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East Granby meeting approves capital closings, park cameras, updated maps and amended soliciting rules
Summary
East Granby voters at town meeting approved several capital‑account closures, funded security cameras for Granbrook Park, authorized updated building maps and codebooks, and adopted an amended pedaling-and-soliciting ordinance that includes a no‑knock list and moves fee‑setting to the Board of Selectmen.
At a short town meeting, voters approved a package of routine capital motions and an amended ordinance addressing solicitors.
Town First Selectperson Jason Hayes opened the meeting and members voted to close multiple school capital accounts and return any remaining balances to the capital fund, after a brief exchange in which a participant said the projects had been completed under budget. The moderator then put a motion to close additional accounts for items including SRO active‑threat equipment, fire department tires, town‑hall locks and field maintenance; the motion was approved and the meeting record notes about $27,000 in those requests.
The meeting also approved funding for Granbrook Park security cameras (a not‑to‑exceed amount of $14,700) and for building‑department map and codebook updates ($5,080). A planning/staff speaker said town maps are “significantly outdated” and argued the updates will support the town’s pending Plan of Conservation and Development and reflect recent sewer GPS mapping. Jim Franklin, citing his experience on the board of finance, objected that maps may not meet capital‑expenditure criteria; resident Jennifer Frank pushed back, calling the maps essential infrastructure.
Finally, meeting voters adopted an amended Chapter 229 pedaling‑and‑soliciting ordinance. The rewrite raises the permit level in the ordinance language (from $100 to $150) but delegates exact fee setting to the Board of Selectmen to avoid repeated town‑meeting votes for incremental fee changes. The amendment also creates a no‑knock list: residents may register with town hall to be excluded from door‑to‑door solicitations; the first violation triggers a written warning and subsequent violations carry monetary fines (a $100 fine for the second offense is described in the ordinance language). The ordinance expressly preserves First Amendment exemptions for political, religious and news organizations.
All motions were adopted by voice votes recorded in the meeting; the transcript records the moderator announcing that the motions carried but does not record roll‑call tallies or named yea/nay votes. The meeting adjourned after roughly 16 minutes.
