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City of Groton, Connecticut municipal meeting April 26, 2021. To view the agenda click on the link below.
https://cityofgroton.com/event/committee-of-the-whole-9/?instance_id=3626
A
His
or
her
immune
system
releases
massive
amounts
of
chemicals,
including
histamine,
that
trigger
a
cascada
symptoms
that
can
affect
the
respiratory
system,
the
gastrointestinal
tract
the
skin
and
or
the
cardiovascular
system.
And
whereas
there
is
no
cure
for
food
allergies,
strict
avoidance
is
the
only
way
to
prevent
an
allergic
reaction
and
whereas
anaphylaxis
is
a
serious
allergic
reaction
that
comes
on
quickly
and
has
the
potential
to
become
life-threatening
and
whereas
managing
a
food.
A
Keith
cedric
do
hereby
proclaim,
may
9th
through
15th
2021
as
food
allergy
awareness
week
in
the
city
of
gradden,
and
encourage
all
residents
to
increase
their
understanding
and
awareness
of
this
potentially
life-threatening
medical
condition
given
under
this
hand,
given
under
my
hand
this
26th
day
of
april
2021
signed
keith,
hedrick
mayor
city
of
grad.
So
once
again,
graham,
I
want
to
thank
you
and
your
family
for
being
on
tonight
and
for
bringing
this
to
our
attention
and
for
keeping
us
involved.
So,
thank
you
very
much.
B
A
All
right
we
will
move
to.
The
second
thing,
like
I
said
today,
is
our
last
meeting
of
this
council
and
for
one
member
in
this
room.
It
is
her
last
meeting
after
22
years
of
faithful
and
loyal
service
to
the
city
of
greiten,
and
that
is
deb,
patrick
our
city
clerk.
So
I
want
to
say
deb.
Thank
you
very
much.
We
have.
A
We
have
a
plaque
here-
city
clerk,
deb,
patrick,
for
grateful
appreciation
for
your
22
years
of
service
to
the
city
of
groton,
from
1999
to
2021,
so
there
have
been
so
many
things
that
you've
been
involved
in
and
so
many
things
that
you
have
helped
mayors
over
the
years
and
that
you
have
helped
me
with
in
the
last
four
years.
I
appreciate
everything
that
you've
done
and
I
wish
you
as
navy
terms
fair
winds
and
falling
seas
when
you
retire.
So
thank
you
so
much
for
what
you
do.
C
I
just
want
to
say
I
know
the
city
clerk
job
is
a
lot
of
remembering
all
the
rules
and
like
that,
I'm
a
big
rule
person,
so
I
appreciate
always
being
able
to
defer
to
deb
and
ask
questions,
and
you
know
in
the
middle
of
meetings
where
we
have
a
question
about
the
procedure.
You're
always
there,
and
I
really
appreciate
it.
So
you
know
thank
you
so
much
for
all
your
hard
work.
I
don't
think
people
realize
long
days
and
then
you
come
to
night
meetings.
D
So
yeah,
in
my
opinion,
you're,
not
replaceable.
You
know,
I
think
we're
gonna
find
that
out,
but
you
know
the
next
person's
gonna
learn
and
hopefully
can
fill
your
shoes
in
the
in
the
right
manner.
You
know
maybe
not
to
your
capability,
but
maybe
someday.
You
know
with
with
your
position.
It's
it's
unique
because
you
have
been
an
employee,
but
you've
been
an
elected
official
for
that
much
time
you
know
other
than
the
mayor.
D
You
know,
there's
no
other
position,
that's
elected
in
a
paid
position,
correct
that
is
correct
and
to
do
it
that
long
is
just
you
know
that
this
speaks
volumes
to
what
she
brought
to
the
city.
So
I
I
thank
you
and
I
wish
you
the
best
and
whatever
you
choose
to
do
after
this
I
know
being
a
grandma
is
one
of
them.
So
thank
you.
E
F
F
G
A
E
H
I
B
H
H
H
H
Hopefully
we
can
get
back
to
that
part
of
this
that
this
year
and
it
also
and
encompasses
supplies
which
we
didn't
have
we've
bought
banners
we've
bought
flags,
we've
bought
different
things
for
the
existing
market,
but
eventually
those
things
will
need
to
be
replaced.
So
we've
pulled
the
the
farmer's
market
was
actually
under
the
playground
budget.
H
So
we've
pulled
that
out
and
made
it
a
standalone
account
so
that
we
have
a
strong
understanding
and
knowledge
of
how
much
it's
actually
costing
us
to
run
the
farmers
market
from
the
through
the
city
and
then
it
will
also
have
a
revenue
source
vendors
get
charged
150
for
the
season
to
be
here.
We
also
extended
our
farmers
market
this
year
and
we
budgeted
accordingly
for
that
for
the
winter
ones
that
we
did
not
anticipate
having
last
year.
H
So
there's
a
big
increase
with
that
we're
not
big
seventy
eight
hundred
seven
eight
hundred
dollars
and
the
other
increases
under
the
the
beach
operations
in
regards
to
having
staff
there
until
eight
o'clock,
which
involves
having
supervisors
there
for
an
additional
14
hours
a
week.
So
there's
a
20
3200
increase
in
the
beach
operations
for
the
operations
of
the
beach.
H
Yes,
there
was
an
increase
in
some
in
some
of
our
one
of
my
employee
employees
that
comes
under
this.
My
administrative
assistant
had
contractual.
