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Mead Park baseball field on July 6, 2021. Credit: Michael Dinan
Eight months after parks officials voted in support of the move as part of a larger recommendation, the town on Tuesday added a section to the municipal website disclosing its use of pesticides on several athletic fields.
Though state law prohibits the use of pesticides on school grounds through grade 8, New Canaan uses the chemicals in treating athletic grounds at Waveny, Conner Field and baseball fields at Mead Park.
Selectman Kathleen Corbet last summer questioned why pesticides are still applied to some public fields used by young kids, and in September developed a set of recommendations for the town. Her findings included that “not very many people know about the use of pesticides in our Town,” and she said in her report that “[a]t a minimum, unless a pesticide free policy is adopted for all athletic fields, public disclosure about the use of pesticides on the natural grass athletic fields is recommended.
The turf athletic fields at New Canaan High School. Credit: Michael Dinan
Town officials this week approved two expenditures designed to help with the upkeep of artificial turf fields in New Canaan.
The Board of Selectmen during its regular meeting Tuesday voted 3-0 for a contract with Harwinton-based Championship Turf Surfaces ($13,800) for cleaning, grooming and maintaining Dunning Field and the two new playing fields by the Waveny water tower.
First Selectman Kevin Moynihan and Selectmen Kathleen Corbet and Nick Williams in the same vote approved a request from the Department of Public Works to purchase 20,000 pounds of crumb rubber infill for fields maintenance work.