Archive for February, 2009

REPS. FLOREN AND HETHERINGTON PROPOSE INCREASING PREVAILING WAGE THRESHOLD

by: admin February 19, 2009

HARTFORD- State Representatives Livvy Floren, R-149th and John Hetherington, R-125th District have introduced a bill this session to increase the prevailing wage threshold for municipal projects to five million dollars for new construction. The bill has been referred to the General Assembly’s Labor and Public Employees Committee.
Reps. Floren and Hetherington’s proposal is to increase the [...]

REP. LIVVY FLOREN PROPOSES POSTPONEMENT OF TOWN WEBSITE LAW

by: admin February 18, 2009

GREENWICH- State Rep. Livvy Floren, R-Greenwich and Stamford has proposed a bill this legislative session to postpone implementation of a Freedom of Information law requiring committee meeting agendas and minutes be posted on until July 1, 2012.
Town officials in several towns are pushing for a repeal of the law that since Oct. 1 has required [...]

GREENWICH DELEGATION: GOVERNOR’S BUDGET TOUGH BUT FAIR

by: admin February 4, 2009

HARTFORD- State Reps. Livvy Floren (R-149), Lile Gibbons (R-150) and Fred Camillo (R-151) applaud Governor M. Jodi Rell’s proposed fiscally responsible budget.
“The Governor has done a good job of producing a balanced budget over the next two years without raising taxes and without cutting critical services that the public has come to expect and truly [...]