It’s D-Day.
Or at least that’s what CCM, the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities, says it is for municipal mandate relief.
Mayors, first selectmen, and some legislators have been banging the drum against unfunded mandates for years. Some in the legislature have not heard the sound. As such, CCM returns to the state Capitol each year to argue for relief.
Substitute House bill 5255 would “allow towns to set their own fee levels for certain services to cover administrative costs” and “relieve towns from the requirement to remove and store the possessions of evicted residential tenants,” according to CCM.
It would also “change property tax laws governing telecommunication towers and eliminate the requirement that towns post minutes on their websites – the minutes would still be available for public inspection.”
“It’s time for the state to deliver on mandates relief, and the finance committee can jump start this effort by reporting out” the bill, said James Finley, CCM’s CEO and chief lobbyist at the Capitol.