City Briefs

City finalizes land sale to YMCA

The Shelton City Council on Tuesday unanimously finalized the sale of 10.5 acres of leased land to the Shelton YMCA for $123,200.

The council gave preliminary approval at its April 27 meeting. The city declared the property at the intersection of Shelton Springs Road and East Wallace Kneeland Boulevard surplus. In July 2017, the Shelton City Council approved leasing the site to YMCA for $1 a year, for 100 years. The facility opened in March 2021.

At the council’s April 19 meeting, City Manager Jeff Niten said the lease agreement required that the property be so...