May 29, 2025 Madison & Killingworth Vol. XXX Iss. 22
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Selectmen Approve Bond Request for New Emergency Hub By Aaron Rubin Staff Writer MADISON
On May 13, the Board of Selectmen unanimously authorized an application to the Connecticut State Bond Commission for $1,348,600 in funding toward a new emergency operations center that has been pursued by the Madison Hose Company for years.
The board was joined by members of the ad hoc committee tasked with overseeing the process of constructing a new emergency operations center at the current firehouse on Boston Post Road. This project has been “on the firehouse’s books…for probably 15 years,” said committee member and Fire Marshal Samuel DeBurra. “The only hold-up being the funding process,” he added.
The new location would serve as a replacement for the fire department’s current emergency operations center, which is situated in the Board of Education meeting room and takes up to 30 minutes to get up and running, DeBurra said. The current budget for the new center is $5.5 million, according to Ben Whittaker, the See Selectmen page 10
A Hand in Honor Members of the Daniel Hand High School marching band perform as they head down Boston Post Road during Madison’s Memorial Day parade on May 26. The annual procession concluded with a flyover and remembrance ceremony on the Town Green.
Photo by Wesley Bunnell/ The Source
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