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All Representative Town Meeting Members and inhabitants of the Town of Westport are hereby notified that a meeting of the Representative Town Meeting members will be held at Town Hall, 110 Myrtle Ave., on Tuesday, June 7, 2011, at 8 p.m. for the purposes listed below. If necessary, the meeting shall reconvene on Tuesday, June 21, 2011 to deal with any agenda items not disposed of at the adjournment of the June 7, 2011 meeting.

1. To take such action as the meeting may determine, upon the recommendation of the RTM Library, Museum and Arts Committee, to appoint Peter Flatow to serve as Trustee of the Westport Public Library for the four-year term beginning July 1, 2011.

2. To take such action as the meeting may determine, to acknowledge the 300 year anniversary of Greens Farms Congregational Church.

3. To take such action as the meeting may determine, upon the recommendation of the Board of Finance and a request by the Public Works Director for an appropriation of $275,000 to the Sewer Fund Account (Pump Sta.#9, Force Main) for the replacement of the Hillandale Road force main serving Pump Station #9.

4. To take such action as the meeting may determine, upon the recommendation of the Board of Finance and a request by the Public Works Director for an appropriation of $500,000 from the fund balance of the Capital & Nonrecurring Expenditure Fund (C&NEF) Account to the Capital & Nonrecurring Expenditure Fund (C&NEF) Account (HVAC Upgrade: Town Hall) for the HVAC upgrade and energy efficiency project for the Town Hall.

5. To take such action as the meeting may determine, upon the recommendation of the Board of Finance and a request by the Public Works Director for an appropriation of $425,778 to the Highway Account (Storm Expenses) to cover the expenses incurred during the previous winter.

6. To take such action as the meeting may determine, upon the recommendation of the Human Services Director, to approve programs eligible for investment by business firms under the provisions of CGS Sections 12-630aa et seq, known as the R.E. Van Norstrand Neighborhood Assistance Act.

7. To take such action as the meeting may determine, upon the recommendation of the First Selectman to approve an ordinance adopting Connecticut General Statutes, Sections 4-124i through 4-124p as amended, providing for the formation of a regional Council of Governments, authorizing the town to join such Council when duly established, designating the First Selectman as the representative of the Town of Westport on such Council and authorizing the Representative Town Meeting to designate an alternate representative from its members for a two-year term or until the next election of the RTM. (First Reading, full text available in the Town Clerk’s office.)



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Hadley C. Rose, Moderator



This is to certify that I mailed a copy of the above notice, properly prepaid, to each Representative Town Meeting Member on Tuesday, May 31, 2011, and that I caused a copy of said notice to be published in the Westport News in its edition of Friday, May 27, 2011.
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Patricia H. Strauss, Town Clerk