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Norwalk mayor proposes $68.1 million capital plan; BET approves transmittal with recommendations
Summary
Mayor Barbara Smith presented a $68,100,999 FY27 capital budget focused on safety, parks, schools and infrastructure; the Board of Estimate and Taxation approved forwarding the mayor's transmittal letter to the city council while asking the mayor and council to reassess art‑inventory scope and provide fuller cyber security budget detail.
Mayor Barbara Smith on March 23 presented a $68,100,999 capital budget recommendation for FY27, outlining spending on parks and beaches, school facility needs and infrastructure projects while stressing the need to balance deferred maintenance with strategic investments.
"The items I've included are either critical safety needs that cannot be deferred or strategic investments that will generate future revenue and ultimately pay for themselves," Mayor Barbara Smith said, describing individual line items including a $883,000 Cranberry Park project (with $400,000 in secured grant funding and a required local match), $250,000 to renovate the sailing school building at Calf Pasture Beach, $250,000 to repair the historic glass conservatory at Lockwood Matthews Mansion, $350,000 for a three‑season pavilion at Calf Pasture (whose debt service is expected to be covered by the restaurant tenant), and $30,000 for targeted city hall improvements.
The Board of Estimate…
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