Town Hall, Auditorium, 600 Main Street, Somers, CT
CALL TO ORDER
PUBLIC HEARING:
Application #24-005: Hugh’s Mechanical Equipment, LLC, 357 Billings Road, Somers, seeking site plan approval per Sections 214-4.3.C.2 and 214-4.3.C.3 of the Somers Zoning Regulations, to construct two 6,000 square foot industrial buildings for use as a Contractor’s Yard and general industrial, in the Industrial Zone.
DISCUSSION/POSSIBLE DECISION:
Application #24-005: Hugh’s Mechanical Equipment, LLC, 357 Billings Road, Somers, seeking site plan approval per Sections 214-4.3.C.2 and 214-4.3.C.3 of the Somers Zoning Regulations, to construct two 6,000 square foot industrial buildings for use as a Contractor’s Yard and general industrial, in the Industrial Zone.
NEW BUSINESS:
Application #24-006: Gingras Development, for JV Ladd Properties, LLC, 85 South Road, Somers; proposed text amendment to section 4.3 Business/Industrial Districts, Principal Uses and Structures B.2 to allow Mixed-Proximate Residential uses with a Special Use Permit, and Section 6 Use Related Provisions, 6.14 Mixed-Proximate Residential development of semi-detached housing units.
Please call Daniel Parisi at 860-335-2154 if you are unable to attend this meeting. Thank you.
3December 3, 2024●(1 event)
BOE- Curriculum
– December 3, 2024
December 3rd, 2024
5:00- 6:00 pm
Central Office Conference Room
Agenda
ApprovalofNovember11thMinutes
Data Review and Discussion
Setting future Curriculum Subcommittee Meeting Dates
4December 4, 2024●(1 event)
Conservation Comm
– December 4, 2024
TOWN OF SOMERS
Conservation Commission
600 Main Street
REGULAR MEETING
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2024
7:00 PM TOWN HALL
AGENDA
I. CALL TO ORDER
II. OLD BUSINESS
None
III. NEW BUSINESS
1. SHOW CAUSE HEARING – ORDER TO CEASE VIOLATION. 183 King Road.
Wednesday, December 4, 7:00PM. Somers Town Hall, Lower Level Meeting Room.
THE FOLLOWING SHOW CAUSE HEARING WILL BE HELD BY THE
COMMISSION IN CONNECTION WITH CEASE AND DESIST ORDER ISSUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE INLAND WETLANDS AND WATERCOURSES
REGULATIONS OF THE TOWN OF SOMERS AND THE CONNECTICUT
GENERAL STATUTES. A COPY OF THE CEASE AND DESIST ORDER IS ON
FILE IN THE SOMERS LAND USE OFFICE:
Nicholas Turnberg, 183 King Road, regulated activity within 100 feet of a wetland or
watercourse.
2. Modification: Application #770: 44 Broadway Road. Construction of new house and
driveway within Upland Review Area and Wetland; modification to include deck, shed,
and footing drain outlet in Upland Review Area. Jason Hackett.
3. Proposed 2025 Meeting Dates
IV. AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION
V. STAFF REPORT
VI. CORRESPONDENCE AND BILLS
CACIWC – $65 CACIWC Dues, $85 annual symposium attendance for Chair.
VII. MINUTES APPROVAL: September 4, 2024
VIII. ADJOURNMENT
Boards and Commissions: Appointments/Resignations: None
FINANCE
Transfers and Appropriations
CFO Finance Report/Updates
Presentation of Scheduled Payments
UPDATES FROM BOARDS AND COMMISSION: None
PENDING BUSINESS – None
NEW BUSINESS
Staffing Request: Request to hire Erica Pascale as the part-time Human Resources Generalist at $30 an hour at 15- 20 hours a week with a start date of January 6, 2024. Tim Keeney
Approval of the Emergency Management Director Job Description. Todd Rolland
Adoption of the Resolution authorizing the First Selectman to execute any documents for the Fiscal Year 2024 Emergency Management Performance Grant. Todd Rolland
Approval of Minutes of November 21, 2024, Regular Meeting of the Board of Selectmen.
