Bozrah selectmen forward hunting ordinance to Town Meeting, approve reappointments and restore $56,750 for Fitchville Annex

First Selectman Glenn Pianka called the Bozrah Board of Selectmen to order Feb. 17 and the board took several unanimous actions, including forwarding a proposed Town of Bozrah Hunting Ordinance to a Town Meeting, approving multiple reappointments, and asking the Board of Finance to restore $56,750.28 for the Fitchville Annex.

The board voted 3–0 to forward the Hunting Ordinance and its Appendix A (the Town of Bozrah Hunting Rules and Regulations) to a Town Meeting after First Selectman Glenn Pianka presented a final draft. The board’s vote does not adopt the ordinance itself; it authorizes placing the question before town voters at a Town Meeting, where the ordinance may be debated and decided.

In routine business the board unanimously re‑appointed Charlene Lathrop and Steven Brunetti to the Inland Wetlands and Conservation Commission for terms running Jan. 31, 2026, through Jan. 31, 2029, and re‑appointed Miria Morgan as the town’s Eastern Regional Tourism Representative for a term beginning March 21, 2026. All appointment motions were made and seconded on the record and carried 3–0.

Selectman Bill Ballinger moved, and Selectman Jeremy Tarasevich seconded, a request that the Board of Finance restore a previously authorized line item (190/55020) for 194 Fitchville Road — the Fitchville Annex — in the amount of $56,750.28. The board approved forwarding that request to the Board of Finance by unanimous vote; the minutes do not record the Board of Finance’s response or a timeline for restoration.

The board also voted to refer the town’s Plan of Conservation and Development to a Planning and Zoning public hearing, a procedural step toward public review and potential adoption. First Selectman Pianka presented a rough draft of the 2026–2027 budget and the board discussed scheduling workshops to review the draft further; no budget votes were taken at this meeting.

Under other business the board added and approved an Agriculture Commission alternate appointment. The board appointed Eric Fritch (314 Fitchville Road) as an alternate with a term listed from Dec. 15, 2025, through Dec. 15, 2028. The minutes record public comments by Raymond Barber on the Fire Fighter’s Cancer Relief Fund and later about the town audit; no formal actions on those comments are recorded.

The meeting adjourned at 8:28 p.m. The next procedural steps recorded in the minutes are the Town Meeting for the Hunting Ordinance (date not specified in the minutes) and the Board of Finance review of the Fitchville Annex line‑item restoration request.