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Votes at a glance: Carver summer enrichment, CINTAS contract, CT State facility use approved
Summary
The Community Services meeting approved three action items: $147,000 to Carver Foundation for summer enrichment, a five‑year laundering contract with CINTAS Corporation, and a facility‑use agreement with Connecticut State Community College Norwalk for health screenings.
The Norwalk Common Council’s Community Services Committee approved three action items at its March 2025 meeting.
Votes at a glance
- Authorize the mayor to execute agreements with Carver Foundation Inc. to provide financial assistance for the 2025 summer enrichment program: approved (unanimous). The motion authorized the mayor, Harry W. Raley, to execute any agreements, documents or amendments necessary to provide financial assistance in the amount of $147,000 (account noted). Committee members voiced support for Carver’s long-running summer camps and the item passed without recorded opposition.
- Authorize the mayor to execute a five-year agreement with CINTAS Corporation for clinical apparel and laundering services: approved (unanimous). The contract covers a five‑year period with year‑one cost listed as $22,476 and a 3% increase for each subsequent year. Health department staff described the procurement as standard in the industry and asked the committee to approve execution of the agreement.
- Authorize the mayor to execute facility and equipment use agreements with Connecticut State Community College Norwalk for the Know Your Numbers health screening program: approved (unanimous). The agreement covers various dates between April 1, 2025, and March 31, 2026, to allow Health Department staff and volunteers to use space, tables and chairs for community health screenings.
Details and procedure
Committee members asked brief clarifying questions on each item; presenters described program scope and provider history. Novelette Petherkin (listed in materials as representing Carver Foundation Inc.) answered program questions for the summer enrichment funding, describing two camp sites and a six-week curriculum. Darlene Poplar, supervisor of clinical services in the Health Department, described the CINTAS contract as an industry-standard laundering and apparel services arrangement; Kelly Tomlinson, the health educator, described Know Your Numbers screening services (blood pressure, blood sugar, BMI and waist circumference) and said staff and trained volunteers perform the screening events.
The meeting recorded no formal mover/second for the motions in the transcript. Council members recorded their “aye” votes during roll call for each item; a hand-raising issue briefly delayed recording on the facility‑use item but the clerk later noted all votes in favor. Councilperson Greg Burnett later stated on the record that he voted in favor of all three action items.
Outcomes
All three action items passed and will move forward to execution by the mayor or by staff under mayoral authorization as specified in each motion. The Carver funding and CINTAS contract carry clear dollar amounts recorded in the committee materials; the facility-use agreement specifies dates but not a dollar value in the materials presented.
No appeals, referrals or amendments to the motions were recorded.
