House passes measure making it easier for towns to merge services
Keith M. Phaneuf, CTmirror.org
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The House of Representatives approved a bill Wednesday afternoon that would make it easier, politically, for municipalities to merge services.
The bill, which now heads to the Senate, gives cities and towns the option of merging services regardless of whether local charter provisions appear to block such a move an accommodation requested by the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities.
“This is a step in the right direction,” CCM Executive Director Joseph DeLong said shortly after the Democrat-controlled House voted 88-59 to approve in a vote largely along party lines.
House passes measure making it easier for towns to merge services
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Low wages are the real culprit, he says, even as lawmakers prepare to spend millions to construct more affordable homes.
(Francisco Kjolseth | Tribune file photo) A home for sale in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, April 27, 2021. With Utah poised to spend millions on affordable housing, a top analyst says stagnating incomes are more of a driver in the state s current crisis than a lack of housing. | Updated: 1:56 a.m.
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