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Sprague approves $106,900 in grants for Beaver Brook fish‑passage improvements
Summary
At a Feb. 10 special town meeting, Sprague authorized $48,900 from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Long Island Sound Futures Fund, $33,000 from Cross Sound Ferry and $25,000 from Harbour House — a total of $106,900 — for fish‑passage work on Beaver Brook and empowered the First Selectman to execute grant documents and contracts.
The Town of Sprague voted at a special town meeting on Feb. 10, 2022, to appropriate three grants totaling $106,900 for a project to improve fish passage on Beaver Brook and authorized First Selectman Cheryl Blanchard to execute and receive related grant documents and enter necessary contracts, licenses, easements and agreements.
The appropriation motion, moved by committee member Kathleen Boushee and seconded by Maria Gladue, specified $48,900 from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (Long Island Sound Futures Fund), $33,000 from Cross Sound Ferry, and $25,000 from Harbour House to be expended on the Beaver Brook project. The motion was approved by voice vote.
The meeting record lists Cheryl Blanchard as moderator and Jennifer M. Synnett as clerk for the special meeting. No roll‑call tally was recorded in the transcript; the minutes note only that the motion passed by voice vote. The action also authorized the First Selectman, on behalf of the town, to sign and receive all grant documents and to enter into contracts, licenses, easements and agreements as appropriate to carry out the project.
The special meeting convened at 7:00 PM at Sayles School in Baltic and adjourned at 7:08 PM after a motion to adjourn by Kathleen Boushee, seconded by Maria Gladue. The transcript does not record further procedural steps or a schedule for project implementation; those details were not specified in the meeting text.
The town’s appropriation directs funds to an improvement of fish passage on Beaver Brook; the transcript does not include technical design details, an estimated construction schedule, or a breakdown of how each grant contribution will be spent. Those implementation details and any required permits or external approvals were not specified in the meeting record.
