The City's Board of Aldermen recently voted to create a joint finance director for the City and the Board of Education.  A JOINT FINANCE RESEARCH COMMITTEE had been investigating the feasibility and reviewing the performance of such joint ventures in other communities. The following transcripts are the public record of some of what they found through phone and e-mail interviews with other communities.

Clinton - First Selectman

Clinton - Finance Director

East Haven Finance Director

Madison - First Selectman

Madison - Board of Education Chair

Madison Finance Director - Response by e-mail

Letter from Henry Domurad, Chairman of the Board of Apportionment & Taxation