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Panel discusses programs for disabled adults By Devin Leith-Yessian The Citizen
Catherine Zabrensky, third from left, stands with volunteers with HomeFront, a Stamfordbased nonprofit which renovates homes for those in need and unable to do the work themselves. Dozens of volunteers visited Zabrensky’s East Berlin home on May 4, to make it more accessible. Devin Leith-Yessian, The Citizen
Volunteers help local woman stay in her Main Street home By Devin Leith-Yessian The Citizen
A flurry of power tools and paint brushes recently transformed the home of one elderly Berlin resident. “I could never have done these things,” said Catherine Zabrensky, whose home at 44 Main St. was fixed by dozens of volunteers earlier this month. “It makes my home look more like a home.” Volunteers removed a shed
from her backyard, cleaned up the exterior, repainted the walls inside, replaced the baseboard heaters and traded her bathtub for a walk-in shower. “To me it was a danger getting in and out of the tub,” she said. “Taking the cast iron tub out was no small feat, let me tell you,” said Joan Baker, the Rob Hansen repaints a door volunteer coordinator for while renovating the home the work done at Zabrenof Catherine Zabrensky.
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“They've taken all the holiday gifts and all the A panel of experts in social birthday gifts and they've services for the disabled got it all in an account bemet at Berlin High School cause they're saving up on Wednesday, May 8 to for their child. Then their give some guidance child turns 18 and they've to those who are navigatgot $10,000 in the bank. ing – or who are preparing They've done such a great to navigate – this potenial- job. But they're not eligily fraught time. ble for anything because they have $10,000 of asBerlin Director of Special sets," she said. Education Linda Holian told attendees that it’s Nancy Ansman, a case important to start planmanager with the Departning for their children’s ment of Developmental future as early as possible, Services, provided some noting that many parents details on what certain in the audience were there programs require and for children still in elehow the requirements mentary school. change as a child reaches adulthood. Colleen Masse, a special needs planning attorney
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St. Paul Church 485 Alling St., Kensington. Mass schedule – Saturdays, 4 p.m.; Sundays, 7:30, 9, 10:30 a.m. and noon. 860-828-0331.
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(2018 J;armington Ave location) HAA5 RAA:0.013 By-product of drinking water chlorination mg/l [Total Haloacctic Acids] (0.009-0.0192) (2018 - Ellwood Rd location) TTIIM RAA: 0.044 By-product of drinking water chlorination mg/l [Total Trihalomcthanes] (0.0312-00627) (2018- Ellwood Rd location) **Under the EPA Stage 2 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule (DBPR) our water system was required to conduct an Initial Distribution System Evaluation (IDSE). The IDSE is used to detennine the levels of disinfection byproducts (TTI-IM & I-IAA) in the distribution system for future regulations. Disinfection byproducts are the result of the disinfection of your drinking water. They form when the disinti:ctants combine with naturally occurring organic matter in the water. The IDSE data was !!Q! used for compliance purposes by the CT Department of Public Health-Drinkine Water Section and test results were not reauired to meet the MCL of 60 oob for I-IAA and 80nnb for TI HM.
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Note: The state allows us to monitor for some contaminants less than once per year because the concentrations of these contammants do not change frequently. Not all contaminants arc tested for every year due to monitoring waivers and therefore we must use the most recent round of sampling. Some of our data is more than one year old, however, is limited to no older than 5 years.
2018 Annual Drinking Water Quality Report Units:
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2018 Annual Drinking Water Quality Report
Kensington Fire District Kensington, CT PWSID# CT00700Il
Pam per million (ppm) or Milligrams per liter (mg/I) • one part per million corresponds to one minute in two years or a single penny in $10.000.
Parts per billion (ppb) or Micrograms per liter - one part per billion corresponds lo one minute in 2.000 years, or a single penny in
$ I 0,000.000.
Kensington, Picocuries CT per liter (pCi/L) - picocuries per liter is a measure of the radioactivity in water. :\1icrograms per liter (µg/1)- a measure of radioactivity in water. PWSID# CT00700Il .\,lillirems per year ( mrem/year) - a measure of radiation absorbed by the water.
Nephelometric Turbidity U11it (NTU) - nephelometric turbidity unit is a measure of the clarity of water. Turbidity in excess of 5 NTU is just noticeable to the average person.
