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File #: 25-2567    Version: Name:
Type: Appointment Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 9/30/2025 In control: Sustainable CT Ad Hoc Committee
On agenda: 1/14/2026 Final action:
Title: MOTION to appoint Councilor Jessica Buhle (D) 65 Pheasant Run Drive, Gales Ferry, as the Land Use/Planning/Public Works Committee Member to the Sustainable CT Ad Hoc Committee to complete a two (2) year term ending December 15, 2027 filling a vacancy left by Councilor Garcia-Irizarry.
Attachments: 1. SUSTAINABLE CT-MEMBERS-EMAIL-2025-09-15, 2. Resignation-Garcia-Irizarry-Sustainable CT Ad Hoc Cmt-email-2025-12-10, 3. Sustainable CT Ad Hoc Committee- Memo- Request Noninations-2027-10
APPOINTMENT

Motion/Request:
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MOTION to appoint Councilor Jessica Buhle (D) 65 Pheasant Run Drive, Gales Ferry, as the Land Use/Planning/Public Works Committee Member to the Sustainable CT Ad Hoc Committee to complete a two (2) year term ending December 15, 2027 filling a vacancy left by Councilor Garcia-Irizarry.


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Background:

With the seating of the Twenty-Eighth Town Council Councilor Garcia-Irizarry was assigned to the Administration Committee and Councilor Buhle was assigned to the Land Use/Planning /Public Works Committee. Because the Resolution called for a Member of the Land Use/Planning/Public Works Committee Councilor Garica-Irizarry will step off the Ad Hoc Committee and Councilor Buhle will serve on the Ad Hoc Committee.


In accordance with Res #004-2025/Jan 25 the Ledyard Sustainable CT Ad Hoc Committee shall be comprised of five members appointed by the Ledyard Town Council with the following representatives:

* One member from the Planning & Zoning Commission or Inland Wetlands & Water Courses Commission
* One member from the Economic Development Commission or Conservation Commission
* One member from the Town Council Land Use Committee
* Two members from the Community-at-Large

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, each member shall serve for a term of two (2) years. Members shall commence to serve their terms immediately upon appointment and shall serve until their successor has qualified or they have been reappointed or removed by the Town Council.




Administrative Notes:
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Nominating Committee Recommendation:
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Minority Representation - CGS 9-167a:
In accordance with Chapter IV; Section 8 of the Town Charter "Except as otherwise provided for in this Charter, the Town Council may appoint members to fill vacancies in other offices, boards, and commissions established by this Charter and by ordinance as vacancies may occur, and appointing members to such offices, boards, and commissions as may be created...

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