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Town Council approves $201,000 bond authorization for Dunning Stadium scoreboard
Summary
The New Canaan Town Council unanimously approved a resolution authorizing up to $201,000 in general obligation bonds and notes to finance a scoreboard and play clock replacement at Dunning Stadium, with the Board of Education supplementing the cost with roughly $14,000 in donations.
The New Canaan Town Council unanimously approved a resolution authorizing an appropriation of up to $201,000 and financing that appropriation with general obligation bonds and notes to replace the scoreboard and play clocks at Dunning Stadium.
Council members opened the agenda item after the Board of Education representative explained the district wanted to advance the purchase to have the equipment installed before the upcoming season. “They’ll lose the opportunity if we have to wait for the other… timeline in later April or May when we do the authorization,” the school representative said. The presenter noted the total cost came in higher than prior estimates and that the district had secured about $14,000 in donations toward the purchase.
The council considered a motion to adopt a resolution “authorizing an appropriation of $201,000 for the Dunning Stadium 2026 project and the financing of said appropriation by the issuance of general obligation bonds of the town and notes in anticipation of such bonds in an amount not to exceed $201,000.” Council member Luke Hoffman read the resolution and made the motion. A second was recorded but the speaker who said only “Second” is not identified by name in the transcript. After brief clarifying questions about the donation amount and the special-authority nature of the request, the chair called for a vote. The motion “passes unanimously,” the record shows.
No amendments or alternate funding sources were adopted during the meeting. The council did not record individual roll-call votes in the minutes; the motion was recorded as passing unanimously. The school presenter characterized the item as a special authorization for bonding rather than a routine capital authorization timed with the town’s five-year capital plan.
The council wrapped the vote and proceeded with the rest of its agenda.
Votes at a glance: Resolution authorizing appropriation and bond anticipation notes for Dunning Stadium scoreboard — motion carried unanimously.
