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West Haven SSD adopts tentative 2025–26 budget, approves auditing-services agreement and temporary 250th-anniversary logo
Summary
At its May 19 meeting the West Haven Special Service District unanimously approved a tentative fiscal 2025–26 budget, a professional auditing-services agreement and a temporary commemorative logo; the board also passed a consent agenda of routine invoices and purchases.
The West Haven Special Service District on May 19 unanimously approved a tentative 2025–26 budget, authorized a professional auditing-services agreement and adopted a temporary commemorative logo marking the nation’s 250th anniversary.
The board approved the tentative budget after staff described two substantive line-item changes. Amy, finance staff, said the public-works-building engineering line under nonoperating expenses was reduced from $75,000 to $40,000 on the district side with a corresponding $40,000 expected from the city (leaving an $80,000 combined planning allowance). Amy also said the capital budget increased the estimated cost for a truck from $25,000 to $50,000 and that, because intergovernmental cost-sharing remained unresolved, the district’s budget was carrying the full $50,000 for now.
The district approved a professional services agreement to cover auditing services. The transcript refers to the auditing vendor with inconsistent spellings; the motion authorized a contract for auditing services as presented in the packet but the vendor name is not definitively specified on the record.
Board members also voted to adopt a temporary red-white-and-blue variation of the district logo to match a city commemorative mark for the 250th anniversary of the Revolutionary War; the board agreed the exact dates and final art would follow the city council’s decision and that the district would align its end date with whatever the city adopts.
The board passed a consent agenda that included approval of minutes, billing adjustments, monthly accounts payable and several invoices. Items listed on the consent agenda included a $55,632.15 invoice for administrative services from West Haven City and $10,449.48 and $5,210.00 invoices for Gardner Engineering related to the 2,700 lift-station project and the 2710 sewer IFFP, respectively. Some invoice amounts shown in the meeting transcript are garbled or unclear and are therefore listed as not specified on the record.
Votes were recorded by roll call. For each of the three resolutions discussed the recorded votes were: Clarence — aye; James Jensen — aye; Alicia Maragone — aye; Mayor (name not specified) — aye. The consent agenda was approved by the same roll call pattern.
The board did not record any nay votes, abstentions or recusals on the items taken that evening. There were no amendments to the resolutions on the record.
The board moved to adjourn immediately after the consent agenda.
