Contact Information:
Mary Ellen Kowalewski
Director of Community Development
Telephone Extension: 22

Jennifer March-Wackers
Senior Program Manager, Municipal Services
Telephone Extension: 39

Maureen Barton
Municipal Services Secretary
Telephone Extension: 37

Municipal Services Committee Chair: Bonnie Therrien, Town Manager, Town of Wethersfield

• Municipal Services Meeting Information
• Municipal Services Publications

“Sharing Resources, Services, and Expertise”

The mission of the Municipal Services Program is to help towns and cities save tax dollars and enhance operating efficiencies.  Municipal Services is also heavily involved in CRCOG's Service Sharing Initiative.

Members are given access to information and resources to help them make informed policy decisions.   Through several strategic planning sessions, priority action areas for municipal services for the 2006-2007 year have emerged.

Municipal Services Priority Action Areas

• Cost-effective, quality professional development opportunities for supervisory staff
• Expand the Capitol Region Purchasing Council (CRPC) to include statewide mandated services and emerging product technologies
• Inter-municipal shared service arrangements
• Formal information sharing system across communities
• Technology enhancement

Municipal Services Committee
The CRCOG Municipal Services Committee consists of First Selectmen and Mayors, Town Managers, and other municipal officials who are responsible for the administration of local governments. Committee representatives are appointed by the Mayors and First Selectmen of CRCOG member municipalities. 

Meetings are held most months on the third Tuesday at noon at the CRRA Trash Museum in Hartford, CT.  Meeting notice/agendas and minutes are now available on the Meetings page.

Acting under the auspices of the Policy Board, the Committee provides programming direction to CRCOG staff in support of the Municipal Services mission. As required, the membership appoints subcommittees to assist in its work.