Site Slogan

What can we help you with today?

Mayor of Waterbury to lead Connecticut towns and cities in 2018 as CCM President

Mayor of Waterbury to lead Connecticut towns and cities in 2018 as CCM President

For Immediate Release
Tuesday, January 2, 2018
Kevin Maloney (203) 710-3487

Neil O’Leary, long-time mayor of Waterbury, has been elected President of the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities (CCM) for 2018. 

Mayor O’Leary served in 2017 as CCM’s 1st Vice President. Advancing the state-local partnership, community building, economic development, and improving the overall quality of life in his city have been key to O’Leary’s success in Waterbury. He also has been a leading player for CCM members in helping to push state legislative action on local revenue diversification, cost containment efforts through mandates relief, and greater regional service sharing among towns.

“2018 will represent another crucial crossroads in the relationship between Connecticut local governments and its state leaders,” said Joe DeLong, CCM Executive Director. “CCM is very fortunate to have such an experienced mayor to lead our 166 member communities. He is well-respected on both sides of the political aisle at both the state and local levels and will play a key role in forging consensus on important state-local issues during the 2018 General Assembly session.”

Here are CCM’s other officers for 2018:
1st Vice President, John A. Elsesser, Town Manager of Coventry
2nd Vice President, Michael J. Freda, First Selectman of North Haven

CCM Board for 2018

CCM Board for 2018 back to top

Newly elected to the Board of Directors for 2018 are:
Tom Banisch, First Selectman of Madison
Matthew S. Knickerbocker, First Selectman of Bethel
Michael C. Tetreau, First Selectman of Fairfield
John Salomone, City Manager of Norwich

Also serving again on the Board of Directors in 2018 are:
Luke A. Bronin, Mayor of Hartford
Robert M. Congdon, First Selectman of Preston
Joseph P. Ganim, Mayor of Bridgeport
Toni N. Harp, Mayor of New Haven
Barbara M. Henry, First Selectman of Roxbury
Catherine Iino, First Selectwoman of Killingworth
Marcia A. Leclerc, Mayor of East Hartford
Curt B. Leng, Mayor of Hamden
W. Kurt Miller, First Selectman of Seymour
Rudolph P. Marconi, First Selectman of Ridgefield
Leo Paul, First Selectman of Litchfield
Scott Shanley, General Manager of Manchester
Jayme J. Stevenson, First Selectman of Darien
Erin Stewart, Mayor of New Britain
Daniel D. Syme, First Selectman of Scotland
Mark B. Walter, Town Administrator of Columbia
Steven R. Werbner, Town Manager of Tolland

Past presidents continue to serve on the CCM Board. They are:
Susan S. Bransfield, First Selectwoman of Portland
Mark D. Boughton, Mayor of Danbury
Matthew B. Galligan, Town Manager of South Windsor
Herbert C. Rosenthal, Former First Selectman of Newtown

CCM is the state’s largest, nonpartisan organization of municipal leaders, representing towns and cities of all sizes from all corners of the state, with 166 member municipalities.

We come together for one common mission, to improve everyday life for every resident of Connecticut. We share best practices and objective research to help our local leaders govern wisely. We advocate at the state level for issues affecting local taxpayers. And we pool our buying power to negotiate more cost-effective services for our communities.

CCM is governed by a board of directors that is elected by the member municipalities. Our board represents municipalities of all sizes, leaders of different political parties, and towns/cities across the state. Our board members also serve on a variety of committees that participate in the development of CCM policy and programs.

Federal representation is provided by CCM in conjunction with the National League of Cities. CCM was founded in 1966 and is marking its 52nd year of service to Connecticut towns and cities in 2018.

