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Planning Commission Chairwoman Frances DiMeglio concludes the Commission’s recent capital budget decision-making session. NORWALK, Conn. Norwalk Planning Commissioners have pressured Mayor Harry Rilling to spend more capital budget dollars on Norwalk Public Schools than his Chief Financial Officer thinks wise. The Planning Commission’s recommended capital budget is nearly $3 million higher than the austere recommendation from CFO Henry Dachowitz, a 10% increase would allow Rilling to fund the Silvermine Elementary School driveway and school bathroom renovations in the coming year. It would also give the Norwalk Public Library $38,000 of the $75,000 it requested, when Dachowitz had snubbed the library’s request entirely. And work on the Norwalk River Valley Trail could continue. More importantly, there would be funding for stormwater management in the coming budget. ....
Somebody is going to get hurt : Norwalk parents urge revamp of Silvermine school driveway FacebookTwitterEmail School lets out at Silvermine Elementary School Thursday, February 6, 2020, in Norwalk, Conn. A number of parents, students and staff came out Wednesday night to make pleas to the Planning Commission to fund certain capital projects. In particular, many from the Silvermine community asked the commission to fund a new driveway for the school as the current one cannot support the nine buses that come to the school in addition to parents who drive their kids.Erik Trautmann / Hearst Connecticut Media NORWALK After learning a $1.5 million revamp of Silvermine Elementary School’s driveway may no longer be in the cards, parents and local leaders took to a public hearing expressing safety concerns about the cramped pickup and drop-off lane. ....
NORWALK, Conn. Contrasting opinions on turf fields and a would-be welcome center, disappointment over another possible delay regarding Cranbury Elementary and a consensus that the Silvermine Elementary School is dangerous and some school bathrooms disgusting marked the Planning Commission’s virtual hearing Wednesday on the capital budget. More than 30 people spoke to the Commission, many of them responding to austere recommendations made by Chief Financial Officer Henry Dachowitz, characterized by citizen Jennifer Romano as “really disproportionate to the needs and ask, especially for the schools.” The comments prompted Planning Commission Chairwoman Frances DiMeglio and other Commissioners to point out that they have their role in the process, but the buck stops with the Common Council. ....
Updated 2:24 p.m.: Comments from Mayor Harry Rilling. NORWALK, Conn. Norwalk’s financial chief has advised Common Council members not to fund a new welcome center for Norwalk Public Schools this year. He also recommends saying “no” to funding the Silvermine Elementary School driveway, bathroom renovations and the cafeteria work that’s been planned. Instructional technology should also be a no, as far as Chief Financial Officer Henry Dachowitz is concerned. Dachowitz, in his recommended capital budget, warned that Norwalk’s triple A bond rating would be jeopardized by adding more than $120 million to the City’s existing debt. The City is working to delay and spread out its projects, he said. ....
Briggs welcome center and 'pretty flat' operating budget request considered by Norwalk BoE nancyonnorwalk.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nancyonnorwalk.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.