We'reDrinking pleased toQuality present to also youknown our asAnnual Drinking Water Quality Report, also known as the Consumer We're pleased to present to you our Annual Water Report, the Consumer Definitions: Confidence Report. This report, a requirement Confidence which, if exceeded. a contaminant of the 1996 Report. level (AL) - the concentration This toreport, amendments the Safe a requirement Drinking Water Act, of is the 1996Action amendments to the ofSafe Drinking Watertriggers Act,treatment is or other requirements which a water system must follow. designed to inform you about the quality water and services we deliver to you every day. Our constant goal is to designed to inform you about the quality water and services in drinking water. we process intended deliver is a required - A treatment to(TT) you Treatmelll Technique every technique day. Our constant goal toisreduce to the level of a contaminant provide you with a safe and dependable supply of drinking water. We want you to understand the efforts we make to Millio11 Fibers per liter (MFL) - million fibers per liter is a measure of the presence of asbestos fibers that arc longer than 10 micrometers. provide you with a safe and dependable continually improve the water treatment process supply of the drinking water. and protect WeContami11a11t want you our water resources. understand We are committed the efforts to ensuring make that to is allowed in drinking water. MCLs are set as a contaminant level ofwe highest - The MCL is the (MCL) levelto Maximum quality of your water. close to the MCLGs as feasible using the best available treatment technology. continually improve the water treatment process and protect our water resources. We are committed to ensuring the in drinking water below which there is no known Maximum Contami11ant level Goal (MCLG) - The MCLG is the level of a contaminant quality of your water. or expected risk to health. MCLGs allow for a margin of safety. Water Source Our water source consists of a consecutive supply from the New Britain Water Depa1tment, New Britain. CT. Our daily water production averages around 935,000 gallons, with an estimated yearly withdrawal of 341,275,000 Water Source gallons. We maintain approximately 44 miles of water main and our system serves an estimated population of r Our water source 9,180 residents and maintains 3,300 service consists of a consecutive connections. Our certified lab is Northeast Laboratories Inc..supply f om
Drinking Water Equivalent level (DWEL) - A lifetime exposure concentration protective of adverse, non-cancer health effects. that
assumes all of the exposure to a contaminant is from a drinking water source. .l-laxi11111m Residual Disi11fecta11t level (MRDL) - The highest level of a disinfectant allowed in drinking water. There is convincing evidence that addition of a disinfectant is necessary for control of microbial contaminants. Mw:i11111m Residual Disinfectalll level Goal (MRDLG) - The level of a drinking water disinfectant below which there is no knom1 or expected risk to health. MRDLGs do not retlecl the benetits of the use of disinfectants to control microbial contaminants. Ru1111i11g An11ual Average (RAA) - The average of all monthly or quarterly samples for the last year at all sample locations. No11 Oetect (ND) - The contaminant was not detected.
the New Britain Water Depa1tment, New Britain. CT. Our daily water production averages around 935,000 gallons,
with an estimated yearly withdrawal of 341,275,000 Since we purchase our water from the New Britain Water Department, we are not required to treat our water. Over gallons. We maintain miles main and the past year we have not completed any improvements our system serves an estimated population of to our system. Inapproximately (NIA) Not J::stablished the future, we plan to44 Not Applicable, replace 480 of feetwater of I I /2" of copper water main with ductile iron, and also replacingand a looping system with 500 feet 9,180 of ductile iron residents maintains 3,300 service connections. Our certified lab is Northeast Laboratories Inc.. water main. INFORMATION IMPORTANT Lead - Maior Sources in Drinking Water: Corrosion of household plumbing lystems; erosion of natural deposits. We have meetings every Monday at 6pmSince at 947 Farmington we purchase Ave. (rear), our water Kensington, from CTthe New 06037. Britain If you have anyWater Department, we are Infants required towho treat Over lead in excess of the action level could experience containing waterwater. drinkour and children Health Effects Statement:not questions about this report or concerning your water system, please contact Daniel McKeon, Superintendent, at the past year we have not completed show slight any could 480 Children improvements or mental development. physical in theirIn delays to our system. the future, we plan to replace feetdeficits of in al/ention span and learning abilities. mailing address PO Box 2, Kensington, CT 06037 or telephone 860-828-9781. We want our valued customers to water over many years could develop kidney prohlems or high blood pressure. drink who Adults I I /2" of copper water main with ductile iron, and also replacing be informed about their water system. a loopingthis system with 500 feet ofqj"household ductile iron plumbing systems; erosion of natural deposits; leaching water main.
Source Water Protection
Copper - Maior Sources in Drinking Water: Corrosion from wood preservatives Health Effects Statement: Copper is an essential nutrient, but some people who drink water containing copper in excess of the action level over a relatively short amount of time could experience gastrointestinal distress. Some people who drink water containing copper in excess of the action level over many years could, suffer liver or kidney damage. People 1rith Wilson's Disease should consult their personal doctor.