Datesort ascending Topics
06/02/20 As Towns Across CT Continue Battle Against Coronavirus, CCM Publishes Its First Booklet On Local Public Health Effort
05/29/20 Cromwell Senior Center Connects Members To The World
05/29/20 CT Towns To Spend over $62 Million Battling Coronavirus By July
05/22/20 17 Percent of CT Restaurants Offering Outdoor Dining, But Challenges Remain
05/22/20 Governor Has Been A big Ally Of Towns; Except On Coronavirus Relief Funding
05/15/20 New Haven Mayor Not So Sure About May Reopening Date
05/15/20 Are COGs CT’s Future Counties?
05/08/20 As CT Readies To Reopen, Parents Face Child Care Gap in Towns
05/08/20 Salons, Barbers And Patrons Hold On For Reopening In Communities
05/05/20 Assembly Doctors Call for Greater COVID Precautions; CCM, CT Partnership Push Need For Summer School, Youth jobs
05/01/20 Connecticut towns Have Yet To See Any Federal Coronavirus Stimulus Money
05/01/20 Lt. Gov. Announces Local Committee Aimed At Long-Term Economic Recovery Post COVID-19
04/28/20 CT Businesses Could Begin Reopening In 7-10 Days, Governor Lamont says
04/23/20 Wallingford Among Towns Eager For Federal Stimulus Funding
04/23/20 Cities, Towns Incentivize Eating Local With Contests, Other Perks
04/17/20 Geballe Says CT Businesses Will Have To Wait Until Mid-May, At Least, To Reopen
04/17/20 Milford Approves Tax Deferral Program During Pandemic
04/09/20 CCM, Municipalities Press Lamont To Share COVID-19 Federal Relief Funds
04/09/20 Opinion: CCM Is Here For Connecticut
04/08/20 CCM calls on Governor and Congressional Delegation to share federal funding for CT cities and towns to battle fallout from COVID-19
04/03/20 Shelton Firm Working On COVID-19 Drug
04/03/20 Towns Implementing Low And High Tech Tools To Keep Town Business Running
03/27/20 Drive-Through Town Meeting In Vernon - Keeping A Democratic Tradition During Coronavirus Crisis
03/19/20 Lamont Releases Mashantucket Pequot, Mohegan Funds Early
03/19/20 Ansonia Police Modify Procedures Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
03/16/20 Lamont Allows Towns To Hold Meetings Remotely To Limit Spread of Coronavirus
03/12/20 Bethel Police Earn Law Enforcement Accreditation Award
03/12/20 Municipalities Mull Meeting Cancellations In Wake Of Coronavirus
03/06/20 Middletown Leaders Using Social Network Live Functions To Promote Open Government
03/06/20 CCM: Towns Need State, Business Dollars To Clean Up Firefighting Foam
03/03/20 Towns Need Greater Partnership With State And Businesses To Battle Environmental Fallout From Fire-Fighting Foam Leaching Into Municipal Aquifers And Public Water Supplies
03/03/20 NLC: Managing Through the Coronavirus: What Local Leaders Need to Know
02/28/20 Expanding Post-Traumatic Stress Coverage Under Workers' Compensation Statutes Would Walk Away From 2019 Bi-Partisan Agreement
02/28/20 Gov. Lamont’s Pending Proposal Helps Municipal Infrastructure Needs, Borrows $200 Million For Transportation
02/28/20 New London In Pursuit Of A Strong Economic Future
02/21/20 Benefits Of Electric School Bus Fleets Explored In Fairfield
02/21/20 If State Borrows To Fix Highways, Will There Be Money For School Construction, Sidewalks And Economic Development?
02/14/20 Better Manchester Celebrates 10th Anniversary
02/14/20 Making Sure The Count Counts
02/07/20 Governor Files Bond Package That includes Tens Of Millions For Local Projects
02/07/20 Municipalities Examine What State Budget Proposal Brings Home
01/30/20 Middletown: Change Starts at Home
01/30/20 Property Tax Appeals Are Costing Hartford, Other Munis Big Bucks. Now Towns Want To Reform The System.
01/20/20 Groton Moving To Dual Language Ballots
01/20/20 CCM: Tackle Transportation, Property Tax Reform, Arbitration & Opioids And More
01/16/20 2020 State Legislative Program of Towns & Cities: Setting the Stage in 2021 for Comprehensive Reforms; Making the Most in 2020 on Immediate Concerns
01/13/20 Bristol Students Learn Value of Getting Their Hands Dirty
01/13/20 DEEP Wants Authority To Stop Feeding of Wildlife on Private Property
01/02/20 CT Courts Moving Notices To Websites, Newspapers Oppose
01/02/20 Ridgefield Addresses Vaping Problems Before They Begin
12/20/19 New Milford IT Department: Small Changes Make Town Safer
12/20/19 Climate Change Vs. City Infrastructure
12/16/19 CTC December 2019
12/11/19 CCM Honors Municipal Department Efforts in Four Towns – Brookfield, Westport, Hartford and Fairfield – with Municipal Excellence Awards At CCM’s Annual Convention
12/11/19 Students From Stafford Middle School Joseph A. Foran High School in Milford Take Home Scholarships at CCM’s Annual Convention
12/11/19 Municipal Leaders From Wolcott and East Haddam Honored With Major Awards In Achievement And Innovation at CCM’s Annual Statewide Convention
12/10/19 First Selectman of North Haven Elected To Lead Connecticut Towns And Cities In 2020 As CCM President
12/05/19 New Britain’s Data Center Project Represents A Massive Change
12/05/19 Lamont Tells Municipalities Infrastructure Funding Funding On The Way
11/20/19 Walkable Towns And Cities Inject A Little Color Into The Landscape
11/20/19 Connecticut Pension Liability Cost Much Greater, Astronomical, Says Study
11/14/19 New Britain Offers Assistance To Property Owners To Repair Sidewalks
11/14/19 Tolls Would Mean infrastructure Cash For Host Communities
11/12/19 CCM Commission To Develop Comprehensive Grass-Roots, Property Tax Relief Plan To Be Pitched Directly To Voters In The 169 Towns And Cities Next Spring Through Fall
11/08/19 Hartford: Merging Libraries benefits City, College, Students and Residents
