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CTSB VIDEO OF MEETING
Convened: 6 pm
Adjourned: 8:01 pm
Top-line highlights
Transportation Department reorganization: Town Manager Liz Hartsgrove presented a detailed plan to formally convert the South County Connector from a “pilot program” into an official town Transportation Department reporting directly to the Town Manager.
Key points:
The service has grown larger in personnel than the police department while still technically operating as a pilot.
She stated that roughly two-thirds of the department’s nearly $1 million budget — over $600,000 — is subsidized by state grant funding, which flows from federal money. She was explicit that this is “a very concerning element of this whole predicament,” since if that federal-to-state grant pipeline dries up, the town’…
