Volume 19, Number 23
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Thursday, August 4, 2016
Council rejects new police station see worse figures from the state.”
By Ashley Kus Citizen staff
A $16 million police station project will not be moving forward in Berlin. The Town Council voted down the proposal with a 4-2 vote Tuesday night, July 26. Mayor Mark Kaczynski cited the state’s financial woes and town budget uncertainty as the primary reasons for not going ahead with the project.
The Charter Revision Commission presented further amendments to the Town Council last Tuesday. | Ashley Kus, The Berlin Citizen
“It’s been a very difficult budget year,” he said. “Going forward next year I only
A public hearing on the project was held last month with support voiced by the police department and police commission, as well as by a few residents. Chief Paul Fitzgerald explained to the council during the hearing that the current facility was cramped and unsafe. The plan consisted of a two-story building which would be located on the site of the former Kensington Furniture store at 913 See Town Council, A2
Further changes made to charter Tennis, basketball By Ashley Kus Citizen staff
The Town Charter has gone through quite a few changes since the Charter Revision Commission started looking over the document earlier in the year. After public hearings on the matter, the commission made several
“I know we sent stuff back to you, and we appreciate you guys having another meeting and going over that,” said Mayor Mark Kaczynski at a Tuesday night, July 26 meeting. One big change was on the regulatory boards in which Planning and Zoning was kept the same instead of the
original proposal to split the board into two separate functions. In regards to the town budget, the commission added that if the new Board of Finance fails to recommend a budget to the council, then the budget for the current fiscal year will be submitted. The commission also made See Further changes, A3
courts get the go-ahead By Ashley Kus Citizen staff
The town is moving forward in the process to replace the tennis and basketball courts at Berlin High School.
been able to play a home game in a while,” said Mayor Mark Kaczynski. The courts have been too cracked and damaged to play on for some time. The Town Council approved an ordinance of $550,000 for the cost of
“The tennis team hasn’t
See Tennis, A4
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