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A classroom staff member who identified herself and said she works at Edgewood described sustained problems in which teachers used buckets for a roof leak; she said staff experienced illness and urged rapid response to protect children and employees. The council heard the staff member’s concern during the meeting’s committee reports and public‑participation period.

City and school officials provided a status update at the meeting. School leaders told the council they are performing temporary roof repairs to mitigate water intrusion, conducting remediation in classrooms and hallways, and running indoor‑air quality sampling with a contracted air‑quality technician. The superintendent’s message provided to staff — read aloud during the meeting — said data from the sampling will guide decisions about when the building will safely reopen and that parents will receive reimbursement for prorated February tuition payments for affected programs.

Councilors also said they had received a copy of a ConOSH A (Connecticut Occupational Safety and Health) letter dated Feb. 5 and acknowledged that ConOSH involvement could lead to further guidance for remediation. Council members welcomed the updates and said they had offered potential temporary spaces to the Board of Education while the district evaluates remediation and repairs. The city noted prior capital allocations for the school’s larger rehabilitation but said expenditure timing and scope are managed by the Board of Education and district staff.

The superintendent’s update promised another status report to staff on Thursday, and the council encouraged staff and parents to stay in touch with district contacts for case‑specific questions. No formal city council action was taken on facility repairs during the Feb. 11 meeting; the council said it would provide assistance where feasible.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Bristol City Council Meeting - 02/11/25","oneSentenceSummary","Edgewood School — a pre‑K academy — closed temporarily after staff reported water intrusion, indoor air concerns and visible buckets in classrooms; the school district is performing remediation, air sampling and temporary roofing repairs and will update staff and parents this week.","taxTitle","Bristol City, Hartford County, Connecticut","taxId",12635,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6330207,"City shares update from ReWorld and health district as residents press for faster noise fixes",694,2550000,3244000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2314999-dc5ae33fd4ecc081fcd026fd6b4c8073&start=2550&end=3244","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2314999-dc5ae33fd4ecc081fcd026fd6b4c8073/thumbnail_2550000.jpg","/articles/6330207/Bristol-City/Hartford-County/Connecticut/City-shares-update-from-ReWorld-and-health-district-as-residents-press-for-faster-noise-fixes","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6330207-a890c18953131b9fc582d5005a149265/orig.mp4?Expires=1776763448&Signature=HEMWlJz~h4~Ne8pmeW5u-IkgveCqqxbcqZ9TDVZ-fzSRzPHuNG8qdeEb8GVylvZ5uOyKiLI6SRBOnXmT5eRdRReJhvfs08Yf24w2ZIRuXHUn3jhI2Q6wPT9ut6zPqgow7AWUN6r4OZWVJK7uqZDK5O7FeRYsFGB~aG4BMG-LMzXNLhkCv2-efMZWp-umlQAKgwJ4RBEpLywGVAzKpardXkIgKczERx1Kooc~n5bCBgRTAD8ybB7-c~J8BYOPdalpGyEu8n7dzOjgMLyQxEsjtyu~flgS5qtUd5WfJJSjsi03KEvKF4Uuf6fCRDFM30fmZAkMYYx3KxMa9STTNtCBoQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Residents and council members pressed the City of Bristol on noise and alleged ongoing violations at the ReWorld waste‑to‑energy facility during public participation and old business at the Feb. 11 City Council meeting.

Diane Kosas, a resident who addressed the council during public participation, said she and other neighbors have continued to experience “relentless, piercing, low frequency noise” from the plant and urged the council to send a letter supporting enforcement actions. The mayor and council members said they have shared constituents’ concerns with the Bristol Burlington Health District (BBHD) and that the district has primary enforcement authority for the plant’s public‑health matters.

