Nobody’s going to be thrilled about cuts to state payments to towns in the resulting Connecticut budget, following union rejections. But leaders in Meriden, Wallingford, Southington and Cheshire feel, apparently, that it could be a lot worse.
Southington seems to be in a fair way of being caught between a rock (Department of Labor, which says North Center School is a town project and must pay prevailing wages) and a hard place (Department of Revenue Services saying it’s a private project and hence materials are taxable). The state can’t have it both ways – and, contrary to what is being suggested, avoiding either contingency wasn’t the point of this arrangement at all.
Well, it’s a good thing that the Wallingford Housing Authority has gotten its budget proposal in to Connecticut Housing Finance Authority just under the wire. But we confess to some wonderment at decreases in maintenance while administrative costs rise.
Apparently, now on the table are legislative suggestions to trim areas in which Connecticut unions may bargain collectively. This is what comes of looking a gift horse in the face.
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