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Conservation Commission requests $7,000 to restart communications, discusses charter updates and a dashboard
Summary
On Oct. 9 the commission voted to request a $7,000 budget allocation to restart communications and data work (including a dashboard). Commissioners also discussed modernizing charter language to add sustainability and clearer budget authority and agreed to research the charter-opening timeline.
The New Canaan Conservation Commission voted Oct. 9 to request $7,000 to restart communications work, including compiling transfer-station and other environmental data into accessible formats such as a dashboard. The motion, moved and seconded during a lengthy discussion about the commission’s authority and role, passed by voice vote.
Commissioners argued the town charter’s current language — which directs the commission to "advertise, prepare, distribute books, maps, charts, plans and pamphlets" — is…
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