North Branford Employees Getting Hurt at Work

At the Jan. 3 Town Council meeting at , the council reviewed the latest H.D. Segur claims report, which revealed a particularly high concentration of workers compensation claims through the  by school district employees. 

"I know we can't find out the name of the employee, but can't we find out everything else?" asked , "Forty-five claims on BOE for $443,000 on one year...that's crazy. I can't imagine what hapepned over there. Is it safe to send our school kids there?"

agreed that a breakdown would be helpful.

"We're definitely not looking to violate HIPAA," said Branigan. "We're just looking for big ticket items where we have exposure. What type of injuries are there, what are the root causes of injuries and what department is being most affected? We're working to get a better breakdown for the Safety Committee's benefit to look at the loss trend and do some analysis. We can see if safety training can be done, whether or not these are preventable or not preventable."

United Illuminating Company

A representative from presented the Town Council with a $2,500 check as part of the $50,000 worth of relief grants organized by the company in the wake of . 

The intended purpose of the grant money is to go toward first responder equipment, generators and/or disaster type use in all towns in the UI service area.

WPCA

The Water Pollution Control Authority agenda saw the discussion of high sewer connection fees for commerical properties. 

“If we want economic development, we can't be charging these high prices," said councilwoman . "They're not going to come here, they're going to go elsewhere.”  

Rose added, "We're losing potential businesses on the tax roll because they get handed their sewer usage fees and we never hear from them again. We really need to make sure we're not charging more than the surrounding towns."

A report on the commerical sewer usage fees of surrounding towns will be discussed at the next meeting.