BRIDGEPORT, CT — Bridgeport's City Council meets Monday, Nov. 2, with the school crossing guards' union contract up for action, after a week in which the Board of Education took up a full-time lawyer of its own.
City Council
The council meets Monday, Nov. 2, at 7 p.m. in the City Council Chambers at City Hall, 45 Lyon Terrace, and streams on YouTube; public speakers go first, at 6:30 p.m. in the same room.
The one item up for a vote is a Contracts Committee report on the crossing guards' union contract, which would run from Sept. 1, 2026, through June 30, 2031. The committee's report marks the contract denied.
Items headed to committees include:
- An agreement with Voltpost, Inc. to put electric vehicle chargers on city sites.
- An agreement with Save the Sound to design and demonstrate green infrastructure.
- Mayoral appointments: Andy Toledo to the Aquarion Regional Water District's Representative Policy Board, and reappointments to the Zoning Board of Appeals, the Civil Service Commission and the Fire Commission.
- Ordinance changes on noise control, food vending licenses, and the rules for city boards and committees.
- A workers' compensation settlement proposed by the city attorney, and applications for a federal Byrne JAG policing grant, state public health money and two state Youth Service Bureau grants.
Board of Education
The Bridgeport Board of Education was scheduled to meet Monday, Oct. 26, at 6:30 p.m. at the Aquaculture school, 60 St. Stephens Road. The agenda included an update on the board's progress toward state intervention, and discussion and possible action on City Attorney Tyisha Toms's recommendation to create a full-time city attorney post dedicated to the schools and paid for by the board. It also listed renewing the ThoughtExchange contract and proposed amendments to resolutions of the Connecticut Association of Boards of Education. Minutes had not been posted as of Friday, Oct. 30.
The board's Policy Committee was scheduled to hold a special meeting Wednesday, Oct. 28, at 6:30 p.m. in Room 305 at City Hall. Its agenda listed approval of minutes from Wednesday, Sept. 9, a whistleblower protection policy, and possible action on the Series 4000 personnel policies for certified and non-certified staff.