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Back Public Arrest Records Name Date DOB Address Charges Dina Canfield 05/01/2024 03/12/1984 422 Main Street, Portland CT Violation of Protective Order Steven Wierbicki 04/27/2024 07/29/1993 306 Hidden Lake Rd., Higganum CT Violate Condition of Release, 2nd Deg. Lindsey Roche 04/19/2024 06/20/1984 32 Tuccitto Rd., Portland CT Failure to Appear 2nd Degree Eric Williams 04/11/2024 10/27/1984 93 Sweet Briar Rd., Stamford CT Larceny Nancy Chrystal 03/20/2024 07/11/1970 798 Glastonbury Tpk., Portland CT Disorderly Conduct; Assault 2nd Degree; Threatening 2nd Degree Kevin Castro 03/18/2024 11/03/2002 10 Fenwick St., Hartford CT Larceny 6th Jonathan Myers 03/17/2024 10/02/2000 275 Columbia Ave., St. Cloud FL Criminal Mischief 4th; Disorderly Conduct Robert McLellan 03/17/2024 10/08/1982 183 Rose Hill Rd., Portland CT Violation of Protective Order Justin Slater 03/15/2024 02/09/1990 204 Jobs Pond Rd., Portland Ct Disorderly Conduct; Interfering w/Officer Ordro Sanders 03/07/2024 07/01/1985 30 Norwich Rd., East Haddam CT Violation of Probation Chayann Spencer 03/05/2024 07/16/2003 26 Airline Ave, Portland CT Disorderly Conduct Robert Mclellan 03/01/2024 10/08/1982 183 Rose Hill Rd., Portland Failure to Appear 2nd; Assault 3rd; Threatening 2nd; Strangulation 2nd; Disorderly Conduct Carly Chabot 12/09/2023 12/11/1994 604 Main St., Portland CT Evading Responsibility; Unregistered Motor Vehicle; Operating MV with suspended license Brett Caswell 12/08/2023 03/06/1984 100 Marlborough St., Portland CT Possession of Drug Paraphernalia Joshua Gaffney 12/01/2023 08/18/1984 57 Summer St., Portland CT Possession of Drug Paraphernalia Page 1 of 33

Office of the Finance Director Contact Info 33 East Main Street - 2nd floor Portland, CT 06480 Tom E. Robinson Director of Finance Phone: (860) 342-6726 Fax: (860) 342-6714 Finance Resources Annual Budgets ​ Bids, RFP's, RFQ's ​ Transparency-Coverage Rule Finance When it comes to managing the Town of Portland's financial operations, the buck stops here! At least temporarily. This is where your tax dollars aggregate before being dispensed to pay for Town services. Responsibilities include: employees salaries & benefits maintenance and repair of municipal infrastructure program expenses equipment replacement employee pension plan investments grant applications and a whole lot more What the collector of revenue takes in, other departments take out, through the control of our department (under the aegis of the Board of Selectmen). Under Portland's Town Charter, the development of a yearly budget has to follow specific guidelines. If you would like to read a summary of those guidelines, click here. A breakdown of past expenditures is available through the Town of Portland Annual Report.

Office of the Building Department Contact Info 33 East Main Street - 1st floor Portland Connecticut ​ Pete Willse Building Official Phone: 860-342-6728 Holly Marrero Administrative Assistant Phone: 860-342-6727 Fax: 860-342-6787 Office Hours Monday, Wednesday, Thursday 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Tuesday 8:30 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. Friday 8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Land Use Department Blight Complaint Form Building Permits Inland Wetlands Form Planning & Zoning App. & Fees Supplemental Form Zoning Board of Appeals App. Form Sign Permit Zoning Permit Seasonal Information Snow and Ice Wood Stoves How To Land Use Deck Permit Application Directions Shed Permit Application Directions Pool Permit Application Directions Building The Building Department is responsible for the administration and enforcement of the CT State Building Code* as it relates to new building construction, renovations, alterations, remodeling and demolition of structures. Starting with planning and design to plan review and approvals followed by various inspections through the many aspects of construction, including the testing of building systems to the issuance of certificates of occupancy. The Building Official performs his duties to accommodate the requirements of CT State Statutes mandating that all Towns adopt and administer the CT State Building Code. Structures must be built to minimally protect the occupants and ensure a predetermined life expectancy of the building and to maintain sound investments for owners, investors and thereby the community. The CT State Building Code encompasses life safety first in order to minimize the loss of life during emergency situations and to protect the property during extreme weather events. Building construction is one of the nation’s major economic indicators and very frequently, a homeowners or a businesses most significant lifetime investment. It can be a very stressful time. Prior to finalizing your plans we strongly encourage everyone and their respective Design Professionals to visit with the Land Use and Building Department, to pre-review your project in order to evaluate how the