Naugatuck Forms New Conservation Commission

The Board of Mayor and Burgesses this week appointed seven residents to the inaugural conservation commission, according to the Republican-American.

The seven individuals include: Felipe Flores, Melissa Leonard, Shagufta Zahid, James Ayash, Christine Yanelli, Michael Turmin, and Brian Vaugh.

“I think this will help encourage the town to purchase more property to preserve as open space,” said Leonard via the Republican-American.

Mayor Robert A. Mezzo has been a consistent advocate for such a commission, the Rep-Am reports.

The commission will only have authority if the Board of Mayor and Burgesses choose to dispense it, according to the Rep-Am.

Members will look at which property to possibly acquire and how best to preserve resources and land in the borough.

A similar idea was rejected in 2012.
The full Republican-American story can be read here.