Some
of
the
contract
was
ratified,
so
her
increases
were
we
caught
up,
and
then
there
was
an
increase
in
my
salary
through
the
course
of
the
year
in
january.
That
now
is
reflected
in
the
in
the
budget.
A
H
Weekly,
yes,
there
is
so
there
is
increases
with
minimum
wage
this
year
it
kind
of
changes
halfway
through
the
season
with
the
playground
budget
it
actually
because
we
took
the
farmer's
market
out
of
there.
My
playground
budget
is
actually
lower
than
it
was
last
year
because
I
took
the
ten
thousand
dollars
out
the
beach.
Some
of
the
increase
in
that
there's
only
two
two
positions
at
the
beach
and
they
didn't
offset
too
much.
But
we
are
in
that
process.
H
They
kids
start
or
I
shouldn't
say,
kids,
the
young
adults
and
some
of
our
adults
start
at
12
an
hour
when
they
start
in
june,
and
they
go
to
13
in
august,
so
we've
budgeted
accordingly
to
make
make
sure
we
get
that
and
then
that
way,
where
I
head
up
to
that
14
next
june.
Right
so
sorry,
I
didn't
so.
A
C
Not
really
a
question
just
a
comment.
I
know
that
I've
had
a
ton
of
feedback
on
the
farmers
market
that
everyone
loves
it.
I
think
it's
well
worth
the
I
mean
it's
is
a
pretty
minor
increase
to
include
and
improve
the
farmers
market,
and
I
think
you
know
even
knowing
we
didn't
know
exactly
what
we
were
doing
last
year,
we're
kind
of
getting
our
groove
a
little
bit
and
I'm
sure,
with
this
year
because
of
covet.
C
I
think
that
we're
probably
going
to
have
even
more
people
want
to
participate
in
the
farmer's
market
and
a
beach
stuff.
So
I
think
it's
important
to
make
sure
that
our
services
are
at
a
proper
level
and
I
think
a
lot
of
people
have
been
wanting
lifeguards
at
the
beach
until
8pm.
So
I
think
it's
worth
the
investment
to
have
that
stuff
available.
I
think
our
this
is
one
department.
I
hear
a
lot
of
feedback
and
residents
appreciate
all
the
services
that
we
offer.
So
thank
you.
A
If
you
remember,
if
you
go
back,
we
were
down
to
four
vendors
and-
and
it
was
withering
away
and
we
had
a
discussion,
and-
and
I
made
a
comment
in
public
about
that-
I
thought
that
we
could
do
a
good
job
and
that
resulted
in
a
phone
call
to
marry
that
they
said
well.
You
know
we
need
to
talk
about
this,
so
we
got
together
and
we
we
worked
with
the
group
and
we've
taken
it
over
and
mary
has
a
market
master
megan
aikman?
A
I
think
many
of
you
have
met
her
and
she
has
done
tremendous
job,
a
tremendous
job,
with
everything
that
she
could
do
during
the
with
all
the
coverage
restrictions
and
she
expanded
it
to.
I
think
we
had
approximately
11
vendors
at
the
end
and
then
we
did
something
this
year
that
has
not
been
done
before,
and
that
is
we
expanded
it
indoors
into
the
auditorium,
and
that
was
a
tremendous
success.
A
So
this
is
something
that
I
will
wholeheartedly
get
behind,
because
the
city
of
garden
is
a
food
desert.
It
is
important
that
we
bring
fresh
foods
and
vegetables
to
people
here,
and
we
do
this
in
conjunction
with
our
mobile
food
pantries
and
drives,
and
things
like
that.
So
any
other
questions
or
comments
from
mary
on
this
portion.
G
Well
done
on
seeing
a
need
and
an
opportunity
and
continuing
with
the
farmer's
market.
That
was
excellent.
Can
you
please
tell
me
in
your
budget
at
the
beach,
do
you
do
maintenance
or
any
type
of
operational
clearing
that
kind
of
stuff
during
the
non-summer
months?
If
you
could
tell
me
what
happens
there,
with
your
maintenance
crew
pretty
much
from
like
september
to
april.
A
H
Just
another
a
thought
to
that
we
have
kept.
Obviously
we
lost
some
of
our
programs
this
year
because
of
covid.
We
also
have
had
struggles
because
we
don't
have
a
school
currently
here
we
used
to
do
a
lot
of
things
at
west
side
and
we
had
to
walk
away
from
that
site
because
it
became
a
construction
zone.
We
did
have
a
contingency
plan
in
place
last
year
to
use
the
marine
science
school
for
our
that
side.
H
You
know
the
west
side
site
of
playground,
but
we
only
got
six
kids
because
of
covid,
so
we
didn't
use
that
site,
but
eventually,
hopefully
we
have
a
new
school
with
new
facilities
that
we
can
really
engage
and
do
a
lot
of
good
things
for
the
for
the
youth
and
in
the
adults
of
our
community,
so
that
so
that's
maintained
in
this
budget.
Even
moving
forward.
H
We
were
prepared
too.
We
didn't
get
that
many
registered.
We
only
had
84
kids
in
our
summer
playground
program
last
year.
A
lot,
I
think,
was
the
unknown
of
kobe.
They
were
out
of
school
for
the
spring
part
of
the
year
and
I
believe
parents
were
a
little
leery.
Our
numbers
increased
as
the
summer
went,
but
we're
we're
normally
at
285
kids,
so
we
lost
an
average
about
200
kids
last
year,
but
the
calls
are
coming
in
already
for
this
year.
