Votes at a glance: West Haven Council actions on Dec. 15, 2025
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Summary
The council approved a set of committee recommendations and motions including charter amendment for budget dates, a bid waiver for personal property audits, CIF and DEEP grant applications, acceptance of donations, and adoption of veterans exemptions; minutes and other routine motions were handled.
At its Dec. 15 special meeting the West Haven City Council approved the following actions (selected highlights):
- Charter amendment (timeline for budget submission and council adoption): passed unanimously (roll-call vote). Staff to post amended charter redline.
- Personal-property-audit bid waiver: council approved a one-year waiver to contact three specialized vendors directly; staff to return with vendor names and contract terms.
- Community Investment Fund (CIF 2030) application: council authorized the mayor to apply for up to $4,328,823 for Campbell Avenue streetscaping and façade improvements.
- Connecticut DEEP Urban Green & Community Garden Grant: council authorized a grant application up to $35,000 with a 50% local match to upgrade the Malloy School community garden and support other sites.
- Veterans exemptions: council adopted local options under Public Act 25-168 to expand exemptions (including dwelling plus up to two acres for qualifying veterans and benefits for certain 100% service-connected/unemployability cases); staff to conduct outreach before the Jan. 1 filing deadline where applicable.
- Personal property audit and animal-shelter donations (detailed committee reports): finance committee reported donors for the animal-shelter account and recommended the bid waiver; the council accepted the donations and the committee motions at the floor. The finance committee report itemized donors and small donation amounts totaling $519.20 for deposit to the shelter account.
- Police K-9 vehicle donation: the Public Safety Committee recommended and the council approved acceptance of $56,958.46 from the Hometown Foundation to purchase and outfit a 2025 Chevy Tahoe for the West Haven Police K-9 unit; the foundation will cover outfitting costs as well.
Several routine minutes approvals, committee motions and liaison reports were also filed. The council recessed into committee meetings and reconvened to accept committee reports and vote on recommended items.
