All Windsor polling places will be open from 6:00 AM to 8:00 PM on Tuesday, March 2, 2004 for the Presidential Preference Primary of the Democratic Party.

These polling locations are:

Absentee ballots are available in the Town Clerk’s Office. You must be a registered Democrat to vote in this primary. For more information, call 285-1902.

The Loomis Chaffee School has announced that free skating for the public will be offered on Sunday afternoons from 2:15 PM to 3:15 PM on February 22 and 29^th. This open skating time is for recreational figure skating only. No hockey pucks or sticks will be allowed on the ice. The ice rink is located on the Loomis Chaffee campus located on Island Road. For more information call 285-1990.

By way of update, the Town Manager and representatives of WIN-TV have continued dialogue on possible amendments to the current delegation agreement between the town and WIN-TV for the operation of the Government Channel, WGTV, Channel 21.

Talks continue to progress in a positive manner and both parties are hopeful a resolution will be reached soon. Mr. Churchill will provide the council with a more detailed update at the March 1^st council meeting.

As the council is aware, the town is selling both the Bell School property as well as the property located at 124-126 Palisado Avenue, more commonly known as the Daniel’s House.

A recent open house at the Daniel’s House hosted approximately 60 visitors with good potential for 7-10 buyers. Another open house has been scheduled for this Thursday, February 19^th from 3:00 PM to 6:30 PM.

Approximately 30 calls have been received on the Bell School property. Staff hopes to open proposals on March 1^st. An open house for this property is currently being planned.

Detailed information on both properties is available at the town’s website at www.townofwindsorct.com. If anyone has further questions, or would like to schedule an appointment to view either property, they can call Al Neumann at 285-1870.

The town’s bond rating of AA on the Standard & Poors scale was recently re-affirmed. Overall comments from the analysts included the town was experiencing:

• Continued good financial management
• Good financial position (fund balance)
• Continued solid employment base
• Good pace of debt retirement (78% of our outstanding principal will be retired within 10 years)

The analysts also noted that our rating would continue to remain strong as long as we stay within our target of 8%-11% fund balance, (we are at 8.4%). However, a good size dip into our fund balance would be looked at with notable concern.