Heneage proposes 2.7 percent budget rise amid unsettled labor talks
First Selectman Jacqueline Heneage releases a 1975 76 budget of necessity totaling 22 167 862 dollars up 580 098 from the current year and 2 7 percent She cites unresolved contract costs and only one of ten unions settled as driving a planned two mill increase for next fiscal year The administration notes a tighter request than last year and aims to maintain essential services while allowing some improvements
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Heneage
First Selectman
Mediation delay seen for Westport teachers contract
Assistant Town Attorney Stanley Atwood said no mediation date is set for the Westport teachers contract and he would be surprised if it occurs this month. He asked the State Board of Education for a mediator. no word yet. The session would be in Hartford and budget hearings loom as talks stall over seniority rights after a February 17 meeting produced a tentative three year contract with a seven percent pay rise.
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Board of Education
TSO
State Board of Education
Stanley Atwood
Atwood
Education
Mark Shedd
Hartford
Westport Board of Education
Inside alae inside alae hits workshops
Flap fizzles and state champions highlighted across pages with mentions of workshops and coverage. Readers are directed to pages seven seventeen and twenty two for detailed stories and outcomes.
Merchants seek to keep Westport town center balance
Westport Downtown Merchants Association urges planners to preserve the central locations of the library and YMCA and maintain the current balance between government offices and businesses. Daniel J. Coughlin, association president, writes that locals spend much time in the center and offer their input to aid planning.
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Downtown Merchants’ Association
First Selectman
Jacqueline Heneage
Daniel J. Coughlin
Downtown Merchants Association
YMCA
Westport to hold final workshop on town planning needs
The final planning workshop for Westport's future convenes tomorrow at Long Lots Junior High School at 9 30 a m with hundreds of residents participating. Discussions since January 22 covered housing commerce conservation and community facilities, with near consensus on some issues and continued debate on others including location for development such as Stauffer Chemical headquarters on Nyala Farms.
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Long Lots
Stauffer Chemical Company
Nyala Farms
Planning and Zoning Commission
Ralph Sheffer
ATM
Mr. Singer
John Kiermaier
Roy L. Dickinson
Ray Eyes
William Bryant
A. Cheves Haskell
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