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Shelton City holds public hearing on amendment to create economic development commission
Summary
Shelton City held an Aug. 26, 2025, public hearing on a proposed amendment to Ordinance No. 104 to establish an economic development commission. The notice ran in the Bridgeport Post on Aug. 20; no members of the public spoke and the hearing was closed and the meeting adjourned.
Shelton City held a public hearing Aug. 26, 2025, to consider an amendment to Ordinance No. 104 that would establish an economic development commission, city officials said. The hearing notice was published in the Bridgeport Post on Aug. 20, 2025. No members of the public spoke; officials closed the hearing and adjourned at 7:11 p.m.
The proposed ordinance would add an economic development commission to the city code. Under the text read into the record, the commission would consist of five members appointed by the mayor. The ordinance sets initial staggered terms of one, two, three, four and five years for the first appointees and provides that thereafter each member would serve a five-year term. The ordinance text stated that the commission’s rights, powers and duties would be established by the Connecticut General Statutes, referencing “section 7-130” and a second statutory reference read in the record as “section 1-136.”
Vincent Tizzies Junior, a meeting participant, asked for a wording clarification to avoid misinterpretation and said the city’s corporation counsel recommended inserting the word “corporation” after “commission” in the ordinance text. He said, “I want to point out one other inconsistency to avoid misinterpretation.”
City officials read the public-notice language aloud, including the publication date (Aug. 20, 2025) and the hearing time and place (Aug. 26, 2025, at 7 p.m. in the auditorium at Shelton City Hall, 55 Hill Street). After asking three times whether anyone wished to speak, the presiding official said there were no responses. A motion to close the public hearing was made and seconded; the mover was identified in the record as Ben. The presiding official then closed the hearing and adjourned the meeting at 7:11 p.m.
The record at this meeting contains the public hearing and its closure; no adoption, final vote on the ordinance, or further action on the ordinance was recorded in the transcript provided.