So
we're
excited.
H
Right,
so
the
maintenance
side
of
our
budget
is
up
about
six
point:
six
point:
six:
one
percent:
this
budget
has
the
staff
staffing
in
it
for
the
maintenance
of
all
of
our
facilities.
There
was
a
contract
settled
with
them.
Also
so
there's
roughly
a
29
000
increase
just
in
salaries
for
those
three
plus
the
overtime
we
kind
of
caught
everything
up,
because
you
know
we
have
this
time
of
year,
they're
here
every
weekend
until
like
at
least
october,
which
is
our
so
there's
an
overtime
increase.
H
This
bud
this
side
of
the
budget
also
houses
my
capital
improvement,
which
is
up
25
000
dollars
this
year
from
last
year,
and
it
also
covers
all
of
my
pension,
health,
insurance,
workman's
comp.
All
those
numbers
that
I
get
from
the
finance
director
are
in
this
side
of
the
budget
for
maintenance
to
answer
councillor
norris's
previous
question:
we
do
maintain
facilities
year-round,
the
beach
is
open.
It
is
open
12
days,
12
months
a
year.
We
don't
close
it.
We
just
stop
supervising
it.
H
So
we
still
like
we're
mowing
grass
down
there
now
come
the
first
of
june,
we'll
start
grooming,
the
sand,
so
the
sand
and
the
beach
are
in
in
the
night
nicer
a
better
condition
with
no
seaweed
and
stuff
once
we
open
for
the
season-
and
we
do
that
every
week
during
the
season
and
we'll
do
it
two
weeks
into
the
september
part
of
the
year,
because
residents
still
use
the
beach
even
once
we
stop
charging
at
labor
day
when
they're
mowing
the
grass
through
october,
we're
emptying
trash
cans.
We
have
the
tr.
H
C
H
This
is
the
help,
because
we
have
money
already
budgeted
a
couple
years
back
in
capital
for
the
press
boxes,
whereas
for
two
we
took
it
out
to
bid
and
they
came
in
almost
almost
almost
triple
what
we
anticipated.
A
lot
was
due
to.
We
were
in
covid
and
construction
costs
were
going
through
the
roof.
So
we
we
added
added
some
money
this
year,
so
we
could
add
to
what
we
have
and
try
to
get
at
least
one
on
field.
One
doesn't
have
one
anymore:
we
had
to
knock
it
down
because
it
was
a
safety
issue.
J
J
J
J
One
item
that
we
do
for
next
year
is
the
adoption
of
a
new
state
building
code
office
supplies
and
advertising
includes
monies
to
purchase
code
books
and
reference
materials
as
that
progresses
further.
It's
anticipated
sometime
next
year,
just
don't
know
the
exact
date
yet
because
the
state's
in
the
process
of
reviewing
the
amendments
and
developing
the
schedule.
J
C
Less
of
a
excuse
me
less
of
a
question,
but
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
very
much.
It
must
be
a
little
difficult
to
come
into
a
new
job
and
almost
right
away
have
to
start
working
on
the
budget.
It's
not
the
most
fun
part
of
the
job.
I
would
imagine-
and
I
just
want
to
point
out
the
the
reductions
that
you
found
in
the
budget
are
helping
us
keep
the
taxes
level,
even
when
other
departments
have
increases.
So
I
think
you
know
that
should
be
commended
it's.
C
J
A
A
Right
so
we're
going
to
be
doing
that
that
helps
one
thing
to
notice
here
on
the
financing
plan
permits
are
down
to
a
million
dollars,
and
one
of
the
things
that
deputy
mayor
depot
talked
about
is
the
ability
for
us
to
maintain
taxes
low.
Now,
one
of
the
things
that
ron,
juhas
and
I
are
looking
at
with
joe's
help
is
the
projection
of
what
is
our.
What
will
our
permit
fees
look
like
and
then,
when
do
you
get
certificates
of
occupancy,
and
when
does
that
hit
the
rolls?
A
Because
when
you're
talking
about
the
the
buildings
in
electric
boat,
they
are
in
an
enterprise
account
enterprise
zone,
and
so
therefore
they
don't
come
straight
on
to
once
they
get
to
co.
They
don't
come
straight
on
to
the
grand
list.
They
are
staggered.
They're
stepped
in
20,
there's
five-year
payback
to
get
to
100,
so
it's
20
step.
K
K
K
The
first
one
is
the
general
insurance
which
again
is
page
93.
that
will
stay
at
the
same
budget
as
last
year,
115
000..
What
this
does
is,
there's
some
miscellaneous
insurance
costs
that
get
on
charge
to
this
account
that
aren't
department
specific
and,
as
well
as
a
portion
of
our
consultant
insurance
consultant,
which
is
usi,
which
you
guys
had
chris
come
out
a
few
a
few
months
back.
K
K
What
this
is
is
a
placeholder
for
any
open
contracts
and
the
such
or
any
pay
increases
that
are
inside
any
individual
budget.
This
allows
them
to
be
outside
and
reallocated
back
into
departments.
If
there's
a
contract,
that's
settled
during
the
year.
So
that
way
that
then
they
didn't
budget
for
the
penny
proposed
increases.
So
it's
more.
F
K
K
K
K
K
Therefore,
it
allowed
us
to
put
a
million
dollars
again
into
undesignated
capital
projects,
which
will
allow
us
to
do
capital
project
work
around
the
city.
