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 Municipal Office Complex, Meeting Rooms 1 & 2, 1 Plains Road in Moodus, Connecticut on Wednesday, September 3, 2025 at 8:00pm for the following purposes, to wit:
Item 1: To consider and act upon the recommendation of the Board of Selectmen and Board of Finance to accept a grant in the amount of $1,000.00 from the M. Jones Family Fund at the Community Foundation of Middlesex County for the purpose of supporting summer 2025 camp programs (revenue account 28045-44709-R1099 and expense account 28045033-56900-R1099).
Item 2: To consider and act upon the recommendation of the Board of Selectmen and Board of Finance to accept a grant in the amount of $5,000.00 from the Ellen D’Oench Fund and Whelen Family Fund at the Community Foundation of Middlesex County for the purpose of supporting summer 2025 camp programs (revenue account 28045-44709-R1099 and expense account 28045033-56900-R1099).
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 reappoints William DiCristofaro and Andrew Lord, electors of the Town of East Haddam, to the Town of East Haddam Redevelopment Agency, to serve for 5 year terms expiring August 31, 2030, and subject to approval of a Town Meeting.
Item 4: To consider and act upon the recommendation of the Board of Selectmen to adopt the following resolution:
Whereas, the Town of East Haddam has applied for and received a grant, for financial assistance under the Open Space and Watershed Land Acquisition Grant Program (OSWA), established and administered by the State of Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (“DEEP”) pursuant to Section 7-131d of the Connecticut General Statutes.
RESOLVED, that Irene M. Haines, First Selectmen of the Town of East Haddam, is hereby authorized to execute on behalf of the Town of East Haddam an Open Space and Watershed Land Acquisition Grant Agreement and a Conservation and Public Recreation Easement and Agreement for property known as Hayward Property (OSWA#608) with the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, and to manage said land as open space land pursuant to Section 7-131d of the Connecticut General Statutes.
BE IT FURTHER KNOWN, that Irene M. Haines, was elected as First Selectman on November 2, 2021, and her term of office began on November 3, 2021 and will continue until November 17, 2025. As the First Selectmen, Irene M. Haines serves as the Chief Executive Officer for the Town of East Haddam and is duly authorized to enter into agreements and contracts on behalf of the Town of East Haddam.
Item 5: To consider and discuss (but not vote on) the following resolutions:
I. RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN APPROPRIATION OF $10,000,000 FOR ROAD IMPROVEMENTS AND THE FINANCING OF SAID APPROPRIATION BY THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS OF THE TOWN AND NOTES IN ANTICIPATION OF SUCH BONDS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEEED $10,000,000, OR SO MUCH AS MAY BE NECESSARY AFTER DEDUCTING GRANTS THEREFOR
BOS Resolution - Road Improvements Projects-Aug 2025.pdf
BOF Resolution - Road Improvement Projects-Aug 2025.pdf
Pavement Management Explanatory Text-Aug 2025.pdf
Special Town Meeting and Referendum-Road Improvement Projects-Sept 2025.pdf
II. RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN APPROPRIATION OF $2,387,750 FOR ROAD CULVERT REPLACEMENT WORK ASSOCIATED WITH BEEBE ROAD AND AP GATES ROAD AND THE FINANCING OF SAID APPROPRIATION BY THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS OF THE TOWN AND NOTES IN ANTICIPATION OF SUCH BONDS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEEED $2,387,750, OR SO MUCH AS MAY BE NECESSARY AFTER DEDUCTING GRANTS THEREFOR
BOS Resolution - Culvert Replacement-Beebe Road and AP Gates Road-Aug 2025.pdf
BOF Resolution - Culvert Replacement-Beebe Road and AP Gates Road-Aug 2025.pdf
Fire Apparatus Explanatory Text-Aug 2025.pdf
Special Town Meeting and Referendum-Road Culvert Replacement Work-Sept 2025.pdf
III. RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN APPROPRIATION OF $3,400,000 FOR THE PURCHASE OF FIRE APPARATUS AND THE FINANCING OF SAID APPROPRIATION BY THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS OF THE TOWN AND NOTES IN ANTICIPATION OF SUCH BONDS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEEED $3,400,000, OR SO MUCH AS MAY BE NECESSARY AFTER DEDUCTING GRANTS THEREFOR
BOS Resolution - Fire Truck Acquisition-Aug 2025.pdf
BOF Resolution - Fire Truck Acquisition-Aug 2025.pdf
Fire Apparatus Explanatory Text-Aug 2025.pdf
Special Town Meeting and Referendum-Fire Truck Acquisition-Sept 2025.pdf
The full text of the foregoing authorizing resolutions are on file and open to inspection at the office of the Town Clerk, Municipal Office Complex, Moodus, Connecticut, for the use or inspection of any interested person.
