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Chester boards review police and public works budget requests; approve prior meeting minutes
Summary
At a Feb. 24 joint meeting, Chester’s Board of Selectmen and Board of Finance heard presentations on Police and Public Works operating and capital budget requests from Public Works staff, approved Feb. 18 meeting minutes and reviewed capital submissions; Cemetery Association will present later.
CHES TER, Conn. — The Town of Chester’s Board of Selectmen and Board of Finance met jointly on Feb. 24, 2026, at Chester Town Hall and via Teams to review operating and capital budget requests for the police and public works departments, approve minutes from a prior joint budget meeting and conduct a capital review.
First Selectwoman Lignar called the Board of Selectmen meeting to order at 6:31 p.m., and Chairman Chillock called the Board of Finance meeting to order at 6:31 p.m. The meeting record lists board members present in person and remotely and notes guests including Peter Evenkow and Public Works representatives RST Dos Santos and Cam Evangelisti.
On a motion made and duly seconded, the boards unanimously approved the minutes from the Feb. 18, 2026 joint budget meeting. The minutes record the approval but do not list the mover or seconder by name.
RST Dos Santos and Cam Evangelisti, representing Public Works, presented the operating and capital budget requests for both the police and public works departments and were available to answer questions from board members. The minutes summarize that the presentations occurred and that board members posed questions; no formal vote on the budgets is recorded in these minutes.
The clerk noted that the Cemetery Association will present a separate budget request at a future meeting. The boards also reviewed capital budget submissions from all departments; the minutes reflect review but do not record any final capital approvals.
The meeting record states there were no public comments during the Audience of Citizens period. On a motion made and duly seconded, the joint meeting was unanimously adjourned at 8:19 p.m.
Attendance listed in the minutes includes First Selectwoman Lignar, Selectwoman Bandzes, Selectman Radicchi, BOF Chairman Chillock and BOF members John O’Hare, Deb Vilcheck, Bria Gilbert, Justin Kronholm, Phil Reynolds, John Connelly and Roger Labrecque. The minutes were respectfully submitted by Clerk Suzanne Helchowski.
