Selectmen approve AED purchase, parking manager hire in budget session
Board of Selectmen · Meeting of January 20, 2026
New Canaan selectmen wade through department budgets and flag a looming fire-fleet crisis. The Board of Selectmen heard fiscal 2027 requests from Health, Human Services, EMS, Police, Fire and the library, with Police citing a service-contracts line climbing toward $250,000 driven by a $67,000 annual Flock Safety camera contract and $75,000 in absorbed IT licensing. Fire officials said their seven-vehicle apparatus fleet averages 17 years old and that no ladder truck on the market fits the town's 1934 firehouse, forcing a roughly $1 million refurbishment decision.
"We have to absolutely rebuild that ladder," one selectman said, warning the next replacement will require a new firehouse. The library requested a $3,119,000 town grant, up 3.5 percent, after logging a million visitors since 2023. Selectmen also unanimously approved an $26,300 purchase of 11 defibrillators and hired Kevin O'Connor as parking manager.
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Source: the Board of Selectmen meeting of January 20, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.
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