VOLUME 18 NUMBER 6 PLAINVILLE’S HOMETOWN CONNECTION MARCH 2015 Roadways Crew in Plainville Gets It Done...Snowiest Month Ever!! William Alfred Johnson Celebrates 100 Years!!! March 28th, 2015 Lifetime resident of Plainville, Al Johnson is very well known around town! He volunteered for 26 years driving cancer patients to their appointments, he was a poll volunteer on election day, and he worked at the Foundery and Plainville Plating for many years. You could always count on Al to help a person in need. THANK YOU AL for all the SMILES and for all you’ve done throughout the years!!!!! “Happy 100th Birthday!!!!” Take a peek…. 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Lee, Town Manager’s Report to Town Council Town Council Notes that we are losing some part of our history. plant to the Mattabassett facility in Cromwell And I do understand that sentiment. But I is almost $150,000 a year. The Town had a February 17, 2015 also believe that there were equally as many long-term contract with Waste Technology Town Auditors people who did not want their taxes going up Transfer. Water Pollution Control • Nikoleta McTigue, CPA from Blum Shapiro to take down the building. I also think there Superintendent Joe Alosso recently reviewed is here this evening to give a report on the were many people who thought that there the terms of the contract and determined that results of the FY14 Town Audit which has were other uses for the building such as senior the Town could save some significant monies recently been completed and is available for housing or could be sold to a private entity for by contracting with some other entities. He review on the Town website. development. I also think there were many contacted some hauling companies, including • Nikoleta is also available to answer any people who did not know enough about the our existing hauler, and the low quote was questions that you may have regarding the issue – so the reaction was to vote “no”. The submitted by J & M Transport of Rhode Town audit. reality is – that there are no other potential Island for $165. per load. J & M Transport Old Linden Street School – Public Forum uses for the building that are cost effective recently was the low bid in Southington for • A forum seeking input from residents or make sense. So the question becomes – similar sludge hauling work. The next low regarding the potential use of the Old does the Town spend $6M + to renovate a quote was submitted by JP Noonan for $200 Linden Street School building was held on building that has limited use with no parking per load. Our existing hauler did not give a Thursday, February 5th here in the Town while ignoring the current conditions relating quote but was currently charging the Town Council Chambers. At the beginning of to traffic and safety issues with the current significantly higher than the quotes of J&M the forum both Jeff Kitching and I gave a school use? and JP Noonan.