The Board of Selectmen waives the reading of the minutes of the Regular Meeting from November 21, 2024, and that minutes of said meeting be approved.
ADJOURNMENT
Zoning Board of Appeals
– December 10, 2024
Tuesday, December 10, 2024 – 6:30 P.M.,
Town Hall, 600 Main Street, Somers, CT
REVISED MEETING LOCATION:
BOARD OF SELECTMAN’S CONFERENCE ROOM
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
PUBLIC HEARING – DISCUSSION/POSSIBLE DECISION:
ZBA24-004: Jack Kennedy, 166 Durkee Road, Somers, seeking a variance from section 214-3.4C Front yard setback requirement to construct a front porch 44’ (forty-four feet) from the front property line where 50’ (fifty feet) is required, in the A-1 Residential Zone.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES: October 8, 2024
ADJOURNMENT
Special Town Meeting 7:00pm
– December 10, 2024
LEGAL NOTICE
TOWN OF SOMERS
NOTICE OF SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
AND REFERENDUM
All electors and persons eligible to vote in town meetings of the Town of Somers, Connecticut (the “Town”) are hereby warned that a Special Town Meeting of the Town is to be held at the Somers Town Hall Auditorium, 600 Main Street, Somers, Connecticut on Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 7:00 p.m., for the following purposes:
1. To elect a moderator.
2. To consider and discuss (but not vote on) the following resolution:
AMENDMENT RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN INCREASE IN THE APPROPRIATION AND THE AMOUNT OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND NOTES OF THE TOWN TO FINANCE SAID APPROPRIATION FROM $10,500,000 TO $15,000,000 FOR THE HVAC AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT
The full text of the foregoing authorizing resolution is on file and open to inspection at the office of the Town Clerk, Town Hall, Somers, Connecticut for the use or inspection of any interested person.
All electors and persons eligible to vote in town meetings of the Town are hereby further notified that pursuant to Section 7-7 of the Connecticut General Statutes, as amended, the Board of Selectmen by resolution adopted at its meeting on October 17, 2024, removed the foregoing resolution from the agenda of this Special Town Meeting for submission to the voters for vote by voting machine.
The question to be voted upon is as follows:
“Shall the resolution entitled, ‘AMENDMENT RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN INCREASE IN THE APPROPRIATION AND THE AMOUNT OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND NOTES OF THE TOWN TO FINANCE SAID APPROPRIATION FROM $10,500,000 TO $15,000,000 FOR THE HVAC AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT’, be approved?
Yes ______ No ______”
The ballot label for said question shall read as follows:
“Shall the Town of Somers increase its appropriation and the amount of general obligation bonds and notes to finance said appropriation from $10,500,000 to $15,000,000 for the HVAC and electrical system improvements project?
Yes _____ No _____”
The vote will be conducted on Tuesday, December 17, 2024, between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. at the following polling places:
Voting District 1 Location of Polling Place: Town Hall,600 Main St, Somers
The location of the polling place for all non-resident property owners eligible to vote will be 600 Main Street, Somers, Connecticut.
Absentee ballots will be available in accordance with applicable law. Absentee ballots will be counted at the following central location: Registrar’s Office, Somers Town Hall, 600 Main Street, Somers, Connecticut. Voters approving the resolution will vote “Yes” and voters opposing the resolution will vote “No.”
3. To adjourn the special town meeting to a vote by voting machine on the above question to be held on the date, during the time and at the noticed polling place referred to above.
Dated at Somers, Connecticut this 2nd day of December, 2024.