Cheryl (city council member) summarized a multi‑page update the council received from ReWorld and BBHD and said the companies and consultants are pursuing several engineering and acoustic tests. According to the memo read into the record, ReWorld voluntarily removed one boiler from service to permit a motor replacement and installed QFT inserts in ID fans during 2024. Post‑retrofit noise surveys showed some reductions but not enough to meet the desired targets; ReWorld ordered modified inserts and performed further installations during December 2024, with limited success. The company plans additional research and development testing of flue‑gas flow in February 2025 and an annual planned maintenance outage in March 2025, during which ReWorld expects to replace a spray dryer absorber vessel for Unit 2 and related ductwork and to change the ID fan inlet transition piece.

Cheryl said the company and BBHD have also shared sound clips, engaged acoustical engineers on both sides, and are iterating on solutions that require taking equipment offline for testing. She told the council the planned March outage is an opportunity to implement changes that could reduce the stack‑related noise. She added that BBHD has pursued enforcement actions where applicable; attorney involvement was reported as part of the district’s work.

Resident speakers pressed for more direct action. Diane Kosas said she felt abandoned by local officials and asked explicitly whether council members supported enforcement; the mayor said the council had pressed the state and testified previously and reiterated the city’s support for efforts to ensure compliance. Another council member noted that some technical sources point to multiple possible noise sources — turbines, fans and airflow in ducts — and recommended relying on the acoustical engineers’ findings.

The council agreed to post the ReWorld/BBHD memo and continue to monitor progress. Council members encouraged residents to provide further evidence and said BBHD remains the primary enforcement body for environmental and health violations tied to the facility.","Council members and residents discussed ongoing low‑frequency noise complaints from the ReWorld (formerly Covanta) waste‑to‑energy facility; Bristol Burlington Health District and ReWorld reported engineering tests and retrofit steps but residents said mitigation remains insufficient.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6330212,"Bristol officials report near‑complete tax collections, warn motor‑vehicle valuation changes will reduce revenue growth",1135,123000,1258000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2314999-dc5ae33fd4ecc081fcd026fd6b4c8073&start=123&end=1258","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2314999-dc5ae33fd4ecc081fcd026fd6b4c8073/thumbnail_123000.jpg","/articles/6330212/Bristol-City/Hartford-County/Connecticut/Bristol-officials-report-nearcomplete-tax-collections-warn-motorvehicle-valuation-changes-will-reduce-revenue-growth","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6330212-fa84c06e7b5a41ef5b5bc2aef5f89bbf/orig.mp4?Expires=1776763448&Signature=Q~-IJx948G2d8MJLZw45HtfvZaIDaPVjphX~-NqPOZhtwJ9Ky9-qk9a6Jf~KGjQlQiA0lzhSPZpyxNadU~CynXu03Gn12wst-GPA~AyvymuPIJ7SyFx~yRCyNsWqmvgogC29O8iwde-J6WdGaSH4vCjyxMbq8-LwbbzgEdcaO6FUhOaEWp4vdxAaO2o5e2WKZL3ODn8XF~s08tFqVHJcYL00l4B6wRDDDLnwz2OmX3l94fOe6n4nT91xTFMc812-sL2hCRHT6MUmdJu5zxVbwsOzYT3YEJYHeQ-mrNSIQqnn0Py1bkiyK7FlmXKvml~C3-GKHsGATwirhNOgTyeUwA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","City finance staff told the joint meeting of the Bristol City Council and Board of Finance on Feb. 11 that the city has collected about 99.6% of its current levy and is tracking near or above budget in several revenue categories, even as a statewide change to vehicle valuation reduced the city’s motor‑vehicle tax base.

Diane (city finance staff) said the city’s current levy stood at $167,200,000 and “we are at 99.58% collected” for the January accounting period. She reported building‑permit fees and conveyance taxes at roughly 82% and 89% of budgeted levels, and noted motor‑vehicle supplemental receipts of $1,540,000 that slightly exceeded the supplemental budget. She also reported delinquent‑tax demand activity: 1,148 real‑estate demands totaling $3,280,000 in tax due with $140,000 in interest, and 574 personal‑property demands totaling $527,000.

