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Torrington names Jamie Sikora public works director; staff outlines $120,000 plan update and scheduling for Yankee Peddler hearing
Summary
Mayor announced Jamie Sikora as Torrington's new public works director at the Feb. 2 meeting. City staff said a full update of the Plan of Conservation and Development will likely cost about $120,000 and that an RFP is being finalized; a scheduling hearing for the 'Yankee Peddler' motion to sell is set for Feb. 10.
Mayor announced at the Feb. 2 Torrington City Council meeting that Jamie Sikora, the city’s facilities director, has been selected as the new public works director following the announced retirement of longtime Public Works Director Ray Drew. Sikora told the council he is honored to take the role and said, "I absolutely love Torrington," and pledged to continue the department’s performance.
City staff member Jeremy updated the council on the planned update to the city’s Plan of Conservation and Development. Jeremy said the city last fully updated the plan in 2009 and that much of the plan's data is now unusable. He estimated a full update would cost roughly $120,000 and said staff are working to assemble funding from several sources: a capital reserve account with about $13,000, a special project fund that holds roughly $20,000 from an incentive housing payment, and potential Town Aid Road funds. Jeremy said an RFP is being finalized and the council will return to vote on a contract award after the RFP process.
Separately, corporation counsel reported that scheduling for a motion to sell in the "Yankee Peddler" matter has been set for Feb. 10 as an initial caseflow scheduling conference, with the parties hoping for a final hearing in late February or early March. Counsel also said a lease for 32 City Hall Ave has been finalized and that some building work is underway.
Other administrative actions during the meeting included approval of small-cities spending to replace a nonfunctional gas-fired boiler for $10,990 (project number '143PI-sixty6') and a WPCA invoice payment of $15,745 from the sanitary sewer capital improvement fund. The council also accepted tax and sewer usage refund recommendations dated Feb. 2, 2026.
Sikora and staff did not present an immediate implementation timetable for the plan update; Jeremy said staff will return to council after completing the RFP and award process.
