RTM Meeting

 September 3, 2013

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 REPRESENTATIVE TOWN MEETING NOTICE

All Representative Town Meeting members and inhabitants of the Town of Westport are hereby notified that a meeting of the town meeting members will be held at Town Hall, 110 Myrtle Ave., on Tuesday, September 3, 2013 at 7:30 p.m. for the purposes listed below. If necessary, the meeting shall reconvene on Tuesday, September 17, 2013 to deal with any agenda items not disposed of at the adjournment of the September 3, 2013 meeting.

1.  To take such action as the meeting may determine, upon the request of the First Selectman, to amend Section 2-2 of the Code of Ordinances entitled “Membership in Regional Planning Agency established” by authorizing the Town to join a successor to the South Western Regional Planning Agency.  (First reading.  Full text available in the Town Clerk’s office.)

2.  To take such action as the meeting may determine, upon the request of the First Selectman, to amend Section 2-4 of the Code of Ordinances entitled “Regional Council of Governments” by (i) authorizing the Town to join a Regional Council of Governments when such council is duly established within a newly redesignated planning region and, (ii) by deleting the sunset clause.  (First reading.  Full text available in the Town Clerk’s office.) 

3.  To take such action as the meeting may determine, upon the request of at least twenty electors of the Town of Westport, to adopt an ordinance declaring bamboo as a nuisance and regulating the growing of bamboo in Westport.  (First reading.  Full text available in the Town Clerk’s office.)

4. To take such action as the meeting may determine, upon the recommendation of the Board of Finance and a request by the Parks & Recreation Director,  to approve an appropriation of $50,000 to the Capital and Non-Recurring Expenditure Fund (C&NEF) Account for the development of a plan for site design and improvements to Compo Beach.

5. To take such action as the meeting may determine, upon the request of the Historic District Commission, to amend Chapter 38-24 of the Code of Ordinances of the Town of Westport by adding the property and structures located at the circle set in the intersection of the rights of way of Compo Road South and Compo Beach Road to be called the Minute Man Monument. (Second reading. Full text available in the Town Clerk’s office.)

6.  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 of $400,000 for culvert replacement as follows:

a)     $320,000 Sasco Creek Culvert Account

b)     $80,000 Town Crier Culvert Account

7. To take such action as the meeting may determine, upon the request of at least two RTM members, to adopt an anti-blight ordinance. (Second reading. Full text available in the Town Clerk’s office.)

8. To take such action as the meeting may determine to amend the Representative Town Meeting Rules of Procedure, Article VI, Section A162-20 (Conflicts of Interest) by adding the following sentence: “Potential ethics concerns may be discussed with the Moderator, Deputy Moderator, Town Attorney or Assistant Town Attorney”.

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Eileen Lavigne Flug, Moderator

This is to certify that I mailed a copy of the above notice, properly prepaid, to each Representative Town Meeting member on Monday, August 26, 2013, and that I caused a copy of said notice to be published in the Westport News in its edition of Friday, August 23, 2013.

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Patricia H. Strauss, Town Clerk