Salisbury to replace Town Hall boiler

SALISBURY — The Board of Selectmen, in a special meeting Monday, Sept. 29, voted unanimously to use Local Capital Improvement funds from the state to pay for an emergency replacement of the boiler at Town Hall.

The cost is about $46,000.

First Selectman Curtis Rand said that towns must have a five-year LOCIP plan, and Salisbury is at the “tail end” of the most recent one.

The boiler replacement was not included, but Rand said he called state officials who told him the town could use LOCIP funds if there were minutes from a selectmen’s meeting indicating an emergency situation.

Rand also noted that at some point the selectmen will be considering joining a group of towns interested in taking over the Torrington transfer station, but that matter has to go through the Northwest Hills Council of Governments.

The selectmen also voted to send two letters supporting the Salisbury Association Land Trust’s bid for state open space grants to purchase two parcels in Salisbury.

The special meeting was held in lieu of the regular selectmen’s meeting scheduled for Monday, Oct. 6.