NORWICH - Lawmakers amended a resolution tabled last month that would have authorized $5,000 to Communities Against Regional Interconnect (CARI) for legal expenses in the fight against New York Regional Interconnect, Inc.
The resolution previously expressed the county’s opposition to the transmission line, but stated that the sum would be approved only upon similar participation of other counties.
Town of Pharsalia Supervisor Dennis Brown proposed changing the resolution’s wording to include the approval of $25,000 now and setting $25,000 aside in reserve until other parties have made similar commitments. County Attorney Richard E. Breslin said Madison County’s legislature had agreed to do the same.
“In Pharsalia, we are one of the only towns in the county not affected by the power line going through it, but as far as the county goes, we should all be in this together,” Brown said. “Fighting this is not going to be a cheap thing. And with Tobacco Settlement funds, we can cover this ... with no dire straits financially because of it.”
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