Milford aldermen confirm mayoral appointments after procedural dispute; MGAT nominee withdraws

The Board of Aldermen approved the mayor’s slate of board and commission appointments after a contested procedural move that split the vote into three parts. Aldermen voted 7–6 to divide the question, separating one Milford Government Access Television (MGAT) nominee and another individual for separate votes; the motion to divide passed after a roll-call vote.

Following the division, the board voted unanimously on the bulk of appointments read into the record and later confirmed Frank Musante for MGAT unanimously. Andrew King, whose nomination to MGAT had been scheduled as the third separate motion, addressed the board from the podium and then withdrew his name. “I would like to withdraw my name from the vote,” he said. King identified himself as vice chairman of the Milford Republican Town Committee and said his appointment would have created a 3‑Republican majority on the five‑member MGAT board.

Mayor Tony Giannattasio announced the appointments earlier in the meeting and asked for aldermanic consideration. The mayor also reported a list of appointments to boards including the Conservation Commission, Inland Wetlands Agency, Board of Finance and numerous others; the transcript records unanimous passage of many of those reappointments and new appointments.

Separately, the board approved a technical correction to the Dec. 2 minutes by roll call (12 yes, 1 no). Several aldermen offered brief remarks of thanks to long-serving commission members during the discussion on appointments.

The transcript logs the procedural votes and the confirmations but contains no further administrative detail about onboarding or start dates for confirmed appointees.