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WESTPORT CONNECTICUT Revised – Executive Session
BOARD OF FINANCE and Item #9 Added
NOTICE OF EXECUTIVE SESSION
The Board of Finance will hold a Special Meeting on Wednesday, February 6, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. in Room 201/201A of Town Hall for the following purpose. It is anticipated that the Board of Finance will vote to go into Executive Session for such discussions:
1. To discuss potential litigation regarding Coleytown Middle School mold claims.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING-REVISED
The Board of Finance will hold its Public Meeting on Wednesday, February 6, 2019 at 8:00 p.m. in Room 201/201A of Town Hall for the following purposes:
AGENDA
1. To approve the Board of Finance Minutes of the January 9, 2019 Special Meeting and the January 9, 2019 Regular Meeting.
2. Financial Report from the Finance Director. (Discussion Only)
3. Coleytown Middle School Status Update from Sheri Gordon and Mike Rea. (Discussion Only)
4. Status Update from the Audit Manager. (Discussion Only)
5. Upon the request of the Director of Operations, to discuss moving quarterly real estate and personal property tax collections (over $100) to semi-annual tax collections, with continued quarterly collections for Senior citizens and disabled persons receiving State and Local tax relief.
6. Upon the request of the Director of Public Works, to approve an appropriation of $200,000.00 along with bond and note authorization to the Municipal Improvement Fund Account #30503310-500165 for sidewalk rehabilitation and construction to continue addressing the ongoing sidewalk maintenance project.
7. Upon the request of the Director of Public Works, to approve an appropriation of $380,000.00 to the Capital and Non-Recurring Account #31503310-500166 for replacement of sidewalks, and intersection improvements along Myrtle Avenue, from the Post Road to Avery Place.
8. Upon the request of the Director of Public Works, to approve an appropriation of $1,000,000.00 along with bond and note authorization to the Municipal Improvement Fund Account #30503310-500156 for the buyout of the Eversource-owned street lights to be replaced with Town-owned LED streetlights. The electric rate for LED’s combined with lower electricity consumption creates an approximate investment payback period of five years.
9. Upon the request of the Superintendent of Schools and the Board of Education, to approve a special appropriation in the amount of $4,000,000.00, with bond and note authorization, for the purchase or rental of portable classrooms to be used at (a) Coleytown Elementary School, (b) Kings Highway Elementary School, (c) Long Lots Elementary School, (d) Saugatuck Elementary School, ‘(e) Greens Farms Elementary School, and/or (f) Bedford Middle School. The Board of Education intends to apply for a School Construction Grant from the Connecticut Commissioner of Administrative Services to help defray the cost of the portable classrooms.
Note: The practice for upcoming BOF regular meetings will be to close the meetings at 10:00 PM. Motions to extend individual meetings can be heard.