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Norwalk City Council approves consent calendar including $400,000 for Gregory Boulevard roundabout and multiple tech purchases
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Summary
On March 24, 2026, the Norwalk City Council approved a consent calendar that authorized a $400,000 appropriation for the Gregory Boulevard roundabout, several technology purchases for schools, multiple snowstorm-related appropriations for public works, event authorizations for city parks, and other contracts and grant acceptances.
The Norwalk City Council on March 24 approved a lengthy consent calendar that included a special appropriation of $400,000 for the Gregory Boulevard roundabout and several purchasing authorizations for city departments and schools.
Councilmember Broderick Sawyer read the consent calendar items aloud. Highlights in the packet and during the reading included authorization to settle a multi-defendant distributor claim (referencing Associated Pharmacies Inc.; J. M. Smith Corp; Louisiana Wholesale Drug Company, Inc.; Morrison Dixon Company; North Carolina Mutual Wholesale Drug Company, Inc.; and United Natural Foods, Inc. including subsidiaries SuperValu and Advantage Logistics), a $400,000 municipal grant-in-aid appropriation for the Gregory Boulevard roundabout, and purchase orders for student information and portal systems: PowerSchool Group LLC for up to $241,811.96 and ClassLink Inc for up to $47,918.60. The agenda also listed CDW Government for Google Workspace licensing not to exceed $61,506.
Public works items addressed costs from recent severe snowstorms, including appropriations noted in the agenda for snow-and-ice removal supplies ($94,500), fleet-maintenance overtime ($70,000), operations overtime ($557,000), and parks and recreation overtime ($60,000). The consent calendar also authorized the mayor to enter agreements for several city events (including a multi-day boat show expected to draw approximately 10,000 people and other seasonal city festivals) and a sole-source police rescue vehicle purchase not to exceed $361,000.
Council President Goldstein called for a vote at the conclusion of the consent calendar reading and said, "Looks pretty unanimous to me there." The transcript records the council approving the consent calendar; the meeting did not record a roll-call tally for each consent item in the public transcript.
The council returned to regular business and later adjourned.
