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West Haven ARPA committee approves series of invoices, including $17,002.50 for stormwater catch‑basins
Summary
At its meeting, the West Haven ARPA committee approved multiple invoices across CARES/ARPA-funded programs — including $16,607.50 to Carmody Torrance Sandak & Hennessy for legal work and $17,002.50 for catch‑basin cleaning — and adjourned after unanimous votes on all motions.
The West Haven ARPA committee approved a package of routine payments and administrative items at its meeting, including a $16,607.50 invoice to Carmody Torrance, Sandak and Hennessy for CARES Act legal work and $17,002.50 in stormwater‑management invoices for catch‑basin cleaning, the committee chair said.
The committee first voted to waive the reading of minutes and then accepted the minutes as presented. Under the CARES Act financial management section of the packet (pages 8–12), the committee approved an invoice from the law firm Carmody Torrance, Sandak and Hennessy for $16,607.50.
The stormwater section included five invoices from Mikvac Environmental for cleaning catch basins at multiple locations — Washington Avenue, Ocean Avenue, Island Lane and Peabody Street, Platt Avenue and Main Street — listed in the packet as four line items at $3,450 each for a combined total of $17,002.50; the committee approved payment after a motion and second.
The committee also approved a $22,005.50 invoice from Cirilli Construction for manhole resets and related covers and frames on Elm Street and 1st Avenue (11 items), and a $4,155 invoice from Brooks Environmental for asbestos testing at 816 Sabin Avenue presented under fire‑district expenses.
A separate item approved a $4,008.47 invoice listed for Antonacci Associates for design work on the Ocean Avenue fire station. The packet also shows a $887.50 schematic‑design invoice recorded as from 'Antonotti Associates' for the animal shelter extension at 7 College Street; the packet spells the firm name as recorded, and the committee approved that invoice. The committee approved a $601.90 invoice from Mister Rooter Plumbing for plumbing repairs at the heating and cooling center, 689 Campbell Avenue, and two security invoices from Century Protective Services for December and January services at the same facility.
The clerk noted motions and seconds for each item, and members signaled assent verbally; there were no recorded roll‑call tallies in the packet. The clerk interjected one comment during discussion, saying, "It was a bargain," when the stormwater invoices were discussed.
With no new business raised, the committee voted to adjourn. The meeting packet referenced page numbers for each item; meeting members approved all items presented and adjourned without further discussion.
