Election 2021

Ethics Board Focuses Moynihan Investigation on Use of Town Resources, Letterhead

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The appointed body that is examining whether New Canaan’s highest elected official violated the town’s Code of Ethics in the run-up to last year’s municipal election is focusing its investigation on two areas. The Ethics Board is looking at whether First Selectman Kevin Moynihan used public resources in working on an endorsement letter that would be mailed out to residents prior to the Nov. 2 election, and whether the letterhead on the document itself constitutes a violation of the Code. During its March 8 meeting, Ethics Board members said they’ve concluded that some aspects of the complaint against Moynihan do not amount to violations (such as resources used for the letter’s distribution) or fall outside of the Code itself (such as the wording in the letter itself). Information gathered by the Ethics Board since receiving the Nov.

Government

‘It Should Be a Good Year for Us’: Roads Throughout New Canaan Scheduled To Be Repaved 

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The utility companies that have been working extensively in the downtown now are obtaining state permits to re-pave the areas that have been dug up, official said Tuesday. Aquarion and Eversource are planning to take care of stretches of Cherry  and Main Streets this spring, according to Public Works Director Tiger Mann. “And then once the asphalt plants open and everyone is rolling and the weather is cooperating—we try to get a little bit of the moisture out of the ground—our contractors will go in and do [re-pave] Brinckerhoff, Mortimer and Lockwood,” Mann told members of the Board of Selectmen during their regular meeting, held at Town Hall and via videoconference. 

The town is expecting to receive bids next week for paving work that addresses 10 of New Canaan’s 20 lowest-rated roads, Mann said. “The other 10 have either another project on top of it, like a water main going in or a gas main going in, or they’ll be later on in the season,” he said. “So we’ll be taking care of the ‘bottom 20’ segments of our road work this year.

Government

Moynihan on Weed and Elm Proposal: ‘I Am Recused from the Governmental Process’

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New Canaan’s highest-elected official said this month that because he’s a neighbor of a proposed development, he will recuse himself from any “governmental process” with respect to the project. First Selectman Kevin Moynihan said he will not participate in any votes on the Board of Finance, where he sits as a tie-breaking member, or on the Planning & Zoning Commission, when it comes to an application filed last month for a 102-unit affordable housing development at Weed and Elm Streets. “My position right now is I am recused from the governmental process of participating in those two bodies and their votes,” Moynihan said during the March 8 meeting of the Board of Selectmen, held at Town Hall and via videoconference. “That doesn’t mean I am not involved.”

He added, “I am the chief executive and I will continue to be involved in this whole process to make sure that the town is properly, from my point of view, addressing the issue. And I also said I’m not disinterested in the process.

Around Town

Letter: The New Canaan Beautification League’s Important Work

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Living in New Canaan, we are all attuned to the changing of the seasons, and the season of growing is fast approaching. With that in mind, we hope you will donate to support the New Canaan Beautification League. Every dollar goes towards our year-round efforts to keep New Canaan beautiful, blooming, and buzzing. Have you ever stopped by the mailboxes on Pine Street and noticed the bees enjoying our pollinator-friendly garden, planted with strategic (and stunning) seasonal blooms? That’s us.

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New Construction Planned for Dunning Road

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The New Canaan Building Department last week received an application to build an 8,197-square-foot home on Dunning Road. The four-bedroom house planned for 37 Dunning Road will include five full bathrooms, two half-baths, a two-car garage and rec, wine and exercise rooms in a finished basement, according to the March 14 application. 

The 2.36-acre property, purchased in December for $1,425,000, currently includes an 1894-built, 3,493-square-foot, four-bedroom home, tax records show. The contractor on the planned building project is Woodcrest Homes LLC of Jericho, N.Y., the architect Dennis Peters Designs of Wilton, the application said.