ANNUAL TOWN REPORT TOWN OF NEW MILFORD CONNECTICUT FISCAL YEAR ENDING June 30, 2020 ANNUAL REPORT TOWN OF NEW MILFORD, CONNECTICUT Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2020 TABLE OF CONTENTS Services, Permits and Licenses.................................................................................................... 2 Municipal Agencies’ Officers, Phone Numbers and Hours........................................................ 5 Letter of the Board of Finance..................................................................................................... 7 Message from the Mayor………………………………………………………………............. 8 Board of Education…………………………………………………………………………….. 10 Aquifer Protection Agency…………………………………………………………………….. 16 Building……….……………………………………………………………………………….. 17 Commission on the Arts.........................................................................................…….……… 18 Conservation……………………………………………………………………………............ 19 Economic Development……………………………………………………………………… 20 Film Commission………………………………………………………………………………. 23 Fire Marshal……………………………………………………………………………............. 24 Health Department…………………………………………………………………………… .. 25 Inland/Wetlands........................................................................................................................... 27 Library……………………..........................................................................................................28 Parks and Recreation ………………………………...................................................................33 Personnel……………………………………………………………………………………….. 38 Planning…………………………………………………………………………………………40 Police …………...........................................................................................................................42 Public Works……………………………………………………………………………………45 Registrar of Voters.......................................................................................................................51 Senior Center................................................................................................................................53 Sewer…….……………..........................................................................….................................56 Social Services…………………………………………………………………………..............57 Tax Assessor.……...…………………….....................................................................................64 Tax Collector……………………………………………………………………………………65 Town Clerk……………………………………………………………………………….......... 66 Youth Agency…...........................................................................................................................68 Zoning Commission......................................................................................................................73 Zoning Board of Appeals………………………………………………………………..............74 Message from the Director of Finance ………………………………………………………….75 Management’s Discussion and Analysis………………………………………………...............76 Basic Financial Statements……………………………………………………………………....92 1 | P a g e SPECIAL SERVICES/PERMITS/LICENSES Absentee Ballots……………………………………………………………………….Town Clerk Abatement Orders/Violations of Public Health Code………………………….Health Department Alzheimer’s Support Group………………………………………………...Commission on Aging Bazaar Permits………………………………………………………………….Police Department Birth Certificates….........................................................................................................Town Clerk Blasting Permits………………………………………………………………………Fire Marshal Boat Stickers...…………………………………………………………………Parks & Recreation Building Permits……………………………………………………………..Building Department Caregiver Support Group…………………………………….……………..Commission on Aging Certificate of Compliance (Inland Wetlands)……………………………………..Inland Wetlands Certificate of Occupancy………………………………………………….....Building Department Certificate of Review (Inland Wetlands)……………………………….................Inland Wetlands Certificate of Use & Compliance……………………………………………..Zoning Commission Day Care License………….…………………………………….……………..Health Department Dog Licenses…………………………………………………………………………..Town Clerk Driveway Permits………………………………………………………….................Public Works Elderly Health Screening…………………………………………………...Commission on Aging Elderly Nutrition Site……………………………………………………….Commission on Aging Elderly Tax Benefits……………………………………………………………................Assessor Emergency Shelter…………………………………………………………………Social Services Energy Assistance…............................................................Commission on Aging/Social Services Excavation Permits………………………………….………………………..…………….Zoning 2 | P a g e Fishing Licenses……………………………………………………………………….Town Clerk Flu Shot Clinic……………………………………………………….……........Health Department Food Services Establishment Licenses…............................................................Health Department Gambling Permits (Games)……………………………………………………..Police Department Government Entitlement Programs…..…………………………….