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Commission pauses votes after missing recording, unposted agenda; members reconstruct prior motions
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Summary
The commission said last week's session was not recorded and the current meeting agenda was not posted, so it could not approve minutes or take formal votes; members reviewed and recorded who they recalled had moved and seconded several items at the prior meeting.
The West Haven Charter Revision Commission opened with a procedural note that last week's meeting recording was missing and that the agenda for this session had not been posted, preventing the body from formally approving minutes or taking votes at tonight's workshop.
Clerk said staff would attempt to reconstruct last week's motions from members' recollections so that minutes could be completed and that the commission would then proceed with the schedule of May meetings. Members spent the early portion of the workshop confirming who had moved and seconded prior motions, and recorded the following items as having been approved at the previous meeting (to be verified in the minutes):
- Item 8 (special election provisions for mayoral vacancy/succession): motion credited to Member Hoskie, seconded by Tony Mancini (recorded as approved).
- Item 10 (name change for Allingtown fire commissioners to a City of West Haven Allingtown Fire Department variant): motion credited to Member Hoskie, seconded by Gail Taglatella (recorded as approved; members asked counsel to confirm the official entity name before finalizing charter text).
- Item 11 (language clarifying council approval of contracts): motion credited to Member Hoskie, seconded by Roberta Garlick (recorded as approved; counsel to finalize contract-definition language).
Commission members emphasized these were reconstructions based on recollection and that counsel and staff would verify the formal record before any final filings or ordinance language was prepared.
