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2--news The Observer, Thursday, June 27, 1985
That's Jodi ('ohen, nine-years-.,,oung, checking out a computer at the Project Disco,.er II {)pen House
held recentl) at Kenned) Junior High School. Jodl',, sister. %bbi. participated in the program.
Three replies from 18,000 roters ...
A June 6 study concerning
the wants of
Southmgton voters conducted
by The Observer
has attracted
only three replies, adding
little new to a
similar study done by
the town Republicans.
published in that same
paper
Republican Town
Committee Chairman
Bruce Cotton took the
slight response as a
good sign
"I think the low return
is an indication our
original results revealed
what people really
feel,with not much they
want to add one way or
the other." Cotton said
The lov, response was
no indicator of potential
November election turnouts,
Cotton felt
"I think there will be a
relatively high turnout
if voters are given a
clear choice of plat-
forms." he said
Official platforms and
candidates have not yet
been announced by
either party RepulJhcan
Water Board Commissioners
Samuel
Bowers and Anthony
Plzzltola have announced
they will not
seek re-election
Bowers. 81, said he
v, as backing out to
"make room for more
younger people " Plzzltola.
just made Regional
Republican Commit-
teeman, made it clear
he was not running for
any local office this
year
Cotton said he would
have a list of some
Republican candidates
ready for release by the
beginning of July
cut." one commented
"Once Queen St gets
filled up, where will all
of the hot dog stands
go" -
The 74-year-old
Democrat respondent
joined the two unafhhares
in knocking local
zoning efforts, both in
planning and enforcement
"The Town Planner
should be whipped, and
the Town Council hasn't
done much to counteract
the nightmare he envisions
for the town,"
the Democrat replied
"recreating the large
cities "
Other suggestions meluded
a town-run trash
service, more attention
to water quality and upgrading
of educational
standards
While the question
asking which elected of-
Replies
Of the three replies
hclals they felt should
not return [n the fall fadthat
did come in, two
were from non-afflhated
ed to produce an.
names, groups did get a
homeowners in thew
mid-forties, basically
paralleling opinions e: -
chastlzmg
"Town Council mere-
hers frequently act
pressed in the
Republican study
One took "a direct
adolescent." one said.
another merely listed
thePlannlngand Zoning
swipe at Queen St de- "There are already Commission
velopment
"We need to attract
some higher-class busl
ness unless Southmgton
wishes to garner the h-
too many people for the
size and type of town we
have or once had."
the respondent went on.
pointing out that people
"Every Democrat on
the Town Council
The,,'ve made the term
'pelt.,, politics' the
slogan they v.ull be
tie of Franchise Restau- come to town for its remembered by," one
rant Capitol of Connech- "countr.,, setting," ,hlle wrote
Solvents will Commission
Hartford attorne',
Alan Kosloff. hired
represent Southington's
interest m the hcensmg
of a Solvents Recover,,
Serwc6 effort to me t
an Enwronmental Protection
Agency clean-up
order, told the To n
Council Monda.', that the
New Jersey chemical
rocessor would proably
have to face the
Connee aeut Siting Commission
before being
allowed to sLart
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"It seems an attempt
to discharge nto an
open ditch over someone
else's property
v, lll require another
hearing." Kosloff said
Kosloff also said that
initial briefs in a state
Department of Envwonmental
Protection
hearing over the Solvent's
proposal are due
June 27 ,.
Solvents Recovery is
under DEP order to
,mp]ement a plan which
ould filter 35,000
gallons of water per day
from the aquifers below
their Lazy Lane plant
Without it, a deficit:
School Board reallocates budget
by Beth Utke
staff writer
Beard of Education
members approved a
budget reallocation
presented to them by
the board's finance
committee.