TOWN OF SOMERS, BOARD OF SELECTMEN
11December 11, 2024●(1 event)
BOE- HVAC Comm
– December 11, 2024
Somers Elementary School HVAC Building Committee Meeting
Wednesday, December 11, 2024 12:30 PM
Video call link: https://meet.google.com/wfx-xegt-hyz
Or dial: (US) +1 786-701-6910 PIN: 276 115 130#
Agenda
1. Review of Board/Committee Meetings
a. December 10th – Town Meeting
b. December 17th – Referendum
2. Bid Document Status & Process
3. Approval of Invoices
4. Building Committee Meeting – Next scheduled meeting is December 18, 2024
5. Other Business
12December 12, 2024
13December 13, 2024
14December 14, 2024●(1 event)
Wreaths Across America
– December 14, 2024
LIVE WITH PURPOSE!
Join us in Somers for our 2024 Wreaths Across America Ceremony
National Wreaths Across America Day is Saturday, December 14, 2024, at NOON at the Somers Center Cemetery, 81 Battle St., Somers, CT.
This free public event honors veterans and their families by placing wreaths on the graves of fallen heroes and at other meaningful sites.
The Somers Department of Veterans Affairs’ objective is to reach 2,000 sponsored wreaths for the event.
If you wish to get involved, please visit our sponsorship link: www.wreathsacrossamerica.org/CT0131P – Town of Somers Cemeteries. You can sponsor a wreath to honor and remember our military personnel laid to rest in one of Somers, CT’s three cemeteries.
Please note that you can sponsor a wreath specific to a grave. This guarantees that your loved one will receive a remembrance wreath, even if we do not meet our goal of at least 2,000 wreaths. During the 2024 ceremony, wreaths were randomly placed on the graves of servicemembers across our three cemeteries due to insufficient sponsored wreaths for every grave (there are over 2,000 military gravesites in Somers).
On Wreaths Across America Day, even if our goal is not reached, volunteers will stand before each identified service member’s grave and honor them by stating their name, rank, and branch of service aloud, expressing gratitude for their service. This small act carries great significance, reminding us of the sacrifices made by those who serve.
For additional information on how to volunteer locally or sponsor a wreath for an American hero, please visit www.wreathsacrossamerica.org/CT0131P – Group Name: Town of Somers Cemeteries.
15December 15, 2024
16December 16, 2024
17December 17, 2024●●(3 events)
Special Referendum- School HVAC
– December 17, 2024
All electors and persons eligible to vote in town meetings of the Town are hereby further notified that pursuant to Section 7-7 of the Connecticut General Statutes, as amended, the Board of Selectmen by resolution adopted at its meeting on October 17, 2024, removed the foregoing resolution from the agenda of this Special Town Meeting for submission to the voters for vote by voting machine.
The ballot label for said question shall read as follows:
“Shall the Town of Somers increase its appropriation and the amount of general obligation bonds and notes to finance said appropriation from $10,500,000 to $15,000,000 for the HVAC and electrical system improvements project?
Yes _____ No _____”
The vote will be conducted on Tuesday, December 17, 2024, between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. at the following polling places:
Voting DistrictLocation of Polling Place
1 Town Hall,600 Main St, Somers
Library Board
– December 17, 2024
Library Board of Trustees
Somers Public Library
Tuesday, December 17, 2024 – 6:30 p.m.
Somers Public Library – 2 Vision Blvd. – Conference Room
Agenda:
1. First Audience to Citizens –
2. Approval of Minutes
3. Correspondence
4. Treasurer’s Report
5. Financial Business
a. Year-to-date Financial Report
6. Committees
a. FY 26 Proposed Budget – Andy Phillips and Mike Gruber
7. Old Business
a. Pavilion
8. New Business
9. Director’s Report
10. Second Audience to Citizens
11. Adjournment
Board of Finance
– December 17, 2024
TOWN OF SOMERS
BOARD OF FINANCE
REGULAR MEETING AGENDA
Town Hall – Selectmen’s Conference Room
Tuesday, December 17, 2024, at 7:00pm
Call to Order
Members Present
Audit Presentation – Michael VanDeventer, Mahoney Sabol
ACFR – Annual Comprehensive Financial Report
State & Federal Single Audit
Recommendations
Board of Education Update
Board of Selectmen Update
CFO/Finance Department Update
Appropriations and Transfers
Other Business
Approval of Minutes
10/22/2024 Regular BOF Minutes
Adjournment
This meeting is also being live-streamed and video-recorded and will be available for viewing on the Town’s website in both real-time and after-the-fact.
