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March 12, 2009
Municipal leaders meet with Appropriations and other committees on Friday, March 13 to address state aid, mandates relief and more
For immediate release
Contact: Kevin Maloney
(203) 498-3025
TOWN AND CITY LEADERS FROM ACROSS THE STATE TO ADDRESS SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS / PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT FORUM ON THE IMPACT OF THE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSED STATE BUDGET ON MUNICIPALITIES TOMORROW - FRIDAY, MARCH 13 - 12:30 P.M.
Municipal leaders from the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities
(CCM) will discuss the impact of the Governor's proposed state budget on
towns and cities before a joint forum of the General Assembly's
Appropriations Committee (with the Planning and Development and Finance
Committees, also invited) on Friday, March 13 from 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m.
in the State Legislative Office Building, Room 2C.
Municipal leaders who will testify include:
| Tim Griswold | First Selectman of Old Lyme and First
Vice-President of CCM |
| John DeStefano | Mayor of New Haven |
| Scott Shanley | General Manager of Manchester |
| Matthew Galligan | Town Manager of South Windsor |
| John Elsesser | Town Manager of Coventry |
| Susan Bransfield | First Selectman of Portland |
| Ralph Eno | First Selectman of Lyme |
| Andrew Nun | Chief Administrative Officer, Bridgeport |
Municipal leaders are expected to urge state legislators to resist the
temptation to cut aid to towns and cities. Such cuts would be a false
economy, merely transferring the state financial crisis to the local
level. It would result in a tax shift to already overburdened property
taxpayers. Municipal leaders will look to the General Assembly to at
least support maintaining present levels of municipal aid -- avoiding
devastating aid cutbacks, give towns more local revenue options, enact
substantive relief from state mandates, and support greater regional
cooperation among town governments.
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