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REPRESENTATIVE TOWN MEETING NOTICE


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, February 7, 2012, at 8 p.m. for the purposes listed below. If necessary, the meeting shall reconvene on Tuesday, February 21, 2012 to deal with any agenda items not disposed of at the adjournment of the February 7, 2012 meeting.


1. To take such action as the meeting may determine, upon the recommendation of the Board of Finance, to approve a request by the Pubic Works Director, for an appropriation of $320,750 from the Capital & Nonrecurring Expenditure Fund Unassigned Fund Balance to the Capital & Nonrecurring Expenditure Fund (C&NEF) Account (Repairs: Hurricane Irene) to fund various repair projects resulting from Hurricane Irene damages (75% reimbursable by FEMA).

2 To take such action as the meeting may determine, upon the pending approval of the Board of Finance, to approve a request from the Town Attorney for an appropriation of $34,908 from the Heart & Hypertension Reserve Fund for the settlement of the Workers’ Compensation claim brought by Michael Gudzik.

3. To take such action as the meeting may determine, upon the recommendation of the Non-Union Supervisory Pension Board, to approve the amendment and/or partial termination of the Retirement Plan for Non-Union Supervisory Employees of the Town of Westport, Connecticut (the “Plan”), such that the entire Plan, including pension and retiree health insurance benefits, shall not be available to employees hired on or after January 1, 2012.

4. To take such action as the meeting may determine, upon the recommendation of the Non-Union Non-Supervisory Pension Board, to approve the amendment and/or partial termination of The Retirement Plan for Non-Union Non-Supervisory Employees of the Town of Westport, Connecticut (the “Plan”), such that the entire Plan, including pension and retiree health insurance benefits, shall not be available to employees hired on or after January 1, 2012.

5. To take such action as the meeting may determine, upon the recommendation of the First Selectman to approve an ordinance adopting Connecticut General Statues, 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 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 Monday, January 30, 2012, and that I caused a copy of said notice to be published in the Westport News in its edition of Friday, January 27, 2012.
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Patricia H. Strauss, Town Clerk