RTM Meeting
October 1, 2013
REPRESENTATIVE TOWN MEETING NOTICE
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Packet addendum
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 at Town Hall, 110 Myrtle Ave., on Tuesday, October 1, 2013, at 7:30 p.m. for the purposes listed below. If necessary, the meeting shall reconvene on Tuesday, October 22, 2013 to deal with any agenda items not disposed of at the adjournment of the October 1, 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. (Second 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. (Second reading. Full text available in the Town Clerk’s office.)
3. To take such action as the meeting may determine, upon the recommendation of the Board of Finance and a request by the Assistant Library Director, to approve an appropriation of $80,806 to the Library Account for funding of recent union #1301-157 & #1301-418 settlements.
4. 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 of $116,610 to the following Storm Sandy Accounts for four repair projects due to Storm Sandy:
a) $78,790 Hillspoint Road Revetment Repairs Account
b) $23,280 Beachside Ave Revetment Repairs Account
c) $14,540 ER Straight Marina Wall & Rip Rap Repairs Account
5. To take such action as the meeting may determine, upon the recommendation of the Board of Finance, to approve Board of Finance recommendations for the salaries of the Selectmen pursuant to Charter section C38-4 “Compensation.”
6. To take such action as the meeting may determine, upon the recommendation of the Board of Finance and a request by the First Selectman, to approve an appropriation of $__________to contract with the RBA Group to conduct a Downtown Master Plan for Development and Implementation.
7. To take such action as the meeting may determine, upon the recommendation of the Board of Finance and a request by the Historic District Commission, to approve an appropriation of $45,000 to the Historic District Fees & Services Account for the purpose of accepting funding in the amount up to $50,000 from the CT Trust for Historic Preservation 2013 Vibrant Communities Initiative (VCI) grant program to form a steering committee to study the implementation of a Village District Zone in Westport Center.
8. To take such action as the meeting may determine, upon the recommendation of the Board of Finance and a request by the Historic District Commission, to approve an appropriation of $79,150 to the Historic District Fees & Services Account for the purpose of restoring the Minute Man Monument site.
9. 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”.
10. To take such action as the meeting may determine, upon the request of at least two RTM members, to replace the Conflict of Interest provision of the RTM Rules of Procedure with an Ethics provision.
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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 September 23, 2013 and that I caused a copy of said notice to be published in the Westport News in its edition of Friday, September 20, 2013.
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Patricia H. Strauss, Town Clerk