RTM Meeting

April 6, 2021

REPRESENTATIVE TOWN MEETING NOTICE

Revised 4/1/21- Item #4 Withdrawn

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 on April 6, 2021 at 7:30 p.m. for the purposes listed below. There is no physical location for this meeting.  It will be held electronically.  If necessary, the meeting shall reconvene on Tuesday April 20, 2021 to deal with any agenda items not disposed of at the adjournment of the April 6, 2021 meeting.

SPECIAL NOTICE ABOUT PROCEDURES FOR THIS ELECTRONIC MEETING:

Pursuant to the Governor’s Executive Order No. 7B, there will not be a physical location for this meeting. This meeting will be held electronically and live streamed on westportct.gov and shown on Optimum Government Access Channel 79 and Frontier Channel 6020.  Meeting materials will be available at westportct.gov along with the meeting notice posted on the Meeting List & Calendar page.

PUBLIC COMMENTS:

Emails may be sent before the meeting to RTMmailinglist@westportct.gov, which goes to all RTM members. These emails will not be read aloud during the meeting.

Comments to be read aloud at the meeting, during the public comment period for each agenda item must be emailed to RTMcomments@westportct.gov. We will use our best efforts to read public comments if they are received during the public comment period and if they state your full name and address. Comments will be limited to 3 minutes.

1. To take such action as the meeting may determine, upon the request of the Finance Director, to authorize the issuance of refunding bonds in an amount not in excess of $13,000,000 to be issued in calendar year 2021 for the purpose of refunding all or any portion of the general obligation bonds issued by the Town in year 2012 and in year 2013.

    2. To take such action as the meeting may determine, upon the recommendation of the Board of Finance and a request by the Finance Director, to approve an appropriation in the amount of $380,000.00 from the General Fund Balance to the COVID Accounts 10101980 – Project 10004.  The prior appropriation of $400,000.00 that was approved on July 8, 2020 has been exhausted.  The additional funds will cover costs for protective devices, sanitizing, legal fees, signage, and employee testing.  

   3.  To take such action as the meeting may determine, upon the recommendation of the Board of Finance and a request by the Finance Director, to approve an appropriation in the amount of $780,000.00 into Hurricane Isaias Accounts 10101980 – Project 10005, to cover storm expenses incurred.

   4. To take such action as the meeting may determine, upon a request by the Finance Director and the Personnel/Human Resources Director, to revise the Retirement Plan for Non-Union Supervisory Employees of the Town of Westport to include current management of the Police and Fire Departments. Item withdrawn

   5.  To take such action as the meeting may determine, upon the recommendation of the Board of Finance and a request by the Public Safety Departments, to approve an appropriation in the amount of $508,470.00 adding to the March 2017 appropriation of $1,420,000.00 for a total of $1,928,470.00 for the replacement of the existing Dispatch Centers and the cost associated with the establishment and operation of a Fairfield-Westport Multi-town Emergency Communications Center to be Located at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield Connecticut with bond and note authorization to the Municipal Improvement Fund Account.   

   6. To take such action as the meeting may determine, upon the recommendation of the Board of Finance and a request by the Deputy Chief of Police, to approve a special appropriation in the amount of $32,970.00 to the accounts listed below for mandatory drug testing for POSTC certification and hiring costs associated with replacing four vacancies at the Police Department.

a. Employee Medical Account $ 9,920.00
b. Uniform Allowance Account $10,650.00
c. Promotional Testing Account $12,400.00

   7. To take such action as the meeting may determine, upon the request of 3 RTM members, to adopt an ordinance restricting the use of gas-powered leaf blowers in Westport. (First reading. Full text available in the Town Clerk's Office). 

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                                                  Velma E. Heller, Moderator

    It is the policy of the Town of Westport that all Town-sponsored public meetings and events are accessible to people with disabilities. If you need assistance in participating in a meeting or event due to a disability as defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act, please contact Westport’s ADA Coordinator at 203-341-1043 or eflug@westportct.gov at least three (3) business days prior to the scheduled meeting or event to request an accommodation.

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