Last Thursday, school
board members made
official, in a six to three
vote, the pro ..al given
them by the committee
which finalized it's
report three days
earlier
At the beard meeting,
members Richard
Montague, Janice
Hagstrom and Carol
Kelly cast nay votes on
reallocation All three
suggested board
members request addltlonal
funds from the
town Board of Finance
to prevent any shortfall
in the budget.
Without reallocation
of $124,698 for salaries
and $12,390 for benefits,
school officials reported
they would encounter a
deficit in those areas
Currently, the
estimated student
enrollment for the 1985-
86 year is higher than
lanned when the
udget was formulat d
in January and okayed
in June.
Under the state
mm mum expenditure
requirement (MER),
the school system must
spend per pupil
Estimated enrollment
figures now call for
about 198 students in the
eStem, which increas
amount which must
be spent in total, thus it
affects the entire
budget
Jack McBride,
chairman of the finance
committee, said the
board should wait until
the official enrollment
figures are determ|ned
in October, and, if need
be, then appreach the
Beard of Finance for
additional funds
Applying th MER of
$3,330 per student, with
an estimated
enrollment now at
$6,447, a budget must
total $21.468.510
Currently, the approved
operating budget for the
coming school year is
$21,258.454 The dif
ference between those
figures is $210,056
Twenty years at the helm
Town Clerk
Jaunme DePaolo
celebrated her 20th
year in her town post,
never having had an
opponent run against
her in local elections
A Democrat,
DePaolo's candidacies
have been
endorsed by
Republicans in .what
they call a gesture of
respect
Being appointed
one month after her
husband, Joseph,
then Town Clerk,
died, the 70-year-old
clerk said she has no
plans to retire
"I'll run as long as I
can--as long as they
will have me," she
said
She earned four
terms to the General
Assembly as one of
Southington's representatives,
serving 10
years there because
of redistricting
corrections made
during her tenure
"In the 50's, we
were paid $£ 00 plus
mileage for the twoyear
term," she
reminisced, pointing
out that salaries are
up to $10,500 plus
$2,500 expenses
"In 1955, we had
five special sessions
because of the floods
that year," she said_
Earlier this ye r
DePaolo reeel ed
proclamation from
Secretary of State
Julia Tashjlan for
outstanding service
in her role as town
clerk.
Because of an in- funds needed to be
creased number of shifted into the salary
students in the school and benefits accounts to
system, a total of eight prevent a shortfall
and a half additional under the approved
teachers were added To 1985-86 budget
help pay their salaries.
Yankee Mac mortgages available at local bar k
The Southington buyers utilizing the
Savings Bank is again pension funds of Contaking
applications for necticut teachers and
mortgages under the state employees
low-interest Yankee
Mac program which One half of the $75
was recently allocated million will go to
$75 million m state teachers and state
funds employees, according to
the tenets ot' the fund.
The program offers with the rest going to the
Ioansatll 1/Sandll3/8 general public through
percent to hrst-t|me banks which have
chosen to parhopate,
about half of the state's
lending institutions in
this sixth semes of
Yankee Mac offerings
No income limit
Buyers must live in
the property being
financed, but there is no
income hm t A computerized
random
drawing will determine
Town cops get 'bigger' bucks
Southmgton police
will receive a seven percent
increase in pay for
each year of thew threeyear
pact unanimously
accepted by the Town
Council Monday
Town Manager John
Welchsel explained that
Southmgton's best will
also receive overtime
pay for service on hohda
s. be reimbursed for
pollce-rated college
courses taken and a $25
increase in clothmg
allowance
The third year of the
agreement will also ,.
vide a one-brae pay increase
between ranks.
g vmg detectives a 2 5
percent raise over patrolmen,
a one percent
increase for sergeants
over detectives and a 1 S
percent increase for
detective sergeants
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A dental-play rider
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The settlement repreo
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cost to the town for the
first year which starts
Kopec selected
July 1 Since only a 5
percent increase was
budgeted nto this
year's police salary account,
about $25,000 of
the benefits will come
from contingency funds
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