Panel looks for ways to cut aid to municipalities- The New Haven Register - Serving New Haven, Connecticut

Panel looks for ways to cut aid to municipalities- The New Haven Register - Serving New Haven, Connecticut: "The panel convened for the first time Thursday morning. During the two-hour conversation, a divide emerged between some of the panel’s big city leaders calling for broader tax reform and representatives from smaller communities seeking more limited mandate relief.

Vernon Mayor Jason McCoy detailed numerous mandates impacting his town’s bottom line, including required storm water testing, conservation plans, reflective street signs and storage of belongings of evicted tenants. He suggested the option of either 900 hours or 180 days as opposed to both thus lifting restrictions on the minimum length of the school year, and asked that municipalities be allowed to charge fees similar to state rates for services. It would be a local option."