
Members Present
Pledge of Allegiance
Fire Department Staffing Request
Police Staffing Request
Senior Center Staffing Request
Reappointment of Tax Collector, Lisa Madden and Town Assessor Walter Topliff
Scheduled Payments
9/2/21 Reg BOS Minutes for Approval
Adjournment
17September 17, 2021
18September 18, 2021
19September 19, 2021
20September 20, 2021●●(2 events)
Zoning Commission – Special Meeting
September 20, 2021
SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA- REVISED
Monday, September 20, 2021 6:00pm – Somers Town Hall Auditorium, 600 Main Street, Somers, CT
CALL TO ORDER
PUBLIC HEARING:
#21-002: Mark and Karen Murdoch, 359 Mountain Road, Somers; seeking a Special Use Permit for a Farm Vineyard and Winery pursuant to Section 6.12 of the Somers Zoning Regulations to allow the operation of a tasting room and sale of wine for consumption on and off premises.
DICUSSION/POSSIBLE DECISION:
#21-002: Mark and Karen Murdoch, 359 Mountain Road, Somers; seeking a Special Use Permit for a Farm Vineyard and Winery pursuant to Section 6.12 of the Somers Zoning Regulations to allow the operation of a tasting room and sale of wine for consumption on and off premises.
CORRESPONDENCE
APPROVAL OF MINUTES: June 7, 2021; July 12, 2021 and July 26, 2021
ADJOURNMENT
Open Space and Trail Comm
– September 20, 2021
TOWN OF SOMERS
Open Space and Trails Committee
Meeting Agenda
Monday, September 20th, 7:00 pm
Town Hall
Auditorium
I. Call to order
II. Members present
III. Audience
IV. Approval of prior meeting minutes (06/21/2021)
V. Correspondence
VI. Old Business
A. Trails Brochure
B. Project Plan Review
VII. New Business
A. Bald Mountain trail system marking
VIII. Opportunity to add agenda items
IX. Next Meeting – Monday, October 18th, 2021
X. Adjournment
21September 21, 2021
22September 22, 2021●●(2 events)
Economic Dev Mtg Cancelled
– September 22, 2021
Cemetery Comm Special Meeting
– September 22, 2021
1. Call to order
2. Members present:
Somers Cemetery Committee
Special Meeting
Agenda 9.22.21
3. Review/ Correction of the July minutes:
RECEIVED
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TOWN CLERK’S OFFICE
This is a special meeting due to change of date from 9.8.21. Minutes will be
discussed for corrections. Vote to take place at next regularly scheduled meeting.
4. Committee Reports:
a. Financial (Brian Wissinger)
b. Sexton (Jay D’Leo)
c. Landscaping (John Guzie)
d. American Legion (Paul Martinello – guest)
e. Veteran’s Office (Dave Mccaffery)
f. DPW Todd Rolland- (if needed)
5. Old Business:
a. Columbarium – Committee report (see May minutes) 1. Add disinurnment
fee to rules. Vote to approve needed.
b. Columbarium lettering – See May minutes. (Jay – access to lettering
choices.)
c. Request for tree replacement (Simmons) report (DPW)
d. Report on request to join 2 sets of 2 graves each and prepare for a
combined stone.
e. Report on Columbarium Plaza project. (Photo copy of plan available at
meeting.)
New Business:
1. Motion, discussion and vote to move funds from Morgan – Stanley account to
Town account for payment of paving of Center Cemetery. Per request from Brian
Wissinger.
2. Motion, discussion and vote on dis-inurnment fees for columbarium.
3. Discussion with possible motion and vote on solution to issue of above ground
flag stakes vs ground level.
4. Questions to be prepared for person requesting annexation to Old West
Cemetery.
5. Approval of the proposed 2022 calendar.
6. Items to be place on the November meeting agenda.
Adjournment:
Minutes compiled will be considered for approval at the next regularly scheduled
meeting.
23September 23, 2021●(1 event)
CIP
– September 23, 2021
TOWN OF SOMERS
CIP COMMITTEE
REGULAR MEETING AGENDA
Thursday, September 23, 2021
7:00 pm
Call to Order
FY22 Capital Budget Status
American Relief Plan Act – Report and Project Preliminary Finalization
Adjournment
24September 24, 2021●(1 event)
Library Special Meeting
– September 24, 2021
LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES SOMERS PUBLIC LIBRARY BLAKE ROOM
SPECIAL MEETING
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2021 – 5:00 p.m. (If you are unable to attend please call the library: 860-763-3501)
AGENDA:
1. Call to order
2. Interview of proposed candidate for position of Library Director
3. Adjournment
25September 25, 2021
26September 26, 2021
27September 27, 2021
28September 28, 2021●(1 event)
Board of Finance
– September 28, 2021
TOWN OF SOMERS
BOARD OF FINANCE
REGULAR MEETING AGENDA
Town Hall – Lower Level Conference Room
Tuesday, September 28, 2021 at 7:00pm
Call to Order
Members Present
BOE Update
Selectmen’s Update
CFO Update
CIP Update
Fiscal Year 2021 End of Year Transfers
Fiscal Year 2022 Appropriations
Recreation Director
Separation Payout
Approval of Minutes
6//28/2021 – Regular Board of Finance Meeting
7/27/2021 – Special Board of Financial Meeting
Adjournment
This meeting is also being live-streamed and video-recorded and will be available for viewing on the Town’s website in both real-time and after-the-fact.