RTM Meeting

May 2, 3 & 4, 2022

REPRESENTATIVE TOWN MEETING NOTICE

Revised April 29, 2022- To change meeting location

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 Monday, May 2, Tuesday May 3; and, if necessary, Wednesday May 4, 2022 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, May 17, 2022 to deal with any agenda items not disposed of at the adjournment of the May 2, 3, or 4, 2022 meeting(s).

SPECIAL NOTICE ABOUT PROCEDURES FOR THIS ELECTRONIC MEETING:

Pursuant to Sections 163-167 of Senate Bill 1202, 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.

INSTRUCTIONS TO ATTEND ZOOM MEETING:

Join Zoom Meeting

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Phone number: +1 646 876 9923 US (New York)

Meeting ID: 838 6862 2575

Passcode: 906748

PUBLIC COMMENTS:

Members of the Westport electorate attending the meeting by telephone or video may comment on any agenda item.  Comments will be limited to 3 minutes.

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

1. To take such action as the meeting may determine, upon the estimate and recommendation of the Board of Finance, to adopt a budget for the Town of Westport for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, and to make such specific appropriations as appear advisable.

2.  To take such action as the meeting may determine, upon the recommendation of the Board of Finance, to adopt a budget for the Town Railroad Parking Fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, and to make such specific appropriations as appear advisable.

3.  To take such action as the meeting may determine, upon the recommendation of the Board of Finance, to adopt a budget for the Town Sewer Fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, and to make such specific appropriations as appear advisable.

4.  To take such action as the meeting may determine, upon the recommendation of the Board of Finance, to adopt a budget for the Wakeman Town Farm Fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, and to make such specific appropriations as appear advisable.

5.  To take such action as the meeting may determine, to require that property taxes for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, shall be due and payable in four quarterly installments, and to designate the dates of the first days of July, October, January, and April as the dates upon which such installments shall be due and payable, and that all taxes in an amount of $100 or less shall be due and payable in a single installment on the first day of July.

6.  To take such action as the meeting may determine to require that the motor vehicle tax shall be due and payable in a single installment.

The following items will also be considered as time permits as follows on Monday, May 2; Tuesday, May 3, and/or Wednesday, May 4:

7. To take such action as the meeting may determine, upon the recommendation of the Board of Finance and a request by the Public Works Director, to approve an appropriation in the amount of $400,000.00 from Westport’s American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds for planning, design, and permitting of the redevelopment of Parker Harding Plaza, Jesup Green, and the Imperial Lot.

8. To take such action as the meeting may determine, upon the recommendation of the Board of Finance and a request by the Director of Public Works, to approve an appropriation in the amount of $232,000.00 along with bond and note authorization to the Municipal Improvement Fund Account for the design and permitting of the replacement of the Hillandale Road Bridge over Muddy Brook.

9. To take such action as the meeting may determine, upon the recommendation of the Board of Finance and a request by Director of Public Works, to approve a Special Appropriation in the amount of $852,000.00 along with bond and note authorization to the Municipal Improvement Fund Account for asphalt paving projects at Bedford Middle School and Staples High School.

10. To take such action as the meeting may determine, upon the recommendation of the Board of Finance and a request by the Board of Education, to approve an appropriation in the amount of $439,000.00 from Westport’s American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds, for Middle School Project.

11. To take such action as the meeting may determine, upon the recommendation of the Board of Finance and a request by the Superintendent of Schools, to approve an appropriation in the amount of $148,656.00 for Coleytown Elementary School Modular Classroom Funding. 

12. To take such action as the meeting may determine, upon the recommendation of the Board of Finance and a request by the Westport Historic District Commission, to approve an appropriation in the amount of $30,000.00 to the Historic District Fees & Services Account for the purpose of accepting funding in the amount of $30,000.00 from the State Historic Preservation Office. The funds will be used to hire an Architectural Historian to update Inventory Forms.

____________________________             Jeffrey Wieser, 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.

To download the RTM packet for this meeting click here

To download the packet addendum for this meeting click here