Chairman’s View: Picking Priorities (Dec. 6, 2018)
…first joint offsite meeting among the four funding bodies (Board of Selectmen, Town Council, Board of Education, Board of Finance) in over 10 years, an important step toward approaching our…
…first joint offsite meeting among the four funding bodies (Board of Selectmen, Town Council, Board of Education, Board of Finance) in over 10 years, an important step toward approaching our…
…they met Board of Finance standards published in the fall. We are not. Board of Finance models were based on changing assumptions. The whisper number from the Board of Finance…
Chairman’s View: Urging school board to resolve security camera issue MAY 24, 2018 BY NEW CANAAN TOWN COUNCIL CHAIRMAN JOHN ENGEL I wrote this column in February and pulled it…
Town Council faces buildings, Board of Education MARCH 21, 2018 BY JOHN ENGEL, CHAIRMAN, NEW CANAAN TOWN COUNCIL The Town Council choked over a $1 million “placeholder” in the budget…
…been a board member of the New Canaan Land Trust since 2013, is a board member of Staying Put in New Canaan and an advisory board member for the New…
…years from 12% to 10%. Capital Plan The Town Council, Board of Education and Board of Finance agreed last year to work on common budget guidance in the fall. Those…
…and 5%. This is budget week: Tuesday’s public hearing and Thursday’s final Town Council vote. What happened and didn’t happen this year? The Board of Finance held the overall budget…
…mass of lies, evasions, folly, hatred and schizophrenia.” (He was probably thinking of the Town Council when he wrote that.) Fortunately for New Canaan the contested race for the Board…
…departing chairmen of the Town Council and Board of Finance. Neither asked for the job of chairman. John is a fiscal conservative: voted against an appropriation for land acquisition, an…
…residents. Seven speakers favored the Town’s plan to demolish the barn. Amy Murphy Carroll, a resident who is also a member of the Board of Finance and a past co-chairman…
…the mill rate from the current 16.960 to an estimated 18.259. The final mill rate to be set by the Board of Finance on April 9. Attached is Board of…
…purposefully in tension with the Town Council and BOF” Half of the Town Council was in attendance at the last Board of Finance meeting and one veteran member said, “I…
…if we follow Board of Finance guidance. Therefore, the mill rate announced in May will be between 18.61 and 18.69. That’s up 10% from 16.96. A homeowner’s revaluation would have…
…neighborhood watch. Work together to watch out for each other. We have new Board of Education leadership. With this change I hope to see the board present a budget within…
…street, why is everything on it for sale?” The New Canaan Board of Realtors is considering the question. Board President Janis Hennessy absolutely supports the ban. Former presidents Joe Scozzafava…
…next three years and is necessary if we are to decrease debt service toward the 10% guideline set by the Board of Finance in the fall of 2018. If we…
…of library or Waveny renovations? How far does $7.8 million get us? Irwin House: First, it was to be a museum. Then, offices for nonprofits. Then Board of Finance members…
…might be New Canaan’s hardest working board, with meetings that can last till midnight. When they deliberate on a high-profile project like the Roger Sherman or Merritt Village, it is…
I am a realtor in town, active in the Republican party, a Saxe mom, and a member of the Zoning Board of Appeals. It is in that context that I…