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Public commenters urge transparency on minutes and library appointments, promote recycling and events
Summary
During public audience, residents raised concerns about access to meeting sign-in records and FOIA responses, alleged irregularities in library committee appointments and promoted Swap Shop and sustainability events; the board recorded the comments and noted procedures for public registration.
Several Simsbury residents used the public-audience period at the April 20 meeting to raise procedural concerns and promote community events.
Joan Coe (26 Whitcomb Drive) recounted posting photos of a recent fire to media and said she obtained the Fire Marshal's report by FOIA; she told the Selectmen that a March 23 sign-up sheet was not available and said she wanted Deputy First Selectman Steve Antonio to resign. Chair Wendy Mackstutis called a point of order twice while Coe spoke.
Joe Daley (32 Nimrod Road), a Recycling Committee member, described the Transfer Station Swap Shop (open Saturdays April–October) and invited the board and staff to a tour of a single-stream recycling sorting facility on May 14; he also promoted upcoming workshops including an EV-ownership session April 27 and the Simsbury Sustainability Fair May 2.
Diane Nash (5 Merrywood) criticized the five-minute limit for public audience and asked for better linkage between the Board and the public, urged more input on proposed solar panels and suggested the board set agendas rather than routing them through the Town Manager.
Lori Boyko (15 Oakhurst Road) alleged the Library's separate committee had not been properly sworn in, lacked partisan representation and had not completed required conflict-of-interest forms or FOIA/ethics training; she said one Republican was added after complaints and called for dissolving the DEI Council. The minutes record these statements as public comment; no board action was taken during the public-audience period.
