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…
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…
…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…
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…
…The Board of Selectmen is at a stalemate until the first selectman convinces his fellow selectmen or they convince him. If a stalemate then the demo money is returned. The…
…month: the Boards of Education, Finance, Selectmen and Town Council deciding what we can afford now. Town departments requested $8.6 million in Capital, down from $11.1 million. The Selectmen cut…
…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…
…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…
…the Board of Selectmen to spend the money allocated” for the demolition, Engel said. “We don’t have a vote.” First Selectman Kevin Moynihan sat through the Council meeting including a…
…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…
Darien schools are requesting a budget increase of 2.34% (including the new tuba). Wilton’s school board is asking for 2.24%. Note, in the last 3 years Wilton has averaged less…
…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…
…Board of Education budget. This is not a criticism of the school budget or their priorities. It is simply the recognition that 2.8% average annual growth we’ve seen for the…
…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…
…MuniVal consultation period is complete (this week and first week of January), then the Board of Assessment appeals process is complete (February) and then the (town and school) budget process…
…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…
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…
…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…
…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…