That's
not
set
for
any
one
project
at
this
point
also
with
the
increase
in
the
eb
fees
which
not
you
won't
see
here,
but
on
the
revenue
side,
we
are
using
2.6
of
fund
balance
in
order
to
to
help
with
that,
because
we've
collected
those
additional
permit
fees
that
were
on
budgeted,
which
allowed
us
to
utilize
some
of
that
fund
balance.
K
E
K
B
J
K
A
K
B
B
K
There
there's
limits
that
are
set
by
state
statute.
We
don't
have
an
internal
policy
per
se,
so
we
just
follow
state
statute
with
with
the
limitations
that
they
provide
as
a
percentage
of
a
multiplier
for
based
on
taxes,
and
that
applies
to
the
general
fund
and
also
the
seller.
It
does
not
apply
to
electrical
water.
A
H
H
D
H
H
We
also
have
bristol
point
and
we
also
have
the
park.
I
mean
nobody,
you
know
the
park
is
an
idea,
an
area
people
can
put
a
bench
to,
but
I
don't
know
if
anybody's
been
to
the
beach
in
the
last
month
and
a
half
or
so
we've
kind
of
put
some
to
the
north
side
of
the
zuburski
house
on
the
grass,
overlooking
the
wall
overlooking
the
water,
but
it
gives
us
another
area
of
flat
land
to
kind
of
put
some
benches
there.
People
have
been
using
them,
but
that's
kind
of
our
goal.
H
We
have
two
there
if
we
can
put
another
two
there
once
we
get
all
that
in
place,
we'll
have
45
memorial
benches
down
at
the
beach
and
we're
working
on
getting
the
other
part
of
the
beach
memorial
was
the
walkway
around
the
flagpole
and
we
are
getting
some
pricing
on
how
what
to
put
that
in
place.
So
that
way,
this
the
walkway
is
there
with
the
stones
and
eventually
we
can
just
pull
a
stone
engrave.
It
put
it
back
down.
A
H
So,
yes,
the
family
is
charged
for
the
for
the
memorial
bench.
It
varies
in
price
because
they
can
get
a
refurbished
bench,
which
is
we'll
take
a
existing
bench
and
maybe
we'll
paint
it
back,
paint
it
up
and
get,
and
then
we
work
with
them
for
a
plaque
to
put
on
it
and
or
they
could
do
a
brand
new
which
we
make
from
scratch
with
the
parks
crew.
A
E
A
B
H
H
They
put
in
all
the
the
proper
kind
of
sand,
a
new
net,
the
antennas,
the
border,
the
boundary
lines,
any
miscellaneous
hardware
in
about
32
hours
worth
of
labor,
which
equates
to
a
5
646
donation
to
the
city,
to
get
that
volleyball
court,
which
is
heavily
used
in
this
spring
summer
and
fall.
So
it's
a
nice
way
to
get
that
upgraded
and
they'll
also
work
with
my
staff
to
how
to
maintain
it.
So
it
stays
in
the
condition
that
we
receive
it.
C
A
H
So,
as
you
all
are
aware,
we
we
contract
with
a
goose
control
company.
We've
done
it
since
long
before.
I
was
here
to
keep
the
geese
population
under
control
at
our
facilities,
especially
eastern
point
beach,
so
that
it's
helps
keep
the
facility
cleaned.
We
do
a
yearly
contract
with
the
existing
company
that
we've
worked
with.
H
She's
here
every
day,
oh
every
day
and
sometimes
twice
a
day
they
so
there
will
be
times
sue's
been
doing
this
for
a
number
of
years.
So
she
knows
the
rotation
of
the
three
flocks
of
geese
that
we
have
that
come
to
the
beach,
because
there
are
three
flocks
and
she's
she's
got
them
on.
She
knows
their
rotation.
She
knows
the
migration.
She
knows
this.
She
knows
that
so,
which
is
an
asset
to
us
having
her
with
us.
H
E
H
H
A
Well,
to
answer
your
question
directly:
the
answer
is
yes,
I
was
down
there
walking
and
I
saw
a
woman
with
a
dog
that
was
loose
and
it
was
running.
I
went
up
to
her.
I
said,
excuse
me,
I'm
the
mayor,
you
may
not
know,
and
the
dog
was
circling
me
the
whole
time
right
and
she
said
well,
you
may
not
know
I'm
the
I'm.
A
You
know
I'm
the
honker's
a
goose
patroller,
so
I
don't
see
a
badge,
you
know
and
she
said
well,
I
don't
have
one,
and
so
we
got
a
badge
as
a
result
of
that.
But
what
was
really
funny
is
that
the
dog
was
was
doing.
Ruger
was
doing
what
he's
supposed
to
do
and
he
was
circling
me
and
and
those
kind
of
things,
but
this
is
also
part
of
the
baker
cove
watershed
protection
thing
to
try
to
keep
the
fecal
coral
form
levels
down
because
of
the
the
geese
feces
and
and
things
like
that.
A
One
of
the
things
that
we're
trying
to
do
is
to
reduce
the
fecal
chloroform
into
water,
so
that
eventually
we'll
be
able
to
do
recreational
shell,
shell,
fishing
in
baker,
cove!
That's
what
we're
shooting
that's
the
long-term
goal
for
shooting
for
that,
so
this
is
one
of
the
activities
that
the
city
does
as
part
of
that
counselor
carter,
you
had
a
comment.
