Board of Selectmen - 69 (02/02/2022)

HISTORIC PROPERTIES
COMMISSION
BUDGET REQUEST
FY2023

TOWN OF WATERFORD
15 Rope Ferry Road
Waterford, CT 06385
860-442-0553
SOCIAL SERVICES GRANT FUNDING REQUEST
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REQUEST DATE (FISCALYEAR): 
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appropriated during the last completed fiscal year to your funding request.
DECLARATION
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PHONE: 860-442-0553
www.waterfordct.org
FIFTEEN ROPE FERRY ROAD
WATERFORD, CT 06385-2886
TO: 
Board of Selectmen
FROM: 
John J. O’Neill, Jr.
Chairman, Historic Properties Commission
DATE: 
November 23, 2021
RE: 
Fiscal Year 2021-22 Operating Budget
LI 10120-52635
The Operating Budget for FY July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023 for the Historic Properties Commission in the
amount of $400.00 is herewith attached for your review.
Thank you for your consideration.
Respectfully submitted,
John J. O’Neill, Jr.
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HISTORIC PROPERTIES COMMISSION 
Social Service Grants/Misc 10120
Operating Budget FY 2022-23
LI 52635 (Historic Properties Commission) 
$400.00
Postage
Membership, CT Trust
Preservation outreach/programs
Workshops/seminars
Grant application costs
Minor cemetery maintenance expenses
Misc.
FY’'21 
=FY’24 
FY’20 
FY’20 
FY’19 
FY’19 
FY’18 
FY'18
Budget Actual 
Budget 
Actual 
Budget 
Actual 
Budget 
Actual
$400 
$158 
$400 
$158 
$400 
$355 
$400 
$368
Historic Properties Commission Donations Fund Balance FY’21: 
$3,307.00
Expenses associated with the cost of speakers, programs, activities, projects, matches for grants,
publishing costs, etc., expenses above and beyond and/or in addition to operating costs, cemetery
maintenance/repairs, equipment, misc.

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Town of Waterford, CT
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YEAR-TO-DATE BUDGET REPORT
07/01/2021-10/31/2021
FOR 2022 04
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1
glytdbud
2022 
4
PCT
USED
ORIGINAL 
TRANFRS/
APPROP 
ADJSTMTS
10120 SOCIAL SERVICE GRANTS
52635 HISTORIC PROPERTIES COMM.
10120 52635 
HISTORIC PROPERTIES 
400 
)
2022/01/000438 07/01/2021 BUC 
400.CO REF
2022/01/000485 07/31/2021 GEN 
9.57 REF
2022/02/000294 08/31/2021 GEN 
2.55 REF AUG
2022/03/000056 09/17/2021 API 
75.COQ VND 002008 VCH
2022/03/000284 09/30/2021 GEN 
3.38 REF METER
GRAND TOTAL 
400 
0
oTM
JOURNAL DETAIL 2022 
1 TO
REVISED 
AVAILABLE
BUDGET 
YTD EXPENDED 
ENCUMBRANCES 
BUDGET
400 
90.50 
-00 
309.50
ORIGINAL BUDGET 2022
JULY 2021 METERED MATL
METERED MATL AUGUST 2021
CT TRUST FOR HISTORI membership for John J O’Neill
SEPT 2021 
METERED MAIL
400 
90.50 
-00 
309.50
** END OF REPORT - Generated by Ginny Bielucki **
22.6%
305860
22.6%

