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| Affiliation | Republican |
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| Name | David A. Scribner |
| Address | 88 Obtuse Hill
Brookfield, Connecticut , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
| Born |
July 15, 1957
(66 years)
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| Contributor | Joshua L. |
| Last Modifed | RBH
Dec 25, 2021 12:58am |
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| Info | State Representative David A. Scribner compiled an impressive record of service to the 107th District during his first term in the Connecticut General Assembly.
Representative Scribner takes great pride in his 100 percent attendance and voting record during the 1999 and 2000 regular legislative sessions.
Responding to requests from the first selectman and a significant number of constituents, Representative Scribner succeeded in gaining repeal of a 1998 law that authorized the Brookfield Water Company to supply water to the town. The water company had not successfully completed the application process with the state and had not begun to provide water to the town.
Repeal of the law gives the town more freedom to choose an alternative solution if local elected officials decide that is the course they want to take.
Representative Scribner played an important role in developing and enacting a law to protect the interests of Brookfield and other towns bordering Candlewood Lake after the sale of the Rocky River hydroelectric plant complex.
Under the 1998 electric power industry restructuring law, the complex, which includes the lake, must be sold.
The new law, which Representative Scribner co-sponsored, ensures that Brookfield, along with the other four towns bordering the lake, will be reimbursed for legal fees, appraisal costs and other expenses relating to the sale.
The pending sale raised legitimate concerns among residents and local elected officials about the future of Candlewood Lake and related costs to the towns. Those expenses resulted directly from enactment of the restructuring law.
The new law extends a charge established under the restructuring act to cover costs incurred by the towns to ensure the environmental, recreational and scenic preservation of reservoirs created by hydroelectric facilities.
Representative Scribner secured a number of state grants for Brookfield and Bethel during the 1999 and 2000 legislative sessions.
During the 2000 session, Rep. Scribner worked to gain approval of several arts grants for Brookfield, including:
Grants of $48,000 and $19,000 for the Brookfield Craft Center.
Grants of $125,000 and $1,559 for Country Players of Brookfield Inc.
A $15,000 grant for a Friends of the Arts, Inc. project to expand its Art Exposure Program.
Three arts grants for Brookfield also were approved in 1999 as well, including:
A $17,500 matching grant to the Brookfield Craft Center in 1999 to support gallery exhibitions and workshops. In January 2000 another grant totaling $48,000 was approved.
A $216 matching grant to the Brookfield Parks and Recreation Department in 1999 that supported a performance by the TNT Jazz Band.
A $483 matching grant to Country Players of Brookfield that supported performances by Samba Brasil and the Connecticut Lyric Quartet at the Brookfield Community Theater.
During the 2000 session, the State Bond Commission approved two grants for Bethel. The first grant, which amounted to $120,000, was for the purchase and installation of athletic field lighting at the baseball field at the Bethel Educational Complex.
The other grant, which totaled $80,000, was for the renovation, repair and upkeep of Meckauer Park.
In 1999, the Bond Commission approved a $109,962 grant to assist the Bethel public school system with bringing the latest technology into the classroom.
The grant was part of a package of awards to 70 local and regional school districts throughout the state. The grants assist schools in paying for upgrading and installing wiring, cables and other distribution systems necessary to support sophisticated telecommunications systems, including computer technology.
During the 2000 session, Representative Scribner introduced legislation to standardize certification requirements for all classes of emergency medical technicians, which was signed into law by Governor Rowland.
Rep. Scribner also cosponsored or supported several other laws that were enacted in the 2000 session, including:
An act allowing school boards to award high school diplomas to World War II veterans who left high school to join the armed forces.
An act requiring the Department of Environmental Protection to develop a plan to phase out the use of the gasoline additive MTBE by 2003 and to seek a federal waiver to end its use and eliminate a potential health hazard.
An act raising from 16 to 18 the age at which students can drop out of high school without parental permission.
Representative Scribner also voted against the Adriaen�s Landing redevelopment project for Hartford as well a measure to raise state legislators� salaries and a bill that would have imposed a system of taxpayer financing for state elections on the people of Connecticut.
In 1999, Representative Scribner voted for a new law to encourage residents to join their local volunteer fire departments. The act authorizes towns to enact ordinances providing property tax abatements of up to $1,000 for residents who volunteer as firefighters, emergency medical technicians, paramedics or ambulance drivers.
During the 2000 session, Representative Scribner voted for the seven-cent cut in the Connecticut�s gasoline tax, which was the highest in the nation before the reduction.
He also supported new laws providing for:
A sales tax free week in August, when clothing will be exempt from the six percent state sales tax.
The elimination of the sales tax on college textbooks and child car safety seats.
An increase in the sales tax exemption for clothing and footwear from $50 to $75 per item.
In1999, Representative Scribner voted for another increase in the property tax credit residents can take against their state income tax liability. For the 2000 income tax year, the credit goes to $500.
He also supported further tax relief for senior citizens. The tax cut eliminates all state income tax on Social Security income for joint filers with adjusted gross income under $60,000 and for single filers with AGIs less than $50,000.
During the 1999 and 2000 legislative sessions, annual state �statutory grants� (such as town road aid) for the 107th District, were increased, easing the burden on Brookfield and Bethel property taxpayers.
Representative Scribner was assigned to the General Assembly�s Finance, Revenue and Bonding, Planning and Development, and Banks committees for the 2001 and 2002 legislative sessions.
A Brookfield native, he has been active in his community for many years.
He is a past President and Chairman of the Board of the Child Abuse Prevention Centers of Connecticut; member and former treasurer of the Brookfield Lions Club; Corporate Representative to the United Way of Fairfield County; and a volunteer for American Red Cross blood drives.
Representative Scribner is a lifetime member of the Congregational Church of Brookfield, where he has served as chairman of the Board of Trustees, member of the Executive Council and deacon.
Representative Scribner currently serves as Brookfield Town Treasurer, a position he has held since 1995.
As treasurer, he was responsible for increasing the town�s bond rating to AA2 while providing financial expertise and guidance to town officials on investment, insurance and borrowing decisions.
Representative Scribner was formerly employed by the Union Trust Co. as vice president and corporate/correspondent sales manager; and by Danbury Savings & Loan as a branch manager and business development and lending officer.
Representative Scribner�s professional background is in finance and banking.
Representative Scribner has served on the Brookfield Republican Town Committee for seven years. He was the Vacancy Chairperson, responsible for recruiting new town board and commission members. He is a past vice chairperson and has served on the town committee�s fund-raising and publicity subcommittees.
He has worked on several Republican campaigns, including Governor John G. Rowland�s congressional and gubernatorial campaigns and former U.S. Representative Gary Franks� congressional races as well as other local GOP races for the past 12 years.
Representative Scribner is a Justice of the Peace and a Notary Public. He formerly served on the Brookfield Economic Development Commission.
He is a 1975 graduate of Brookfield High School. He also attended Post College and Western Connecticut State University.
Representative Scribner and his wife Pam, a special education teacher and a Bethel native, have three daughters, Kathryn, Victoria and Elizabeth.
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