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West Haven commission reviews draft charter rewrite, flags multiyear-contract oversight and schedules public input
Summary
The West Haven Charter Revision Commission reviewed a comprehensive draft that adds definitions, tightens contract oversight (including multiyear contracts), treats the Board of Education as a city department and expands ethics and reporting requirements; members set a schedule of May meetings and a public hearing but could not take votes because the agenda had not been posted and last week's meeting recording was missing.
The West Haven Charter Revision Commission on an evening this month held a workshop to walk through a near-final draft of the city charter, focusing on definitions, contract authority, the status of the Board of Education and ethics and reporting requirements; the panel set a sequence of May meetings and a public hearing but did not take formal votes because the agenda had not been posted and last week's meeting recording was unavailable.
The clerk opened the meeting by noting "last week's meeting somehow was not recorded," which prevented the commission from certifying who moved and seconded prior motions and, in turn, blocked formal approval of minutes or any votes tonight. The commission nevertheless reviewed prior motions to reconstruct the record and sought counsel's advice on outstanding drafting issues.
Attorney Steve Mednick, the commission's counsel, led a section-by-section…
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