Source water is untreated water f om streams, rivers, lakes, or underground aquifers that is used to supply public have meetings Monday at 6pm drinking water. Preventing drinking waterWe 947 Farmington Ave. (rear), Kensington, CT 06037. If you have any contamination at the sourceevery makes good public health sense,atgood economic sense, and good environmentalquestions sense. You canabout be aware of the challenges keeping drinking waterwater system, please contact Daniel McKeon, Superintendent, at this report or ofconcerning your safe and take an active role in protecting drinking water. There are lots of ways that you can get involved in mailing address PO Box 2, Kensington, CT 06037of or telephone 860-828-9781. We want our valued customers to drinking water protection activities to prevent the contamination of the ground water source. Dispose properly household chemicals, help clean up the watershed that is theabout be informed source their of yourwater community's water, attend public system. meetings to ensure that the community's need for safe drinking water is considered in making decisions about land use. Contact our office for more information on source water protection, or contact the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) at 1.800.426.4791. You may Source Protection also findWater infonnation on EPA 's website at https//ww\\.epa.gov/ source,\ aterprots!�!.Qn r r
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A source water assessment report that wasdrinking completed by the Connecticut Department of Public Health. water. Preventing drinking water contamination at the source makes good public health sense, good Drinking Water Section. The completed Assessment repott is available for access on the Drinking Water economic sense, and good environmental sense. Section's web site: https://portal .ct. gov/DPH/Drinking-Water/DWS/Source-Water-A ssesment-Program-SW AP You can be aware of the challenges of keeping drinking water Reports. The assessment fuuno that t111s safe public and take drinking ansource active water l1as role protecting a highin susceptibility drinking water. There are lots of ways that you can get involved in to potential sources of contamination. Additional source water assessment information can be found at the drinking water protection activities toEnvironmental prevent the contamination of the ground water source. Dispose properly of Protection Agency's website: httpsf/�vww.epa. gov/sourcewaterprotection.
household chemicals, help clean up the watershed that is the source of your community's water, attend public
Water Quality meetings to ensure that the community's need for safe drinking water is considered in making decisions about land Kensington Fire District routinely monitors for contaminants in your drinking water according to Federal and use. Contact our office for more information on source water protection, or contact the Environmental Protection State laws. The following table shows any detection resulting from our monitoring for the period of January I s1 to Agency at of1.800.426.4791. Younotmay also pose find infonnation on EPA 's website at https//ww\\.epa.gov/ December 3 I si, 20 I 8. It's important to remember that (EPA) the presence these contaminants does necessarily a health risk. source,\ aterprots!�!.Qn
A source water assessment report that was completed by the Connecticut Department of Public Health. Drinking Water Section. The completed Assessment repott is available for access on the Drinking Water Section's web site: https://portal .ct. gov/DPH/Drinking-Water/DWS/Source-Water-Assesment-Program-SWAP Reports. The assessment fuuno that t111s public drinking water source l1as a high susceptibility to potential sources of contamination. Additional source water assessment information can be found at the Environmental Protection Agency's website: httpsf/�vww.epa. gov/sourcewaterprotection. Water Quality Kensington Fire District routinely monitors for contaminants in your drinking water according to Federal and State laws. The following table shows any detection resulting from our monitoring for the period of January I s1 to December 3 I si, 20 I 8. It's important to remember that the presence of these contaminants does not necessarily pose a health risk.
I-IAA5 RAA: 0.013 By-product of drinking water chlorination !Total Haloacclic Acids) mg/l (.0.032-0.065) (2018 Farmington Ave location) THIM RAA: 0.043 (Total Trihalomethanes] By-product of drinking waler chlorination mg/l (0. 0103-.0.0184) (2018 J;armington Ave location) HAA5 RAA:0.013 [Total Haloacctic Acids] mg/l By-product of drinking water chlorination (0.009-0.0192) (2018 - Ellwood Rd location) TTIIM RAA: 0.044 [Total Trihalomcthanes] mg/l By-product of drinking water chlorination (0.0312-00627) (2018- Ellwood Rd location) **Under the EPA Stage 2 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule (DBPR) our water system was required to conduct an Initial Distribution System Evaluation (IDSE). The IDSE is used to detennine the levels of disinfection byproducts (TTI-IM & I-IAA) in the distribution system for future regulations. Disinfection byproducts are the result of the disinfection of your drinking water. They form when the disinti:ctants combine with naturally occurring organic matter in the water. The IDSE data was !!Q! used for compliance purposes by the CT Department of Public Health-Drinkine Water Section and test results were not reauired to meet the MCL of 60 oob for I-IAA and 80nnb for TI HM. Note: The state allows us to monitor for some contaminants less than once per year because the concentrations of these contammants do not change frequently. Not all contaminants arc tested for every year due to monitoring waivers and therefore we must use the most recent round of sampling. Some of our data is more than one year old, however, is limited to no older than 5 years. Units:
Pam per million (ppm) or Milligrams per liter (mg/I) • one part per million corresponds to one minute in two years or a single penny in
$10.000.
