Connecticut Conference of Municipalities to Lay Out Goals in Face of Cuts

The Connecticut Conference of Municipalities (CCM), led by key mayors and first selectmen, will present a major report on a “new way forward” for Connecticut cities and towns on Wednesday that represents significantly new and different thinking by Connecticut municipal leaders, said Joe DeLong, CCM Executive Director.

The news conference will take place at 11 a.m. at Wethersfield’s Keeney Memorial Cultural Center in Wethersfield.

Connecticut towns are bracing for cuts to their municipal budgets as the state continues to try and find ways to eat into a projected $1.5 billion deficit. In fact, towns have already taken big hits – having their education cost sharing grants recently cut by $20 million.

DeLong said CCM’s State-Local Partnership Panel worked for months to develop this ground-breaking package of state legislative initiatives for the 2017 General Assembly.

Key speakers at the new conference will be:

Susan Bransfield, First Selectwoman of Portland and CCM President for 2017

Luke Bronin, Mayor of Hartford

Neil O’Leary, Mayor of Waterbury

Leo Paul, First Selectman of Litchfield

Michael Freda, First Selectman of North Haven

Here are all the communities represented on the CCM panel that put together the report:

Bolton

Bridgeport

Coventry

Danbury

East Hartford

Ellington

Fairfield

Hartford

Litchfield

Mansfield

New Britain

New Haven

North Haven

Norwich

Plainville

Portland

Scotland

Simsbury

Stamford

Torrington

Wethersfield

Waterbury

By Jack Kramer, Correspondent

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