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YEAR-TO-DATE BUDGET REPORT 
glytdbud
07/01/2020-06/30/2021
FOR 2021 13 
JOURNAL DETAIL 2021 
1 TO 2021 13
DRIGINAL 
TRANFRS/ 
REVISED 
AVAILABLE 
PcT
APPROP 
ADJSTMTS 
BUDGET 
YTD EXPENDED 
ENCUMBRANCES 
BUDGET 
USED
10120 SOCIAL SERVICE GRANTS
52635 HISTORIC PROPERTIES COMM.
10120 52635 
HISTORIC PROPERTIES 
400 
0 
400 
211.16 
.00 
188.84 
52.8%
2021/01/000406 07/31/2020 GEN 
1.70 REF JULY20 
JULY 2020 METERED MAIL
2021/01/000422 07/01/2020 BUC 
400.00 REF 
ORIGINAL BUDGET 2021
2021/02/000195 08/20/2020 API 
75.00 VND 002008 IN WATERFORD HIST. PROP CT TRUST FOR HISTORI NON PROFIT MUNICIP 
300678
2021/02/000232 08/31/2020 GEN 
4.30 REF 
METERED MAIL AUG 2020
2021/03/000220 09/30/2020 GCR 
4.30 REF MAIL 
METERED MAIL SEPT 2020
2021/04/000081 10/13/2020 API 
50.00 VND 000731 IN RENEWAL R NYE 
SAVE-THE-RIVER-SAVE- RENEWA”, ROBERT M N 
301438
2021/04/000234 10/31/2020 GEN 
2.15 REF POSTAG 
OCTOBER 2020 METERED MAIL
2021/05/000179 11/30/2020 GEN 
7.00 REF 
NOV 2020 METSRED MAIL
2021/05/000197 11/30/2020 GEN 
-30 REF GB54 
COLOR COPY CHARGES 103120
2021/06/000218 12/31/2020 GEN 
4.90 REF 
METERED MAIL DEC 2020
2021/06/000230 12/31/2020 GEN 
-60 REF GB38 
COLOR COPY CHARGES 113020
2021/08/000208 02/28/2021 GEN 
2.42 REP 
FEB 2021 METHRED MAIL
2021/10/000214 04/30/2021 GEN 
1.11. REF MAIL 
APRIL 2021 METERED MAIL
2021/11/000191 05/31/2021 GEN 
.51 REF 
METERED MAIL MAY 2021
2021/12/000047 06/11/2021 API 
50.00 VND 000731 IN HIST PROP RENEWAL 
SAVE-THE-RIVER-SAVE- ROBERT NYE, HISTOR 
304400
2021/12/000272 06/30/2021 GEN 
3.57 REF POSTAG 
METERED MAIL JUNE 2021
2021/12/000299 06/30/2021 GEN 
3.30 REF GB72 
COLOR COPY CHARGES 063021
GRAND TOTAL 
400 
) 
400 
211.16 
.00 
188.84 
52.8%
** END OF REPORT 
+ Generated by Ginny Bielucki **

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FOR 2020 13
24320 52030 
PROFESSIONAL FEES
2020/03/000145 09/23/2019 APT
53020 OTHER SUPPLIES
24320 53020 
OTHER SUPPLIES HPC FUN
2020/02/000192 08/26/2019 API
2020/09/000089 03/20/2020 API
TOTAL EXPENSES
GRAND TOTAL
Town of Waterford, CT
YEAR-TO-DATE BUDGET REPORT
06/30/20
ORIGINAL 
REVISED
APPROP 
BUDGET 
YTD EXPENDED
0 
0 
850.00
850.90 VND 002212 IN 10860
0 
0 
463.94
401.42 VND 000184 IN 108577
62.52 VND 000475 IN REIMB CHAIN, BAR
0 
0 
1,313.94
0 
0 
1,313.94
** END OF REPORT - Generated by Ginny
MTD EXPENDED
SHARON E HERTZLER
-00
-00
JOURNAL DETAIL 2020
ENCUMBRANCES
-00
PLAQUE :
00
1 TO
AVAILABLE
BUDGET
~850.00
ROGERS FA
-463.94
CASH TRUE VALUE HM C HISTORIC PROPERTIE
CHAIN SAW BAR AND
COS ROBERT M NYE
Bielucki **
-00
-00
-00
-00
-1,313.94
-1,313.94
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1
glytdbud
2020 13
PCT
USED
100.0%*
15040
100.0%*
14649
17388
100.0%

