Thursday, June 18, 2020
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Volume 22, Number 16
$54,000 transfer approved for police station renovations Berlin High School principal Eileen Eustis on the graduating seniors: “They are a remarkable class with many achievements in academics, civic leadership, athletics, BHS Class of 2020 Instagram: @bhs_2020_ service and the arts.”
Class of 2020 persevered By Jack Carroll Special to The Citizen
Due to the pandemic, their time at Berlin High School came to an abrupt end in mid-March, but members of the Class of 2020 continued to strive for success. Audrey Feldman, the class valedictorian and the vice president of the school’s chapter of the National Honor Society, racked up a list of accomplishments in her final year in high school. In addition to placing first in
the Business Finance Series at the 2020 state DECA conference, following the COVID-19-related cancellations, Feldman wasted no time in teaming up with the Friendship Service Center in New Britain to start a donation drive to help the homeless. This year Feldman was also the recipient of numerous academic awards that recognized her excellence in several subjects, including Advanced Placement Statistics and Honors Calculus.
Feldman will be headed to the University of Notre Dame in the fall to study Economics and Global Affairs. Joining Feldman at the state DECA conference was fellow senior Adam Kajzer, who ranked first in the state for the Accounting Applications Series. Also, he was a recipient of the Mathematics Award for excellence in Advanced Placement Calculus and served as a captain of the BHS boys swimming and See Graduates, A12
The Board of Finance approved a transfer of $54,000 into the Buildings & Renovations account of the Police Station Construction Fund for two new interview rooms. Police Chief John Klett said that these were improvements the department had previously identified and had wanted to complete during its jail cell renovations in 2019. The Town Council had approved $251,000 for those improvements. Klett said that the $54,000 would be used to create “soft” and “hard” interview rooms – soft interviews for non criminal cases and hard interviews for interrogations. According to state statutes, Klett said that hard interrogation rooms
need to be fitted with recording equipment. “We currently have to bring them in the conference room and use a laptop because we don’t have the room,” he said. “These two rooms are the last things we can do without spending a lot of money.” Finance Director Kevin Delaney said that the department would be using the same contractor they used for constructing the new jail cells, Bismark Construction of Milford. Completing the interview rooms would be an extension of the department’s original contract with the contractor. $22,981.85 will be transferred into the Buildings & Renovations account from the Jail Cells account in the Police Station Construction Fund, another $14,834.41 from the See Renovations, A2
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By Everett Bishop The Citizen