11/08/19 Crumbling Foundation Loan Program Begins For Costs After Concrete Is Replaced
10/31/19 West Haven Finds Developers To Buy Two Former School Buildings
10/31/19 CCM report: Towns Are Overwhelmed By Thousands Of Diseased Trees From infestation
10/31/19 Legislative Leaders Get Briefed On Transportation Plan With Fewer Tolls
10/30/19 32 Communities Achieve Prestigious Sustainable CT Certification
10/24/19 Towns, CCM, Says Winter Won’t Wait For Lamont, Legislators To Cut Deal
10/24/19 No Quick Resolution To Municipal Recycling Squeeze
10/17/19 Congressional study: CT Near The Top In Funding Schools With Property Tax
10/17/19 Lamont Considers Needs of CT cities
10/08/19 State Reports First Vaping-Related Death
10/08/19 Mass. Company Competes To Harness Wind Power For CT, Pitching Bridgeport As A Hub
09/30/19 Court Awards Lebanon Ownership Of Green
09/30/19 Bethel Committee To Track Sustainability
09/24/19 Municipal Leaders Make Push To Free Up Infrastructure Grants
09/24/19 Ridgefield Battles Vaping At High School, State Legislature
09/16/19 CCM Calls On Governor, Legislature To Pass The Bond Package — $150 million In Critical Infrastructure Improvement And Repair Funding At Stake
09/16/19 Small Green Initiatives add up to Big Green Savings in North Stonington
09/16/19 Opioid Settlement Money Must Be Used To Fight The Scourge
09/09/19 Property Taxes A Drag On All Of CT, Not Just Hartford
09/09/19 Gov. Lamont on CT Property Taxes And Immunization Records
08/29/19 The Wheels On The Bus: Bus Transportation Serves Millions Across CT
08/29/19 Branford animal shelter director spends week in kennel
08/28/19 CTC August 2019
08/16/19 State Bonding Gridlock Stalls Summer Repaving Funds
08/16/19 DEEP Goes Deep On Recycling And Energy
08/08/19 2019 Convention Brochure
08/05/19 Finding The Right Audience For CT's Largest City
08/05/19 Local Leaders From Across U.S. Met In Bridgeport For Women In Municipal Government And Hispanic Elected Local Officials
07/24/19 General Assembly Easily Approves School Construction Grants
07/24/19 Harbor Views on New Haven
07/10/19 Farmington Canal Bike Trail Connects 12 CT Communities
07/10/19 Upheaval In Recyclables Market May Cause CT Towns To Lose Serious Bucks
06/27/19 New Haven Board of Alder Leaders Inject Community Voice In Development Boom
06/27/19 Teacher Pension Cost Debate May Not Be Over Yet
06/14/19 Ashford Conservation Commission Cleans Up Roads For Nature And Beauty
06/14/19 CCM: Legislative Session Nets Out For CT's Munis
06/07/19 CCM Presents Initial Assessment of Enacted State Budget and 2019 General Assembly Session
06/06/19 A Delicate Balance For A First Ring Suburb
05/30/19 Pension Offsets Bill Would Be The Worst And Most Costly Workers Compensation Legislation In Years
05/30/19 Connecticut’s Middle Class Endure Sisyphus-like Punishment
05/24/19 Waterbury Looks To Brand Cities Recent Growth
05/24/19 Local News Is In A Hidden Golden Age
05/23/19 CT&C May 2019
05/17/19 Seymour Collaborates With CT Economic Resource Center
05/17/19 Proposed Deal Presented On PTSD Benefits For Police And Firefighters
05/10/19 Wilton Brings Departments, Organizations In The Know On Tax Credits
05/10/19 Rising Local Recycling Costs Putting Pressure On Lawmakers To Pass Plastic Bag Ban, Expand Bottle Deposit System
05/02/19 Mansfield Public Library eliminates Most Fines On Late Books
05/02/19 CCM thanks Appropriations and Finance Committees For Actions That Aid Connecticut Property Taxpayers
05/02/19 Democratic Lawmakers Support Lamont’s Plan To Have Cities And Towns Pay For Teachers’ Pensions
04/30/19 CCM Statement In Response To Appropriations Committee Budget Plan
04/26/19 Municipal Leaders Meet With Lamont But Neither Side Makes Any Promises
04/26/19 CT Municipalities Say They Have Made Big Cutbacks
04/22/19 OP-ED: Municipalities Present Solutions To Minimum Budget Requirement For Education
04/22/19 CCM Survey: Towns And Cities Have Sought To Limit Budget Increases, And Cut Back Services, As They Fight For Needed Level Of State Aid For July 1
04/15/19 CCM To host Regional State-Local Legislative Updates On April 16,17 and 18 In Six Regions Across Connecticut
04/12/19 Brooklyn Seizes Opportunity To Install Solar Panels For Maximized Value
04/12/19 Triple Crown Charity On Tap
04/12/19 Cities And Towns Could Face $24M Hit From Minimum Wage Hike
04/05/19 Hartford Raises Legal Age To Purchase Tobacco Products
04/01/19 CCM reports that towns and cities respond to opioid addiction crisis with wide range of increased services and costs
03/29/19 Cities Project: A Statewide Newsroom Collaboration
03/29/19 What One Local Government Did Right
03/22/19 Middletown Looks To Expand Alternative Energy Resources To Renters, Low-Income Homeowners
03/22/19 New Haven Parking Scofflaws Owe City $13.8M
03/18/19 CCM Membership Now Includes All 169 Towns And Cities For The First Time In CCM’s 53-Year History
03/15/19 Hartford, New Haven invest in gun safety
03/15/19 Don't trash recycling
03/08/19 Cities And Towns Face Soaring Recycling Costs, CCM Urges State Action
03/08/19 CT Mayors Band Together In Attempt To Sue Opioid Makers
03/08/19 Brookfield To Rreinvigorate Growth With Easy To Understand Zoning Rules
03/01/19 West Hartford Makes Extensive Use Of Free CCM Service To Save Money On Prescriptions
03/01/19 Aresimowicz Backs Tolls
02/22/19 Town Officials Concerned About Aid Levels, Shift In Teacher Pension Costs In Lamont Budget
02/22/19 Hamden Addresses Critical Infrastructure Needs
02/21/19 CT&C February 2019 r1
02/21/19 Connecticut Municipal CEOs - 2019 Directory
