The state is not going to change the speed limit on Fredonia-Stockton Road.

Pomfret town officials mentioned at a Town Board meeting earlier this year that the LoGuidice Center had requested a speed limit reduction in the area. It’s currently 55 miles per hour near the school.

However, it’s a New York state-administered road, and Highway Superintendent Jude Gardner forwarded their request to the state Department of Transportation,

Gardner wondered at May’s Town Board session why the LoGuidice Center even came to the town in the first place. “Why they would send it to us doesn’t make any sense,” agreed Town Attorney Jeffrey Passafaro. “It’s a state road.”

Gardener also mentioned that he doesn’t want to do any paving until the town gets its yearly stipend from the state’s Consolidated Highway Improvement Program, aka CHIPS.

In other news from Pomfret’s May Town Board meeting:

— “We’re applying for a number of grants to reduce the costs of remodeling the new town hall,” Town Supervisor Dan Pacos said.

Town engineers of record CPL were asked to do a couple of applications because they were more technical, but others will be compiled by grant consultants Municipal Solutions.

Pomfret officials didn’t say much else during the meeting about the project to convert a former church on Chestnut Road into a new town hall. The project has seen surging costs and significant changes since it was introduced more than a year ago. Notably, Pacos had hoped the town of Dunkirk would join the project and help pay for it, with the two municipalities sharing space in the new hall. However, the town of Dunkirk declined to join.

— The board authorized a contract for a $50,000 study with Chautauqua Country over a “government reduction initiative.” The study itself was authorized at a previous meeting.

Somewhat relatedly, there was a short discussion about consolidating dog control services with other municipalities. It was spurred by the revelation that Fredonia Animal Hospital will no longer accept strays after Jan. 1.

“We should collectively start working on how we want this to look,” Pacos said of a combined dog control service.