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Charter commission weighs shortening capital improvement planning horizon
Summary
The Simsbury Charter Revision Commission discussed a town manager proposal to change the capital improvement planning schedule from a 1+5 format to a 1+4 format, clarified naming and capitalization of the plan (CIP), and debated whether the charter should require longer-range project identification.
The Simsbury Charter Revision Commission discussed a proposal to change the town's capital improvement plan schedule from the current one-year-plus-five-year format (commonly described as 1 and 5) to a one-year-plus-four-year format (1 and 4). The idea, introduced in a memo from Town Manager Mark Nelson, would effectively shorten the formal forward-looking planning horizon in the charter.
Commissioners said the change would align Simsbury…
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