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First Selectman Raap to press state lawmakers on tribal fund and municipal restaurant-tax proposal; town updates given
Summary
First Selectman Denise Raap said she will attend a State Capitol press conference on Senate Bill 388 and work with local lawmakers on Senate Bill 2, and she provided local updates on Land Use staffing, Aquarion rain-barrel sales and a Sustainable Litchfield survey.
First Selectman Denise Raap told the Board of Selectmen on April 7 that she will go to the State Capitol on April 8 to participate in a press conference about Senate Bill 388, which the transcript identifies as pertaining to the Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan Fund. Raap also said she will work with the town's state representative and senator on Senate Bill 2, described in the meeting as a proposal that 50% of the additional 1% sales tax collected from restaurants be returned to the towns where the revenue is generated.
Raap expressed appreciation for Planning & Zoning Chairman Carol Bramley for stepping in as Interim Zoning Enforcement Officer and Land Use Official and thanked Administrative Assistant April Blasavage for supporting the Land Use Office. She also noted that Aquarion Water is selling rain barrels with May pickup at Town Hall and that the town has posted a Sustainable Litchfield post‑survey on its website and social channels to gather resident feedback on communications and information distribution.
No formal action was taken on the state bills during the meeting; Raap described planned coordination with state lawmakers. The board approved its March 24, 2026 regular meeting minutes earlier in the session by unanimous vote.
