Date: Fri 05-Apr-1996

Publication: Bee

Author: KAAREN

Quick Words:

LOCIP-state-grant

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Selectmen Allocate Capital Improvement Grant Money

The Board of Selectmen Monday night approved the use of $42,000 in Local

Capital Improvement Funds (LOCIP) for projects at Edmond Town Hall and

Treadwell Park.

The funds are part of a $186,262 LOCIP grant which the town expects to receive

from the state this year. With this grant, the town will have $605,354 of

LOCIP funding on hand, of which $200,000 has been committed to prepare new

maps for the tax assessor's office.

The selectmen voted unanimously to spend $6,500 to upgrade the smoke alarms at

Edmond Town Hall and $500 for maintenance to the generator that provides

emergency power to the 911 emergency dispatch center. They also approved an

expenditure of $35,000 for an addition to the pavilion at Treadwell Park.

At the request of Selectman Gary Fetzer, the board delayed action on a

proposal to spend $20,000 for several items that are part of a Transportation

Planning Study within the I-84, Route 6, Route 25 area of town. This study in

the Hawleyville section is being done with a federal/state grant through the

auspices of the Housatonic Valley Council of Elected Officials (HVCEO).

First Selectman Bob Cascella explained that three items - a cost benefit

analysis, a supplemental site plan and computer graphic imaging of the project

- are not covered by the grant but are considered by HVCEO to be advantageous

for the project. Mr Fetzer said he needed time to learn more about the HVCEO

study before voting on the expenditure.

Mr Fetzer also requested that a proposal to spend $6,600 to replace the

carpeting in the offices of the first selectman, the town clerk, the tax

collector and the tax assessor, be postponed until the next selectmen's

meeting so that he could visit Edmond Town Hall to look at the condition of

the existing carpeting.

Mr Cascella said that if all of the projects are approved, the uncommitted

balance in the LOCIP account would be $336,754. Of that, an estimated $250,000

might be needed to replace the aging municipal underground fuel oil tanks with

above-ground tanks.