applicable codes and regulations may impact the proposal. As a regulatory authority with a focus on public service, the Building Department staff will work with you and your proposed construction project to ensure the success of your project. We regularly coordinate and meet with all pertinent town departments in order to comprehensively assist you through the complicated and sometimes confusing, regulatory process. The Building Official is also responsible for receiving complaints and issuing initial enforcement action for the recently adopted Blight Ordinance. The Town of Portland has the responsibility of looking out for and overseeing the town as a whole, and part of that responsibility is to protect the financial and personal investments that we all make in our homes and businesses. Primarily a visually based regulation it requires that the collection and accumulation of non-usable items, vehicles or construction debris, are stored in an appropriate enclosure or removed from view of adjacent properties. The ordinance also gives the Town the ability to issue citations for non-compliance. DPH Carbon Monoxide Warning ​ 2022 Connecticut State Building Code Amending the 2021 International Building Code ​ Working With Your Local Building Department CT DEEP Pollution Prevention Newsletter Thinking of Installing a Pool This Year? | Installing Irrigation Systems Inground Swimming Pools | Swimming Pools | Wood Stoves * A comprehensive list of applicable codes is available on the CBOA website, www.ctbuildingofficial.org/ where there is also information on purchasing the individual code books. Energy Codes: http://www.energycodes.gov/ THE SUBMISSION OF ANY APPLICATION DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A PERMIT UNTIL SAID APPLICATION IS APPROVED BY DEPARTMENT HEAD AND ALL REQUIRED FEES ARE PAID IN FULL.

Vital Record Birth Certificate Death Certificate Marriage License Dog License Getting Married Trade Names Back Licenses & Certificates Certified copies of Vital Records are $20 each Please call 860-342-6743 if you require additional information on copies of vital records. ​ Birth Certific ate Copies A copy of your birth certificate is on file in the Town Clerk's office of the to wn in which you were born, and in the town in which your mother lived at the time of your birth. However , if you or y our child was born after 2003, the Portland Clerk's Office has acces s to the birth certificate no matter the Connecticut town they were born. A certified copy of a full size birth certificate is $20.00. Birth certificates are confidential in Connecticut and are only available to the individual, his/ her spouse, parent, child, or grandparent. In order to obtain a copy of a birth certificate, you must give your nam e at birth, date of birth, photocopy of your driver's license or photo I.D., and your mother's maiden name. To request a certified copy of a birth certificate through the mail, you will need to complete the Birth Certificate Request Form . Print and mail the form to the Portland Town Clerk's Office . with your payment and a copy of a government-issued photo ID. You must sign this form before sending in your request. ​ Death Certificate Copies You may request a certified copy of a death certificate either by mail or in person. A certified copy of a death certificate can be obtained for anyone who was living in Portland at the time of the event or who died in the Town of Portland, Connecticut. To obtain a certified copy of a death certificate by mail please complete this Death Certificate Request Form . Print and mail the form along with your payment to the Portland Town Clerk's Office . ​ If the death took place after July 1, 1997 and the certified copy is for a family member, please provide proof of relation (The social security number will be redacted otherwise). Marriage Licens e Copies You may request a certified copy of a marriage license by mail or in person. A certified copy of a marriage license is $20.00 per copy. In order to obtain a certified copy you will need to fill out the Marriage License Request Form . Print and mail the form along with your payment to the Portland Town Clerk's Office . NOTE: This form is for requesting a copy of a marriage license that has already occurred. If you are getting married, please scroll down to the GETTING MARRIED Section of this page. If the marriage took place after July 1, 1997 and the c ertified copy is for yourself, please also include a copy of your government-issued photo ID (Social Security Numbers will be redacted otherwise). ​ Vital Record Copies Birth Certificate Death Certificate Marriage License Dog License Getting Married Trade Names Dog License Connecticut State Law requires that all dogs in the state be licensed by the age of six months. The license must be renewed each year in June. Proof of current rabies vaccination and a spayed/ neuter certificate must be provided. ​ Annual fees are $8.00 for a spayed or neutered dog and $19.00 for an unaltered dog. There is a $1.00 per month per dog late fee starting July 1st. ​ There are 4 Ways to License your Dog: ​ 1) MAIL - 1. Mail a Dog License Form 2. Cash, Check, or Money Order 3. Current rabies certificate, and 4. a self-addressed stamped envelope to: ​ Michael Tierney Town Clerk P.O. Box 71 Portland, CT 06480 ​ ​ 2) EMAIL - 1. Complete a Credit Card Authorization Form , 2. Current rabies certificate and 3. Send to mtierney@portlandct.org *Note: You must save the pdf form to your computer first in order to save ​ 3) ONLINE - Create a user ID at https://www.hitslabs.com/register-individua l ​ If licensing on the HitsLabs website, be sure to upload the rabies vaccination and spayed/ neuter certificate Once you have submitted your license request on the HitsLabs site, the Town Clerk's Office will process and mail you the tag and license. ​ ​ 4) IN PERSON - Come to the Town Clerk's office during regular business hours. ​ ​ Getting Married CHECK WEBSITE FOR TOWN HOLIDAYS OR CALL 860-342-6743 TO CONFIRM OFFICE HOURS (When a holiday falls on a Friday, generally the Town Hall also closes at 4:30 PM on that Tuesday - no late hours) ​ GENERAL MARRIAGE LICENSE INFORMATION: If you are getting married in the Town of Portland, you will need to apply fo r yo ur license in the Town Clerk’s Office, located on Ground Floor of the Town Hall. Once issued, the marriage license is goo d for 65 days. There is no waiting p eriod b etween applying for and receiving your license. Eligibility requirements to be married, or to perform a marriage can be found on the State of Connecticut DPH website . We are happy to provide the couple with a list of P ortland Justices of the Peace. Arrangements can be made directly with the Justice you select. Please click here for the list of Portland Justices of the Peace. ​ BOTH applicants must appear in the office to sign the Marriage License and present photo ID's such as a driver's license or passport. Please bring in a completed marriage license worksheet or fill it out in the office. We advise couples to apply for their license about two weeks bef ore the ceremony. Please plan to arrive 30 minutes prior to closing in order to process the Marriage License. The Town Clerk's office is fre quently asked whether our staff is responsible for legally changing a bride's last name with Social Securi ty Administration once sh e has been married. There are no provisions with the Connecticut Statute s to allow Town Clerks to p erfor m this service. However, if you click here you can access the necessary form to submit to SSA along with a certified copy of your marriage license. IMPORTANT NOTE FOR THOSE GETTING MARRIED AT ST. CLEMENTS CASTLE: The River’s Edge Marina/ Boathouse Area of the castle grounds is located in East Hampton, CT. If y our actual marriage ceremony is happening at this locat ion, you will need to go to the East Hampton Town Clerk for your license. ​ MARRIAGE LICENSE FEES: The fee for a marriage license is $50.00. We suggest that the couple order and pre-pay an additional $20.00 for each certified copy of the marriage license, which will be mailed to them automatically upon our receipt of the marriage certificate after the ceremony. A certified copy is required by social security and DMV to make a name change. We accept cash, personal checks, and credit cards. ​ ​ For further information, please call the Town Clerk’s Office at (860) 342-6743. ​ Trade Names State law requires that any person doing business in Connecticut under any name other than their own, must either register a trade name in the town where their business is conducted or register with the Secretary of State's office as a corporation or limited liability company. The filing fee for a trade name that is already notarized is $10.00. ​ Click here for Certificate of Adoption of Trade Name form Click here for Cancellation Certificate of Trade Name form For more information about starting a business in Connecticut, please visit the web site: Business.ct.gov

Back Portland Business List - Industrial Accent Abrasives LLC Web Site 123 Airline Ave (860) 342-0504 American Concrete Pumping Co Inc Web Site 147 Pickering St (860) 342-4405 CT Greenhouse Co. Web Site 264 Freestone Avenue (860)341-8707 Conscape Inc Web Site 940 Airline Ave (860) 342-4367 FD Welding & Repair Web Site 262 Brownstone Ave (860) 342-0702 Jarvis Airfoil Inc Web Site 528 Glastonbury Tpike (860) 834-2027 Mold-Craft Plastics Inc Web Site 151 Freestone Ave (860) 342-1906 Airex Rubber Product Corp Web Site 100 Indian Hill Ave (860) 342-0850 American Machining Tech Inc Web Site 141 Pickering St (860) 342-0005 Colby Direct Delivery Web Site 178 Airline Ave (860) 342-1313 DRVN Enterprises, Inc Web Site 34 Gopsel Ln (860) 989-8011 Hubert E Burler Construction Co LLC Web Site 984 Portland Cobalt Rd (860) 342-3880 M & C Trucking Web Site 164 Sand Hill Rd (203) 232-1438 New England Welding & Fabrication Web Site 63 Brownstone Ave (860) 342-4843 All Frictions Co Web Site 131 Freestone Ave (860) 342-2001 B & B Equipment LLC Web Site 80 Main St (860) 342-5773 Connecticut Pharmecueticals LLC Web Site 47 Main St (860) 740-4350 Disaster Restorations Services LLC Web Site 338 Airline Ave (860) 788-6822 Ives Tool Co, Inc Web Site 134 Marlborough St (860) 342-4837 M Ferrara & Sons Trucking Web Site 304 Airline Ave (860) 342-1699

