EAST LYME, CT — The East Lyme Board of Selectmen voted 5-1 on Oct. 7 to approve a proposed automated traffic enforcement camera plan covering five locations and authorized Police Chief Kevin Glenn to submit it to the Connecticut Department of Transportation for approval.
Selectman Jason Deeble cast the dissenting vote, expressing concerns about the technology and urging the board to delay the program. Deeble also cited Gov. Ned Lamont's call for a pause.
Glenn recommended submitting all five proposed locations for state approval, even if the town initially activates cameras only near schools.
Three of the proposed locations would receive priority because of their proximity to schools. Two additional locations on Boston Post Road could be activated later.
Glenn said each camera location requires separate state approval and that changing an approved location would require restarting the application process.
The board's vote authorized submission of the municipal plan, not immediate installation or operation of the cameras.
The board also received a quarterly report from East Lyme Ambulance Fund President David Baer and Operations Director Rich Waselik.
The report showed that the ambulance service responded to 1,689 calls from January through July 2026, compared with 1,588 during the same period in 2025, an increase of approximately 6 percent.
During the May-through-July reporting period, 89 percent of calls had response times of less than 10 minutes, and 95 percent had activation times of less than four minutes.
The organization reported 263 calls in May, 226 in June and 302 in July.
Baer also discussed the ambulance service's mutual aid agreements with surrounding communities and its relationship with the high school's emergency medical technician training program.
He said two former students who participated in the program had been hired as full-time EMTs.
Finance Director Kevin Gervais presented a proposed purchasing policy for the board's review.
The Board of Finance is expected to consider the proposal before it returns to the selectmen for possible adoption.
Denise Hall, a deputy treasurer and Pension Board member, also presented a proposed investment policy.
Hall said state law allows municipalities to invest certain funds and that the town should establish a policy before expanding its investment activities.
She said the town's move to JPMorgan had made additional investment options available.
The proposed investment policy also will go to the Board of Finance before returning to the selectmen for consideration.
Neither policy was adopted at the Oct. 7 meeting.
The board voted 4-0, with two abstentions, to appoint Selectmen Ann Cicchiello and Jason Deeble to a subcommittee reviewing leases at Cini Dock that expire Dec. 31.
Cicchiello and Deeble abstained from the vote.
The town has four leases at the dock, including one held by Black Hawk, two held by Mike Stepski and one held by Joel Lizza.
Black Hawk has requested to exercise an option extending its lease for another two years. The subcommittee will review the remaining three leases.
During reports from board members, Cicchiello said the Inland Wetlands Agency had approved a 13-lot subdivision on Mayfield Terrace and was continuing its review of a proposed 48-unit senior housing development at 225-235 Flanders Road.
She said residents had raised concerns about traffic associated with the subdivision and stormwater runoff from the proposed senior housing development.
Selectwoman Candice Carlson reported that Parks and Recreation had received a $405,000 grant for trail construction at Darrow Pond.
Carlson also said the Board of Education was in the early stages of discussing school rebalancing and that a problem with the new turf field could require additional funding.
First Selectman Dan Cunningham reported that the first phase of the former police station study had been completed. The second phase will include physical analysis of the property, including soil borings.
Cunningham also said the town had taken possession of a new twin-engine fireboat.
The board unanimously approved a $3,486.42 consent calendar and the Sept. 16 public hearing minutes. It approved the Sept. 16 regular meeting minutes 5-1, with Carlson opposed.
Following an executive session concerning potential litigation and real estate matters, the board returned to public session without taking any additional formal votes.
The full meeting recording and transcript are available through the town's government video archive.
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