Parts per billion (ppb) or Micrograms per liter - one part per billion corresponds lo one minute in 2.000 years, or a single penny in
$ I 0,000.000.
Picocuries per liter (pCi/L) - picocuries per liter is a measure of the radioactivity in water. :\1icrograms per liter (µg/1)- a measure of radioactivity in water. .\,lillirems per year ( mrem/year) - a measure of radiation absorbed by the water. Nephelometric Turbidity U11it (NTU) - nephelometric turbidity unit is a measure of the clarity of water. Turbidity in excess of 5 NTU is just noticeable to the average person.
Definitions:
Action level (AL) - the concentration of a contaminant which, if exceeded. triggers treatment or other requirements which a water system must follow.
Treatmelll Technique (TT) - A treatment technique is a required process intended to reduce the level of a contaminant in drinking water. Millio11 Fibers per liter (MFL) - million fibers per liter is a measure of the presence of asbestos fibers that arc longer than 10 micrometers. Maximum Contami11a11t level (MCL) - The MCL is the highest level of a contaminant that is allowed in drinking water. MCLs are set as
close to the MCLGs as feasible using the best available treatment technology. Maximum Contami11ant level Goal (MCLG) - The MCLG is the level of a contaminant in drinking water below which there is no known or expected risk to health. MCLGs allow for a margin of safety. Drinking Water Equivalent level (DWEL) - A lifetime exposure concentration protective of adverse, non-cancer health effects. that
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The Kensington Garden Club’s Semi-Annual Plant Sale is scheduled for Saturday, May 18, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the VFW, 152 Massirio Drive. Wonderful selection of perennials, bedding plants, house plants and more. For more information, email. kensingtongardenclub.net.
Tag sale The Berlin Historical Society will host a tag sale Friday and Saturday, May 17 and 18, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., at 725 Worthington Ridge. Furniture, linens, household items, glassware, toys, vintage items. Rain cancels. Proceeds provide funding for education programs and community programming.
There are currently 130 veterans on the wall. A video slideshow, shown on a 46inch TV, plays in a loop every day the Town Hall is open. Berlin residents and/or their immediate family members who have served, or who are currently serving in the military, are welcome to be included on the Veterans Digital Wall of Honor.
Bring information to the Town Manager’s Office, or call Peter Galgano at 860604-7258.
Heroes Walk Memorial bricks are being sold for the “Heroes Walk” at the Berlin Veterans Memorial Park on Veterans Way. Each brick honors a veteran,
living or deceased, who served in the nation’s military. The honoree’s name, military branch, unit or post and time of service are engraved on each brick before the brick is placed into the walkway of the park. Anyone who is interested in ordering a brick to bear the name of a veteran who has served can get an application on the Town of Berlin’s Veterans Commission web page.
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Current happenings with the BOE
What would Miss McGee think?
The Berlin Board of Education has been busy discussing topics other than the 2019-2020 school year budget. Though it may seem the budget is our only focus during this time of the year, we wanted to share current topics that the board has been discussing.
classroom celebrations are recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Alternatively, some Connecticut districts have worked with their food services program to provide a list of approved snacks that can be purchased by families.
At our May 13 meeting, the board discussed a number of issues related to programming and the provision of services to our students. At the March 25 meeting, a presentation had been made by School-Based Health Services, an organization seeking to promote and enhance the physical and mental health of students, particularly uninsured and under insured populations.
Mr. Benigni, superintendent of schools, and Dr. McGurk, assistant superintendent, shared a proposal to allow local businesses and community organizations to provide sponsorship/funding for books to be distributed to students through the book vending machines at our three elementary schools. The proposal allows for a tiered system of recognition, including lawn signs, recognition in district newsletters or on the district website, and stickers attached to the purchased books highlighting the name of the sponsor.
Superintendent of Schools Brian Benigni and Director of Special Services Linda Holian shared additional information regarding the program, following a visit to Clinton Public Schools, which currently contracts with School-Based Health Services. The board also discussed potential changes to the current practice of allowing food items to be brought into the schools for celebrations. District Wellness Policy 5141 encourages students to make healthy food choices in order to develop lifelong healthy habits, but does not currently address the specific practice of allowing outside food items to be brought into school.