02/20/19 CT&C February 2019
02/15/19 Manchester Adds Voting District To Ensure Enfranchisement
02/15/19 Lamont: Cut back On Bonding To Manage Debt -- CCM Has Concerns
02/08/19 CCM Leader O'Leary Builds Closer Relationships with Gov, Assembly, OPM
02/08/19 Norwalk has multiple bus projects in the works
02/08/19 Editorial: Take A Deep Breath And Consider Regional School Alternatives
02/01/19 Underfunded Teacher Pension Fund could hinder future budgets
02/01/19 Bridgeport Saw It And Fixed It
01/25/19 CCM, Towns Push Tax Relief For Unpaid Federal Workers As Result Of Government Shutdown
01/25/19 Newtown Educates Citizenry About Fire Prevention
01/18/19 Tolls, Special Ed. Funding, Shared Services On Same Page for Mayor & Senator
01/18/19 Middletown Earns Sustainable CT Certification
01/15/19 2018 Annual Report
01/11/19 Plastic Coyotes Protect Middletown Park From Geese
01/11/19 Legal Recreational Weed Moving Closer To CT
01/03/19 Wilton Prepares For Snowfalls By Optimizing Routes
01/03/19 Take Care of Pensions Now
12/21/18 Give More Time To Assess Cost Of Bills
12/21/18 Mayor of Waterbury Re-Elected To Lead Connecticut Towns And Cities in 2019 as CCM President
12/14/18 Trash diversion Looks For A Smarter Way In New Haven
12/14/18 TV news, newspaper websites lead pack for citizens seeking info
12/06/18 The Pension Buck Stops Here
12/06/18 State Mandates: Fiscal Note Impact Not ‘Potential Minimal’
11/28/18 Getting Around On Two Wheels: Projects Around State Support Burgeoning Biking Culture
11/28/18 Lamont Transition Gets Busy With 15 Policy Committees with Dec. 12 Deadline
11/28/18 To Report Bullying And Bad Student Behavior, CT Schools Turn To Anonymous Reporting Apps
11/20/18 Innovative Ideas for Managing Local Governments
11/20/18 CT&C November 2018
11/16/18 Home Grown Businesses: Winchester looks to grow small businesses
11/16/18 Mayors Pitch Lamont On Transit, $chools
11/09/18 How Can Counting Votes in CT Towns Take Less Time?
11/09/18 Advocacy Groups Vow Cooperation With Gov.-Elect During 'Honeymoon' Phase
11/05/18 CCM Names State Senator George Logan of Ansonia and State Representative Jason Rojas of East Hartford as State Legislators of the Year
11/05/18 CCM publishes fourth and final report in its “Election Campaign 2018” series: Regionalism: Working Together For Tomorrow
10/24/18 Lamont, Stefanowski and Griebel Set For Final Debate On The Night of October 30 at CCM Convention at Foxwoods
10/24/18 Hartford Becomes First CT Town To Raise Tobacco Purchasing Age To 21
10/18/18 Ansonia church, businesses help buy ballistic helmets for Ansonia Police
10/18/18 CCM is live with “2018 Election Central” website to engage voters to push candidates on state-local issues
10/11/18 New Haven Home Sale Price Doubles In 13 years
10/11/18 CCM Publishes Third Report In Series, Property Tax Dependency and Achieving Property Tax Relief
10/03/18 Ansonia-Derby School Regionalization Effort Kicks Off
10/03/18 CCM Publishes Second Report In Campaign Series, Issues In Funding Local Public Education
10/02/18 CCM's Local Public Education Funding Report
09/25/18 Lamont Offers Tax Relief In Jobs Plan; CCM Wants To Work With State
09/25/18 Hartford Area Teens Continue Focus on Gun Violence Prevention
09/18/18 2018 Election Report: Unfunded Mandates
09/17/18 Single-Use Plastic-Bag Ban Instituted In Greenwich
09/17/18 CCM Publishes First Report In Its “Election Campaign 2018” Series, Unfunded State Mandates: The Corrosive Impact on Property Taxpayers
09/07/18 Eastern Connecticut Towns Receive Funding For Concrete Foundation testing
09/07/18 CCM and Environmentalists Debate ‘Model’ Fracking-Waste Ordinance
08/30/18 West Haven is one step closer to seeing The Haven Shopping Center Open
08/30/18 Gubernatorial Debate Schedule Set -- with CCM Hosting Finale
08/28/18 CT&C August 2018
08/23/18 Stamford High School Health Center Is A Model For Student Health
08/23/18 CCM Devises Model Ordinance For Towns To Prohibit Hydraulic Fracturing Waste At The Local Level
08/16/18 Moderator And Panelists Announced For Likely Last Gubernatorial TV Debate Sponsored By CCM, WTNH NEWS 8, Hartford Courant
08/16/18 Landslide Lamont Offers Mayors A Deal
08/16/18 Derby Saves Thousands On Prescription Drug Costs Through CCM Program
08/09/18 Crumbling Foundations Trending As A Campaign Issue
08/09/18 State’s first cohousing community to be built in Bethany
08/02/18 Pomfret: Using Nature’s Lawnmowers To Keep Weeds And Brush in Check
08/02/18 NBC30 Forum -- At A Price: The Cost of Local Town Living
07/26/18 Norwalk Park: Brownfield Remediation in Action
07/26/18 Pension Shortfalls Loom Large; Two Experts Talked Solutions With CCM
07/20/18 Bethel Joins 50 Other Towns For Sustainable CT
07/20/18 CCM, Legislators And Municipal Leaders Discuss Special Education Cost Issues
07/06/18 In New Britain: From Tool Manufacturing Hub To Data Center
07/06/18 Car Tax Bills Jump Along With New State Cap
06/29/18 DPS 2018
06/28/18 CCM, CIRMA moving Headquarters to Long Wharf in New Haven This Fall
06/28/18 CCM Applauds Supreme Court Decision On Internet Sales Taxation; Urges State To Authorize Fair Sales Tax Treatment For All CT Retailers
06/22/18 CCM, Municipalities Sue PURA Over Broadband Decision
06/22/18 Vexatious FOI complaints Subject Of New Law
06/18/18 Connecticut Town & City June 2018
06/14/18 CCM Urges General Assembly To Override Governor's Veto Of New Legislation That Would Prohibit The Executive Branch From Cutting Education Aid In The Mddle Of The Fiscal Year
06/14/18 Banking on a Community: Start Community Bank aims to make a difference in New Haven
