Legal Notice --  Town of Putnam

NOTICE OF SPECIAL TOWN MEETING JUNE 11, 2014 AND

REFERENDUM VOTE ON JUNE 19, 2014

  Electors and persons qualified to vote in Town Meetings of the Town of Putnam, Connecticut are hereby notified and warned that a Special Town Meeting of said Town will be held at the Putnam Middle School Auditorium, 35 Wicker Street (Israel Putnam Way), Putnam, Connecticut, on Wednesday, June 11, 2014 at 7:30 P.M. for the following purposes:

To receive communication from the Board of Finance and Board of Selectmen with respect to, and to consider the following entitled resolutions:

1. “RESOLUTION APPROPRIATING $7,735,000 FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE QUINEBAUG REGIONAL TECHNICAL PARK PHASE I FOR COMMERCIAL AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND AUTHORIZING THE ISSUE OF $7,735,000 BONDS OF THE TOWN TO MEET SAID APPROPRIATION AND PENDING THE ISSUANCE THEREOF THE MAKING OF TEMPORARY BORROWINGS FOR SUCH PURPOSE”

2. “RESOLUTION AMENDING A RESOLUTION APPROPRIATING $7,500,000 FOR TOWN DRINKING WATER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS CONSISTING SUBSTANTIALLY OF THE REPLACEMENT OR RELINING AND CLEANING OF WATER LINES INSTALLED APPROXIMATELY FROM 1940 AND EARLIER, AND AUTHORIZING THE ISSUE OF $7,500,000 BONDS OF THE TOWN TO MEET SAID APPROPRIATION AND PENDING THE ISSUANCE THEREOF THE MAKING OF TEMPORARY BORROWINGS FOR SUCH PURPOSES”

(The purpose of the amendment is to increase the appropriation and bond authorization from $7.5 million to $15.495 million, to increase the scope of the project, make changes to financing language, and to ratify, confirm and adopt all prior authorizations and bond resolutions in connection with the Project.)

      The Board of Selectmen voted, pursuant to Chapter VIII, Section 4(f) of the Town Charter that the vote on Item 1 and Item 2 of the call of the Special Town Meeting to be held on June 11, 2014, be removed from the call of such meeting and adjourned to be submitted to Electors and Citizens qualified to vote in such meeting to a referendum vote at Adjourned Town Meeting to be held on Thursday, June 19, 2014.

As a result, the Special Town Meeting will be held only to consider and discuss the bond resolutions (Item 1 and Item 2) not to vote on them.  The questions to be voted on at the referendum shall be stated as follows:

  Question 1:

“Shall the resolution entitled “RESOLUTION APPROPRIATING $7,735,000 FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE QUINEBAUG REGIONAL TECHNICAL PARK PHASE I FOR COMMERCIAL AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND AUTHORIZING THE ISSUE OF $7,735,000 BONDS OF THE TOWN TO MEET SAID APPROPRIATION AND PENDING THE ISSUANCE THEREOF THE MAKING OF TEMPORARY BORROWINGS FOR SUCH PURPOSE”, as approved by the Boards of Selectmen and Finance, be approved?”

The ballot label for said question shall read as follows:

“Shall the $7,735,000 appropriation and general obligation bond issuance authorization to construct road, bridge, water, sewer, natural gas, and other improvements on approximately 62 acres of town land near the intersection of Routes I-395 and Kennedy Drive to create a regional commercial business development park, as approved by the Boards of Selectmen and Finance, be approved?  Yes/No”

Question 2: 

“Shall the resolution entitled “RESOLUTION AMENDING A RESOLUTION APPROPRIATING $7,500,000 FOR TOWN DRINKING WATER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS CONSISTING SUBSTANTIALLY OF THE REPLACEMENT OR RELINING AND CLEANING OF WATER LINES INSTALLED APPROXIMATELY FROM 1940 AND EARLIER, AND AUTHORIZING THE ISSUE OF $7,500,000 BONDS OF THE TOWN TO MEET SAID APPROPRIATION AND PENDING THE ISSUANCE THEREOF THE MAKING OF TEMPORARY BORROWINGS FOR SUCH PURPOSES,” as approved by the Boards of Selectmen and Finance, be approved?   YES   NO”

The ballot label for said question shall read as follows:

“Shall the proposal to expand the water system improvement project approved in 2012 to include the following additional improvements: 1) replace or rehabilitate an additional 20,000 linear feet of water mains, 2) rehabilitate the Richmond Hill Water Storage Tank, 3) eliminate dead ends in water lines by connecting them to the system loop, and 4) provide a GIS Water Distribution Map, offsite scanning and meter reading capability and associated technological enhancements, and to pay for those additional improvements, increase the appropriation and general obligation bond issuance authorization from $7.5 million to $15.495 million (expected to be financed by an estimated $4,980,000 State and Federal grants and $10,515,00 general obligation State and Federal Loans and town bonds), as approved by the Boards of Selectmen and Finance, be approved?  Yes/No”

The voting will be by paper/electronic ballot. Those desiring to vote for the question shall fill in the box in front of the question on the ballot at “YES.” Those desiring to vote against the question shall fill in the box in front of the question on the ballot at “NO.” Absentee ballots will be made available in accordance with the law.  Absentee ballots will be counted at the following central location: Putnam Town Hall.

The full text of the aforesaid resolutions is on file, open to public inspection, in the office of the Town Clerk.  The vote on the aforesaid Resolutions is taken under the authority of Chapter VIII, Section 4(f) of the Town Charter.

The polls will be open during the hours between 12:00 Noon and 8:00 P.M. and electors shall cast their votes at District 1, Murphy Building, 61 Keech Street, Putnam, Connecticut; District 2, Public Works Garage, 151 Fox Road, Putnam, Connecticut.

Property owners who are not electors but are Qualified voters pursuant to Section 7-6 of the Connecticut General Statutes, as amended, shall cast their votes at District One, Murphy Building, 61 Keech Street, Putnam, Connecticut.

In accordance with Section 7-6 of the General Statutes of Connecticut, as amended, persons eligible to vote at Town Meetings are (i) any person who is an elector of the Town of Putnam and (ii) any citizen eighteen years of age or more who, jointly or severally, is liable to the Town of Putnam for taxes assessed against him or her on an assessment of not less than One Thousand Dollars on the last completed grand list of the Town, or who would be so liable if not entitled to an exemption under subdivision (17), (19), (22), (25) or (26) of Section 12-81 of the General Statutes.

Such Town Meeting may consider and act upon any other business which may lawfully come before the meeting.

Dated at Putnam, Connecticut

 this 19th day of May, 2014

 

TOWN OF PUTNAM

ITS BOARD OF SELECTMEN

Anthony P. Falzarano, Mayor

Alma D. Morey  --  J. Scott Pempek

Owen A. Tarr  --  Peter E. Benoit

Renee C. Lasko  --  Douglas Cutler Jr.

ATTEST: Sara J. Seney,  Town Clerk

 

June 4, 2014

 

Legal Notice

Town of Pomfret

Planning and Zoning Commission

At the May 28, 2104 meeting of the Pomfret Planning & Zoning Commission, the following application was acted upon: 

1. Ellsworth Chase, 32 Covell Road, special permit for barn addition (approved)

 

Dated at Pomfret, Connecticut

June 2, 2014

Lynn L. Krajewski, 

Clerk 

Planning & 

Zoning Commission

June 4, 2014

 

Legal Notice

Town of Putnam - Zoning Board of Appeals

The Town of Putnam Zoning Board of Appeals will hold a meeting on June 17, 2014 at 7:00 P.M. at the Town Hall located at 126 Church Street, Putnam. CT.  A public hearing will be held on the following:

Appeal # 2014-004: Robert Lindells appeal from the decision of the zoning agent, Section 720 “Schedule of Uses & Districts” of the Town of Putnam Zoning Regulations for the location of a Tattoo Parlor at 168-172 Main Street a.k.a. 1 Lee Street, Town Assessor’s Map 015, 015. Zoned C-5. 

Joseph Nash, 

Chairman

June 4, 2014

June 12, 2014

 

Legal Notice - Town of Putnam

Zoning Commission

The Town of Putnam Zoning Commission will hold a meeting on June 18, 2014 at 7:00 P.M. at the Town Hall located at 126 Church Street, Putnam, CT.  A public hearing will be held on the following:

Docket # 2014-03: Susan Frechette (Quiet Corner Counseling Services) — Request for a Special Permit to locate Psychotherapy Services according to Section 720 Schedule of Uses and District of the Town of Putnam Zoning Regulations.  The business would utilize the first floor of the property located at 36 Church Street, Town Assessor’s Map 015, Lot 038. Zoned R-7.

 

Patricia Hedenberg, 

Chairman

 

June 4, 2014

June 12, 2014

 

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