Mr. Benigni previously shared the proposal with the Parent Advisory Group, which expressed strong support for the concept. The sponsorships will create a mechanism for ongoing support of this literacy initiative.
Mr. Cugno shared a plan for the Meriden-New BritainBerlin YMCA to lease a portion of Willard Elementary School during the summer months for operation of its Camp Thundermoon program. The agreement will benefit the school system by providing a small amount of revenue, while benefiting the community by providing In many districts, due to the high quality summer prodesire to maintain safe class- gramming at a convenient room environments for stulocation. dents with food allergies in addition to wellness conJoin us for our next Board of cerns, families are asked to Education meeting on Tuessend non-food treats if they day, May 28, 7 p.m., at wish to provide a small toWillard Elementary School, ken as part of classroom cel- in the ibrary. Also, the secebrations. Such tokens could ond budget referendum will include pencils, stickers or be held on Tuesday, May 28. donations of books or games Polls will be open from 6 to the classroom. Food-free a.m. to 8 p.m.
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remembering is the last time we remembered that I remember lots of stuff, particular thing. Sort of like but I’m also vaguely aware making a copy of a copy of that everything I believe I a copy of a copy — a bit of remember didn’t necessar- blurring happens every ily happen exactly the way time, until what you’re getI “remember” it. ting out of the copy machine can no longer be I’m no brainologist, but I considered a faithful reprorecall reading one time that when we remember some- duction of the original. thing, our mental apparaAnyway, what I was retus is not actually going all membering just now was a the way back to the original scene that took place, incident as it was logged in sometime around 1955, in the old noggin way back the cafeteria of the erstwhen; rather, what we’re while Kensington Gram-
mar School in Berlin, starring Catherine M. McGee, the erstwhile principal thereof. I must’ve been 6 or 7. Miss McGee wanted to make some kind of announcement, so she banged on the nearest table with a fork to get our attention (which shouldn’t have been difficult, since we were all terrified of her). But when the fork came See McGee, A11
Letters to the Editor Town treasure Editor : Several weeks ago, I attended a pancake breakfast at the Hungerford Nature Center in Kensington with my daughter, her husband, and my grandchilden. I have been visiting the center for at least 25 years, with my own children when they were youngsters, and, more recently, with my grandchildren. On this visit, I found the center to look clean and I was pleasantly surprised to see some changes in the exhibits, including an aviary and some new animal displays. When I inquired about the changes at the front desk, I was told that a new director, Tom Pascocello, had been hired in the fall and the changes had come about under his direction.
I look forward to continued visits to the Hungerford Nature Center and watching it evolve under Tom’s direction. Thank you, Mr. Pascocello, for breathing new life into this wonderful treasure in our town. Beverly Polgroszek Kensington
Stop complaining Editor : The people on Worthington Ridge who were complaining about the tree removal, would you rather have trees fall on power lines and cause the lights and heat to go out at the worst possible time? Aren't a few stumps better than losing food, communication and lights? So why not think of the consequences before complaining.
Since the center hadn’t changed much in the many Jay Ritter years I had been visiting, I Berlin decided to speak with Tom and tell him how delighted I was to see the changes he Time for a change had made in such a short Editor : time. The results of the latest Tom was very welcoming, budget referendum reflect and he shared some of the the complete failure of future plans he has for the the Republican majority center, such as improving on the Town Council to the playscape area.
provide any leadership or direction for our community. The budget for the town side was voted against by 86 percent of voters, while the BOE budget was voted down by an astonishing 90 percent of voters. Even more evidence of the complete lack of leadership on the part of Mayor Mark Kaczynski and his Republican colleagues was the fact that voters were largely split on whether the proposed budgets were too high or too low. Not surprising given the Republican record of raising taxes while at the same time cutting services and underfunding basic needs and essential services. This disarray and confusion about a direction for our town is the inevitable result of a governing philosophy based on partisanship and cynicism, and not on a vision of what is in the best interest of Berlin’s residents and future. Consider that during the last two budget years our Republican leaders voted for a budget and then immediately campaigned against its approval. No wonder Berlin voters don’t have any clarity or agreement about a direcSee Letters, A20
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down, it came down on the hand of the unfortunate Marilyn Hart, who just happened to be sitting there. Or maybe it didn’t — maybe the fork almost but not quite hit Marilyn’s hand. That’s what I mean about these old memories. Miss McGee was tall — or was she? She had white hair and a double chin — I think. And I recall the sound of the many bangle bracelets on her arm, clacking together as she banged for silence. Or do I?
