741 Colonel Ledyard Highway  
Ledyard, Connecticut 06339-1551  
(860) 464-3203  
TOWN OF LEDYARD  
CONNECTICUT  
Town Council  
council@ledyardct.org  
~ AGENDA ~  
Chairman Kevin J.  
Dombrowski  
Regular Meeting  
7:00 PM  
Wednesday, March 8, 2023  
Town Hall Council Chambers  
In-Person: Council Chambers Town Hall Annex  
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I.  
CALL TO ORDER  
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE  
ROLL CALL  
II.  
III.  
IV.  
PRESENTATIONS  
·
Black History Month Essay and Poster Contest Awards  
V.  
RESIDENT & PROPERTY OWNERS (COMMENTS LIMITED TO THREE (3)  
MINUTES  
VI.  
COMMITTEE COMMISSION AND BOARD REPORTS  
VII. COMMENTS OF TOWN COUNCILORS  
VIII. REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES  
MOTION to approve the Regular Meeting Minutes of February 22, 2023  
TC-MIN-2023-02-22.pdf  
Attachments:  
IX.  
COMMUNICATIONS  
Communications List - March 8, 2023  
C-LIST-2023-03-08.docx  
Attachments:  
ACTION LTR-TOWN COUNCIL MTG-2023-02-22.pdf  
Fiscal Year Budget Schedule -Town  
Council-Mayor-BOE-Memo-2023-02-23.pdf  
Fiscal Year Budget Work Session Schedule for Department  
Heads-Memo-2023-02-23.pdf  
Action Letter WPCA meeting 2023-02-28-pdf.pdf  
X.  
REFERALS  
COUNCIL SUB COMMITTEE, LIAISON REPORTS  
XI.  
Administration Committee  
1.  
2.  
3.  
4.  
Community Relations Committee  
Finance Committee  
Land Use/Planning/Public Works Committee  
5.  
Liaison Reports  
XII. REPORT OF THE MAYOR  
REPORT OF THE MAYOR:  
XIII. OLD BUSINESS  
XIV. NEW BUSINESS  
Finance Committee  
MOTION to appropriate $51,838 to Account #21050101-58790-G0015 (Library Capital -  
1.  
New Equipment - Misc. State Grants) upon the receipt of a State Library Grant for the same  
amount.  
In addition, authorize the funds to be expended for the Gales Ferry Library E-fiber  
installation.  
TC-MIN-2022-01-12.pdf  
FIN-MIN-2022-01-05.pdf  
Legislative Item  
Attachments:  
MOTION to appropriate $13,000 to Account #21020301-57300-G0015 (Fire Marshall -  
New Equipment - State Grant).  
2.  
In addition, authorize the expenditure of up to $13,000 for replacement of copper cable  
running to the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) with fiber cable.  
The funding source for this project is the Town of Ledyard’s FY 2023 Nuclear Safety  
Emergency Program Funding Allocation (2022-44).  
DEMHS REGION 4--FIBER LEDYARD FY 2023 ALLOCATION  
LTR-2023-02-23.pdf  
Attachments:  
MOTION to grant a Bid Waiver to Marineland, Spectrum Brands Pet, LLC of Blacksburg,  
Virginia in the amount of $32,590 due to receiving fewer than the required three bids in  
response to Bid #LPS 22-10 (Ledyard Public Schools Agricultural Science Small Animal  
Habitat), in accordance with Ordinance #200-001 (rev 1) “An Ordinance for Purchasing”.  
3.  
BOE Bid Waiver Request -E-mail-2023-02-21-Small Animal and Reptile  
Displays.pdf  
Attachments:  
Bid -Spectrum Pet - Ag Science small animal habitat -e-mail-2023-.pdf  
Spectrum e-mail-2022-12-15- Small Animal and Reptile Displays.pdf  
Info Sheet Bird Display 2018 .pdf  
Info Sheets for Reptile 3-05-19.pdf  
Info Sheets for Small Animal Display 2-26-19.pdf  
Small Animal and Reptile Displays.pdf  
LPS BID#22-10- Request - Ag Science small animal habitat.pdf  
MOTION to set the Mayor’s salary at $107,000 Retroactive to July 1, 2022.  
4.  
MAYOR -ELECTED OFFICAL SALARY - ARTICLE XIX CT  
CONSTITUION.docx  
Attachments:  
General Business  
Discuss Work Session Items as time permits.  
5.  
XV. ADJOURNMENT  
DISCLAIMER:  
Although we try to be timely and accurate these are not official records of the Town.  
The Town Council's Official Agenda and final Minutes will be on file in the Town Clerk's Office.