The Fairfield Traffic Authority on March 1 voted to elect officers for the coming year and approved the commission’s 2025 meeting schedule.

The authority confirmed Frank Batiste as chair, Megha (senior engineer) as vice chair and Evelyn (recording secretary) as secretary, and approved the authority’s schedule of regular meetings, which staff said will generally fall on the third Thursday of each month and is posted on the town website.

The votes were procedural and brief. Emily Aragon moved to approve the 02/2025 meeting schedule; a motion was seconded and the authority approved the schedule. The chair and other officers were confirmed after nominations were opened, nominations closed and members voted “aye.”

The action clears a housekeeping task that staff said is needed to finalize records with the town clerk and to align the authority’s calendar with public notices and project timelines. Members were reminded that agenda materials must be filed with staff at least two weeks before a meeting so commissioners have time to review.

The authority spent the remainder of the meeting on substantive agenda items (see separate articles). The authority also discussed how smaller requests — for example stop signs or curb changes — might be expedited for quick handling while larger projects proceed through conceptual and final design steps.

Votes and next steps
The authority asked staff to continue posting agendas and materials on the traffic authority page on the town site and to circulate the two‑week submission deadline to departments and public stakeholders. Staff said they will route citizen submissions and work orders to the appropriate department (police, public works or engineering) and will return items that require only minor, technical steps to a faster review track where feasible.

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