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Stratford council approves sewer extension funding, raises flood-project appropriations and moves to executive session
Summary
At a special Town of Stratford meeting, council members approved $155,000 from the revolving sewer fund for the Main Street Putney sewer extension, amended and adopted multi‑million-dollar appropriations and bond authorizations (amended to 16,730,000), and voted to enter an executive session on pending litigation.
The Stratford Town Council met in a special session and approved several funding measures and an executive-session motion.
Mister Iligo moved to appropriate $155,000 from the revolving sewer fund to pay costs necessary to construct the Main Street Putney sewer extension project; the motion was seconded and approved by voice vote. "I move that item to be approved appropriating $155,000 from the revolving sewer fund," the mover said during his motion.
On an ordinance to appropriate funds for the WCPF flood well project (item 3.1), council members agreed to an amendment that increased the appropriation to 16,730,000 and forewent referral to the ordinance committee. Councilman Green asked for a dollar‑amount clarification and for opportunities to discuss the measure; the chair replied that the amendment would be discussed and that, if members wanted to skip the ordinance committee entirely, that would require seven affirmative votes. "I just wanna clarify the dollar amount on this," Councilman Green said during discussion. The amendment passed by voice vote, and the council subsequently approved the amended ordinance as a first reading.
A separate motion to authorize issuance of bonds and obligations (item 3.2) was likewise amended to raise the amount to 16,730,000 and to forego referral to the ordinance committee; the amendment and the amended motion passed by voice vote. An omnibus set of related appropriations and bond authorizations (items listed in the transcript as several 3.x ordinances) also passed after a friendly amendment to forego referral.
Finally, the council voted to move into executive session to discuss a pending litigation matter. The mover listed the persons who would attend the executive session: "Mayor Laura Hoytich, Chief of Staff Chris Timiak, all the town council persons, town attorneys LeClaire and Florek, Finance Director Don Savo, Chief of Staff Sarah Matthews, and Ron Ing from our HR department," per the transcript. The motion to enter executive session was seconded and carried by voice vote.
Votes at a glance
- Item 2: Appropriation of $155,000 from the revolving sewer fund for the Main Street Putney sewer extension project — motion moved by Mister Iligo; seconded and approved by voice vote (no roll-call tally provided). - Item 3.1: Ordinance appropriating funds for the WCPF flood well project — amended on the floor to increase the appropriation to 16,730,000 and to forego ordinance-committee referral; amendment and amended motion approved by voice vote. - Item 3.2: Authorization to issue bonds and obligations — amended to 16,730,000 and to forego ordinance-committee referral; amendment and amended motion approved by voice vote. - Items 3.3 and related ordinances (omnibus appropriations/bonds): Friendly amendment to forego referral; amended omnibus motion approved by voice vote. - Item 4: Motion to enter executive session on pending litigation (participants listed in transcript) — motion seconded and approved by voice vote.
The transcript records decisions as voice votes with multiple "aye" responses; the record does not include roll-call tallies or a breakdown of individual votes. The council chair noted that skipping the ordinance committee would require seven affirmative votes. The meeting then proceeded to executive session.
