The What: Election Day; Speed Camera Oversight in Fairfield; New Parking Meters in Stamford; and more

Monday, November 2

Happy Monday! And happy first week of November. It’s Election Day on Tuesday this week, so if you haven’t voted yet, we’ve got more information for you below. 

Highlights 

This section gives a brief overview of the key items in the newsletter.

• Tuesday is Election Day. If you haven’t voted already, check out CT Mirror’s Voting Guide, where you can research the candidates in some of the most important races in CT, including the Governor’s race.
• In Stamford, the Board of Representatives will vote on numerous items including installing new parking meters across the city and establishing an urban grocery store development district.
• In Fairfield, the RTM’s Ordinance Committee concerning Automated Traffic Enforcement Safety Devices will meet to review and discuss a variety of questions around the speed camera program such as requiring RTM approval for any new camera spots and potentially reducing the $75 repeat-offender step up fine. Read more about the growth of speed camera programs across southwest Connecticut. 

Spotlight

This section features our main reporting each week.

Ahead of Election Day, on Tuesday, November 3, we wanted to share CT Mirror’s Election Guide to help you prepare. While there’s not a Senate race in Connecticut, voters will head to the polls to decide the state’s next governor, congressional races, and state senate and assembly seats. 

Explore the voter’s guide or visit the Secretary of State’s webpage to get more information. 

ICYMI: As Fairfield continues to discuss speed cameras, explore our video highlighting the growth of these programs across southwest Connecticut. 

This Week at a Glance

This section includes a list of meetings, events, and programming happening around southwest Connecticut each week.

Bridgeport

Featured Meeting: The City Council will meet on Monday, Nov. 2 at 7 p.m. and vote on numerous items including a resolution on collaborating with Save the Sound on designing and implementing green infrastructure as well as a proposed resolution to censure Councilwoman Maria H. Pereira and Councilwoman Eneida L. Martinez.

• Monday, Nov. 2: City Council at 7 p.m. 

Stamford

Featured Meetings: The Board of Representatives will meet on Wednesday, Nov. 4 at 7:30 p.m. and vote on numerous items including installing new parking meters across the city and establishing an urban grocery store development district.

• Monday, Nov. 2: Harbor Management Commission at 5:30 p.m. | Police Commission at 5 p.m.
• Wednesday, Nov. 4: Board of Representatives at 7:30 p.m. | Planning Board at 6:30 p.m. 

Norwalk

Featured Meeting: The Bike/Walk Commission will meet on Monday, Nov. 2 at 6 p.m. and hear updates on numerous transportation-related projects in the city including the Route 7/15 interchange project;; Norwalk River Valley Trail connections; and more.

• Monday, Nov. 2: Bike/Walk Commission at 6 p.m.
• Tuesday, Nov. 3: Arts and Culture Commission at 6 p.m.
• Wednesday, Nov. 4: Ad Hoc Sustainability and Resilience Committee at 6 p.m. | Aquifer Protection Agency at 6 p.m. | Planning and Zoning Commission at 6 p.m. | Land Use & Building Management Committee at 7 p.m. | Fair Rent Commission at 7:30 p.m.
• Thursday, Nov. 5: Blight Hearings at 2 p.m. | Shellfish Commission at 6:30 p.m. | Economic and Community Development Committee at 7 p.m. | Public Safety and General Government Committee at 7 p.m. 

Fairfield

Featured Meeting: The RTM’s Ordinance Committee concerning Automated Traffic Enforcement Safety Devices will meet on Thursday, Nov. 5 to review and discuss a variety of questions around the speed camera program such as requiring RTM approval for any new camera spots and potentially reducing the $75 repeat-offender step up fine. Read more about the growth of speed camera programs across southwest Connecticut. 

• Monday, Nov. 2: Board of Selectpersons at 4 p.m. | RTM Subcommittee on Personal Electronic Vehicles at 5 p.m. 
• Tuesday, Nov. 3: Sustainable Fairfield at 7 p.m.
• Wednesday, Nov. 4: Fairfield Cares Leadership at 8:30 a.m. | Board of Education Finance Committee at 5:30 p.m. | Board of Finance at 7 p.m. | Inland Wetlands Commission at 7 p.m. | Shellfish Commission at 7 p.m.
• Thursday, Nov. 5: Economic Development Commission at 8:30 a.m. | Zoning Board of Appeals at 3 p.m. | RTM’s Ordinance Committee concerning Automated Traffic Enforcement Safety Devices at 7 p.m. 
• Friday, Nov. 6: Food and Waste Subcommittee at 8 a.m. 

Greenwich

Featured Meeting: The FS Sustainability Committee will meet on Thursday, Nov. 5 at 11 a.m. to review numerous items including next steps from the renewable energy conversation, the Long Island Sound report card, and more.

• Monday. Nov. 2: FS Hamill Rink Development Committee at 6 p.m. 
• Tuesday, Nov. 3: FS AI Task Force at 3 p.m. 
• Thursday, Nov. 5: Conservation Commission at 7 p.m. | FS Sustainability Committee at 11 a.m. | Affordable Housing Task Force at 3 p.m. | Flood Erosion Control Board at 3 p.m. | Board of Education Budget Meeting at 7 p.m. 

Darien

Featured Meeting: No featured meeting this week.

• Monday, Nov. 2: RTM Education Committee at 7:30 p.m.
• Wednesday, Nov. 4: Beautification Commission at 9 a.m. | Environmental Protection Commission at 7 p.m.
• Thursday, Nov. 5: Police Commission at 4 p.m. 

Westport

Featured Meeting: The Board of Finance will meet on Wednesday, Nov. 4 at 7:30 p.m. and hear a presentation from the First Selectman on future capital projects in the town. 

• Monday, Nov. 2: Planning and Zoning Commission at 6 p.m. | RTM Transit Committee at 6 p.m.
• Wednesday, Nov. 4: Flood and Erosion Control Board at 7:30 p.m. | Board of Finance at 7:30 p.m.
• Thursday, Nov. 5: TEAM Westport at 10 a.m. | Board of Education at 7 p.m. 

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Please note: All of these agendas and information here are current as of Sunday night. Meeting times and agendas may get adjusted throughout the week.

Have a great week,

Kelly Prinz

Founder, Reporter at Coastal Connecticut Times