06/05/18 Who Rescued Who? North Haven Invests in its Pets
06/05/18 Jobs and Town Aid Roads Top Bond Commission Agenda
05/31/18 Unallocated FY 18 Town Aid Road (TAR)
05/24/18 New Haven Aims To Solve Parking Problems Downtown
05/24/18 Big Pharma Asks Court To Dismiss Cities’ Opioid Lawsuits
05/24/18 Telecom Industry, Towns Continue Fight In Municipal-Broadband Case
05/17/18 Local Cameras To Help Bristol Police Keep City Safe
05/17/18 CCM Presents Checks To Three Statewide Charities Totaling Nearly $40,000 After First Ever Philanthropic Event
05/17/18 SeeClickFix Grows Into Role Helping Towns Manage Storm Response
05/10/18 CCM Statement Assessing 2018 General Assembly Session and State Budget
05/10/18 A Railway Runs Through It. “Port of Naugatuck” aims to develop unused land and revitalize an entire area.
05/10/18 Legislature Overwhelmingly Enacts Bipartisan CT budget; Municipal Aid Shielded
05/03/18 Dozens Of Nonprofits Denied Tax-Exempt Status As Towns And Cities Look For Needed Revenue
05/03/18 Municipal Lobby Makes Final Push To Protect Emergency Reserves From Labor
04/30/18 CCM To Host Last Gubernatorial TV Debate Of The 2018 Election Cycle: Event To Be Sponsored and Led By WTNH 8, Hartford Courant
04/27/18 Trumbull Day is Back!
04/27/18 CCM Trying to Protect Local Fund Balances In Last Weeks of Session
04/18/18 Meriden Turns to Social Media for Library Use
04/18/18 Understanding the Great Connecticut Taxpocalypse
04/17/18 CT&C April 2018
04/13/18 In Closing Weeks: CCM Urges General Assembly To Pass Key Legislation Protecting Municipal Fund Balances
04/13/18 Wall Street Firm Says Federal Tax Limits Could Hurt CT Towns
04/13/18 Towns and Cities Adamantly Oppose Costly, Unnecessary, New Benefit For Police And First Responders
04/06/18 Offshore Wind Could Be A Boon To New London's Port
04/06/18 Hearst Newspapers: A New Game Board Needed in CT
03/29/18 Fiscal Panel’s Formula For Revitalizing CT Provokes Some Pushback
03/29/18 Moody’s: Connecticut Cities and Towns Feel Pressured By State’s Fiscal Woes
03/22/18 Raymark in Stratford Makes Short List For Redevelopment
03/22/18 Towns Told To Make Up For State Education Cuts
03/16/18 Despite Snowstorms, Town Road Grants Remained Stalled
03/16/18 CCM Backs Plan To Revitalize CT — Despite Possible Risk To Local Aid
03/09/18 CCM Board Unanimously Endorses Package Of Initiatives Presented by State Commission on Fiscal Stability and Economic Growth
03/09/18 Bill Would Allow Higher Fees For FOI Requests If For “Commercial Purposes,” Electronic Records
03/01/18 CCM Assesses Recommendations By Commission on Fiscal Stability and Economic Growth
03/01/18 Timber! – at Sharon's Housatonic State Forest
03/01/18 Legislators Consider Action On CCM Regional Efficiencies, Sharing Services
02/23/18 Towns Face Tax Pressures After Slow Recovery From Great Recession
02/23/18 Governor: Towns Need More Affordable Housing
02/20/18 Connecticut Town & City February 2018
02/16/18 House Speaker Calls for Eliminating Car Tax -- Again
02/15/18 CCM Calls on Governor & State Bond Commission To Take Action To Release Critical Infrastructure State Aid Promised For Towns In Second Half of FY 2017-18
02/07/18 See-Click-Fix! Hamden Joins Growing Number Using Mobile App
02/07/18 Governor Unveils Proposed Muni aid -- Better Than Last Year, But Some Towns Still Zeroed Out
02/07/18 Big Public Labor Unions Don't Want This Debate
01/29/18 Editorial -- Connecticut’s S.O.S. -- Mayors ask Hartford to save them from collective bargaining
01/29/18 Editorial -- Yes, change how state benefits are set for public employee
01/25/18 Ellington Dairy Farm Expands– and – Wants All to See
01/25/18 CCM: End Collective Bargaining for Pension, Health Benefits -- Current Costs Are Unsustainable
01/18/18 Supreme Court: CT's Education System Is Flawed, But Not Unconstitutional
01/18/18 Woodbridge Budget Presentation Second To None
01/11/18 Malloy Chief Says No To $5M for Three Towns For Car Taxes
01/11/18 Ansonia Public Works Chief In Spotlight For Saving City Money
01/03/18 Back to Life! Apartment Complex Key to New Britain Revitalization
01/02/18 Mayor of Waterbury to lead Connecticut towns and cities in 2018 as CCM President
12/20/17 Body Camera Ready: Stamford Latest Police Force to Sign Up
12/20/17 Lawmakers Delay Action, Special Session On Medicare Program Until The New Year
12/19/17 CTC December 2017
12/07/17 Editorial: Change Needed To Drive State Forward
12/07/17 CCM’s first-ever statewide student contest posed the question: What is cool about your local government? More than 100 middle and high school students responded with winners from Milford and South Windsor
11/30/17 CCM Names State Legislator of the Year -- Senator Gayle Slossberg of Milford
11/30/17 New CCM Initiative Helps Towns Become More Sustainable
11/30/17 Editorial: Legislators — Take This Small Step To Help Cities and Towns
11/22/17 First Bike-Sharing Program in CT Set To Roll In New Haven
11/22/17 Minority Leader Calls For Special Session To Stop New Munciipal Aid Cuts
11/20/17 CCM Response To OPM Anouncing New $91 Million Cut in State Aid
11/16/17 Local Party Control Shifts Across CT After Municipal Elections
11/16/17 Boost for New London With Condo Complex Planned for City Center
11/08/17 Hartford Gets Boost from UConn: Campus in State Capitol Lauded
11/08/17 Welcome to CT's Newly Elected Mayors And First Selectmen
11/03/17 Farms In Four CT Towns Improve Energy Systems
11/03/17 Administration, Legislators At Odds Over The Math of Local Aid Cuts