Tom Denote, the city assessor, presented the signed 2024 grand list and a multipart explanation of why the city will realize only modest additional tax revenue from this year’s valuations. The grand list figures he reported include roughly $4.5 billion in real‑estate value, about $536 million in personal property, and roughly $450 million in motor‑vehicle value. He said combined net assessment increases in real estate and personal property total about $104 million, but a new state valuation method for registered passenger vehicles reduced the motor‑vehicle net valuation by about $77.5 million, roughly a 14.7% decline.

Why it matters: the assessor said the net result of those changes will generate about $750,000 in additional revenue for the city this year — far smaller than recent year‑over‑year growth. Mayor Jeff Caggiano told the joint meeting the combination of shifting valuations and large spending requests has prompted staff to ask departments to trim FY26 operating budgets by 2%–5% and to implement a hiring freeze during the budget process.

What changed for cars: Denote said the new approach, required by state law, values registered passenger vehicles using manufacturers’ suggested retail price (MSRP) depreciated according to a state schedule, then multiplies that depreciated MSRP by the statutory assessment ratio (70%) to produce the assessed value. Quoting his slides, Denote told the meeting, “the assessed value of your vehicle will automatically decrease according to the depreciation schedule and your vehicle will be assessed at no less than $500 for taxation purposes at any time.” He cited Public Act 22‑118 and the June special session Public Act 24‑1 as the state authorities implementing the change.

Denote gave a worked example comparing the old approach and the new MSRP‑based approach for a 2020 Honda Accord. Under the prior statewide guide (clean retail), the example produced an assessment that led to an estimated $462 tax bill; under the MSRP/depreciation method, the same vehicle’s estimated tax bill would be about $355 — a $107 reduction (roughly 23%). He said about 32,981 of roughly 51,000 registered passenger vehicles on the grand list decreased in value under the new method and about 18,000 increased, and he estimated roughly 6,000 taxpayers would see higher motor‑vehicle taxes based on the change.

Exemptions and appeals: Denote said roughly 2,700 vehicles were automatically exempted under statutory provisions (he cited section 12‑81/82 of the Connecticut General Statutes) — examples include personal utility trailers, snowmobiles and ATVs when used exclusively for personal use; by contrast campers and commercial trailers remain assessable. He also said the Board of Assessment Appeals’ authority in vehicle cases is strictly limited to argument over the MSRP (price), not the city’s final tax computation.

City finances and near‑term outlook: Finance staff said investment earnings are conservatively estimated at 2.25%, and the city’s general revenue picture remains steady apart from the changes described. The Board of Education’s budget request was described as substantially larger than prior years and still subject to potential state reimbursements; the assessor and finance staff said they expect to continue firming revenue estimates as late‑posted receipts are recorded over February.

Votes at a glance: The council approved routine business and several measures during the Feb. 11 meeting, including a transfer of $30,500 from the capital projects contingency fund for soil management at the Carrier property. Other formal actions taken that evening included an adopted real‑estate encroachment enforcement policy; two ordinance amendments to police ranks and retirement benefit language; multiple reappointments to municipal boards; approval of an easement to Eversource Energy; a city resolution to seek inclusion in the federal Highlands boundary; municipal grant‑aid recertification of $4,856,624; a $57,500 contract amendment for the City Hall renovation project; and a $50,000 full‑and‑final settlement of a workers’ compensation claim. (See the article’s structured actions list for motions and outcomes.)

Bottom line: City finance staff described collections as strong for January, but the assessor and mayor warned that the state’s change in vehicle valuation and large budget requests — notably from the Board of Education — will require scrutiny during upcoming budget hearings. The council directed departments to seek 2%–5% year‑over‑year reductions in their FY26 requests and imposed a temporary hiring freeze to preserve flexibility during the budget process.","City finance staff reported near‑100% collection of current levy and higher building‑permit revenues, while the assessor outlined a new state vehicle valuation method that cut motor‑vehicle net valuation and will damp revenue growth; Council approved several routine measures including a $30,500 contingency transfer for soil management.","actionData","errors"]

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