The December meeting of the Somers Housing Authority is Cancelled
Planning Commission Special meeting
December 18, 2024
SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA
Wednesday, December 18, 2024 5:00PM
Somers Town Hall Lower Level Conference Room 600 Main Street, Somers, CT
CALL TO ORDER:
NEW BUSINESS:
Zoning referral: Application #24-006: Gingras Development, for JV Ladd Properties, LLC, 85 South Road, Somers; proposed text amendment to section 4.3 Business/Industrial Districts, Principal Uses and Structures B.2 to allow Mixed-Proximate Residential uses with a Special Use Permit, and Section 6 Use Related Provisions, 6.14 Mixed-Proximate Residential development of semi-detached housing units.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES: November 14, 2024
ADJOURNMENT
BOE- SES HVAC
– December 18, 2024
Somers Elementary School HVAC Building Committee Meeting
Wednesday, December 18, 2024 12:30 PM
Video call link: https://meet.google.com/wfx-xegt-hyz
Or dial: (US) +1 786-701-6910 PIN: 276 115 130#
Agenda
1. Review of Board/Committee Meetings
a. December 17th- Referendum
2. Bid Document Status
3. Building Committee Meeting- Next scheduled meeting is January 8th, 2025
4. Other Business
EDC
– December 18, 2024
Town of Somers Economic Development Commission
Meeting Agenda for December 18, 2024 Town Hall 6-7 PM
Call to Order
Review and Approve Minutes
Correspondence – Melissa Zelek
Old Business
Business of the Month December– Budget Blinds
Business of the Month January:
List of BoM winners 1-14
Hard copy of Budget Proposal
New Business
Further discussion of commission goals
BusinessIssues
Adjourn
19December 19, 2024●●(2 events)
CIP – Special Meeting
– December 19, 2024
TOWN OF SOMERS
CIP COMMITTEE
SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA
Town Hall
Thursday, December 19, 2024
4:00 pm
Call to Order
Members Present
Presentation and Discussion of FY2026 Capital Budget
Boards and Commissions: Appointments/Resignations:
Appointment to Cultural Commission – Appoint Terry Titus to the Cultural Commission with a term expiring on 12.22.26
Resignation from Youth Services Bureau Advisory Board: Accept the resignation of Brian Langan from the Youth Services Bureau Advisory Board effective 12/31/2024
Reappointments – See Attachment
OPPORTUNITY TO ADD URGENT AGENDA ITEMS
FINANCE
Transfers and Appropriations
CFO Finance Report/Updates
Presentation of Scheduled Payments
UPDATES FROM BOARDS AND COMMISSION: None
PENDING BUSINESS – None
NEW BUSINESS
A CIP request to replace the Piedmont Hall Boiler for $11,000.00. Todd Rolland
Request to reduce the number of Open Space and Trails Committee members from 14 to 10. Todd Rolland
Request to Change Website Providers and Authorize the First Selectman to sign the Revize Web Services Sales Agreement. Kim LaFleur/Brian Wissinger
Presentation and Discussion on ClearGov Financial Software. Brian Wissinger
Presentation of Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Requests. Brian Wissinger
Approval of Ambulance Lease Package and Authorize First Selectman to Sign All Documents. Brian Wissinger
Approval of Minutes of December 10, 2024, Special Meeting of the Board of Selectmen.
The Board of Selectmen waives the reading of the minutes of the Special Meeting from December 10, 2024, and that minutes of said meeting be approved.
