Council approves bridge grant, creates capital-projects ad hoc committee, appoints historic study committee amid heated public comment on Pledge and social media

At its February 11, 2026 regular meeting the Ledyard Town Council heard a Board of Education presentation on the FY2026/2027 Capital Improvement Plan (including a $75,000 High School facilities assessment), received extended public comment focused on members’ decisions to sit during the Pledge of Allegiance and a councilor’s profanity-containing social media post, and took several formal actions. The Council approved minutes, accepted committee appointments, adopted a resolution establishing an Ad Hoc Committee to develop an end-to-end process for capital improvement building projects, authorized submission of a Connecticut DOT Local Bridge Program grant application for Lantern Hill Road Bridge (No. 137001), and appointed the Ledyard Historic District Commission to serve as the Historic Properties Study Committee for the Spicer Homestead ruins (study limited to the parcel shown on the town-commissioned survey dated Jan. 14, 2025).