As many of you know, Mayor Cassetti and I, as well as the Ansonia Board of Alderman have been discussing this study, as well as regionalization and shared services for many years. As we continue to see funding from the State decrease, we must be proactive as a municipality and as a region, in protecting ourselves, our children, and our communities. Working together we can study how to achieve greater efficiencies, better quality services, and greater availability of programs in our schools.
The Shelton Board of Education voted earlier to ask their Board of Alderman to join in the regionalization study that was approved in Ansonia in February. I want to applaud the Shelton Board of Education and Shelton’s Mayor, Mark Lauretti for choosing to join Ansonia and Derby in the regionalization study.
After many years of discussions regarding shared services and regionalization, the valley communities are finally coming together to discuss how we can all work together for the benefit of all the Naugatuck Valley. With Shelton now choosing to join Ansonia and Derby, we now look to our good friends in Seymour and their First Selectman Kurt Miller to also join the study. We hope to hear that announcement in the coming days.
Joseph P. Jaumann
5th Ward Alderman
City of Ansonia
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