Tuesday, April 19, 2011

The Editor's Notepod, Tues., Apr. 19, 2011

There’s something encouraging about Southington’s moves to increase and spread IT around town departments. More is better.

A news story discusses the proposed Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection “DEEP”, which seems intended to merge a whole lot of existing agencies under one department, including both energy and environment, without much in the way of savings being argued as the reason. Why merge these departments without savings unless independent voices can somehow be maintained?

Meriden is imposing a license fee for working in any city right of way. There are objections, naturally, since it’s a cost, but the fee is returnable once a job is completed, and if the work area is restored to original condition.

There is a problem with bubbles in Southington’s denitrification tank. Considering the cost of this project, we hope repairs are covered by the contract.

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