Some of the top local officials in the state will descend upon the state Capitol complex Tuesday to testify about Republican Gov. M. Jodi Rell’s proposed budget.
The budget-writing appropriations committee will hold a special meeting to discuss the impact of the budget in an annual forum that allows for an airing of municipal needs.
The speakers will include New Haven Mayor John DeStefano, East Hartford Mayor and former state representative Melody Currey, Middletown Mayor Sebastian Giuliano, Simsbury interim administrator Bonnie Therrien, and Tim Griswold, the first selectman of Old Lyme who currently serves as the president of the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities.
The forum runs from 10 a.m. until noon in Room 2 E at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford.