Norwalk council approves consent calendar, confirms appointments and authorizes multiple contracts
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At its Oct. 14 meeting the Norwalk Common Council approved a multi-item consent calendar including infrastructure contracts, grant acceptances, and appointed members to several commissions. Most items passed unanimously; one planning-and-zoning appointment carried one recorded opposition.
The Norwalk Common Council on Oct. 14 approved a broad consent calendar of purchases, contracts, appropriations and grant acceptances and confirmed several appointments and one resignation.
Major items in the consent calendar included a $90,000 special capital appropriation for increased construction costs at Fire Station 1 (90 New Canaan Ave); authorization for a one-year extension of an agreement with All City Management Services under RFP No. 4280 not to exceed $401,946 per year; acceptance and implementation authorizations for a Connecticut Department of Transportation Highway Safety Office Drug Recognition Enforcement grant; and a contract with ThyssenKrupp Elevator Corporation for a Norwalk Main Library elevator upgrade not to exceed $131,033.32 (with change orders authorized up to $17,103.80).
Other approved procurement and public-works items included authorization to contract with Kelowna Concrete and Asphalt Paving LLC for replacement of the Lexington Avenue retaining wall (not to exceed $395,895) and a related authorization for change orders not to exceed $39,599.50; a three-year snow removal and ice-control services agreement with Seaman Construction Inc. for certain city properties (up to $32,000 per year); an increase to the purchase order for Burns Construction Company Inc. for permanent roadway repairs (up to $150,000); and an agreement with Fiber Optic Plus LLC for emergency and maintenance fiber-optic services (up to $50,000).
The consent calendar also authorized the mayor to accept temporary construction easements necessary to build a public sidewalk along Connecticut Avenue and authorized a multi-firm “On Call” traffic engineering master agreement with several engineering firms at approximately $100,000 annually per firm as described in the agenda.
Under appointments and resignations, the council accepted the resignation of David Westmoreland from the Redevelopment Agency and unanimously appointed David Huberman to the Redevelopment Agency. Harvey Jones was appointed as a regular member of the Planning and Zoning Commission; the vote carried with one recorded opposition (Council member Barbara Dunn). Christina Randall and Brian Clark Jr. were appointed unanimously to the Bike Walk Commission.
Council member Clark Lopez read the consent calendar items aloud before the council voted; the president called for a voice vote and the consent calendar passed as read. The council did not request additional committee referral for these items at the meeting.