D
H
A
A
A
A
I
Thank
you
just
to
give
a
little
bit
of
a
brief
overview
of
some
of
the
ongoing
projects
that
we
are
doing.
There
is
a
jlus
city
of
groton
park,
parking
management
study
that
is
an
assessment
of
parking
projections
and
mitigation
measures
to
accommodate
expected
growth
at
electric
boat
and
on
local
economic
expansion.
It
will
recognize.
I
I
Yes
may
19th
at
four
o'clock.
We
will
be
meeting
I'm
sorry,
I
don't
know
where
the
camera
is.
We
will
be
meeting
at
the
city
hall
to
do
our
first
street
audit.
It
will
be
of
route
one,
so
I'm
feel
free
to
come
out
for
that
strategic
communications.
We
are
promoting
communication
channels
to
stimulate
conversations
between
residents,
businesses
and
the
city
of
gratton.
I
This
evening
you
guys
will
have
received
the
first
digital
newsletter
that
has
come
out
from
the
city,
I'm
highlighting
a
lot
of
the
key
informations
events
and
stuff
from
the
city
of
pratt,
and
then
tonight
I'm
going
to
talk
to
you
guys
about
visioning
things
on
street,
which
is
an
engage
planning.
Economic
development
seeks
to
engage
the
community
stakeholders
in
a
series
of
exercises
over
the
summer
to
really
to
help
envision
streetscape
designs
and
some
outdoor
programming
activity
and
along
thing
street.
I
We
will
collaborate
with
the
stakeholders
and
visioning
exercises
identifying
and
implementing
temporary
installments
on
the
long
thing
street
to
really
bring
our
waterfront
to
life
and
get
more
people,
people
and
activities
down
there,
and
it
really
helped
to
try
to
program
some
of
the
underutilized
space.
That's
there.
I
I
Riverwalk
was
our
first
survey
that
we
conducted
for
thame
street
we've
gotten
nearly
200
responses
on
that
survey,
and
there
is
a
second
survey
out
now
through
the
link
of
that
newsletter,
and
it
will
also
be
put
online
to
kind
of
dig
in
a
little
bit
deeper
about
specific
improvements
that
we
would
like
to
do
or
things
that
the
community
would
like
to
see.
So
I
ask
and
invite
everyone
to
participate
in
that
survey
and
then
the
visioning
exercises
we
anticipate.
I
E
I
did
I
have
a
question.
I
did
attend
the
2019
in-house
open
house
yeah,
thank
you,
and
that
was
really
interesting.
I
really
I
I
got
a
lot
out
of
that,
but
I
was
just
wondering
if
any
of
the
feedback
turned
into
an
implementation
plan
did,
were
we
able
to
to
take
any
nugget
that
we
gain
from
talking
with
people
and
turn
that
into
some
action
or
do
we
have
a
specific
action
plan.
B
B
I
Us
for
planning
economic
development.
We
really
want
to
start
to
get
into
the
weeds
of
how
do
we
do
community-based
action
plans
and
how
do
we
start
to
phase
these
plans
out
so
that
they're
incremental
in
designs
that
we
can
test
as
a
community
but
at
the
same
time
try
to
figure
out
okay?
What
do
we
need
to
plan
for
long-term
planning?
At
the
same
time?
C
I
just
wanted
to
say:
I
think
you
know
like
this
stuff
is-
is
very
interesting
to
someone
like
us,
we're
all
kind
of
intimately
involved,
and
I
think
you
know
we've
gotten
feedback
of
like.
Why
do
we
do
projects
like
this?
And
my
thing
is
you
know
when
the
first
survey
came
out,
I
was
pushing
people
to
to
complete
the
survey.
200
people
sounds
like
a
a
good
number,
but
it
would
be
nice
if
we
could
get
even
more
feedback
from
the
community.
C
But
what
we've
been
trying
to
push
for
is
more
engagement,
so
that
we
make
sure
that
we
don't
go
on
the
opinion
of
10
residents
and
then
the
other.
You
know
500
in
that
area
hate
the
project,
so
I
think
you
know
same
street
has
been
a
long
time
coming
and
you
know
if
you
have
a
question
about
any
of
these
things.
Please
send
them
our
way,
because
you
know
sierra's
giving
us
obviously
a
a
detailed
presentation
but
she's
she
can
explain
things
if
people
have
questions.
C
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
we
people
know
to
engage
if
they
have
a
question.
If
this
they
want
to
see
this
presentation
or
more
details,
but
the
to
me,
the
core
of
all
of
these
things,
is
to
make
sure
that
when
we
do
implement
things
that
they're
the
right
things
right,
so
I
just
want
like
I
appreciate
all
the
the
effort-
and
I
I
want
to
encourage
people
please
please,
please
fill
out
the
surveys
that
we
send
out,
because
it
makes
a
big
difference
in
where
we
go.
I
E
G
Thank
you
very
much.
Nice
presentation
and
I
like
this
packet,
got
a
good
question
and
actually,
following
up
on
the
deputy,
mayor's
statement
and
question
so
on.
The
attachment
is
talking
about
scope
of
work,
and
it
says
that
the
consulting
team
anticipates
to
anticipate
up
to
15
interview,
slash
content,
conversations
with
businesses
and
other
key
stakeholders
is
that
15
individuals
is
that
15
group
meetings.
A
Thank
you
anyone
else,
so
you
know,
there's
been
as
a
result
of
the
election.
