West Haven City Council convened a line-by-line budget session, voting on dozens of line-item adjustments including a $200,000 cut to the Board of Education, a new full‑time animal control humane officer, a two‑year $200,000 capital digitization project for engineering, and a $150,000 reduction in unallocated contingency. Discussion over funding the city’s OPEB/retiree-medical trust divided the council.