The city of Hartford and town of East Hartford will explore “centralization and consolidation” of some municipal services, local officials said Thursday.
Hartford Mayor Arunan Arulampalam and East Hartford Mayor Connor Martin made the announcement at a press conference held above the Connecticut River at the midway point of the Founders Bridge linking the two municipalities.
The mayors said a newly created task force would spend the next six to eight months examining potential points of overlap for shared services, a not altogether usual arrangement in a state which lacks county governments and prides itself on local control over most facets of government…