Raptor system checks the license against the sex offender registry and other databases. And I thought about how sad it is that we have to even think about stuff like this — that little kids, like I was back then, now have to worry about security. Security? We had no security in those days. Even in 1969, when Berlin named its new middle school after Miss McGee, there was no thought of security. But now we’re 20 years into the era of school shootings, and this is the new normal.
Bomb drills we would have, at my next school. The teacher would lower the I also remember another day Venetian blinds (because at KGS when I had lost my there’s nothing like Venetian quarter for lunch, but some- blinds to stop an atom body found it and turned it bomb) and we’d crouch unin to the teacher, and the der our desks. teacher said whoever can But the bombs never came. tell her what year the quarter is can have it. I told her it Kids today have it worse; the was a 1925, so she gave it shootings keep on coming. back to me. Anyway, the stream of consciousness that brought up all this ancient history started with a recent report in this newspaper:
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Lamont ratchets up the pressure for a vote on tolls By Keith M. Phaneuf Record-Journal staff
Gov. Ned Lamont urged business and labor groups Friday to ratchet up pressure on fearful legislators to vote on his tolls proposal before the session ends on June 5. The Democratic governor also disclosed he would support a temporary transfer of $100 million per year in bonding from other programs to transportation to accelerate construction work until toll receipts arrive in 2024. “I have reached out to Republicans and Democrats,” Lamont said during a press conference overlooking ongo-
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The governor said Connecticut has had a long-running and detailed debate about the best way to pay for a rebuild of its transportation infrastructure, and the time for talk is over. Business and labor leaders stood with the governor Fri-
day to press for an immediate vote on tolls. Joe McGee, vice president of the Business Council of Fairfield County, called Connecticut’s aging transportation infrastructure “a bigger issue than taxes” as far as impediments to economic growth go. “The status quo has shrunk us into a nogrowth strategy.” Don Shubert, president of the Connecticut Construction Industry Association, said “unless with invest in infrastructure, Connecticut See Tolls, A12
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Lamont’s fellow Democrats in both chambers have pressed for more details about the governor’s plan, particularly what extra resources he would dedicate to transportation between now and when toll receipts might arrive.
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Connecticut currently borrows $700 million to $800 million per year for capital work, which is combined with about $750 million in matching federal grants.
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Nate Brown, a spokesman for the Connecticut Building Trades Council and political director for Local 478 of the International Union of Operating Engineers, said Connecticut’s highways, bridges and rail lines have become “a hindrance for our economic development, public safety and quality of life. … You have our 100 percent support on this (tolling) issue.”
DOT officials also told a key legislative panel last month that Connecticut is barely treading water with its current capital spending of $1.4 billion to $1.5 billion per year. In other words, the average condition of roads, bridges and rail lines is being maintained roughly the same. Tolls would raise $800 million per year by 2024 or 2025. But Lamont had been criticized for proposing no additional sources to cover the interim. The governor said Friday he would be willing to transfer $100 million per year away from other borrowing programs to support transportation. Connecticut also borrows funds for school construction, state building maintenance, clean water projects, open space and farmland preservation, and economic development initiatives. That’s less than the $250 million annual transfer that legislators from both parties endorsed in 2017 to keep the transportation capital program afloat until a long-term funding plan could be resolved. “Unfortunately, that $100 million is nowhere near what Connecticut needs to improve infrastructure today,” Senate Minority Leader Len Fasano, R-North Haven, said Friday. “What the governor appears to be proposing still leaves a massive problem in the short term, that makes our long term challenges even more difficult to address.” The GOP plan, “Prioritize Progress,” would combine $700 million in annual borrowing repaid out of the General Fun with the $700 million-to-$800 million it’s already borrowing and paying off out of the Special Transportation Fund. Added to that is $750 million per year in federal grants. It would have more than $2.1 billion each year to spend on transportation projects — without tolls. See Tolls, A20
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Drawing on his own experience as a father to a child with down syndrome, Walter Glomb, executive director of the Connecticut Council on Developmental Disabilities, said some of the most important advice he can give a parent is to find experts who can help find little-known programs or fill out timeconsuming applications.
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and you give them your name and social security number; they've got you on their screen. In 15 minutes they can do stuff,” he said. Sydney Elkin, retired probate judge of West Hartford, said the courts can also be a source of guidance, particularly when it comes to issues of guardianship or conservatorship.
Elkin’s said that oftentimes parents are urged to seek conservatorship over a disabled child as they approach Glomb singled out the bene- adulthood, but stressed that fits counselors at the Depart- that’s not the answer for evment of Rehabilitation Serery family. vices or municipal social services departments as be- "It's a balancing act. You're trying to do the best you can ing particularly helpful. “They'll sit at their computer
under certain circumstances. You don't want to leave adult children who have moderate to severe disabilities hanging in the wind," he said.
have a disability,” she said. “You’re not given the information, you have to seek out the information, which you don’t even know sometimes.”
