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Local Government in Connecticut, Third Edition
Originally published in 1992 and revised in 2001, Frank B. Connolly’s Local Government in Connecticut is one of the most useful and well-established resources on the state’s local government. Written expressly for public officials and students, the book explains Connecticut’s basic forms of local government and its many variants, as well as examining their inner workings, including governance, management, administration, municipal services, education, and land use. This new edition has been entirely revised, expanded, and updated, with new chapters on charter revision, municipal employees and unionization, education, homeland security and local government, pensions, and economic development. It includes references to key sections of the Connecticut General Statutes. This unique and indispensable resource for the state is published in cooperation with the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities.
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Local Government in Connecticut, Third Edition
Originally published in 1992 and revised in 2001, Frank B. Connolly’s Local Government in Connecticut is one of the most useful and well-established resources on the state’s local government. Written expressly for public officials and students, the book explains Connecticut’s basic forms of local government and its many variants, as well as examining their inner workings, including governance, management, administration, municipal services, education, and land use. This new edition has been entirely revised, expanded, and updated, with new chapters on charter revision, municipal employees and unionization, education, homeland security and local government, pensions, and economic development. It includes references to key sections of the Connecticut General Statutes. This unique and indispensable resource for the state is published in cooperation with the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities.
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Local Government in Connecticut, Third Edition

Local Government in Connecticut, Third Edition

Local Government in Connecticut, Third Edition

Local Government in Connecticut, Third Edition

Overview

Originally published in 1992 and revised in 2001, Frank B. Connolly’s Local Government in Connecticut is one of the most useful and well-established resources on the state’s local government. Written expressly for public officials and students, the book explains Connecticut’s basic forms of local government and its many variants, as well as examining their inner workings, including governance, management, administration, municipal services, education, and land use. This new edition has been entirely revised, expanded, and updated, with new chapters on charter revision, municipal employees and unionization, education, homeland security and local government, pensions, and economic development. It includes references to key sections of the Connecticut General Statutes. This unique and indispensable resource for the state is published in cooperation with the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780819574022
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
Publication date: 10/16/2013
Series: Driftless Connecticut Series
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 240
File size: 5 MB

About the Author

FRANK B. CONNOLLY is an active participant in local government. He has held numerous municipal positions, including as a town manager and a school business official, in several Connecticut municipalities and written articles for Connecticut Magazine, Connecticut Government, and several newspapers. He lives in Portland, Connecticut. ROGER L. KEMP has contributed to nearly fifty books on municipal government, most recently, The Municipal Budget Crunch: A Handbook for Professionals. He has served as a city manager in cities in Connecticut, New Jersey, and California, and as the president of the Connecticut chapter of the American Society for Public Administration. He lives in Meriden, Connecticut. PHILIP K. SCHENCK has served in Connecticut and other New England municipalities as a town manager for over forty years. A former president of the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities and former chairman of the Connecticut Interlocal Risk Management Agency, he lives in Avon, Connecticut.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
What Is Local Government in Connecticut?
Forms of Local Government
Who Runs These Governments?
Key Local Government Officials and Their Roles
State Government vs. Local Government
Charter Revision Process
Municipal Employees and Unionization
Federal Government’s Role in Local Government
Some Nuts and Bolts of the Local Government Process (or How Business Is Transacted at the Local-Government Level in Connecticut)
Where Does the Money Come From?
Where Does the Money Go?
Public Safety: Police, Fire, Emergency Medical Services
Homeland Security and Emergency Management
Public Works
Land Use: Planning and Zoning, Wetlands and Watercourses
Risk Management in Local Government
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Local Government
Health and Human Services
Municipal Clerk
Education: Function, Role, Relationship to Town
Technology in Local Government and Education
Other Local-Governmental Officials
Two-Year Political and Financial Calendar
Public and Private Utilities
Economic Development at the Local Level
Regionalization
Freedom of Information Laws and Ethics
Basics of Municipal and Educational Pensions
Public Policy in Local Government
Careers in Local Government
APPENDIXES
Abbreviations and Acronyms
Key Associations Involved with Connecticut Local Government •Regional Planning Organizations (RPOs) and Map of Counties
Higher Education in Connecticut
Municipal Forms of Government in Connecticut as of 2013; List of Chartered and Non-Chartered Towns and Cities
Municipal Populations, Revaluation Dates, Town Code Numbers
Map of Towns and Cities
Partial List of Connecticut General Statutes for Municipalities
Bibliography
Index
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