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Joint boards approve BOE bailout
NAUGATUCK — At a special meeting of the joint boards of Mayor and Burgesses and Finance on Tuesday, a wide, 16-3 majority approved an almost $1 million bailout, though not without reservation. As conditions of the bailout, the school board will keep borough Controller Wayne McAllister as its business manager through next fiscal year and... »
Borough on board for new waste authority
NAUGATUCK — The borough has joined preliminary efforts by the Capitol Region Council of Governments (CRCOG) to form a new solid waste authority per the recommendation of Recycling Coordinator Sheila Baummer and Public Works Director Jim Stewart. The Board of Mayor and Burgesses voted unanimously Tuesday evening to authorize a preliminary agreement between the borough... »
New Superintendant of Streets hired
NAUGATUCK — The Board of Mayor and Burgesses voted Tuesday to hire Robert Roland, a Naugatuck resident and Waterbury Supervisor of Streets, in the capacity of Superintendant of Streets. He will replace Hank Witkoski, Jr., who took a recent early retirement package. The board set the former Uniroyal Chemical Co. manager’s salary at $72,000. Roland... »
First tri-board meeting bears little fruit
NAUGATUCK — The philosophy behind the borough’s unprecedented “tri-board” meeting between the boards of Mayor and Burgesses, Education and Finance was met positively by officials for its promotion of transparency and communication. But at Monday’s first incarnation of the idea at Naugatuck High School, Board of Education Chairwoman Kathleen L. Donovan suggested there had already... »
Burgesses irate over BOE situation
NAUGATUCK — The Board of Mayor and Burgesses met Tuesday night to discuss and vote on routine agenda items like reappointments, bid approvals, and tax refunds, but the majority of the time was spend in burgess comment discussing an issue largely out of their hands—the Board of Education and its budget predicament. Burgesses Bob Neth,... »