There's
been
a
renewed
interest
in
theme
street
and
a
lot
of
people
are
concerned
about.
What
are
you
doing?
It's
you
know.
It's
been
this
way
for
a
long
time.
What
people
don't
know
is
behind
the
scenes.
We've
been
working
on
things,
and
this
is
part
of
it.
We
are
we're
ready
now
to
and
to
we've.
We've
engaged
the
community
once
before
we're
going
to
start
re-engaging,
the
community
there
is
going.
A
As
you
can
see
these
projects,
some,
we
have
consultants
that
are
helping
us,
some
we're
working
on
on
our
own
and
some
we're
going
to
be
working
together
with
the
community
without
with
the
community
and
business
owners
and
other
stakeholders
in
the
community
to
revitalize
same
street.
So
it
is
an
ongoing
project.
It
is
something
that
is
going
to
take
us
some
time
to
do.
A
But
again,
one
of
the
things
that
helps
is,
I
think
I
mentioned
this
before
we
got
the
649
thousand
dollar
grant
from
the
ship
small
harbor
improvement
projects
program
and
that's
going
to
help
revitalize
it.
We
will
redo
the
piers
down
on
the
docks
rather
down
on
things
view
park,
and
that
will
help.
So
all
these
things
that
we're
doing
are
little
things
that
are
going
to
build
together
to
make
the
big
thing,
which
is
a
revitalization
of
the
city
of
groton
and
in
this
particular
case
in
thame
street.
A
Okay,
I
need
I
need
a
motion
to
move
this
to
the
mayor
and
council
meeting
of
17
may
2021.
Second,
okay,
we
have
most
of
a
second
any
further
discussion.
Hearing,
none
all
in
favor,
say:
aye
hi,
post
extension
motion
carries
you
were
you
were
done
right?
I
didn't
cut
you
off.
Okay,
all
right
thanks!
Thank
you!
A
So,
council,
what
you
received
in
your
budget
packets
is,
you
have
the
electric
water
and
sewer
budgets.
We
are
not
going
to
discuss
them
today.
They
were
delivered
to
you
so
that
you
will
have
time
to
review
them
and
then
come
up
with
any
questions
that
you
may
have.
We
will
be
reviewing
the
electric
water
and
sewer
budgets
at
the
next
committee
of
the
hole
which
will
be
may
24th.
A
L
We
gu
is
requesting
permission
to
move
ahead
and
use
reggie
funds
to
fund
an
earth
light
purchase
order
to
upgrade
the
lights
in
washington
park
all
to
led
with
a
brand
new
control
system,
and
this
was
originally
requested
by
mary
to
improve
the
park.
When
we
looked
at
the
lights,
the
lights
are
eons
old
or
like
30
years
or
older,
and
they
actually
require
quite
a
bit
of
maintenance.
So
this
will
replace
the
lights
and
prove
the
quality
of
the
lighting
plus.
It
is
not
funded
by
the
rate
payers
or
the
city.
L
E
A
A
J
J
C
L
F
F
L
A
A
A
F
A
E
A
F
L
The
current
year
is
the
end
year
last
of
a
five-year
contract
that
we
entered
two
into
so
the
gu
safety
team
went
out
for
another
five-year
contract
and
we
had
we've
interviewed
five
companies
and
came
up
with
a
recommendation
with
first
choice:
safety
solutions,
it's
100
about
138
000
a
year,
it's
a
five-year
contract,
but
it
has
a
two-year
two
percent
escalation
in
it
in
the
process
in
each
year.
We've
talked
about
in
here
the
possibility
of
hiring
an
internal
person
to
do
this
work.
L
L
When
I
asked
the
companies
why
we
would
outsource
this
rather
than
in-source
it
each
contractor
when
they
came
in
and
we
interviewed
them.
I
asked
them
this
question
and
they
said
well.
The
one
of
the
largest
reasons
is
that
if
there's
not
a
personality,
fit
you're
able
to
turn
over
and
request
another
person,
first
choice.
Safety
has
92
employees,
their
company
that
was
formed
seven
years
ago,
and
in
that
time
they
now
have
92
employees
so
they're
doing
a
really
good
job.
L
They're,
based
in
this
optimistic
they're,
mostly
local
people
in
the
two
people
that
formed
the
company
actually
worked
here.
It
was
one
of
their
last
contracted
positions
before
they
went
to
form
this
company
they're
very
utility
based
they
concentrate
on
an
industrial
environment,
environment,
and
this
contract
does
also
cover
parts
and
wrecks
in
the
back
with
public
works.
L
A
Okay,
question
is
for
director
good
day,
so
one
of
the
things
that
that
ron-
and
I
I've
talked
about
in
the
past-
is
the
internal
funding
of
this
versus
external
funding.
Of
this,
and
one
of
the
challenges
you
run
into
is
one
you're
hiring
a
full-time
employee
with
benefits
all
the
way
out,
and
then
the
cost
of
that.
A
That
is
comfortable
with
that
or
let's
say
for
example,
last
year
there
was
a
change
in
the
silica
requirements
from
the
osha,
osha
and
so
jim
healey
was
able
to
reach
back
to
someone
who
was
a
silica
expert
and
come
in
and
train
us
on
the
new
requirements
for
the
osha
requirements
regarding
masking
filtration
wetting
of
silica
components,
what
it
meant,
what
it
applied
to,
what
it
doesn't
apply
to
and
those
kinds
of
things.
So
there
was
an
advantage
there.
