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Westport Historical Commission approves minutes and routine CNAs, schedules July hearing for 2015 Main Road application and enters executive session on Brona/B
Summary
Commissioners approved minutes and the treasurer’s report, granted a continuance for the 2015 Main Road certificate of appropriateness to July 1, 2026, approved CNAs for routine exterior repairs at local properties, and voted to enter executive session to discuss pending litigation involving a Brona/Bronca matter.
At its regular session the Westport Historical Commission approved the May 13, 2026 minutes as amended and accepted the treasurer’s report; the treasurer reported a general expense account balance of $137.76 and said year-end balances would be clearer once the fiscal year closes. Several trust-account figures were read in the record but the transcripted amounts are not clearly legible.
The commission granted a continuance for the certificate of appropriateness application for 2015 Main Road (owner Robert Brona; letter signed by Shaun Leech, representative), moving the public hearing to the regularly scheduled July 1, 2026 meeting; commissioners asked that the applicant provide additional materials at least a week before the hearing (members suggested June 24). The commission voted by roll call to approve the continuance.
The commission also recorded that a certificate of non-applicability for a steel handrail at the United Methodist Church parsonage (1892 Main Road; request from Jonathan Palmer) had been granted between meetings by monitors and was on file with the building department. Separately, the commission considered and approved a CNA for 21 Valentine Lane for like-for-like replacement of rotted trim with painted cellular PVC (ASAC) provided the material is painted and applied correctly; members discussed adding guidance on acceptable alternative materials to the commission’s online guidelines.
Near the meeting’s end members voted to enter an executive session "to discuss strategy with respect to litigation known as Robert Brona [transcript also spells the name 'Bronca'] versus Town of Westport Historical Commission," as listed on the agenda. The body took a roll-call vote to enter the closed session and said it would adjourn without returning to the open meeting.
Votes recorded in the public meeting included minutes approval, the treasurer’s report and the continuance and CNA approvals; motions were passed by roll call with the commissioners present voting in the affirmative where recorded.
