The Council of Small Towns, led by Ridgefield First Selectman Rudy Marconi, is meeting with state lawmakers to discuss several issues pending before the legislature, including the teachers' pension cost shift, school consolidation proposals, the statewide mill rate, the elimination of the car tax among others. COST is holding town hall forums in member communities across the state. There is one in Ridgefield on the 19th at Town Hall from 8am to 9am.