Shelton City approves statutory refunds and waives bidding for $50,000 sweeper; no school‑budget vote recorded

During routine finance business at a Shelton City meeting, the board approved two procedural finance items and recorded several public comments on the school budget.

The board approved the tax collector’s report for statutory refunds in the certified amount of $10,472.49 and directed the finance director to make payments from the statutory funds account. The motion was made by a committee member (speaker 1) and seconded (second attributed in the record); the transcript records the chair asking “All those in favor?” with vocal “Aye” responses and no recorded roll‑call tally in the transcript. The motion was recorded as carried (tally not specified).

Separately, the board voted to waive the bidding process and purchase a used “broom bear” sweeper for the Highways and Bridges department for $50,000, with funding to come from automatic bonding pursuant to section 7.16 of the city charter. The motion to waive bidding was made, seconded and approved in voice vote; the transcript records “All those in favor? Aye. Opposed? No.” The transcript does not provide a roll‑call or numeric tally.

The meeting’s public‑comment period then focused on the proposed 0% mayoral increase for the Board of Education budget, with parents and educators urging the board to increase local funding for special education and extracurricular programs. The board did not take a vote on the school budget at the meeting.

Other procedural notes in the record: a motion to enter executive session was made and the chair recorded that no votes were taken during that matter; the meeting ended after a motion to adjourn that was approved unanimously.

Actions recorded in the meeting transcript are limited to the refunds and the sweeper procurement waiver; recorded tallies were by voice vote and numeric counts were not specified in the transcript.