Board of Selectwomen Meeting

August 16, 2023

Notice & Agenda

REVISED 08-15-2023 Items 6+7 WITHDRAWN

Notice is hereby given that the Westport Board of Selectwomen, Traffic Authority, and Water Pollution Control Authority will hold a public meeting on Wednesday, August 16, 2023 at 9:00 AM in the Westport Town Hall Auditorium, 110 Myrtle Avenue, Westport, Connecticut. It will be livestreamed on www.westportct.gov and broadcast on Westport’s Optimum Government Access Channel 79. Comments from the public regarding agenda items may be sent to selectwoman@westportct.gov prior to the meeting. Agenda to include but not be limited to the following items (subject to revision):

1. To take such action as the meeting may determine to approve the minutes of the Board of Selectwomen’s and the Water Pollution Control Authority’s meetings of July 26, 2023.

    

2. Acting in its capacity as the Local Traffic Authority, to re-establish the enforcement of timed parking limits previously suspended by the Board of Selectmen at its public meeting of June 10, 2020, and further, to establish uniform parking limits and times of enforcement throughout the town-managed and owned downtown parking lots known as Parker Harding Plaza, Sigrid Shultz Plaza, Baldwin, Bay Street, Jesup Road, and Taylor, and the Town roadways known as Main Street, Church Lane, Bay Street, and Taylor Place, by changing FROM the currently posted “1- and 2- hour parking” limits TO “3-hour parking” limits and enforcement times TO “8:00 AM to 6:00 PM.” And further, to request permission from the CT DOT to change the current parking term limits posted on Post Road East FROM “1- and 2-hour parking” TO “3-hour parking.” 

    

3. To take such action as the meeting may determine to review and approve the request from the Remarkable Theater, LLC for the use of the Town owned Property known as the Imperial Avenue Parking Lot on proposed dates from August 28, 2023 through November 3, 2023 for the Remarkable Theater Drive-in, contingent upon compliance with recommendations and inspections from relevant Town departments and in accordance with the Policy for the Use of Town Property, Facilities and/or Public Roadways, as well as agreement to coordinate with other organizations who utilize the Imperial Avenue Parking Lot.

    

4. To take such action as the meeting may determine, in accordance with the Policy for Gifts to the Town, to approve the acceptance of a donation in the amount of $6,000 to the Westport Center for Senior Activities Fund. 

    

5. To take such action as the meeting may determine, upon the recommendation of the Parks & Recreation Commission, to approve the following proposed fees, as filed with the Town Clerk with additional descriptions on July 24, 2023:

    

   Description/Level                      Current Fee     Proposed Fee

   Youth Basketball                                               

   Ages 3-4                                     $80                   $100

   K & Grade 1                               $80                   $125

   Grades 2 – 8                                $145                 $180

   Grades 9-12                                $145                 $180

   Swim Instruction                                               

   Level 1 & 2                                 $40                   $75

   Level 3-6                                    $40                   $100

   Level 4-6                                    $40                   $100

   Intro. To Competitive Swim         $130                 $225

   Ice Skating

   All Lessons                                 $195                 $205

   Pickleball

   Winter Lessons                           $175                 $200 

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6. To take such action as the meeting may determine to approve the Agreement for Paramedic Services and the related Business Associate Agreement between the Town of Westport and the Norwalk Hospital Association as it relates to acquisition of the designated services of the Hospital’s paramedics to augment coverage provided by the Westport Emergency Medical Services (WEMS).

    

   WITHDRAWN

7. To take such action as the meeting may determine to approve Business Associate Agreement and Terms of Use between the Town of Westport and Pulsara for use of its communications app by Westport EMS.

    

8. To take such action as the meeting may determine to approve the Agreement between the Town of Westport and Hartford Health Care Medical Group as it relates to annual physicals and certain workers compensation exams for Police, Fire, EMS and town employees.

    

9. To take such action as the meeting may determine to approve the Grant Agreement Under the Fiscal Year 2022 Safe Steets and Roads For All (SS4A) Grant Program between the US Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration and the Town of Westport reflecting the selection of the Town of Westport to receive the SS4A Action Plan Grant. 

    

10. To take such action as the meeting may determine to approve the Software End User License Agreement and Software-as-a-Service Agreement between PDQ.com Corporation and the Town of Westport as it relates to computer licensing software.

     

11. Acting in its capacity as the Water Pollution Control Authority (WPCA), to approve the supplemental sanitary sewer connection at #2 Canterbury Close, contingent upon compliance with the WPCA Collection System Supervisor’s letter of August 2, 2023.

Jennifer S. Tooker, First Selectwoman