PUTNAM — April 14 Putnam’s proposed Quinebaug regional tech park may have taken its first step toward being truly regional.

The Board of Selectman in Scotland April 14 voted unanimously to allow its first selectman Daniel Syme the authority to enter into formal negotiations with the Town of Putnam.

Putnam selectmen J. Scott Pempek and Owen Tarr, along with Town Administrator Doug Cutler, presented the tech park to the Scotland selectmen.

Pempek said after a presentation last week, the Scotland selectmen met April 14 to discuss it further. Pempek added, “Many residents in attendance were in favor of the concept expressing a desire to diversify their tax base.”

Pempek said there are still three more towns that have expressed an interest in looking into the possibility of joining the regional tech park. He said presentations are scheduled with those towns “within the next two weeks.”

Cutler had said recently that if the town of Putnam applies for a $2 million grant with the state’s Manufacturing Assistance Act grant with another town it may win more than the 50 percent it would get if it applied alone.