RTM Annual Meeting (linked)

WATERFORD DEMOCRATIC TOWN COMMITTEE
10 Clark Place © Quaker Hill, CT ° 06375
November 27, 2024
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Moderator, RTM S Laer
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RE: Oswegatchie Fire Station Building Committee — sf
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Dear Moderator Goldstein,
On behalf of the Waterford Democratic Town Committee, I offer this letter of support for the
nomination of Guy Russo for appointment as an Elector of the Oswegatchie Fire Station
Building Committee to fill the vacancy of Robert Swansen. His contact information is as
follows:
Guy Patrick Russo
187 Great Neck Road
Waterford, CT 06385
gprusso317@gmail.com
(860) 883-6833
A highly knowledgeable professional with over 30 years of relevant work experience, Guy
would bring a unique and impactful perspective to the Oswegatchie Fire Station Building
Committee. Guy served on the South District Fire Department in Middletown on the first and
second Building Committees as a Vice-Chairman. In this position, he successfully helped
authorize $1 million for construction. He brings critical experience as a former member of the
Middletown Fire Department Hazardous Material Response Team and as a UCONN Fire
Department Student Fire/Ambulance Dispatcher. In addition to his impressive Fire Department
background, Guy has also worked in the Middletown CT Water and Sewer Department and the
Middletown CT Inter-Municipal Pump Station where he was responsible for a $46 million
Vertical and Horizontal Construction, as well other major sewer construction projects totaling to
over $90 million. We strongly recommend that the RTM appoint Guy Russo to the Oswegatchie
Fire Station Building Committee and are confident he would prove to be a productive member, if

granted the opportunity to serve in this new capacity. His qualifications are unmatched and
demonstrate that he would be a productive addition to the Committee.
Thank you for your consideration of this matter.
Sincerely,
Erin McBride
Chair, Waterford DTC

Guy Patrick Russo
187 Great Neck Road
Waterford, CT 06385
Education:
e 1973-1977 University of Connecticut (Storrs), BS Bio/Biochem
e@ 1978-1982 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Hartford Branch), MS Environmental
Science and Technology
Work History:
2017-2022 PRIME AE (Wethersfield Office), Director of Water Resource Engineering
1994-2017 City of Middletown, CT, Director of Water & Sewer
e 1990-1994 Berger Lehman Associates (Rye, NY), Environmental Project Manager
@ 1984-1990 Connecticut Resources Recovery, Project Manager
e 1978-1984 City of Middletown, CT, Asst. Supt./Chemist WPCF
Relevant Experience:
@ 1994-2022 Middletown CT Inter-Municipal Pump Station ($46Million Vertical and
Horizontal Construction), Responsible for Concept, Planning, Financial Analysis,
Engineering Reviews, Construction Administration, Settling Construction Claims, Public
Preservations, Public Updates, and Construction Close-Out.
@ 1992-2022 South District Fire Department, Middletown, CT served on the first and
second Building Committees. Served as Vice-Chairman after the second Building
Committee was authorized to proceed to construction for $1 Million.
@ 1994-2001 Middletown CT Water and Sewer Department Consolidated Headquarters, As
Department Director, acquired an abandoned lumberyard to develop this project.
Provided concept of the project, public presentations to the Common Council for the
project including project finances, benefit/cost analysis, review of architects design,
management review for combining all divisions to one complex, oversaw day to day
construction activities.
Miscellaneous Fire Department Experience:
® Middletown Fire Department Hazardous Material Response Team Member, IAFF 80
Hour Trained
@ UCONN Fire Department - Student Fire/Ambulance Dispatcher 1974-1977