CCM presents six key municipal legislative proposals for the Governor and General Assembly to act on in 2023 session

The Connecticut Conference of Municipalities (CCM) today (Tuesday, January 3) presented its state legislative priorities for the 2023 legislative session that CCM’s 168 member municipal leaders believe merit priority action over the next five months by the Governor and General Assembly leaders before the regular session ends in the first week of June.

Federal, State ​“Fire Hose” Opens Local Gov’t Opportunities 

In many ways, local government is about taking advantage of opportunities as they come up. 

Whether it was getting elected to a position as First Selectman in Durham or taking advantage of funding opportunities as Deputy Director at the South Central Regional Council of Governments (SCRCOG), Laura Francis has built a reputation of knowing to not let a good opportunity pass.

92 municipal leaders from nearly 60 towns take CCM’s “Civility Pledge” to help lead local efforts toward more respectful civil engagement in CT communities

Since the 2022 Connecticut Conference of Municipalities (CCM) statewide convention in early November, 92 municipal leaders from nearly 60 towns and cities across the State have signed on to CCM’s newly-established Civility Pledge, vowing to do their part to help foster respectful, civil engagement in their community and throughout Connecticut. 

Joel Cogen Lifetime Achievement Award and Richard C. Lee Innovators Award presented to town leaders From Glastonbury and Litchfield at 2022 CCM Convention for excellence in municipal leadership

Two Connecticut municipal leaders were given the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities’ highest honors at the 2022 Annual Convention Dinner held at Mohegan Sun on November 1. This year’s Joel Cogen Lifetime Achievement Award and Richard C. Lee Innovators Award were given to Richard Johnson, Town Manager of Glastonbury, and Michael Lyn Cappello, Social Services Coordinator, Town of Litchfield.

Towns of Groton, Tolland, and Trumbull, and the City of Norwalk, received Municipal Excellence Awards at the 2022 CCM Convention

The Connecticut Conference of Municipalities (CCM) awarded the towns of Groton, Tolland, and Trumbull, and the city of Norwalk with CCM’s Seventh Annual Municipal Excellence Awards at its 2022 Annual Convention held at Mohegan Sun on November 1. 

Veteran Wolcott Mayor Tom Dunn elected to lead Connecticut towns and cities in 2023 as CCM President

Thomas Dunn, the 10-term, unaffiliated Mayor of Wolcott, has been elected President of the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities (CCM) for 2023.  

His election took place at the 2022 statewide convention of CCM on November 1 and 2 at the Mohegan Sun Resort; and he will begin his year-long tenure as CCM President beginning January 1.  

Four state legislative leaders honored as legislative champions of the year for 2022 by CCM -- Matt Ritter, Holly Cheeseman, Cathy Osten and Paul Cicarella

Four Connecticut state legislators -- two State Senators and two State Representatives -- were honored as Legislative Champions of the Year for 2022 by the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities (CCM) at CCM’s annual statewide convention held on November 1 and 2 at the Mohegan Sun Resort and attended by over 700 municipal and business leaders. 
The honorees for 2022 are Speaker of the House Matt Ritter, State Representative Holly Cheeseman, State Senator Cathy Osten and State Senator Paul Cicarella. 

2022 CCM Convention and Exposition to take place November 1 and 2 at the Mohegan Sun. Leaders from nearly 130 towns and cities will gather

Over 700 government and business leaders from across Connecticut and beyond will come together on November 1 and 2 at the Mohegan Sun Resort for the 2022 Convention and Exposition of the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities, the statewide association of towns and cities. 

CCM publishes sixth and final issue bulletin in 2022 election campaign series — financing local public education

The Connecticut Conference of Municipalities (CCM) today (Wednesday, October 26) released its sixth and final issue bulletin in CCM’s 2022 election campaign series — financing local public education. 

Key municipal and education advocates call on State to end prohibition against using American Rescue Plan funding as a match to help fix CT schools’ aging HVAC systems

The Connecticut Conference of Municipalities (CCM), the Connecticut Association of Public School Superintendents (CAPSS), and the Connecticut Association of Boards of Education (CABE) today (Tuesday, October 25) urged Governor Lamont’s administration and the Department of Administrative Services (DAS) to reconsider the prohibition of municipalities using local American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds as a match for the newly created grant program to install, replace, or upgrade heating, ventilation, or air conditioning (HVAC) systems.