Town of Simsbury
First Selectman’s Office
Press Release - July 1, 2009
Simsbury First Selectman Mary Glassman announced today that the Town of Simsbury will save approximately 7.7% or $31,000 in electricity generation expenditures per year over the next two calendar years due to its recent participation in a competitive bidding process for the purchase of electricity. The procurement process was conducted in conjunction with the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities Energy Purchase Program.
As a result of Simsbury’s participation in this process, the Town has executed a contract for the purchase of electricity from TransCanada Power Marketing Ltd. The Town’s per kilowatt hour cost for electricity will decrease from 10.705 to 9.940 cents per/kwh as a result of participating in this competitive bid process. The CCM Energy Purchase Program has assisted 130 Towns and School Districts with the purchase of electricity since the program began in 2004. This is the second year the Town of Simsbury has participated in the CCM process.
For Immediate Release
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Glassman Elected to CCM Leadership Post
Simsbury, Conn. First Selectman Mary A. Glassman has been elected to serve as Treasurer of the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities after being nominated by the Conference’s Nominating Committee. A member of CCM since her election in 2007, she is eager to begin work on the Agenda of the Conference, strengthening municipalities all across the state. Mrs. Glassman brings extensive legislative experience to the table, as she prepares to advocate for the Conference as part of her duties. She joins Old Lyme First Selectman Timothy Griswold, President of the Conference, with various other officials to make up the slate of officers selected for the leadership of the Conference. The vote, open to the entire membership took place on June 16, at the Crowne Plaza Hartford in Cromwell.
2010 - 2011 Budget Message
February 12, 2010
Members of the Board of Selectmen
Citizens and Taxpayers of Simsbury
The proposed 2010-2011 budget certainly presented many challenges to the staff and me as we put together the following zero spending increase document. We know that the national economy is in horrendous shape and that our citizens have to spend more and more money on their daily living. I aimed for a prudent budget that would allow us to keep our core services with no additional programming added, as well as allow us to maintain what we already have by meeting our capital needs. We have made much progress in the last few years in replacing our old and outdated fleet and repairing our buildings and roads. I do not wish to see us go backwards. This budget will allow us to keep from falling behind in the progress of previous years, but does not make any major inroads into the substantial list of projects we should
be undertaking to move our Town forward.
Please select the following link to view pages showing a summary of revenues and expenditures, and an outline of the impact the proposed budget will have on our community.
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