Groton Representative Town Meeting - 11/12/26

Groton Representative Town Meeting regular meeting, November 12, 2026. Members unanimously approved a $100,000 transfer from the General Fund contingency to the Human Services Assistance Fund, citing increased demand for rent, utility, and heating-fuel support; $200,000 remains in contingency. The RTM also unanimously accepted a $156,240 Connecticut DEEP Recreational Trails Grant for expansion of the trail at Kopp Family Park, with no matching-fund requirement. It approved acceptance of $16,667 in Sustainable Connecticut Climate Leader prize funding for an eligible municipal climate-mitigation project, and authorized acceptance of up to $150,000 under the 2026 Neighborhood Assistance Act program for energy-efficiency improvements at the Groton Community Center; the town had already received $150,000 for the 2025 project. The Community Center funding is expected to support improvements such as mini-split systems, with a participating business for the 2026 contribution still to be identified.

The town manager reported that the Allen Street/I-95 interchange project is expected to go out to bid around mid-January, while planning for its next phase is forthcoming. A federal grant application for $2.4 million to upgrade Tricentennial Playground has advanced past the state review to the federal round; the playground is the town’s only fully accessible playground. Sutton Park repairs were reported as progressing toward completion in late spring. No contract awards or bids were approved at this meeting; the funding and grant motions noted above passed unanimously.