NEWSFLASH: THE NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT IS REPORTING THE CLOSING OF ALL 16 OF THE SHORELINE PAPERS OWNED BY THE JOURNAL REGISTER COMPANY.
Talking about police logs, I just wanted to pass this along to my pals in the Cheshire Police Department–WE NEED TO BE DOING THIS!! New Hampshire doesn’t Play!!
Click here for story on Journal Register
Most of you who live in Cheshire, Wolcott or Prospect are familiar with Chesprocott Health District which serves the aforementioned communities.
But what most of you don’t know, including myself up until a few days ago, is that each of the three towns pay Chesprocott a certain amount of money each year for the privilege of having them serve our health needs.
Believe it or not, Cheshire, Prospect and Wolcott pay Chesprocott a per capita fee of $6.
So, for example, Cheshire, with a population of approximately 29, 187 would pay Chesprocott $178, 122 per year; Wolcott, with a population of approximately 15, 215 would pay Chesprocott $91,290 per year and Prospect, with a population of approximately 8,717, would pay $52,302 a year.
This adds up to a grand total of $321,714!!!
This should make you wonder what all this money each year is used for: is it to pay for salaries, fees for services, i.e. inspecting leach fields, providing flu shots and sponsoring the various health programs they conduct each year? I don’t know–do you?? Chesprocott provides a lot of services, but damn, this three town subsidy is no chump change either!!
And I bet, most of this $321,714 is going for salaries.
Money is getting tighter and tighter. Municipalities are looking to become as lean and efficient as possible, so I think this is an area for consideration.
I will try to find out within the next few days. Hopefully, I will get some answers. This sort of reminds me of the pool. Whatever costs are not covered by user fees, the town of Cheshire taxpayers have to foot the rest.
Interestingly enough, approximately 12 years ago, Southington was considering joining Chesprocott. In fact, their Town Council had a special meeting and Chesprocott Health Director Thomas Wegrzyn gave a presentation about what the Health District duties are.
I know it is old, but it is interesting reading.
Click here for the minutes of the meeting
Also, click here for the Chesprocott website
IN OTHER NEWS:
I guess Bridgeport is also going through the mandatory five year reval.
According to a Ct Post article, property values in Bridgeport have skyrocketed!! So you are not alone in Cheshire, feeling the way you do about your home values increasing at a time when we are being constantly told by the media that housing values are at their lowest in years.
