To tax or not to tax? That is the question currently being kicked around by Fairfield County Council in regards to The Shaw Group, Inc., the major contractor working in Jenkinsville to construct two new reactors at the V.C. Summer Nuclear Station. During their July 23 meeting, Council passed their second reading of an ordinance

PUBLISHER’S NOTE: The following transcript (in its entirety) was delivered by Town Councilman Jeffery Branham to Town Council Monday and later that evening e-mailed to The Voice for publication. It is in response to The Voice reporting on: 1) Mr. Branham’s failure to properly recuse himself (according to state ethics rules for government officials) when

At its regular meeting Monday, Town Council passed a resolution declaring the town’s intent to reimburse itself for certain expenditures made prior to the town’s consummation of federally tax-exempt financing (bonds) of a Municipal Improvement District (MID) for business properties along McNulty Road. The resolution stated that the town anticipates incurring expenditures not to exceed

In a report to the Town Council Monday, the town’s accounting consultant, CPA Kem Smith, said the mayor had asked her to research and come up with improvements to the town’s hospitality tax ordinance that requires businesses in the town who serve prepared meals and beverages or have on-premises consumption of alcohol, beer or wine,