Another program attendee, Sally Scheyd, said keeping track of changes in the law, and all the programs available and what they require is a job in and of itself.
Glomb said he hoped parents would walk away from the forum feeling inspired to push for greater funding for the programs they learned about.
Scheyd said she was particularly interested in information about the MedConnect program, which allows disabled individuals to qualify for state health insurance benefits while working. “You’re advocating for you child since you find out they
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those numbers right now. The appropriation committee just put out their budgets last week on what they expect to have available for the next year," he said. “There are lots of organizations around who are down at the capitol organizing folks like you ... there's nothing like having you guys at the capitol in appropriations hearings to make the legislators understand that this money needs to be appropriated.”
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That training seems to have failed some members of the Bridgeport Police Department during a public demonstration last Thursday, when Tara O’Neill, a reporter for the Connecticut Post, part of Hearst Connecticut Media, was detained, patted down, handcuffed, put into a squad car, taken down to the station house and relieved of her belongings, ready to be booked. Although she was later “un-arrested” and released, a statement from City Hall noted that she was not wearing “clearly-visible See Editorial, A19
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Nursing home workers set new strike deadline By Jenna Carlesso © The Connecticut Mirror
Connecticut’s largest health care employee union issued a new threat Thursday, May 9 setting a deadline of June 3 for more than 2,500 nursing home workers to strike if additional funding for pay raises isn’t added to the state budget.
Lamont’s budget proposal did not include any additional funding for nursing home workers, and District 1199 leaders said Thursday that “the General Assembly has not responded accordingly to our union’s demands.”
The 2,500 or so workers who voted in favor of a strike are spread across 20 facilities. The union, New England Five additional nursing Health Care Employees, Dis- homes with more than 600 trict 1199 SEIU, has asked for employees may join them a 4 percent increase in when the voting process is wages for all nursing home complete, officials said. caregivers industrywide – inDistrict 1199 represents cluding non-bargaining workers – in each of the next 26,000 health care workers in Connecticut, including two fiscal years. This would cost $40 million annually, la- about 7,000 nursing home bor officials said. About half employees. of that would be borne by “This is a last resort for the state and half would be workers who care dearly covered by federal Medicaid about the residents and papayments to Connecticut. tients they serve every day,” The labor group had previously set a deadline of May 1 to walk off the job, but abandoned that plan after it received an “encouraging” letter from Gov. Ned Lamont two weeks ago asking for time to negotiate.
said Rob Baril, the union president. “Some of our members are making as little as $10.93 per hour, or just 83 cents above the bare minimum wage. This is totally unacceptable in a wealthy state like Connecticut.”
The Connecticut Department of Social Services is required to reassess nursing home costs at least once every four years, and to provide inflationary increases to homes in the years when a formal reassessment isn’t done. The industry did receive a 2 percent increase in state funding this fiscal year and a 3 percent increase in 2015-16. But governors and legislatures often skip this inflationary adjustment in tough economic times. Lamont has proposed waiving it next year and in 2021. Nursing homes would lose out on $28.8 million next year and $61.2 million in 2021 if lawmakers agree to waive it. The union has said that about 4,000 of its members – including the 2,500 set to strike – have been working for nearly two years under expired contracts. Lamont and legislators are struggling to close major budget deficits projected in each of the next two fiscal years. Spending – unless ad-
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But they also have nearly $300 million in extra resources to work with after receiving some good news about the state income tax since the April 15 filing deadline. New estimates call for the state to finish the fiscal year with an even larger surplus than originally anticipated. The state’s budget reserve, commonly known as the rainy day fund, already had been on pace to swell from $1.2 billion to $2.3 billion after June 30. Based on the new tax data, the governor’s budget office now says the potential reserve is $300 million larger. House Speaker Joe Aresimowicz, D-Berlin, told reporters that he hopes Lamont and the union will reach an agreement. “We do not want to see a strike for nursing home workers in the state of Connecticut,” he said. “It has not only a negative budget impact for us – it’ll be money
going out the door for strike preparations that we’ll never get back again – the quality of care and the type of care the individuals are getting will be impacted. And the workers themselves … they’re not going to have the income. That’s not what we want.”