So
any
other
comments,
deputy
mayor
depot.
A
L
We're
now
entering
the
part
where
we
have
to
do
phase
two.
So
the
gu
budgets
that
you
have
in
front
of
you
for
next
year
currently
have
a
half
a
million
dollars
in
them
for
phase
2
pcb
remediation
for
the
water
filtration
plant.
So
originally
we
had
estimated
that
finishing.
Removing
the
pcbs
from
the
water
filtration
plant
would
cost
1.5
million
dollars
at
this
point,
where
the
project
will
leave
off
we're
estimating
will
cost
500
000.
B
L
L
L
We've
seen
change
orders
to
the
project
come
through
here
to
pay
for
that
pcb
remediation,
when
the
project
leaves
there's
certain
areas
in
the
building
that
the
project
didn't
go
into,
whether
it's
a
certain
rooms
or
a
hallway
or
stairway
that
the
project
actually
didn't
change
anything
so
that
work
was
left
over
for
us
to
take
care
of.
We
had
originally
done
a
plan
that
was
a
15-year
plan
because
we
thought
it
was
going
to
take
us.
It
was
going
to
cost
a
lot
of
money
and
take
many
years
to
do
it.
L
The
epa
came
back
to
me
after
they,
while
they
were
approving
that
first
plant
and
said
we
would.
We
would
like
you
to
agree
to
get
finished
the
pcb
job
as
soon
as
possible
after
the
project
is
finished,
because
you
know
there's
pcbs
in
the
building,
we
said.
Well,
we
really
not
want
to
spend
that
money
until
we
have
to
she.
L
She
made
us
agree
to
do
it
within
three
years,
so
at
that
point
we
estimated
that
the
job
was
going
to
be
1.5
million
dollars
and
I
said
well,
we
might
be
able
to
afford
a
half
a
million
dollars
a
year.
At
this
point
it
looks
like
a
half.
A
million
dollars
will
finish
the
project
so
that
that
means
one
more
year.
The
first
budget
year,
which
is
the
budget
year.
You
have
we're
given
today,
fy
22.
C
L
A
So
what
we
did
is
we
decided
to
take
advantage
of
this
and
determine
the
full
extent
of
the
pcbs
in
the
old
plant.
We
thought
we
were
going
to
be
able
to
have
a
long-term
plan
and
the
epa
said:
no,
you
need
to
have
a
shorter
term
than
a
longer
term,
so
the
plan
that
ron
wants
to
execute
will
basically
get
rid
of
and
one
of
the
things
we
want
to
do.
There's
there
are
some
areas
that
are
inaccessible.
A
We
wanted
to
get
permission
to
close
the
door,
lock
the
door
weld
the
door.
You
know
so
that
there's
no
access,
but
the
epa
was
not
amenable
to
that.
So
we're
going
to
have
to
evade
the
pcbs
there,
such
that
in
the
future,
when
we
do
demolition
pcb,
is
not
an
issue,
and
so
that's
what
this
will
do
is
this
will
abate
abate
all
the
pcbs
in
the
water
plant
in
the
old
water
plant
council
mccabe.
E
L
L
C
L
A
L
I
believe
that
the
council
is
aware
of
the
15
million
dollar
transmission
upgrade
project,
which
is
basically
an
investment
in
the
transmission
system
that
we
own
coming
into
bodington
those
assets
when
they're
upgraded.
We
get
a
return
on
investment
from
the
iso
on
the
order
of
magnitude
eight
to
ten
percent,
so
we
will
be
making
money
back
on
the
improved
assets
that
we're
being
required
to
do
by
the
iso.
L
Blue
rock
is
more
of
a
civil
engineering
or
civil
company.
They
need
to
come
in
and
improve
the
roads
to
allow
access
to
the
transmission
towers
so
that
a
company
commit
another
company
can
come
in
and
install
the
new
transmission
towers.
So
this
2.3
million
to
actually
2.4
million
dollars
is
to
install
all
the
access
to
the
that
area.
There's
a
lot
of
ledge
there's
a
lot
of
almost
cliffs
and
it's
a
very
challenging
terrain
back
there.
L
L
A
L
Bhi
is
a
preferred
vendor
and
I
believe
in
your
package,
you
may
have
a
map.
It
was
in
there
yeah.
Yes,
the
map.
The
map
actually
shows
where
the
new
ev
receiving
station
is
going
to
be
for
the
new
34
500
volt
lines
that
are
coming
in,
so
this
purchase
order
is
2vhi
to
install
the
hendrix
new
hendrix.
L
It's
basic
spacer,
cable
it'll
be
right
at
the
top
of
those
poles
coming
in
from
chester
down
eastern
point
road
to
the
new
receiving
station
and
then
coming
down
nicholas
ave
and
up
eastern
point
road
a
little
bit
to
the
receiving
station.
It's
for
about
a
quarter
million
dollars,
including
a
contingency.
L
B
B
F
L
I
actually
don't
have
a
copy
of
it
in
my
package,
but
we
did
get
a
reliability
certificate
for
we
actually
worked
with
appa
and
every
month
we
submit
all
of
our
statistics
yeah
because
we're
in
the
very
top
percentage
of
all
the
public
power
for
reliability.
We
were
given
a
certificate
and
we
just
thought
we'd
share
that.
C
A
E
A
Absolutely
yeah,
I
was
asked
a
question
today
about
eversource
and
about
ground
utilities,
and
our
reliability
is
there,
as
demonstrated
by
this.
