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WPCA

WPCA

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May 7, 2024

TOWN OF SOMERS

WATER POLLUTION CONTROL AUTHORITY

600 MAIN ST.

SOMERS, CT 06071

 REGULAR MEETING AGENDA

5-7-24

7:00 pm

Lower Level Meeting Room

 

Agenda

 

  • Minutes (4/2/24 - Regular Meeting Minutes)

  • WPCA Draft Ordinance Change – Challenges – Attorney Ken Slater – Halloran & Sage

  • WPCA Plant Upgrade – Weston & Sampson

  • Somersville WPCF: Facility Upgrade Project Funding

  • WPCA 2023-2024 Budget – Reporting and Balance

  • WPCA 2024-2025 Budget – Set Public hearing for June 4, 2024

  • WPCF Sub Committee – Sewer User Fees – Hazardville Water Meter

  • Correspondence/Audience Participation – Elisabeth Duarte - Accountant

  • Bills/Transfers

  • Adjournment

    • Join Zoom Meeting
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    Meeting ID: 893 8467 9498
    Passcode: 169566

    Please call Daniel Parisi at 860-335-2154 if you are unable to attend this meeting. Thank you.

  • Youth Services Advisory

    Youth Services Advisory

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    May 8, 2024

    Somers Youth Services Advisory Board

    Agenda

    May 8, 2024 – 8:30 a.m.

    619 Main Street

    • Call to Order
    • Welcome and Introductions
    • Financial Update
    • Program Updates and Next Steps
        • Update on Disaster Recovery
        • Update on Youth Services: counseling, JRB, truancy, positive programming
        • Youth Leadership Council
        • Drug Free Communities
    • New Business
        • New members needed
    • Adjourn

    Next Meeting September 11, 2024

    8:30 a.m. – Kibbe Fuller Classroom

    Future Meetings: September 11; November 13

    Special Board of Selectmen Meeting immediately following the closure of the Special Public Hearing

    Special Board of Selectmen Meeting immediately following the closure of the Special Public Hearing

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    May 8, 2024

    TOWN OF SOMERS

    BOARD OF SELECTMAN

    SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA

    Wednesday, May 8, 2024

    Immediately Following the Closure of the Special Public Hearing

    Selectmen’s Conference Room

    MEETING WILL BE LIVE STREAMED

    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCitLJvpaGg5rGsVVbsUYK8A/featured

    • CALL TO ORDER
    • Pledge of Allegiance
    • Roll Call

     

    • PUBLIC COMMENT:
    • Public Comment:

     

    • PRESENTATIONS BY THE FIRST SELECTMAN

     

    • FINANCE
  • Transfers and Appropriations
  • CFO Finance Report/Updates
  • Presentation of Scheduled Payments

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  • Discussion and possible action on the Revision to Ordinance #179-13 Authorization: Proposed revision seeks to amend the ordinance by increasing the threshold to allow semi-annual tax payments from $250 to $500.

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  • Accept resignation of School Resource Officer Craig Jones with an effective date of June 12, 2024.

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  • Fire Department Staffing Request. Request to transition part time Firefighter/EMT Clint Thomas to full-time status with a start date of May 23, 2024. Gary Schiessl

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  • Adoption of Board of Finance Regulation Under Section 6-8 (c), (d) and (e). Proposed regulation for the Board of Education and Board of Selectmen to provide monthly actual fund expenditures year to date, by budget category, and a listing of all fund transfers within and between budget categories. Brian Wissinger

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  • Discussion and possible action on revision of Vendors Hawkers Ordinance in section 196-2 adding the following language “Food vendors, including food trucks, serving or selling food from private property where the property has a permit from the Somers Zoning Commission allowing such service or sales are also exempt from the terms of this Ordinance.” And to set a Public Hearing date.

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    The Board of Selectmen waives the reading of the minutes of the Special Meeting from April 25, 2024, and that minutes of said meeting be approved.

     

    Special Board of Selectmen Public Hearing 5:30pm

    Special Board of Selectmen Public Hearing 5:30pm

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    May 8, 2024

    Town of Somers

    Special Board of Selectmen

    Public Hearing

    May 8, 2024

    5:30pm

    Somers Town Hall Selectmen’s Conference Room

     

  • Call to Order

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  • Open Public Hearing - Revision to Ordinance #179-13 Authorization: Proposed revision seeks to amend the ordinance by increasing the threshold to allow semi-annual tax payments from $250 to $500.

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  • Adjournment

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    TOWN OF SOMERS

    BOARD OF SELECTMEN

     

     

    The Somers Board of Selectmen will hold a Public Hearing on Wednesday, May 8, 2024, at 5:30 PM in the Somers Town Hall Board of Selectmen Conference Room, 600 Main Street, Somers, CT to receive public comments on the following:

     

  • Revision to Ordinance #179-13 Authorization: Proposed revision seeks to amend the ordinance by increasing the threshold to allow semi-annual tax payments from $250 to $500.

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    Said proposed ordinance is on file in the Town Clerk Office of the Town of Somers, Somers Town Hall.  At this hearing, interested persons may be heard and written communications received.

     

    Dated at Somers, Connecticut this 22nd day of April 2024.

     

    Board of Selectmen

     

    Timothy R.E. Keeney, First Selectman

    William Meier, III, Selectman

    Robert Schmidt, Selectman

     

    To be published:         April 27, 2024

     

     

     

    Cemetery Committee

    Cemetery Committee

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    May 8, 2024

    Somers Cemetery Committee Regular meeting

    Wednesday, May 8, 2024 Town Hall lower meeting room 6:30

    AGENDA

     

     

  • Members present:

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  • Public comment:

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  • Vote to approve minutes from March 2024

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  • Committee reports:
  • Finance: Monthly finances,

    • Progress report on Irrevocable Trust,

    Concern forms - new (combination of plots for

    combined memorial stone) To be discussed and voted on during new business.

     

  • Sexton/ Jeff Buckley

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  • Landscaping/ John Guzie

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  • DPW (if needed)

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  • American Legion (if needed)

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  • Old Business:
  • Concern form(s): Report on

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  • Landscape architect and RFP list, contract information: update Morgan

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  • Digital Data program update: Vendor Discussion of vendor zoom presentations from April special meeting.

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    New Business:

  • Finance: Concern form(s) Request from memorial stone vendor. Discussion, motion and vote on possible combination of plots to make one larger to accommodate a combination (larger) memorial

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  • Sexton:

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  • Landscaping: Report on Spring clean-

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  • Discussion on any DPW concerns

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  • American Legion:

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  • Discussion, motion, (vote?) on using G & Was the company to design the outer ring of Center

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  • . Discussion, motion and vote on Digital Data program choice.
  • Discussion of up grading prices for plots to reflect the area market and to recoup any expenses due to data upload from the public, etc.

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  • Notification for discussion in July: Newer concept presented to the state re: disposal of remains by liquifying then drying for disbursement. Discussion is at the state Scattering of such remains may become legal. Should we become proactive or reactive?

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    Adjournment:

     

    Next meeting: July 10, 2024

  • Planning Commission

    Planning Commission

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    May 9, 2024

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