WESTPORT — On Wednesday night, Westport Town Meeting said "no" to legalizing short-term rentals and a project that would have brought town water service to a prime stretch of Route 6. It also amended Westport Community Schools' budget to provide some additional funds Superintendent Thomas Aubin and others said will be badly needed to keep local education moving forward.
"In exchange for a positive vote, I won't make an enthralling speech about how this is all for our children, but it is," said Town Meeting member Kevin McGoff after motioning to add $152,125 to the district's Finance Committee-recommended budget amount of $22,499,082, for a new total of $22,651,207.
The amended total — which was approved by voters after some discussion — was noted as matching the amount recommended by the Board of Selectmen before it was further reduced by the FinCom.
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