Legal Notice  

Town of Putnam

NOTICE OF ANNUAL TOWN MEETING

MAY 10, 2017

The Electors and Citizens qualified to vote in Town Meeting of the Town of Putnam, Connecticut, are hereby notified and warned that the Annual Town Meeting of said Town will be held in the Putnam Middle School Auditorium at 35 Wicker Street (Israel Putnam Way), Putnam, Connecticut, on the 10th day of May, 2017, at 7:30 o’clock in the evening for the following purposes:

1. To choose a moderator for said meeting.

2. To consider and act upon the recommendations of the Board of Finance that appropriation for General Government (including Bonded Indebtedness in the amount of $613,969 and Capital Improvements of $580,000) in the amount of $6,133,115.00 and the Library in the amount of $556,174.00 for a total of $6,689,289.00 be made for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017, and ending June 30, 2018, and to make such appropriations as are advisable.

3. To consider and act upon the recommendations of the Board of Finance that appropriation for the Board of Education with a total amount of $17,755,007.000 with anticipated Special Education Grant Reimbursements of $1,804,811.00 resulting in the appropriation amount of $15,950,196.00 be made for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017 and ending June 30, 2018 and to make such appropriations as are advisable.

4. To determine the wishes of those present and eligible to vote at Town Meeting of the Town of Putnam to consider and act upon the following resolution: RESOLVED:  That the Board of Selectmen, acting as agents of the Town of Putnam, be authorized to apply for and receive any State and Federal grants that may become available and appear to them to be in the best interest of the Town of Putnam.

5. To determine the wishes of those present and eligible to vote upon the proposed Five-Year Capital Improvement Plan for the period commencing with fiscal year July 1, 2017, through the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022. A copy of the proposed plan is on file in the Mayor’s Office and available for public inspection during normal business hours.

6. To determine the wishes of those present and eligible to vote at Town Meeting of the Town of Putnam upon the following resolution:

RESOLVED, by the Town Meeting of the Town of Putnam that the new Canoe & Kayak launch facility located off of Kennedy Drive at the Quinebaug River Water Trail shall be named and designated the Douglas M. Cutler Memorial Canoe and Kayak Launch as a permanent memorial to his long and dedicated service to the people of Putnam.

 

Dated at Putnam, Connecticut, 

this 26th day of April, 2017

 

TOWN OF PUTNAM

ITS BOARD OF SELECTMEN

 

Anthony P. Falzarano, 

Mayor

Alma D. Morey, 

 J. Scott Pempek

Owen A. Tarr, 

Roy Simmons

Renee C. Lasko,

 Douglas Cutler Jr.

 

ATTEST:

Sara J. Seney, Town Clerk 

 

May 3, 2017