Somers Residents Transfer Funds, Affirm Appointments

At a special town meeting that can only be described as quick, residents voted to confirm the appointments of three people to fill vacancies on various land use commissions.

Those officially ready to serve include:

• Donald W. Gaskell  on the Board of Assessment Appeals with a term to expire on Dec. 22, 2013.
• John Kenneth Albert as a Planning Commission alternate with a term to expire on Dec. 22, 1011
• Sam Smith on the Zoning Commission with a term to expire on Dec. 22. 2015.

Soon after the group also approved the appropriation of $56,250 from the town's PILOT grant account to two other line items to cover costs associated with the massive amounts of snow that needed to be removed from municipal property and atop buildings in January and February.

Of that money, $24,500 was transferred to the overtime and part-time highway department salary account, while $31,750 was deposited into the town hall maintenance account.