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Council confirms multiple appointments across boards, including Joe Andrasco to BET and Matt Pence to Conservation Commission
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The council approved a series of appointments and reappointments on Jan. 13 — including Joe Andrasco to the Board of Estimate and Taxation and Matt Pence to the Conservation Commission — with speakers citing nominees’ prior service and qualifications; all recorded motions carried.
The Norwalk City Council confirmed a slate of appointments and reappointments at its Jan. 13 meeting, approving nominees for a range of boards and commissions.
Joseph (Joe) Andrasco was nominated and enthusiastically endorsed for the Board of Estimate and Taxation (BET). Councilmember Fryer, who moved the nomination, said Andrasco helped stabilize finances at the Oak Hills Park Authority, noting that the authority once borrowed “a couple $100,000 a year” through winters and now “carry[s] a surplus of close to $1,000,000,” crediting Andrasco with instituting financial practices that improved the operation.
The council also approved John Wilkins Jr. for the Harbor Management Commission; Kathy Olson’s reappointment to the Zoning Board of Appeals; the group reappointment of Oscar Distruge (name variants in the transcript), Howard Dixon, Steve Ferguson and Rabbi Ida Pasquide to the Fire Commission; reappointments to the Board of Health (Frank Ehrlich, Kenneth LaLine, Anthony Santella); BET reappointments for Kendrick Constant and Troy Jelorette; and the reappointment of Matt Pence to the Conservation Commission. Several councilors offered personal endorsements, citing candidates’ prior service on local authorities, boards and volunteer organizations.
All of the appointment and reappointment motions recorded in the meeting transcript were carried; where the transcript records an abstention or late correction it was noted on the record (for example, a brief moment when a member initially appeared to abstain but indicated a yes vote before the motion was finalized). The council thanked the appointees for their willingness to serve.