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vbielucki 
YEAR-TO-DATE BUDGET REPORT
07/01/2019-06/30/2020
FOR 2020 13
P 
1
glytdbud
JOURNAL DETAIL 2020 
1 TO 2020 13
ORIGINAL 
TRANFRS/ 
REVISED 
AVAILABLE 
PcT
APPROP 
ADJSTMTS 
BUDGET 
YTD ACTUAL 
ENCUMBRANCES 
BUDGET 
USED
24300 DONATIONS HISTORIC PROPERTIES
44008 DONATIONS
24300 44008 
DONATIONS HISTORIC 
0 
ce] 
0 
-100.00 
-00 
100.00 
100.0%
2020/05/000110 11/22/2019 GCR 
~100.C0 REF 
CONT GIFT B ROGERS DONATION
24320 DONATIONS HISTORIC PROPERTIES
52030 PROFESSIONAL FEES
24320 52030 
PROFESSIONAL FEES 
0 
0 
0 
850.00 
-90 
-850.00 
100.0%*
2020/03/000145 09/23/2019 API 
850.C0 VND 002212 IN 10860 
SHARON E HERTZLER 
PLAQUE: 
ROGERS FA 
15040
53020 OTHER SUPPLIES
24320 53020 
OTHER SUPPLIES HPC 
0 
e) 
0 
463.94 
-00 
-463.94 
100.0%*
2020/02/000192 08/26/2019 API 
401.42 VND 000184 IN 108577 
CASH TRUE VALUE HM C HISTORIC PROPERTIE 
14649
2020/09/000089 03/20/2020 API 
62.52 VND 000475 IN REIMB CHAIN, BAR COS ROBERT M NYE 
CHAIN SAW BAR AND 
17388
GRAND TOTAL 
0 
0 
0 
1,213.94 
00 
~1,213.94 
100.0%
** END OF REPORT - Generated by Ginny Bielucki **

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BALANCE SHEET FOR 2020 12 
glbalsht
NET CHANGE 
ACCOUNT
FUND: 243 
HISTORIC PROPERTIES DONATIONS 
FOR PERIOD 
BALANCE
ASSETS
243 
14101 
DF GENERAL FUND 
-1,313.94 
3,307.66
TOTAL ASSETS 
-1,313.94 
3,307.66
LIABILITIES
243 
24101 
DT GENERAL FUND 
1,313.94 
-00
TOTAL LIABILITIES 
1,313.94 
.00
FUND BALANCE
243 
31510 
FUND BALANCE 
1,213.94 
-3,307.66
243 
39001 
REVENUE CONTROL 
100.00 
.00
243 
39002 
EXPENDITURE CONTROL 
-1,313.94 
-00
TOTAL FUND BALANCE 
.00 
-3,307.66
TOTAL LIABILITIES + FUND BALANCE 
1,313.94 
-3,307.66
** END OF REPORT - Generated by Ginny Bielucki **

PHONE: 860-442-0553
www.waterfordct.org
FIFTEEN ROPE FERRY ROAD
WATERFORD, CT 06385-2886
‘MUNICIPAL HISTORIAN
HISTORIC PROPERTIES COMMISSION
FY 2020-2210
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!
The MUNICIPAL HISTORIAN is an-agent of the town, appointed by the board of selectmen for a term of
three years. The current historian was appointed in 1993. There is no job description. The 1987 
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enabling legislation simply allowed for municipalities to “[p]Jrovide for the appointinent of a triunicipal
historian. ..” What municipal historians statewide do is determined mostly by personal inclinations and
local situations. 
.
Among other accomplishments the historian was instrumental in the establishment of the HISTORIC
PROPERTIES COMMISSION (HPC) in 1999. The HPC qualified the town for designation as a Certified
Local Government (CLG), a program designed to promote the preservation of historic and cultural
resources in partnership with the National Park Service and the State Historic Preservation Office
(SHPO). The town has subsequently benefited from technical assistance and grant funding, amounting
to some $70,000 over the years, allowing Waterford to participate in federal and state historic
preservation programs, including National Register nominations and historic structure assessments.
The HPC’s challenge is summarized in its mission (Ch. 2.86, Code of Ordinances):
In order to promote the educational, cultural, economic and general welfare of the Town of
Waterford, the purpose of [the Historic Properties Commission] shalt be the preservation and
protection of buildings, archaeological sites, landscapes, and places of historic and cultural
significance and their settings in Waterford, Connecticut, recognizing such as landmarks in the history
of the town, state or nation.
In the twenty-plus years since its establishment, the HPC has established an enviable record working in
-concert with the historian. Listings in the National Register of Historic Places include districts in Quaker
Hill, Graniteville, the Oswegatchie Colony, and the Hartford Colony, as well as the listing of the Walnut
Grove Farm (former Hammond Estate). Listings in the State Register include the 1923 Cohanzie School
and the Secchiaroli Barn. (Additional National Register listings include the Jordan Village Historic
District, Eolia (Harkness Estate), and the Seaside Sanatorium). The proposed Oil Mill district is still a
work-in-progress. Listing in the National Register is anticipated spring of 2022.
Though the HPC and the historian continue to advocate and/or support projects/issues consistent with
their mission, there is real concern about demolition by neglect relative to three town-owned historic
buildings. Time is running out for both the Cohanzie School and the Nevins Tenant Cottage. Though the
town approved $100,000 for the latter in the FY’22 budget, it is nowhere enough for the building’s
restoration. Meanwhile time has essentially run out for the Secchiaroli barn. It is, in fact - and has been
-a town liability. A fourth town-owned building, the Jordan Park House (formerly the town’s first
purpose-built library, 1928), is in urgent need of repairs. An established “historic property” and

