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The Day - Controversial fire issues cause firestorm in Norwich City Council debate - News from southeastern Connecticut

Norwich: No on amending volunteer fire relief, yes to fire director

The Day - Norwich City Council approves two-year lease with Sea Unicorns - News from southeastern Connecticut

Norwich  The City Council late Monday approved a new lease for the Thomas J. Dodd Stadium with the Norwich Sea Unicorns, which will start their new life as a summer wooden-bat collegiate team with their first home game May 31. The aldermen expressed hesitancy at the turn of events that cost the city its minor league baseball team with a Major League Baseball affiliation but said approving a two-year lease with a third-year option “by mutual agreement” was the best option for the city. They questioned the financial viability of the summer collegiate team status and said the short-term agreement would allow the city to keep options open, including the possibility of selling the city-owned property in the Norwich business park for development.

Norwich City Council looking for cuts, other revenue, for budget

Salomone said he d like to compete a review by next week. That would be the best for the council and the taxpayer to see it up front, Salomone said.  An item on the meeting agenda read: “An effort to reduce the general fund budget or to identify additional or alternate possible sources of revenue to reach a target reduction figure of 3%.” The resolution was sponsored by the council s three Republicans: Mayor Peter Nystrom, Bill Nash and Stacy Gould. But the Democrats were hesitant to place more work on Salomone and his office and felt that a call to reduce the budget would contradict a resolution passed unanimously earlier in the evening increasing funding for the city clerk and tax offices.

The Day - Norwich City Council debates, adopts preliminary budget - News from southeastern Connecticut

The Democrats request came shortly after they proposed adding $72,000 to the budget. The tenor of the discussion abruptly reversed, however, when freshman Democratic Alderwoman Ella Myles proposed a compromise by simply asking the city manager to seek possible cuts or alternate revenue sources to offset the proposed 1.5% tax increase in the proposed budget. Democrats called the request to ask City Manager John Salomone to find $4 million in cuts to his proposed budget “hypocritical” and “political theater,” saying it’s the council’s duty to deliberate on the budget after the city manager presents it. Republicans countered that they were just looking out for the taxpayers, who have faced job losses and personal losses during the pandemic.