Politics & Government

Montville Should Receive More Than $61,000 in Storm-Related Aid

Town Will Get $48,758; Board of Ed, $12,773 from Federal Government

Montville stands to receive more than $61,000 from the federal government in aid for costs incurred in the Jan. 11-12 snowstorm, Fire Marshal Ray Occhialini said this morning.

President Barack Obama has approved Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's request for a major disaster declaration for federal aid in connection with the storm.

Mayor Joe Jaskiewicz was happy to hear the news. “I think it’s great,” he said this morning. “It’s going to be a help to us. Anything that we get is great. Good for the governor, and for all the towns and cities.”

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This declaration includes Fairfield, Hartford, Litchfield, New Haven, New London and Tolland Counties, and the Mohegan and Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nations.

Montville’s total cost allowable estimate was $82,042.09. Earlier estimates had the costs at more than $94,000, but some of those costs turned out to be ineligible, Occhialini says. If the town receives the full 75 percent for which it is eligible, that would mean $48,758.35 for the town and $ 12,773.32 for the Board of Education. 

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This federal aid will provide financial assistance to Connecticut municipalities and state agencies to help pay for emergency protective measures such as snow removal and other storm-related costs. The eligible assistance time period has been approved for 48 hours for Fairfield, Hartford, Litchfield, New London, Tolland Counties and the Tribal Nations, and for 72 hours for New Haven County.

The president did not declare a major disaster for Middlesex and Windham counties. Malloy has directed the Connecticut Department of Emergency Management and Homeland Security to prepare an appeal on behalf of these two counties.

“The major disaster declaration that President Obama declared will help our cities and towns with the gaping holes in their budgets left by a brutal, relentless winter,” Malloy said. “I’d like to thank President Obama and FEMA for their quick action in this regard. However, Middlesex and Windham Counties were not spared this winter, and I’m already moving forward with an appeal to this ruling on behalf of those counties.”

 In addition, all counties and tribal nations in Connecticut are eligible to apply for assistance under the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Hazard Mitigation Grant Program, which provides assistance for actions taken to prevent or reduce long-term risk to life and property from natural hazards.

The president's declaration also allows Connecticut to make additional designations at a later date if requested by the state and warranted by the results of further damage assessments.


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