There's a public hearing in Ridgefield tonight about a town owned home being rented to a member of the Ridgefield Police Department.  The vacant home in Richardson Park on North Salem Road would be rented to Detective David Dubord under the proposed lease.  The contract calls for a rent of $1,300 a month, in exchange for the detective providing security on the property. 

The lease also states that the tenant will not have pets, not smoke and will be responsible for trash removal and utilities.  The proposed lease is from November 1st through October 31st of next year, with a clause that it can be renewed from year to year so long as the tenant continued to be an employee of the Town of Ridgefield. 

Tonight's public hearing is at 7:30pm at Ridgefield Town Hall.  A town meeting on the item will be held on the 23rd.