LEGAL NOTICE
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
EAST HADDAM
The Electors and citizens of the Town of East Haddam, Connecticut qualified to vote in Town Meeting are hereby warned and notified that a Special Town Meeting will be held in the Nathan Hale-Ray High School Auditorium, 15 School Drive in Moodus, Connecticut on Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 8:00pm for the following purposes, to wit:
Item 1: To consider and act upon the following resolution as recommended by the Board of Selectmen:
RESOLVED, that the ordinance entitled Chapter 12 Boards, Commission, Committees and Agencies, Article X Cemetery Committee, Section 12-36 Membership and terms, item A adopted by Town Meeting, October 28, 2021, be amended to add section A (1) Alternate Members as follows:
(1) Alternate Members: There shall be two alternate members who shall be appointed by the Board of Selectmen. The initial terms of appointment for the two alternate members shall be as follows: one member shall be appointed for a term of one year and one member shall be appointed for a term of two years. An alternate member in attendance at a meeting shall be counted in the determination of a quorum. Whenever a member is absent or recuses himself/herself from participation or voting on a matter before the Committee, the Chairman or the person serving as Acting Chairman of the meeting shall appoint an alternate member to take the place of the absent or recused member, which alternate member shall be invested with all powers and attributes of full membership on the Commission for the duration of the meeting or on the matter from which the regular member has recused himself/herself, including the right to participate in any discussion and the right to vote.
Copies of said ordinance are on file in the Town Clerk’s Office during regular business hours.
Cemetery_Committee_Ordinance-Amendment_(TM_04-21-2026).pdf
Item 2: To consider and act upon the recommendation of the Board of Selectmen and the Board of Finance to adopt the following resolution:
RESOLVED, that a grant in the amount of $5,000 is hereby accepted from the State of Connecticut, State Library, for the purpose of historic document preservation and appropriated to the Historic Document Preservation Fund (account 26041-43000); and that Todd H. Gelston, First Selectman, is empowered to execute and deliver in the name and on behalf of this municipality, a contract with the Connecticut State Library for an Historic Document Preservation Grant.
Item 3: To consider and act upon the recommendation of the Board of Selectmen to adopt the following resolution:
RESOLVED: Pursuant to Chapter 130, of the Connecticut General Statutes, and the “Town of East Haddam Ordinance to Create the East Haddam Redevelopment Agency for the Development of the Former Town Office and Garage Property and Certain Surrounding Properties” the Board of Selectmen hereby appoints Scott Brown, elector of the Town of East Haddam, to the Town of East Haddam Redevelopment Agency, to serve and fill a vacant term expiring August 31, 2027 and Daniel Cobleigh, elector of the Town of East Haddam, to the Town of East Haddam Redevelopment Agency, to serve and fill a vacant term expiring August 31, 2029, and subject to approval at Town Meeting.
Item 4: To consider and discuss (but not to vote on) the Town Budget for the 2026-2027 fiscal year in the amount of $43,841,297 as recommended by the Board of Finance.
All those persons qualified to vote in town meetings of the Town of East Haddam, Connecticut, are hereby further notified that pursuant to Section 7-7 of the Connecticut General Statutes, the Board of Selectmen of the Town of East Haddam have removed the above item on the call of this Special Town Meeting for submission to the voters of the Town of East Haddam who are qualified to vote at Town meetings for "yes" or "no" vote by voting machine on the following question:
Shall the Town of East Haddam budget of $43,841,297, as recommended by the Board of Finance for fiscal year 2026–2027 be approved?
The vote by voting machine ballot labels will be conducted at the Municipal Office Complex, Moodus, Connecticut between the hours of twelve o’clock p.m. and eight o’clock p.m. (in absence of a contrary determination at the Town Meeting) on May 5, 2026.
2026-2027 Budget Expense.pdf
2026-2027 Budget Revenue.pdf
2026-2027 Budget Mil Rate Calculation.pdf
2026-2027 Budget Historical Mil Rates.pdf
Item 5: To consider and vote on the recommendation of the Board of Selectmen that the polls shall be open at six o’clock a.m. to conduct the referendum on May 5, 2026.
Dated at East Haddam, Connecticut
this 7th day of April 2026.
Todd H. Gelston, First Selectman
Erik W. Dill, Selectman
Thomas J. Sevigny, Selectman
