DERBY Agata Herasimowicz has been hired as the city’s finance director based on professional requirements, taking over a job that had been a political appointment. “The mayor and the Board of Aldermen/women decided to increase the required credentials and market the position to a wide market of municipal finance professionals,” said Chief of Staff Andrew Baklik during a special May 27 meeting where her hiring was unanimously approved. “Just in.
Shelton to aid Derby with tax collector, building department services
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SHELTON City leaders are once again offering neighboring Derby a helping hand.
The city will be handling tax collector and building department services for the city of Derby beginning as soon as next month. The Board of Aldermen approved the plans earlier this month moves that Mayor Mark Lauretti said will have no impact on city residents but offer needed assistance to Derby.
“It doesn’t hurt us, and it helps them out,” Lauretti said about the latest shared service agreement with Derby. “Derby is trying to save money and cut costs … I applaud that.”
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The Derby, Connecticut, police department said it needs funding from the city government to pay for body cameras for its officers.
Derby Police Chief Gerald Narowski said the department has settled on a vendor but would need $120,000 to pay for the technology.
Andrew Baklik is the city’s chief of staff. He told the New Haven Register the city government doesn’t have a lot of money and is hoping for state funding to offset the costs or the purchase may be put off to the next fiscal year.
The body camera discussion comes weeks after a Derby police officer shot a man who was accused of shooting at a passing car. The officer did not have a body camera.
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Derby aldermen unanimously approve George Floyd vigil
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Protesters lined the side of Huntington Green on Sunday, May 31. The people were joining in what has become a country-wide protest of Minneapolis man George Floyd s death while in police custody. A vigil to honor Floyd is set for 7:30 p.m. May 25 on Derby’s Green.Contributed photo /Show MoreShow Less
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Missy Lundeen, of Ansonia, holds up a sign during a a Unity Rally coordinated by New Beginnings Church of God held on the Derby Green on June 4. Over 50 people gathered to hear calls for peace among deepening racial tensions in the aftermath of the death in police custody of George Floyd in Minneapolis. A vigil to honor Floyd is set for 7:30 p.m. May 25 on Derby’s Green.Christian Abraham / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less