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4 HARTFORDBUSINESS.COM | MAY 31, 2021 in a decades-long debate over the potentially prime land occupied by an airport that generates well under $1 million in direct tax-and-fee revenue for the city. Execs buy Glastonbury accounting-HR services firm Two long-time executives at Accounting Resources Inc. have bought the Glastonbury-based accounting and human resources outsourcing firm from owner Ray Noeker. ARI said Tony Allen and Anthony Zambrello will now carry the titles CEO and chief operating officer, respectively. Meanwhile, Noeker will remain on as a consultant and continue supporting existing clients. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Berlin manufacturer TOMZ Corp. expanding with new Indiana facility Berlin medical-implant manufacturer TOMZ Corp. is opening a 60,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Indiana. TOMZ will use the new location, which sits on 18 acres, to increase Biz Briefs Wicked smart. Just like you. Smart Business Banking Smart Business Banking is a suite of accounts and services designed to make business banking more convenient and affordable. To us, that's what better banking is all about. To learn more or open an account, visit westfieldbank.com or call 413.568.1911 or 800.995.5734. Bank your way Online n App n In-person What better banking's all about sm . westfieldbank.com Member FDIC Business Checking n Business Lending n Digital Banking n Cash Management Services Hartford council may call for closing of regional airport A Hartford city councilor is hoping to revive a long-running debate over closing Hartford-Brainard Airport and using it for riverfront redevelopment. Councilman James "Jimmy" Sanchez has proposed a resolution that would urge the closure and decommissioning of the state-owned general aviation airport, which sits on 200-plus acres in the Meadows section of the city and mostly serves private aircraft and charter operators. The resolution, which was moved to committee, is the latest happening Hartford-Brainard Airport has seen declining activity over the past decade, but closing it for redevelopment wouldn't be cheap or quick. PHOTO | CONTRIBUTED Gov. Ned Lamont and Rodney Butler, the Mashantucket Pequot chairman, left with a laugh and a fist bump. PHOTO | CT MIRROR, MARK PAZNIOKAS the volume it can produce and possibly expand its capabilities after expanding its 150,000-square-foot Berlin headquarters several times, the company said. The new facility will be located in Knightstown, Indiana, about 120 miles outside Warsaw, Indiana, which is known as the "Orthopedic Capitol of the World," TOMZ said. Earlier this year Berlin's Planning and Zoning Commission approved TOMZ's plans to expand its headquarters by about 57,000 square feet. Sports betting, online gambling win final passage in CT A bill legalizing sports betting and online casino games and lottery sales in Connecticut won final passage May 25 on a 28-6 vote in the Senate, an effort to boost state revenues and help casino employment rebound in the state's struggling southeastern corner. Passage came after a relatively brief debate, an anticlimactic ending to a multi-year push to expand the customer base of Foxwoods Resort and Mohegan Sun, two tribal casinos squeezed by competition in New York, Rhode Island and Massachusetts and a temporary closure forced by COVID-19. Gov. Ned Lamont has promised to sign the bill and immediately seek federal approval of necessary amendments to the state's gambling compacts with its two federally recognized tribes and casino owners, the Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan tribal nations. His administration broke a deadlock with the tribes, who have exclusive rights to casino gambling, and negotiated a framework for the first significant expansion of gambling since the casinos opened in the 1990s. For better or worse, the legalization will be central to Lamont's legacy and, most likely, a re-election campaign next year. — Mark Pazniokas | CT Mirror