All electors and persons eligible to vote in town meetings of the Town are hereby further notified that pursuant to Section 7-7 of the Connecticut General Statutes, as amended, the Board of Selectmen of the Town has removed the above items on the call of this Special Town Meeting for submission to the voters for vote by voting machine. The questions to be voted upon are as follows:
I. “Shall the resolution entitled, ‘RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN APPROPRIATION OF $10,000,000 FOR ROAD IMPROVEMENTS AND THE FINANCING OF SAID APPROPRIATION BY THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS OF THE TOWN AND NOTES IN ANTICIPATION OF SUCH BONDS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEEED $10,000,000, OR SO MUCH AS MAY BE NECESSARY AFTER DEDUCTING GRANTS THEREFOR’, be approved?
Yes ______ No ______”
The ballot label for said question shall read as follows:
“Shall the Town of East Haddam appropriate $10,000,000 for road improvements and authorize the issuance of general obligation bonds and notes in the same amount to finance said appropriation?
Yes _____ No _____”
II. “Shall the resolution entitled, ‘RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN APPROPRIATION OF $2,387,750 FOR ROAD CULVERT REPLACEMENT WORK ASSOCIATED WITH BEEBE ROAD AND AP GATES ROAD AND THE FINANCING OF SAID APPROPRIATION BY THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS OF THE TOWN AND NOTES IN ANTICIPATION OF SUCH BONDS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEEED $2,387,750, OR SO MUCH AS MAY BE NECESSARY AFTER DEDUCTING GRANTS THEREFOR’, be approved?
Yes ______ No ______”
The ballot label for said question shall read as follows:
“Shall the Town of East Haddam appropriate $2,387,750 for road culvert replacement work associated with Beebe Road and AP Gates Road and authorize the issuance of general obligation bonds and notes in the same amount to finance said appropriation?
Yes _____ No _____”
III. “Shall the resolution entitled, ‘RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN APPROPRIATION OF $3,400,000 FOR THE PURCHASE OF FIRE APPARATUS AND THE FINANCING OF SAID APPROPRIATION BY THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS OF THE TOWN AND NOTES IN ANTICIPATION OF SUCH BONDS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEEED $3,400,000, OR SO MUCH AS MAY BE NECESSARY AFTER DEDUCTING GRANTS THEREFOR’, be approved?
Yes ______ No ______”
The ballot label for said question shall read as follows:
“Shall the Town of East Haddam appropriate $3,400,000 for the purchase of fire apparatus and authorize the issuance of general obligation bonds and notes in the same amount to finance said appropriation?
Yes _____ No _____”
The vote will be conducted on Tuesday, September 16, 2025, during the hours from 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Municipal Office Complex, 1 Plains Road, Moodus, Connecticut. Absentee ballots will be available from the Town Clerk’s Office. Voters approving one or more of the resolutions will vote “Yes” and voters opposing one or more of the resolutions will vote “No”.
Item 6: To consider and vote upon a resolution to adjourn the special town meeting to a vote by voting machine on the above questions regarding item 5 to be held on the date, during the time and at the noticed polling place referred to above.
Dated at East Haddam, Connecticut
this 20th day of August, 2025.
Irene M. Haines, First Selectman
Erik W. Dill, Selectman
Tanya M. Bourgoin, Selectman