contributing property to the Jordan Village National Register Historic District, a long-term maintenance
program must be set in place and repairs begun in FY’22.
Chairman John O’Neill activated the HPC Facebook page in light of public response to Elaine Olynciw’s
forgotten cemeteries articles in the Waterford Times. The response has also included interest in their
care and maintenance. The pandemic, however, has dampened enthusiasm for the time being. Retired
State Archaeologist Nick Bellantoni returned to Durfey Hill on June 16 and flagged sites where last year’s
ground penetrating radar indicated possible burials. Soil from selected sites, with the possible exception
of one, revealed no disturbance. Efforts to document slave burials both inside and outside the walled
site have been fruitless. Meanwhile Patrick Crotty continued his oversight of the Morgan, Gorton,
Rogers, Church & Williams and Durfey Hill cemeteries.
Assistant Municipal Historian Vivian Brooks’ Anne Belle Rogers Minor, A Masterpiece in Modesty has
been published. Copies are available from Vivian. The cost is $20 which will be donated to the DAR.
A number of ongoing projects and concerns remain on the table, action stalled in some cases due to the
pandemic. Regular meetings for July, January, April and May were all cancelled. Looking ahead to
FY’23, the HPC could consider collaboration with the Historical Society as well as the Land Trust to
explore common heritage themes relate to history, conservation and preservation. There is also a need
for a discussion regarding an historic cemetery association, separate from HPC and officially recognized
by the town to assume responsibility for neglected burial sites, among them Gorton, Durfey Hill and
Church & Williams. In addition, the HPC could benefit with an increased on-line presence. Worthy of
HPC agenda consideration are the nomination of the Hall of Records to the State Register; re-installation
of the Jordan fishway marker and repair of the fishway itself; updating the 1996-67
Historic/Architectural Survey; advocating for maintenance of the extant buildings at the Eugene O’Neill
Theater Center, listed in the National Register of Historic Places, (Chrm. O’Neill has reached out to the
new Executive Director}; monitoring Seaside Park and Friends of Seaside developments; and
encouraging the Planning & Zoning Commission to approve village district regulations as applied to
Jordan Village. Legal action regarding violation of the delay of demolition ordinance at 151 Oswegatchie
Road in FY’19 has been sidelined for more than a year. A satisfactory conclusion to the suit is
anticipated | FY’22. And finally, HPC continues to support Save the River - Save the Hills, Connecticut
Preservation (formerly Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation), and the Hartford-based lobbying
group Preservation Action.
At the 2020 Annual Meeting in November, HPC officers elected were John O’Neill, Chairman; Eileen
Olynciw, Vice-Chair; Secretary, Debra Walters; and Treasurer, Robert Nye. Rounding out the
membership are Vivian Brooks (Assistant Municipal Historian), Mark Olynciw and Patrick Crotty. There
remains an alternate vacancy.
Both historians R. Nye and V. Brooks continue to field historical and genealogical inquiries directly from
individuals as well as through the town clerk’s office, the Historical Society and the Library. The Historic
Properties Commission and the Municipal Historian serve the entire Town of Waterford and are, in turn,
supported by the town pursuant to state statute and town ordinance.
Respectfully submitted,
John J. O’Neill, Jr., Chairman, Historic Properties Commission
Robert M. Nye, Municipal Historian