10/27/17 Cities and Towns Exhale With Budget Vote
10/27/17 Bipartisan State Budget Protects Municipal Aid, Achieves Significant Municipal Reforms
10/27/17 Wethersfield Remembers Its Seniors: Town Offers Many Programs for Elderly
10/20/17 Cops to Hamden: “How We Doing?” Residents Surveyed on Police Response, Other Issues
10/20/17 Legislative Leaders Reach Tentative Deal With No Teachers' Retirement Contribution by Towns
10/16/17 CCM responds to Moody’s actions downgrading credit ratings of towns and cities as state budget impasse drags on
10/16/17 CCM statement in response to Governor's latest budget proposal
10/13/17 Still No Budget: CCM Doesn't Want Pensions Pushed on Towns
10/13/17 Fairfield Goes “Electric” -- Cars and Bikes on Display
10/05/17 CCM Board calls on Governor and General Assembly to establish a new Pension & Retirement Benefits Reform Commission and not transfer any teachers’ retirement costs to towns until commission assesses matters
10/05/17 Municipal aid hits multiply as big grants are cut
09/28/17 CCM Statement In Response to New Report By Municipal Market Analytics
09/28/17 Branford RR Station Is Path for Development
09/22/17 Local Officials Continue To Worry About Budget Stalemate As Oct. 1 Nears
09/22/17 Helping Those In Need: Volunteers help feed Hartford, West Hartford Residents
09/16/17 CCM Statement on Budget Bill Adopted by the General Assembly
09/14/17 The Time for Municipal Line-Item Veto of Education budgets Has Come
09/13/17 CCM and COST Joint Statement on Budget Proposal by House and Senate Republicans
09/08/17 CCM Responds to Governor's Latest Budget Proposals
09/08/17 Municipal Leaders Have Shown You Our Sustainable Plan — What Is Yours?
08/30/17 Higher Income Taxes For CT’s Wealthy May Still Be in Play
08/30/17 How Many Cities & Towns Face Insolvency Over Budget Stand-0ff? Malloy Begins Counting
08/25/17 Westport Police Gear Up For Citizen Police Program
08/25/17 Report From Malloy Seeks To Re- Frame Debate Over Changes To, Need for, State Aid
08/17/17 CT&C August 2017
08/17/17 Growing Number of Towns Consider Lawsuit Against Pharmaceutical Companies Over Opioid Addiction
08/17/17 Municipal Fund Balances At 5 percent Fall Far Short Of Needed Financial Buffer
08/09/17 Municipal Officials Fear Info Sought By Malloy Could Lead To Slashed Aid
08/09/17 Connecticut Towns Mull Shrinking Fiscal Options As They Wait For State Budget
07/28/17 Municipalities Are Increasingly Struggling Without Budget Deal In Place
07/24/17 Over 60 Towns & Cities Respond to CCM Survey Illustrating Service & Fiscal Constraints Imposed On Local Governments As New Fiscal Year Begins Amidst Continuing State Budget Impasse
07/21/17 Groton Fire Department Begins New Outreach Effort
07/21/17 Group of CT Municipalities Explore Lawsuit Against Opioid Drugmakers
07/14/17 CCM: Time For Dueling Press Conferences on Budget Proposals Is Over
07/05/17 State To Allow More Input on Cellphone Antenna Placement
07/05/17 Truth – House Dems Sales Tax Fairer Than Onerous Property Tax Hike
06/30/17 Democrats Call For Sales Tax Increase; Possible Vote July 18
06/30/17 CCM Response To Revised Two-Year Proposed State Budget From House Democratic Leaders
06/29/17 Without State Budget, Towns Could See Steep Cuts Under Malloy’s Executive Order
06/21/17 Cities, Towns Ask State Leaders in TV Ad, ‘Are You listening?’
06/15/17 Without a CT Budget by July 1, The Options Are All Bad
06/15/17 Lack Of State Budget Brings Uncertainty To Cities, Towns
06/08/17 Towns Rattled By State's Budget Uncertainty
05/31/17 Lawmakers 'Growing Tired' Of Local Leaders Blaming Legislature For Fiscal Woes, Speaker Says
05/25/17 CCM Again Pushes Its Sweeping Plan As Budget Talks Intensify
05/18/17 Cities and Towns Face Massive State Aid Cuts Under Revised Budget Plan
05/11/17 Towns Ask Why CT Officials Won’t Touch Teachers’ Pensions
05/11/17 Malloy Proposes Immediate Budget Cuts, Would Withhold June Local Aid Payments
05/05/17 Punishing Property Tax Just Keeps Growing
04/26/17 Sales Tax Proposal Contingent On Cost-Control Measures Being Adopted
04/21/17 Teachers Union, Local Leaders Speak Out Against Pension Cost-Shift Proposal
04/13/17 Northeastern CT Town Leaders Struggle With Creating Firm Budgets This Year
04/07/17 Legislators Hear From Mayors, First Selectmen; Unknowns in State Budget Causing Worries
04/07/17 CCM Launching New Video Ad to Support HB 7293 and 6937 – Key Cost Containment Proposals Highlighted in CCM’s “This Is Different” Report
04/07/17 Gov’t Sector Bleeding Jobs in Connecticut
03/31/17 Raising The State Sales Tax Not Off The Table
03/24/17 Labor Agreements Impede Shared Services, Cities Say
03/24/17 Democrats Eyeing Sales Tax Hike To Plug Holes In Next CT Budget
03/17/17 Milford Seminars: Small Businesses Begin With Big Dreams
03/17/17 Trump’s Education Budget: 4 Things To Know For CT Schools
03/10/17 Leadership Unable To Get Municipal Relief Vote Over Finish Line
03/03/17 Has Regionalism’s Time Finally Come?
02/24/17 Battles Over Labor’s Wages Heat Up At Capitol
02/17/17 State Budget Fallout Slams Fairfield
02/17/17 Lawmakers Renew Debate Over Workers’ Comp Coverage For PTSD
02/10/17 No One Wants A Share of CT’s Teacher Pension Bill
02/03/17 CCM Executive Director: State Should Act Outside ‘Comfort Zone’ To Create Economic Stability
02/03/17 Gov. Malloy Proposes Financial Oversight Board to Monitor Troubled Municipalities
02/03/17 Malloy Proposes Easing Mandates On Cities And Towns
01/27/17 Governor, House Speaker Commend CCM and Municipal Leaders for New, Intriguing and Thoughtful Proposals
