Stonington – Almost $ 1.5 million to improve the heating, air conditioning, and ventilation of the town hall, $ 200,000 to Human Resources for Child Psychiatry Services, and $ 500,000 for a soft and zero interest loan program for residents to add to their homes to enhance.
These are among the long list of items included in the city’s proposed plan to spend $ 5.2 million in federal COVID-19 aid under the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA).
The CFO is scheduled to hold a public hearing on the plan at Pawcatuck Middle School on Wednesday at 7 p.m. The local council will then discuss and finalize a plan that the residents will vote on at an upcoming local meeting.
A copy of the map is available from the town clerk’s office and online at www.stonington-ct.gov.
The most expensive items are the $ 1.5 million for HVAC improvements in the town hall and human resources.
The plan is to spend $ 600,000 to replace the dome that covers the public works department’s salt supply as the concrete walls deteriorate. Another US $ 200,000 would be used to open a child psychiatric care center in the choir room of the former Pawcatuck Middle School. The city would seek government funding to fund its operating expenses.
Another $ 900,000 would be used to connect two cul-de-sac water pipes and create a loop system to improve fire safety in Pawcatuck. The city expects to receive an additional $ 1.9 million in federal funding to complete this project.
Another $ 375,000 would be used for drainage and paving work on City Hall and $ 150,000 to create additional parking space in the fourth district voting hall in downtown Mystic to alleviate the village’s lack of parking space. Another $ 115,000 would be used to pave the entire city.
A total of $ 150,000 would fund the second half of a study examining the source of additional runoff to the Mystic sewage treatment plant, which has increased capacity and forced the city to put in place a moratorium on new sewer connections. Another $ 135,000 would be used to further improve the police department’s radio system and $ 65,000 to hire a second police dispatcher for the third shift.
The plan also calls for $ 50,000 in car repairs or down payments for residents so they can be transported to their workplaces.
Another $ 100,000 would go to the Ocean Community Chamber of Commerce and the Cultural Coalition of Southeastern Connecticut, $ 28,000 would go to the Greater Mystic Chamber of Commerce to promote the city, and $ 22,489 would be for free mental health services for residents and $ 80,000 for HVAC uses installation in the auditorium and gym of the Stonington Community Center. The three libraries that serve the city would each receive $ 10,000 to cover COVID-19 costs.
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