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Shelton approves several financial items including school roof borrowing; council rejects state-mandated sanitary-product reimbursement for schools
Summary
Council approved tax refunds, concession and lease amendments, a senior center roof partial replacement and borrowing for a school roof, and rejected a motion to reimburse the Board of Education for state-mandated sanitary-product dispensers.
The Shelton governing body approved a series of financial and contract items on the meeting agenda and rejected a separate request to reimburse the Board of Education for the purchase and installation of sanitary-product dispensers at city schools.
Actions approved in the meeting included: - A report from the tax collector authorizing statutory refunds totaling $17,491.47, with payments to come from the statutory refunds account. - An amendment to the concession agreement with Stepping Stones, Inc., doing business as The Hideout, approving the revised terms and authorizing the mayor to sign related documents. - An amendment to the lease with Center Stage Theater Inc., authorizing the mayor to execute documents necessary to effect the amendment. - An appropriation of $93,482 to add the installation of a partial new roof at the senior center to the capital improvement plan, with funding indicated as "LOSA" in the motion and authorization for the mayor to execute necessary documents. - Authorization to borrow $1,400,000 to fund a new roof at Mohegan School and authorization for the mayor to execute documents to effectuate the borrowing; staff stated the figure represented the city’s share and noted state cost-share programs may apply.
The council considered but ultimately rejected a motion to reimburse the Board of Education for a stated mandated purchase of sanitary products for various school restrooms in the amount of $18,416. The motion was debated at length; councilors questioned the logic of placing dispensers in boys' bathrooms, the installation count (52 dispensers), and whether the cost should be covered from the Board of Education’s capital funds or from state support. After a roll call on the motion, the council recorded opposition and the motion failed.
Each passed item included a motion to authorize the mayor to execute documents necessary to complete the agreements or appropriations; most motions were seconded and approved by voice vote. The meeting record indicates staff will move forward with execution of the approved contracts and capital work and that the city will continue to track state cost-sharing for school roof projects.
