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Town Hall Offices Reorganization in 2006 & 2007
Did you know…
…the Stratford Town Hall was constructed in 1936 as a federal Public Works Administration project pursuant to the direction of the U.S. Department of the Interior during President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s administration that provided a federal grant covering 45% of the construction costs?
…the population of the Town of Stratford in 1936 was less than 20,000?
…the office space currently used by the Mayor was formerly used by the Town Manager?
…no additions to or expansion of the Town Hall’s original 1936 footprint have ever been made?
…the population of the Town of Stratford in 2007 is nearly 50,000, or more than double the 1936 population?
…the Town’s Health Department, Community Services, Senior Services, Probate Court, Computer Services, Water Pollution Control Facility and other departments are located in buildings outside of Town Hall?
…the 50 square foot bathroom attached to the office space currently used by the Mayor was part of the original construction of Town Hall and has been used by every Town Manager since 1936, but has never been upgraded?
…the cost of the renovations to the bathroom attached to the former Town Manager’s office is less than 1% of the cost of the entire project?
…reorganization and renovations of Town Hall WITHIN its current footprint have occurred on a regular basis since 1980?
…the adopted Town’s Capital Improvement Plan for FY 2006 through 2010 included renovations of renovations for office reorganization in departments such as Human Resources and Computer Services?
…no planning was done to make space in Town Hall in preparation for the change for a Council-Manager form of government to a Mayor-Council form of government with a Chief Administrative Officer (CAO)?
…the recent renovations to and changes in Town Hall have benefited the departments of Human Resources, Computer Services, Planning & Zoning and the CAO, in addition to the Office of the Mayor?
…the reorganization of the Office of the Mayor and the other departments added less than 200 square feet to the space used by the Office of the Mayor?
…$285,000.00, or approximately 81% of the cost current reorganization project, is being paid for by State of Connecticut Local Capital Improvement Program (LoCIP) grant funds and will have no effect on Stratford property taxes?
…approximately $30,000.00 or nine percent (9%) of the cost of the current reorganization project is being paid for in the current fiscal year (FY2007)?
…the impact of $30,000.00 on the average taxpayer in the current fiscal year (FY2007) is less than one dollar ($1.00) for the whole year?
…the Town will seek additional LoCIP funds to reimburse it for the remaining project costs, which means there will be no additional impact on Stratford taxpayers for this project?
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