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At-a-glance: Avon Town Council votes on grants, schedules and refunds (Oct. 9)
Summary
The Avon Town Council approved several routine items including a $3,150 community events grant to the Avon High School Booster Club, acceptance of state-donated tabulators, authorization of $18,000 for Senior Center design work, adoption of the FY26/27 CIP review schedule, 2026 meeting calendar, and a $1,175.86 motor vehicle tax refund.
At its Oct. 9 meeting the Avon Town Council took a series of formal votes on grants, appropriations and schedules.
Votes at a glance
- Minutes: Council accepted the Sept. 4, 2025 minutes as amended (unanimous).
- Community Events Grant: Council awarded the Avon High School Booster Club $3,150 to support the 8th Annual Turkey Trot (approved; requested $3,500; $350 difference cited as ineligible for public health/safety justification).
- Senior Center design authorization: Council authorized $18,000 of CIP funds for CRCOG-contracted design services to study relocating Social Services to the Senior Center (unanimous).
- Acceptance of gift: Council accepted voting tabulators donated by the Secretary of the State (unanimous); the town agreed to maintain machines per Town Charter Section 4.3.2(l).
- Capital budget review schedule and 2026 meeting calendar: Council approved the FY26/27 CIP review schedule and adopted the 2026 meeting dates (unanimous).
- Motor vehicle tax refund: Council approved a refund of $1,175.86 to Pamela or Daniel Sucato (unanimous).
Each vote listed above passed with the five Council members present (Mmes. Ausiello, Barthel, Bratton; Messrs. Polhamus and Weber) voting in favor. Where a dollar amount was discussed but not fully specified (for example, the larger Senior Center project costing previously described as approximately $500,000), Council limited the current motion to the specific appropriation and directed staff to return with detailed estimates.