01/27/17 CCM Recommends Sweeping Changes To Buttress Municipal Finances
01/24/17 CCM To Release Major Report on a "New Way Forward" for CT Cities and Towns; Executive Director DeLong says "This Report is Different"
01/06/17 CCM, CBIA and CT AFL-CIO reconvene Project B.E.S.T. economic summit: Report released on new findings from work groups at 2016 CCM Convention
01/05/17 Malloy's Feb. 8 Budget Proposal To Recalculate Municipal Aid, Education Funding
01/03/17 CCM says $50M In Mid-Year Budget Cuts To Municipalities Is Untenable
12/19/16 Reaching Across Borders Can Be A Win For Towns, Cities
12/05/16 Walker: ‘Devastating’ Cuts Cannot Solve CT’s Budget Woes
11/23/16 Portland First Selectwoman To Head Connecticut Conference of Municipalities
11/23/16 O’Leary Elected Vice President of CCM
11/16/16 CCM Calls For State To Repeal Spending Cap
11/11/16 2016 CCM Convention to take place November 14-15 at Foxwoods Resort. Nearly 1,000 participants from over 130 municipalities will gather as CCM marks its 50th year of service to towns and cities
11/04/16 CT Continues To Rely Too Heavily On Property Tax To Fund Education
10/21/16 CT’s Fiscal Woes Could Mean Higher Municipal Borrowing Costs
10/21/16 Organization Draws Focus To Poverty, Struggling CT Cities
10/14/16 DPH Considers Regionalization, Local Leaders Have Big Concerns
10/07/16 CCM, CBIA & CT AFL-CIO to Reconvene Economic Summit Nov. 14; House Speaker Brendan Sharkey to Lead Regional Policy Development at Summit
10/05/16 Group Warns: As Cities Go, So Go The Suburbs
10/05/16 CCM Raises Alarm On Urban Poverty: Report Says Big Cities Struggle To Serve Neediest
09/20/16 California Company Alarms CT Towns With Letters Proposing 120-Foot 'Utility Poles'
09/12/16 CCM launches its “Election Campaign 2016” with new public policy report, The Property Tax: How Over-Reliance Jeopardizes Connecticut’s Economic Future.
09/08/16 CCM initial statement in response to Superior Court decision in CCJEF v. Rell school-funding decision
09/08/16 CCM Initial Statement In Response To Superior Court Decision in CCJEF v. Rell School-Funding Decision
08/29/16 CCM panel ramping up for comprehensive policy development on municipal fiscal operations and regional service delivery
08/26/16 Towns Wary of Local Spending Cap As State Begins Revenue Sharing
08/24/16 Push for Regional Cooperation Intensifies in Connecticut
08/22/16 Point Counterpoint; Lori Pelletier, CT AFL-CIO vs. Joe Brennan, CBIA
08/12/16 New CCM report shows how local officials can best combat drug abuse in their communities
08/10/16 New CCM Report Shows How Local Officials Can Best Combat Drug Abuse in Their Communities
08/09/16 Town Declines State Grant Over Objections To Municipal Spending Cap
08/03/16 CCM And Its Sustainability Task Force Partners With ECSU To Present Best Practices In Sustainability Efforts In CT
07/18/16 Report: CT, New England States Lag Nation In Capital Spending
07/07/16 CT Towns, Medical Examiner Compromise On Handling Of Remains
07/01/16 CCM calls on state to continue staffing New Haven and Hartford prisoner detention centers
07/01/16 Our State: A Good Place To Be Evicted, Except For Towns
06/07/16 Malloy Makes ‘Last Minute’ $20 million Cut to State Aid -- Can Towns Depend on Projections?
06/03/16 CCM Statement Regarding Last-Minute $20 Million Cut to Towns and Cities
05/27/16 State Handing Towns Responsibility For Unclaimed Human Remains
05/25/16 Senate Leader Pledges Commitment to Capping ‘Unfair’ Car Tax
05/24/16 Some Win, Some Lose In State Aid Allotments
05/13/16 Five Things To Know About the Budget Implementer: Retirement For All, Yard Goats, Diapers and More General Assembly
05/13/16 A handshake, then a vote on Connecticut’s next budget
05/12/16 CCM Expresses Concerns Regarding Two Aspects of the Budget Implementer Bill
05/11/16 CCM, Local Elected Officials Urge Lawmakers To Make Structural Changes
05/03/16 CCM says that the Governor’s latest budget proposal calls for nearly $120 million in state aid cuts
04/29/16 CCM Applauds House & Senate Democrats for Budget; Republicans for Mandates Relief Package
04/27/16 CCM calls on State to immediately release $60 million in funds that are overdue to towns for critical transportation projects
04/21/16 A Connecticut compromise on firefighters’ cancer relief
04/21/16 CCM Launches TV Ad Campaign For Last Weeks of Session
04/12/16 Bill to Allow Fewer Polling Places in Primaries Back After 4 Years
04/07/16 Appropriations Budget Falls Far Short of Closing Deficit
04/04/16 Committee bill Would Eliminate State Venue Tax, in Favor of Local One
03/30/16 2016 CCM Services Brochure
03/29/16 CCM: Deficit Package A Win For Property Taxpayers
03/28/16 Our View: Municipal aid reduction would be tax hike by another name
03/28/16 Editorial: Mind the cities and the good will come
03/18/16 Big City Mayors Urge Lawmakers To Maintain Property Tax Relief
03/16/16 Republicans pitch furloughs, restore hospital aid, put municipal revenue sharing at risk
03/16/16 Guilford residents save big on prescription drug costs through CCM
03/16/16 Municipalities look to streetlights to save money
03/02/16 Municipal leaders pushing for change in spending cap
03/02/16 Cities and towns: don’t burden us with unfunded mandates
03/02/16 Towns Look To Fend Off Budget Cuts
03/01/16 Transportation Committee Debates Merits Of DMV Bill, Delinquent Motor Vehicle Taxes
02/29/16 First responders back broader PTSD coverage; Mayor O'Leary warns of bill's potential cost
02/29/16 More than 70 municipal leaders to assemble for CCM Day on the Hill on Tuesday, March 1 at the State Capitol; News conference set for 10:45 a.m. with state legislative Leaders
