Town Council

Back row: Charles F. Keniston; William A. Wadsworth; Michael Clark, Chair; Michael V. Demicco; John W. Vibert
Front row: Nancy W. Nickerson; Patty Stoddard; Kathleen A. Eagen, Town Manager; Paula Ray, Town Clerk

Vision

Farmington will be recognized as a historic and progressive town with an engaged citizenry committed to the betterment of the entire community. To that end, high quality services will be provided to a diverse population living and working in a balanced blend of open space, residential housing and commercial properties supported by stable and equitable revenues.

Mission Statement for the Town Council

To contact the entire Town Council, email them at towncouncil@farmington-ct.org or contact them individually at the following addresses:

Strategic Plan

2010-2012 Town Council

Michael Clark, Chair
Republican-(At Large)
18 Morgan Place
Unionville, CT 06085

Mike Clark has lived in Farmington since 1990. He was re-elected to a second term as Town Council Chairman in 2007. He recently retired from the FBI following a twenty-three year career as an FBI Supervisory Special Agent. He is currently employed as the manager of investigations and security at the World Headquarters of Otis Elevator in Farmington. He has served on the Board of Directors of the FYBL and Jaycee Courant Baseball Leagues, chaired Project Graduation on two occasions, was president of the FHS Football and Baseball Booster Clubs, and was a travel soccer coach. He earned a BA degree in English from Rowan University and an MA degree in Education from Seton Hall University. He has been married to Sue Clark for 30 years and has four children.

Michael V. Demicco
Democrat-First District
6 Deborah Lane
Farmington, CT 06032

Mike Demicco has been a member of the Town Council since January 2006, serving on both the Elderly Tax Relief Subcommittee and the Ethics Ordinance Subcommittee. He is the Council's liaison to the Water Pollution Control Authority, and its representative to the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities. In addition, he is a member of the UCONN Health Center Committee and the Stephen Flis Scholarship Committee.

Mr. Demicco is a former high school and middle school history teacher. As a stay-at-home father during his children's formative years, he has been a very active member of the East Farms P.T.O. Executive Board. In addition, he has served as a tutor in the Kindergarten Acceleration Program, and as a library volunteer. Demicco is a graduate of Wesleyan University, where he received his degree from the inter-departmental College of Social Studies (History, Economics, Government). Most recently, he worked for the Connecticut General Assembly as an assistant clerk for the Legislature's Joint Committee on Commerce. Demicco, a life-long Connecticut resident, has lived in Farmington since 1991. He and his wife Brenda have two school-age daughters.

Charles F. Keniston
Republican-Second District
44 Westview Terrace
Unionville, CT 06085
(860) 673-1837

Charlie Keniston, a Financial Advisor, has managed the Edward Jones investment office in Unionville since 1994. He earned a BS degree in Business Administration from the University of Maine. Charlie has been married since 1967 to his wife, Eileen, who is a tutor at West District School. They have two daughters, Debbie and Kristine, and six grandchildren.

Initially elected in 2005, Charlie initiated the Elderly Tax Relief Program, is Chairman of the Retirement Board Committee, liaison to the Veteran's Memorial Committee and the Unionville Village Improvement Association, and serves on the Flis Scholarship Committee.

Charlie is a 37-year member of the Farmington Republican Town Committee, Past-President of Northern Connecticut Toastmasters, and chaired the first Farmington Festival celebrating the Town's 350th Anniversary in 1990.

Nancy Nickerson
Republican-First District
45 Farmington Ridge Drive
Farmington, CT 06032

Nancy Nickerson is a life long resident of Farmington and a graduate of Farmington High School class of 1972 and Hartwick College in 1976. Nancy is married to Alan Nickerson and they have 3 children - Andrew, Liz and Becca. Nancy worked for the Supreme Court of the State of Connecticut in the office of the Reporter of Judicial Decisions. As a member of the Farmington Board of Education for 16 years, she was Chairman for 10 years and served on many committees and building projects in the schools. Nancy was appointed by Governor Jodi Rell to the Advisory Committee on Intergovernmental Relations and served on the Board of the Connecticut Association of Boards of Education. Nancy is a Corporator of the Farmington Bank and serves on the Renovations Committee for the Barney Library. She volunteers and holds offices on many community boards and organizations such as Services for the Elderly, a driver for Meals on Wheels, the Farmington Food Pantry, Friends of the Farmington Library, the Farmington Historical Society, the Farmington Land Trust, and the Farmington Village Green and Library Association.

Patty Stoddard
Republican-Second District
87 Lido Road
Unionville, CT 06085

Patty Stoddard has lived in Farmington for 20 years with her husband Jack, son Christopher, and daughter Megan. She is a real estate agent with Prudential Connecticut Realty in the Farmington Valley. Patty was elected to the Town Council in 2010 after serving 8 years on the Board of Education. There she served on various committees and liaison positions including Policy, Curriculum, Town Library Committee and Chamber of Commerce. She recently co-chaired Project Graduation for the Farmington High School.

John W. Vibert
Democrat-Second District
126 Main Street
Unionville, CT 06085

John Vibert is a fourth generation native of Unionville. He attended Farmington Public Schools graduating from Farmington High School in 1968. Following his graduation from UCONN in 1972, John began a long career in the insurance industry. He recently retired from The Hartford. John lives in Unionville with his wife Dana and their children Jack, Bob, Juliet and Olivia.

William A. Wadsworth
Republican-First District
73 Red Oak Hill Rd.
Farmington, CT 06032

Bill Wadsworth, a member of the Farmington Town Council since 2000, has a number of responsibilities associated with the Town of Farmington in addition to serving as a First District representative. He has served as Chair of the Farmington High School Addition and Renovation Building Committee, Chair of the Farmington Fire Station Building Committee and as the Town Council liaison to the West Woods Upper Elementary School Building Committee. Current service includes being the Town Council liaison to the Historic District Commission, the Town Council liaison to the Town Plan and Zoning Commission and as a member of the Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee. Service to the Town of Farmington outside of our boundaries includes representing Farmington as a member of the Capitol Region Council of Governments Legislative Action Committee and as a representative to the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities. As Chair of the Land Acquisition Committee, he has been instrumental in leading the Town Council to acquire more than 530 acres of property to hold as open space for the town.

Bill Wadsworth is the Vice president of CASLE Corporation located in Avon, Connecticut. CASLE is a design-build and development company, responsible for the construction of many industrial, commercial and educational facilities in the Farmington Valley and throughout the State of Connecticut. Some of his Farmington projects include Trumpf Inc., ebm Industries, Connecticare and Tunxis Community College. He is a graduate of the University of Connecticut (cum laude) with a degree in Engineering and attended the Hartford Graduate Center. He grew up in Farmington, attending Noah Wallace, West District and Irving Robbins Middle School. He graduated from St Paul High School. Bill also served in the United States Army as a Military Policeman, is a commercial and instructor rated hot air balloon pilot as well as a privately rated helicopter pilot. He has three daughters, Abigail, Sarah and Rachel as well as three grandchildren, Tabatha, Lucy and Hugh.

Over the years, Bill Wadsworth has been a member of Farmington Land Trust (land steward), the Farmington Rotary Club, the Hillstead Museum, the Stanley Whitman Museum, the Farmington Historical Society and the Zoning Board of Appeals. He was also elected to the Town Plan and Zoning Commission.

Members of the Town Council are elected at the biennial Town election in the odd-numbered years.