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Cheshire council adopts changes to Public Building Commission ordinance, approves FY25–26 capital budget and multiple grants
Summary
On Oct. 14 the Town Council adopted amendments to the Public Building Commission ordinance to clarify project oversight and council checkpoints, approved the FY2025–26 capital budget and five‑year plan, and accepted several grants and appropriations including a DEEP clean water fund grant and NEF school composting funding.
The Cheshire Town Council on Oct. 14, 2025, unanimously adopted revisions to Section 2‑26 — the Public Building Commission (PBC) ordinance — and approved the town’s fiscal‑year 2025–26 annual capital budget and an amended five‑year capital expenditure plan.
Town Attorney Andrew D’Onofrio described the PBC amendments as clarifying the commission’s scope and improving project controls. D’Onofrio told the council the rewritten ordinance limits PBC responsibility to projects referred by the council, requires compliance with the town charter and applicable law, and enumerates duties such as determining project delivery methods, prioritizing quality/budget/schedule, complying with bidding statutes (Cheshire bid threshold cited as $35,000) and using RFQs/RFPs for professional services. The draft also requires that for projects that (a) use state or federal grants, (b) exceed $25 million in estimate, or (c) are otherwise large, the PBC must…
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