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Votes at a glance: BET approves consultant appropriation, legal settlement and police grant
Summary
The Board of Estimate and Taxation recorded several routine and substantive approvals: a $50,000 appropriation for the Havemeyer RFP consultant, a $5,719.77 legal settlement, a $49,323.40 police grant use approval, and acceptance of multiple routine reports and minutes.
The Board of Estimate and Taxation recorded the following formal actions and votes at its March meeting.
• SE 8 — Havemeyer consultant appropriation: The BET approved an additional appropriation of $50,000 to hire a consultant to evaluate responses to RFP No. 7871 for redevelopment of the Havemeyer Building. Motion moved by Ms. Moriarty and seconded by Ms. Tarkington. Vote (roll call): 7 yes, 4 no, 1 abstention. The budget committee had recommended the appropriation 3–0–1 earlier in the day.
• SE 9 — Legal settlement (Lesser v. Gilman): The BET approved a legal settlement in the amount of $5,719.77 related to a motor-vehicle incident involving a town plow. Motion moved by Ms. Tarkington and seconded by Mr. Alfano. Outcome: approved, unanimous consent recorded as 12–0–0.
• PD4 — Police Department grant use: The BET approved use of a State grant for the Police Department in the amount of $49,323.40 for overtime and mechanical supplies. Motion moved and seconded; outcome approved by unanimous consent, 12–0–0.
• Executive session vote: The only recorded vote during executive session was the motion to exit executive session. The exit motion was moved by Karen Fasciotis and seconded by Mr. Selps; the board reported returning to open session at 6:44 p.m.
• Routine reports and minutes: The BET accepted the assessor's written report, the comptroller's report, the treasurer's report, and the February 24, 2025 meeting minutes by unanimous consent (12–0–0 in each case).
Additional committee actions discussed at the meeting included HR committee plans for an RFP on benchmarking and a report that state approvals were received for the Old Greenwich School project with bids expected in April and a tentative groundbreaking April 23.
Notes: Vote tallies reflect roll-call statements recorded in the meeting transcript where provided. If a detailed roll-call line for a given item was not recorded in audible transcript text, the outcome above is listed as reported by the chair or through unanimous consent.