02/26/16 Legislators Nearing Deal On Cancer Coverage For Firefighters
02/22/16 Connecticut towns scramble as DMV lists thousands of vehicles in wrong municipalities
02/19/16 Berlin Saves Residents Over $70,000 From CCM Prescription Drug Discount Program
02/16/16 Firefighters' cancer compensation deal close, but far from a done deal
02/15/16 Firefighters, towns talk compromise on cancer bill
02/12/16 DMV is a car wreck, don’t blame towns
02/10/16 Governor, municipalities at odds over car tax and DMV
02/09/16 Speed DMV lines by shedding collection role; problematic for towns
02/05/16 CCM is working with Governor and Legislators to advance proposed state budget as it affects towns and cities
02/01/16 Big budget changes uncertain as lawmakers return to Capitol
02/01/16 Op-Ed --In Connecticut: We Must Become the Change We Want to See, by Joe DeLong CCM Executive Director
01/29/16 CCM reminds state leaders that unfinished business remains on three issues of concern to towns
01/20/16 OP-ED | What CCM Means by ‘Collaborating for the Common Good’
01/20/16 Municipal lobby wants to shed ‘special interest’ image
01/15/16 Video on CTN: CCM Capitol News Briefing on the Launch of Statewide Media Campaigns
01/14/16 Municipal Lobbying Group Launches TV Ad Campaign
01/13/16 CCM launches simultaneous media campaigns to advance public's understanding of state aid and property taxes and CCM's collaborative efforts for towns and residents
01/05/16 City seeks more energy efficient streetlights through partnership with CCM
12/28/15 Mayor Mark Boughton’s statewide stature to increase in 2016 as the president of the 158-member CCM
12/17/15 Danbury Mayor Boughton elected president of statewide municipalities group
12/17/15 CCM Report Highlights Regional Cooperation Efforts
12/17/15 CCM report stresses need for more regional cooperation
12/15/15 CCM Elects New Officers and Board of Directors for 2016; Mayor Mark Boughton of Danbury Elected President
12/11/15 Norwich Bulletin -- Our View: Economic summit produced host of good ideas
12/10/15 End-Of-Session 'Christmas Tree' Bill No Way To Make Law
12/08/15 Economic summit makes key recommendations
12/08/15 Labor, Business, Municipalities Press For Reform Following Summit
12/08/15 Legislator Blasts Budget Implementer Process
12/08/15 Diverse Group of Stakeholders Reaches Consensus on Key Policy Areas
12/08/15 CCM, CBIA and Connecticut AFL-CIO Briefing on CTN to Release Economic Summit Report & Policy Proposals
12/07/15 OP-ED | State‘s Tax Panel Must Resolve Residents’ Biggest Tax Problem—The Property Tax
12/07/15 CCM, CBIA & CT AFL-CIO economic summit: report released on top summit findings
12/03/15 OP-ED | State‘s Tax Panel Must Resolve Residents’ Biggest Tax Problem—The Property Tax
11/16/15 2015 Project B.E.S.T. Summit
11/11/15 Over 175 key CT leaders to convene tomorrow Nov. 12- through Nov. 13 for first-ever economic summit
11/04/15 More than 100 key CT leaders to convene on Nov. 12- 13 for first-ever economic summit brainstormed by CCM, CBIA and CT AFL-CIO
09/01/15 Digital BackOffice to be lead business sponsor of the October 20 CCM Convention and Exposition
06/17/15 Over 80 municipal officials to assemble for June 18 CCM Annual Meeting; New CCM Executive Director to present first major address on the "New CCM" and legislative concerns with coming Special Session
06/12/15 Connecticut's local leaders call for more inclusion and transparency in the state budgeting process
06/01/15 Initial CCM statement in response to state budget agreement
05/29/15 CCM calls on General Assembly to quickly fix Senate Bill 1 to better deliver fiscal relief to hard-pressed property taxpayers and reduce municipal overreliance on the regressive property tax
05/26/15 Coalition unites to oppose new mega mandate for workers' comp; news conference set for Wed., May 27 at 11 a.m. at State Capitol
05/19/15 Enact a state budget that protects property taxpayers, Op-Ed by Joe DeLong, CCM Executive Director
05/18/15 With major cancer presumption bill reaching critical stage, CCM begins airing radio messages calling on legislators to turn aside this costly unfunded state mandate
05/18/15 Click here to listen to CCM radio spot opposing cancer presumption mandate: "If we don't learn from the past, we are destined to repeat our mistakes..."
05/18/15 Click here to listen to CCM radio spot opposing cancer presumption mandate "Proponents are pushing two huge mandates that would unnecessarily cost towns millions..."
03/23/15 New federal data shows low-income students shortchanged for education funding; CCM points to overdependence on property taxes; $600 million underfunding of ECS grant
03/19/15 Special appropriations forum with municipal leaders on Governor proposed budget
03/10/15 Resident state trooper proposal would cost 29 towns $3.1 million; total for all towns would exceed $5 million
03/05/15 CCM says 70 towns and cities would receive less aid
03/03/15 CCM, poised for even greater success, names Joseph DeLong Executive Director
02/18/15 Proposed state budget would maintain overall state aid to towns and cities
02/03/15 CCM asserts: state's tax incidence study finds the property tax is most burdensome and regressive state-local tax on CT residents and businesses
01/28/15 CCM's initial response to DEEP's revised stormwater permit proposal for towns
01/15/15 CCM asserts: serious issues still remain after DEEP signals possible changes to proposed MS4 stormwater permit
01/05/15 CCM's 2015 state legislative priorities announced