Our
costs
are
20
percent,
less
our
you
know
the
things
that
we're
doing
with
the
tree
cutting
and
with
the
the
wires
that
we're
doing
and
the
cutouts
and
all
the
maintenance
that
we
do
to
maintain.
A
Our
system
is
one
of
the
reasons
that
we're
able
to
restore
power
as
quickly
as
we
can,
and
that
is
a
tremendous
shout
out
to
the
men
and
women
that
are
working
for
grant
utilities
in
the
electric
section.
Specifically,
so
that's
good
news
all
right.
I
think
that's
all
for
here,
because
that's
just
reporting,
so
that's
good.
Let's
go
to
the
next
thing,
which
is
groton
utilities.
K
K
As
you
can
see,
the
trend
is
the
same
as
it's
been
throughout
the
year.
I'm
continuing
on
where
the
residential
and
industrial
are
above
budget,
where
the
commercial
is
below
from
the
revenue
standpoint
total
operating
expenses
on
row,
41
is
just
under
40
million
and
the
budget's
right
at
40
million,
so
it's
103
000
or
4
000
below
budget.
So
when
you
look
at
the
total,
it
is
pretty
much
on
course,
with
budget
you'll
see
in
the
expense.
K
There
is
some
discrepancies,
purchase,
power
is
up
and
upper
operation
and
maintenance
is
below
budget,
but
from
the
total
operating
it
is
pretty
much
level
or
just
slightly
below.
Net
income
from
operation
drove
52
is
4.1
million
versus
budgeted,
2.3
or
1.8
million
favorable
above
budget
at
the
end
of
march
2021.
That's
the
year-to-date
summary
for
electric.
So
again,
when
you
look
at
the
operation
net
income
from
operation,
drill
52,
we
are
approximately
1.8
pound
favorable
to
the
budget.
K
K
E
A
G
K
In
a
perfect
world,
if
we
hit
our
average
in
the
last
three
years
with
the
rate
increases,
they
would
match
the
budget
for
this
time
frame.
Again,
it's
hard
to
kind
of
predict
usage
and
one
of
the
pages
in
this
report,
which
is
page
eight.
You
can
actually
see
kilowatt
hours
sold
by
each
one.
So
you
can
see
that
the
fiscal
year
to
date
in
the
prior
year
for
residential
just
use
residential,
it's
7
million
kilowatts
more
than
what
was
where
again,
the
commercial
you'll
see
that
it's
down.
K
K
row
17
is
the
total
water
revenue,
the
actual
is
8.8
million
versus
a
budget
of
8.3
or
just
under
500
000
above
budget
again,
the
main
driver
here
is
the
industrial
and
it's
a
little
bit
from
the
residential,
and
you
can
also
see
that
the
commercial
is
is
down
following
the
same
trend
as
electric
rule.
32
operating
earnings
currently
actually
rule
30.
The
total
operating
expenses
is
7.8
million.
First,
a
bunch
of
8.3
are
482
000
below
budget
rule
44.
K
K
A
K
It's
a
drinking
water
state
revolving
fund,
that
is,
we
received
a
loan
from
the
state
of
54
million
dollars
to
do
the
water
treatment
plant
and
part
of
that
we
received
a
grant
of
15
million
and
part
of
that
grant
agreement
was
that
we
need
to
do
interconnects.
There
are
certain
interconnects
that
we
had
to
do,
which
the
last
one
being
the
one
that
we
were
just
discussing.
K
A
Yeah,
the
15
million
dollar
grant
was
was
based
on
five
interconnects,
so
we
had
five
interconnect
agreements
with
various
communities
surrounding
us
and
what
the
purpose
of
that
is
one
it's
expansion
for
us,
but
two,
it's
resiliency
and
drought,
resilience
and
because
we
have
fairly
deep
aquifers
plus.
If
you
look
at
our
reservoir,
we
have
just
millions
and
millions
of
gallons
of
water,
and
some
of
the
other
localities
have
challenges
with
with
drought,
resistance
and
then
there's
some
locations
that
have
challenges
with
heavy
minerals
in
their
water.
K
K
K
This
one,
this
show
was
actually
a
little
bit
later
than
last
year.
We
did
run
into
some
some
covid
things
with
with
the
change
in
the
front,
there's
actually
merged
with
another
firm
right
towards
the
end
of
the
year,
so
we're
shooting
to
get
better,
but
this
one
was
a
little
bit
a
little
bit
later,
but
yeah
there.
It
has
been
fluctuating.
B
A
A
A
A
Okay,
I
was
about
to
say,
grant
utilities
typically
funds
that
so
in
the
normal
fashion,
ground
utilities
are
going
to
fund
that
so
I'd
like
to
go
buy
that
because
one
of
the
things
that
we're
trying
to
do
if
ground
utilities
is
funding
stuff,
not
double
dip.
So
the
next
thing
is
the
fitch
high
school
grad
party,
and
they
have
a
different
donation
request
here
for
for.
A
K
A
Okay,
so
that's
it
with
where
we
are,
but
I
need
a
motion
to
suspend
the
rules
to
go
into
executive
session
pursuant
to
connecticut
general
statute,
a
1-206a
a
to
discuss
personnel
in
the
police
department
to
include
the
council,
captain
jenkins,
sergeant,
leto,
chief
spellman
and
linda
avedisian,
so
moved.
Second,
we
have
a
motion
in
a
second.
We
are
in
executive
session.