………………Social Services HART Bus Services……………………..……………………..…………...Commission on Aging Hazardous Waste….............................................................................................Health Department Hunting Licenses…........................................................................................................Town Clerk Inland Wetlands Applications….............................................................................Inland Wetlands Interlibrary Loan….............................................................................................NM Public Library Library Cards………………………………………………………...................NM Public Library Liquor Licenses….........................................................................Fire Marshal/Health Department Maps of New Milford….................................................................................................Town Clerk Maps of Reference……………………………………………………...Conservation Commission Marriage Licenses……………………………………………..……………………….Town Clerk Motor Vehicle Repair Licenses…………………….………………………….....................Zoning Notary Public………………………………….…..........................................Town Clerk /Probate Nursing Home License Renewals…………….…………………………....................Fire Marshal Passports….....................................................................................................................Town Clerk Public Parks Permit……………………………….……….…………………..Parks & Recreation Permits to Discharge (to subsurface sewage disposal systems)…………..........Health Department Pistol Permits…………………………………………………………………...Police Department Planning Pre-Application………………………………….………………..Planning Commission 3 | P a g e Raffle Permits……………………………………………..…………………...Police Department Recycling Punch-Cards……………………………………Public Works, Library or Town Clerk Reference/Information Service….......................................................................NM Public Library Sewer Connection Permits…………………………..……………………NM Sewer Commission Sewer Discharge Permits…………………………………………………NM Sewer Commission Seepage Dumping Permits………………………………………………..NM Sewer Commission Sign Permits………………………………………………………………………………...Zoning Soil Erosion Sign Off…………………………………….……………….Zoning/Inland Wetlands Subdivision Applications…………………………………………………...Planning Commission Subdivision Bonds………………………………………………………….Planning Commission Subsurface Sewage Disposal Systems Permit…………….…………………..Health Department Variances………………………………………………………………..Zoning Board of Appeals Vendor Permits…………………………………………………...……………….Mayor’s Office Visually Impaired Support Group…………………………………………Commission on Aging Voter Registration Cards………………………………………………………Town Clerk/ROV Well Drilling Permits………………………………………..…………………Health Department Youth & Families Services/Resources……………………..……………………….Youth Agency Zoning Permits……………………………………………..………..……………………...Zoning 4 | P a g e MUNICIPAL AGENCY HOURS AND PHONE NUMBERS TAX ASSESSOR HEALTH DEPARTMENT BRIAN LASTRA, TAX ASSESSOR MICHAEL CRESPAN, DIRECTOR 8:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M. 8:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M. 860-355-6070 860-355-6035 BOARD OF EDUCATION: HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT DR. KERRY PARKER, SUPERINTENDENT MICHAEL BOUCHER HIGHWAY FOREMAN 9:00 A.M. - 4:30 P.M. 6:30 A.M. - 3:00 P.M. 860-355-8406 860-355-6045 ANTHONY GIOVANNONE, INLAND WETLANDS BOE BUSINESS MANAGER JAMES FERLOW, ENFORCEMENT OFFICER 9:00 A.M. - 4:30 P.M. 8:00 A.M. - 4:30 P.M. 860-354-8726 860-355-6083 BUILDING INSPECTOR NEW MILFORD PUBLIC LIBRARY THOMAS HACKETT, BUILDING INSPECTOR 860-355-1191 8:00 A.M. - 4:30 P.M. 860-355-6090 MAYOR’S OFFICE PETE BASS, MAYOR CHILDREN’S CENTER 8:30 A.M. - 5:00 P.M. SUSAN JOHNSTON, DIRECTOR 860-355-6010 9:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M. 860-354-1883 PARKS AND RECREATION DANIEL CALHOUN, DIRECTOR COMMISSION ON AGING (SENIOR CENTER) 9:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M. CAROLYN HAGLUND, DIRECTOR 860-355-6050 8:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M. 860-355-6075 PERSONNEL GREG BOLLARO, DIRECTOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 8:00 A.M. – 5:00 P.M. KAREN POLLARD, DIRECTOR 860-355-6089 9:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M. 860-355-5001 PLANNING COMMISSION LAURA REGAN, PLANNER FINANCE 8:00 A.M. - 4:30 P.M. GREG OSIPOW, DIRECTOR 860-355-6080 8:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M. 860-355-6060 POLICE DEPARTMENT SPENCER CERRUTO, CHIEF OF POLICE FIRE MARSHAL 8:30 A.M. - 4:30 P.M. KEVIN REYNOLDS, FIRE MARSHAL 860-355-3133 8:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M. 860-355-6099 5 | P a g e PROBATE COURT TOWN CLERK’S OFFICE MARTIN LANDGREBE, PROBATE JUDGE NOREEN PRICHARD, TOWN CLERK 860-355-6029 8:00 A.M. - 4:30 P.M. 860-355-6020 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS JACK HEALY, DIRECTOR YOUTH AGENCY 8:00 A.M. - 4:30 P.M. JASON O’CONNOR, DIRECTOR 860-355-6040 8:00