Board of Selectmen Meeting

December 23, 2020

Notice & Agenda

REVISED 12-21-2020

Notice is hereby given that the Westport Board of Selectmen, Traffic Authority and Water Pollution Control Authority will hold a public meeting on Wednesday, December 23, 2020 at 9:00 AM. Pursuant to the Governor’s Executive Order No. 7B, there is no physical location for this meeting. It will be held electronically, live streamed on www.westportct.gov, and broadcast on Westport’s Optimum Government Access Channel 79 and Frontier Channel 6020.  Emails to the Board of Selectmen prior to the meeting may be sent to selectman@westportct.gov. Comments to be read during the public comment portion of the meeting may be emailed to BOScomments@westportct.gov. Best efforts will be made to read public comments if they are received during the public comment period, include your name and are brief; no longer than 3 minutes. Agenda to include but not be limited to the following items and is subject to revision:

1. To take such action as the meeting may determine to approve the Minutes of the Board of Selectmen’s meeting of December 9, 2020 and the Water Pollution Control Authority’s meeting of December 9, 2020. 

    

2. To take such action as the meeting may determine to approve the request from the Boy Scouts Troop 39 to use Town property known as Imperial Avenue Parking Lot on Saturday, January 9, 2021(snow date Sunday, January 10, 2021) from 7 AM to 5:00 PM for the Christmas tree recycling program, contingent upon compliance with comments and/or safety recommendations from relevant Town departments, submission of certificate of insurance approved by the Town Attorney’s office, and in accordance with the Town Policy on the Use of Town Property, Facilities and Public Roadways. 

    

3. To take such action as the meeting may determine, upon the request from the Town Clerk, to approve the Agreement between the Town of Westport and Avenu Insights & Analytics, LLC as it relates to microfilm storage services. 

    

4. To take such action as the meeting may determine, upon the request from the Director of Public Works, to approve the Agreement between the Town of Westport and RACE Coastal Engineering LLC, for Design, Permitting and Construction Administration Professional Services for the rehabilitation of the Old Mill walkway and tide gate structures. 

    

   Item #5 added after WestportNews publication deadline

5. To take such action as the meeting may determine, upon the request from the Director of Public Works, to approve an Agreement between the Town of Westport and CAI Technologies of Littleton New Hampshire, for Technical Support Services associated with integration of the Town’s Geographic Information System into the Accela Civic Platform. 

    

   Item #6 added after WestportNews publication deadline

6. Acting in its capacity as the Water Pollution Control Authority, to approve the sanitary sewer connection for property located at 28 Narrow Rocks Road, contingent upon compliance with the WPCA Collection System Supervisor’s letter of December 16, 2020. 

    

7. To take such action as the meeting may determine, in accordance with Section 1-225b of the Connecticut General Statutes, to review and approve the 2021 Calendar of regularly scheduled public meetings of the Board of Selectmen, Local Traffic Authority and Water Pollution Control Authority.

    

   REVISION 12-21-2020 Item added 

8. To take such action as the meeting may determine, upon the request of the Fire Chief, to review and approve the Communications System and Service Agreement between the Town of Westport and Motorola Solutions, Inc. as it relates to the Public Safety Radio System. 

Executive Session 

It is anticipated that the Board of Selectmen will vote to enter into Executive Session to discuss pending litigation. 

James S. Marpe, First Selectman

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