Adoption Bobcat! Dog Licensing Nuisance Shelter Info Ordinances Back Animal Control Info Adoption Policy All animals from our pound are adopted through the State's Animal Population Control Program (APCP). The APC Program pays for two pre-surgical immunizations and for the animal to be spayed or neutered by a participating veterinarian within 60 days of ownership. It pays up to $100.00 for a male dog/$50.00 for a male cat (neutered); $120.00 for a female dog/$70.00 for female cat (spayed), and $10.00 each for two vaccinations. If the veterinarian bill exceeds those amounts, the adopting party is responsible for payment of the additional charges. ​ Adoption fee: $50.00 ($45.00 APCP fee + $5.00 fee to the Town of Portland). ​ If the animal is already spayed or neutered, $5.00 non-refundable adoption fee to the Town. Out-of-state adopters are not eligible to participate in the APCP program. Bobcat! Bobcat Sighting l June 1, 2020 There have been reports of sightings of a bobcat wearing a tracking collar in Portland. CT DEEP is aware and tracking her movements. This particular bobcat is a mom and has babies. Please do not approach them and do not cause them harm, as she is hunting to feed her cubs. Bobcats tend to be shy and avoid humans. ​ Should you encounter a bobcat, you should keep as much distance between you and the animal as possible. Protect your children and pets by never leaving them unattended. When possible, make a lot of noise (banging on pans/pots, blowing an air horn). Karen Perruccio Portland Animal Control Officer 860-342-6789 Dog Licensing Dog Licensing Connecticut State Law requires that all dogs in the state be licensed by the age of six months. The license must be renewed each year in June. Proof of current rabies vaccination and a spay/neuter certificate must be provided. ​ Annual fees are $8.00 for a spayed or neutered dog and $19.00 for an unaltered dog. There is a $1.00 per month per dog late fee starting August 1st, 2020. There are 4 Ways to License your Dog: ​ 1) MAIL - 1. Mail a Dog License Form 2. Cash, Check, or Money Order 3. Current rabies certificate, and 4. a self-addressed stamped envelope to: Michael Tierney Town Clerk P.O. Box 71 Portland, CT 06480 2) EMAIL - 1. Complete a Credit Card Authorization Form , 2. Current rabies certificate and 3. Send to mtierney@portlandct.org * Note: You must save the pdf form to your computer first in order to save* ​ 3) ONLINE - Create a user ID at https://www.hitslabs.com/register-individua l 4) IN PERSON - Come to the Town Clerk's office during regular business hours. ​ *Due to COVID-19 please make an appointment before visiting Town Hall. 860-342-6743 ​ ​ Nuisance Nuisance or Distressed Wildlife Contact the state for nuisance and/or distressed wildlife at: Dept of Energy & Environmental Protection (DEEP) - Wildlife Division 79 Elm Street, Hartford CT 06106 860-424-3011 www.ct.gov/deep For additional information pertaining to Dogs: CT Dept of Agricultural - Animal Control Division 165 Capitol Ave - Hartford CT 06106 860-713-2506 www.ct.gov/doag Shelter Info Shelter Information Hours of operation - by appointment only​ List of Adoptable Pets: www.petfinder.com Pet Adoption Form The Portland Animal Control Shelter is a municipal dog pound that houses dogs from Portland. We house only dogs. Ordinances Town Animal Ordinances See attached for details​ ​ Feeding of raccoons and other wild animals prohibited Removal of dog litter Roaming and nuisance animals Regulation of vicious dogs

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Back Holiday Events 2nd Annual Trail of Lights Light Trail Map The November and December holiday seasons are times of giving and helping those in need. The list below includes many of the things residents, organizations, and departments in Portland are doing to help. If you are in need, please contact these groups for more info on how they can help. If you are able to give/donate, please let the groups know! Christmas Food Baskets - meal baskets for families in need, donated by Food Bank (call Ruth at Portland Food Bank ASAP to sign up 860-342-6795) Christmas Gifts - Christmas gifts for families in need, donated by Food Bank (call Ruth at Portland Food Bank ASAP to sign up or to donate 860-342-6795) Christmas Gifts - Christmas gifts for families in need, donated by Fire Department (contact Danielle at Company 1 Fire Department to donate) Christmas Gifts - Christmas gifts for families in need, donated by Portland Veterinary Hospital (contact Portland Veterinary Hospital to donate) Silver Stockings for Seniors - stockings filled with winter items (hats, gloves, socks, etc) (email Shari at faceforwardphotography@gmail.com to sign up or donate)