Board of Selectmen Meeting

January 13, 2021

Notice & Agenda

Notice is hereby given that the Westport Board of Selectmen, Traffic Authority and Water Pollution Control Authority will hold a public meeting on Wednesday, January 13, 2021 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 23, 2020 and the Minutes of the Water Pollution Control Authority’s meeting of December 23, 2020.

    

2. To take such action as the meeting may determine in accordance with the Town of Westport Policy for Gifts to the Town, to approve the acceptance of monetary donations under $5,001 accepted by the First Selectman during the calendar year 2020.

    

   Item #3 received after Westport News publication deadline

3. To take such action as the meeting may determine, upon the request of the Operations Director, to approve the Agreement between the Town of Westport and Progressive Diagnostics, as it relates to COVID-19 surveillance testing for Westport municipal employees.

    

4. Acting in its capacity as the Local Traffic Authority, to take such action as the meeting may determine to request from the Connecticut DOT, Traffic Engineering Division, the establishment of a “School Zone” on US Route 1 in Westport, adjacent to the Kings Highway Elementary School, from Lincoln Street to Kings Highway North.

    

5. Acting in its capacity as the Local Traffic Authority, to take such action as the meeting may determine, to request from the Office of State Traffic Administration (OSTA) the approval to install two (2) combination “School Speed Limit XX MPH When Flashing” with “School Zone Ahead - Fines Doubled” signs on US Route 1 in Westport, within the Kings Highway Elementary School “School Zone,” as established.

    

6. Acting in its capacity as the Water Pollution Control Authority, upon the request of the WPCA Collection System Supervisor and in accordance with the Procedure for the Installation of Sanitary Sewers, to accept the petition(s) from residents seeking sanitary sewer extensions to service Evergreen Avenue, Evergreen Parkway, Tamarac Road, Lone Pine Lane, Gorham Avenue, Compo Road North and Brookside Drive (Contract 75).

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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