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Woodbury accepts state grants to fund culvert design and cybersecurity migration
Summary
The Board authorized acceptance of a fully funded CT DEEP grant for engineering design to replace the Clark Brook culvert to allow fish passage, and accepted a State and Local Cybersecurity Grant of $43,844 requiring a $10,961 town match to migrate systems to a Microsoft 365 GCC tenant and a .gov domain.
The Woodbury Board of Selectmen authorized two state-funded projects at its June 9 meeting: a CT DEEP grant to fund engineering design for replacement of the Clark Brook culvert at Minortown Road to provide fish passage, and a DESPP cybersecurity grant to migrate town systems to a Microsoft 365 Government Community Cloud tenant as part of a transition to a .gov domain.
Clark Brook culvert: Karen Reddington-Hughes moved and Paul Zulpa seconded a motion authorizing the First Selectman to enter into an agreement with the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (CT DEEP) to accept a fully funded grant for the culvert's engineering design. The grant, filed on the town's behalf by the Pomperaug River Watershed Coalition, is 100% state-funded and requires no town match. The motion carried 3-0.
Cybersecurity migration: The Board voted to accept a State and Local Cybersecurity Grant administered by Connecticut DESPP in the amount of $43,844 to support migration to a Microsoft 365 GCC tenant and the .gov domain transition. The grant requires a 20% town match of $10,961; Zulpa said the town previously budgeted $29,000 for the project and that budgeted funds will cover the required match. The motion to authorize the First Selectman to enter into the DESPP agreement carried 3-0.
Implications: The CT DEEP-funded engineering work aims to restore fish passage at a culvert identified as a barrier, a conservation and habitat restoration outcome. The cybersecurity funding will move town email and systems into a federal-government-focused cloud tenant to meet security requirements associated with the .gov transition. Both motions were unanimous and will be followed by contract and implementation steps.
Next steps: The Board authorized the First Selectman to execute the agreements. Staff will proceed with contractual steps for engineering design and with the cybersecurity migration project planning funded by the DESPP grant and existing town budgeted funds.
