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  2. updated Documents and Forms
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Announcements:
    From the City of New London Public Works Department: Notice to New London Residents, Holiday Tree Collection - The City of New London Public Solid Waste Division will be collecting holiday trees from January 11 through January 23, 2010. Please have trees curbside on your normal garbage collection day.

    From the City of New London Public Works Department: Notice to New London Residents, Garbage and Recycling Holiday Collection Schedule - The curbside collection of Garbage and Recycling will be delayed one (1) day during weeks with the following holidays: New Years Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Presidents Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day. Any questions can be addressed by calling the Solid Waste Transfer Station at 860-447-5248 or the Department of Public Works at 860-447-5250.

Land Value Tax

Click the link below for a summary on the Land Value Tax written by Art Costa.

    Summary of the Land Value Tax (.pdf)

Required information needed for implementation of a land value tax is included in Attachment (2) of:

    State of Connecticut Office of Policy and Management Letter to the City of New London Regarding the Land Value Tax Application Process (.pdf)

Applicable State Legislation:

    Public Act No. 09-236: Public Act providing New London with the opportunity to apply for a land value taxation pilot program.

Charter Revision (NEW)

Details of the current Charter Revision Effort

At its December 8, 2009, meeting, the New London City Council established a new Charter Revision Commission as a result of passing the following amended motion.

    That the City of New of London pursuant to the provisions of General Statute Section 7-188 hereby appoints a Charter Revision Commission for the purpose of drafting amendments to the existing City Charter. The Charter Revision Commission shall consider, but not be limited to, the following: Mayor Form of government; elected Board of Finance; length of term for City Council members and Board of Education members; and City Clerk position falling under the parameters of the City’s merit system. Each City Councilor will appoint one elector by the Next City Council meeting making the commission a seven-member commission.

The following individuals were appointed to the commission.

The Parade Project

A detailed description of the Parade Project planned for Downtown in the vacinity of Union Station is included in the attachment below. Note, this file is almost 75 Mb. Downloading the file (by right-clicking and selecting "Save Target As...") is highly recommended.

    Presentation detailing the Parade Reconstruction Project (.pdf)
    Parade Timeline by Sandra Chalk (.pdf)
    Presentation (by John Ruddy) describing the history of the Parade (.pdf) - Once opened, type the keys "Ctrl Shift -" simultaneously to rotate the slides to landscape.

Common Sense, Revisited


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Common Sense, Revisted is Adam Sprecace's public access television show.

The show airs weekly on MetroCast Cable Channel 25 on Fridays from 5:00 to 6:00 PM.


Common Sense, Revisited first aired on October 5, 2007. The show is scheduled to run through March, 2010, at a minimum. Listed below are the episode dates and guest(s) as applicable. Previous episodes are also being made available for viewing. If you have suggestions for future topics and/or guests, please contact Adam by clicking the "Feedback" link at the upper right corner of this site.

City Documents and Forms

Links to, and attachments for, various New London city government documents and forms are included below.
Please provide feedback (by clicking the link in the upper right corner) if any of these links are broken.

    New London City Charter (.pdf)
    New London Municipal Code of Ordinances
    New London Planning and Zoning Regulations
    New London Property Maintenance Code (.pdf)

    New London Financial Information (incl. Budgets)
    Application for City Boards, Commissions, or Authorities (.pdf)

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