A push at the Capitol More than 100 nursing home managers and some of their employees descended on the state Capitol Thursday afternoon, May 9 to press lawmakers for an increase in the Medicaid rate, which would allow them to hand out and receive pay raises they say are long overdue. Nursing homes receive a fixed amount of state aid for Medicaid patients, who make up the majority of the facilities’ patient pool. For the last decade, that level of aid has barely budged. The employees, a mix of unionized and non-unionized workers, made the same request of legislators as District 1199 members have – a 4 percent inSee Strike, A19
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crease in wages industrywide. That would help the facilities compete with less-demanding jobs that offer similar salaries.
“We rely on police to uphold public safety, but we also entrust police with extraordinary authority, including the powers to use deadly force and to decide who gets stopped, searched, arrested, and funneled into the criminal justice system. This must be balanced by accountability and transparency.”
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First, O’Neill was standing on the sidewalk and filming the action with her phone, something that any citizen has a right to do as long as they don’t hamper the police in doing their job. But some police agencies seem to ignore that fact, and have been known to confiscate cameras or phones, or arrest peaceful observers for recording what happens. We are not claiming a special right for journalists here; rather, we are concerned that the public may not be aware of their rights when they are behaving peacefully in a public place.
“There is no reason to arrest a journalist in the course of doing her job. Freedom of the press is enshrined in the First Amendment to the Constitution to ensure that the people will always know
We also endorse this statement from the Connecticut chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union:
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For these reasons, we endorse what the Connecticut Post said in an editorial on Sunday:
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O’Neill had been covering the Bridgeport police for more than two years, most notably since the killing by police of 15-year-old Jayson Negron on May 9, 2017. Thursday’s demonstration marked the second anniversary of that killing, which had angered many in the community. Police ordered the crowd to clear the street, and then advanced after one or two bottles or other objects were thrown in their direction. Certainly a demonstration can’t be considered entirely “peaceful” if anything that could cause injury is being thrown at the police.
In either case, it would be chilling to think that sometimes police departments may act to keep what they consider bad news away from the public by intimidating or arresting the messenger, be that person a reporter, a news photographer, or John Q. Public.
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only reasonable to wonder whether she was recognized and detained for just that reason. This is not an accusation, but a reasonable question.
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Lamont’s willingness to compromise, but didn’t comment on the governor’s charge that lawmakers are afraid to vote on the tolls issue.
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But Lamont said Connecticut would rack up a huge amount of debt under this plan, and could avoid a lot of it by paying cash for some projects with toll receipts. In addition, as much as 40 percent of toll receipts would come from out-ofstate motorists, he said.
“I applaud Governor Lamont for taking steps to incorporate Republican ideas and commit general bonding funds to our transportation system in an effort to find common ground on tolls legislation,” Aresimowicz said. “I have said all along that it isn’t simply about whether
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support among legislators. “Right now our plan is very clear,” the governor said, indicating he wants no more than 50 electronic tolling gantries in total spread along key points on Interstates 84, 91 and 95 as well as the Merritt Parkway. This story originally appeared on the website of The Connecticut Mirror, www.ctmirror.org.
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tion forward for our community, given that our Republican mayor and council members have substituted finger-pointing and political games for governing and leadership. It seems clear that this year’s budget process will not produce a way forward for our community. Confusion, disappointment and cuts to services, along with another tax increase, are the most likely outcomes. The inevitable outcome of four years of what passes for leadership from our Republican mayor.
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We can’t fix this budget disaster and leadership vacuum this budget season. Ninety percent of Berlin voters agree that they don’t like Mayor Mark Kaczynski’s budget. Perhaps they will agree that it’s time for a change come November.
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sky’s home. Luckily she was joined by 36 other workers, including members of the Berlin High School robotics team. “She can’t believe all these people came and did this stuff for free,” Baker said of Zabrensky. “She’s calling us all saints. It makes you cry.” St. Paul’s Church has been working with the Stamfordbased nonprofit HomeFront for around 15 years to fix up homes around town. The church does some fundraising and rallies volunteers from the parish and across town, while HomeFront acquires supplies and vets hundreds of applications every year for home repairs. The aim of the program is to
HomeFront Executive Director Sean O’Brien said the improvements often allow residents to avoid having to leave their home. “I think it has a benefit for older adults, who have built up their communities and are most comfortable in the home they’ve known for so many years,” he said. “It makes it possible for them to stay in their homes in improved conditions. There are studies that show as long as people are well enough to stay in their homes they have better health outcomes
when they stay in a familiar setting.” Installing walk-in showers or improving lighting, as was done at Zabrensky’s home, are some of the most common upgrades since it reduces the likelihood of falls, a major hazard for the elderly.
“It’s just all different generations working together. And they all seem happy to do it,” Zabrensky said. “There’s not enough adjectives to say how sweet they are.”
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