Newly elected Dems lay out prerequisites for Bipartisanship

Newly elected Dems lay out prerequisites for Bipartisanship

The voters of Norwalk have just elected 5 Democrats to the 15 member Common Council. To respect the will of the voters the makeup of the council committees must reflect this proportionality. This means two Democrats and four Republicans need to be assigned to each committee.

If the majority party decides to add a seventh member to a committee then that additional committee member should be a Democrat. The balance needs to remain 2:1 to respect the will of the Norwalk Voters.

Additionally, the minority caucus organizes itself and appoints its own members to the committees.

These members are:
Health, Welfare and Public Safety: David Jaegar and Travis Simms.
Public Works: Laurel Lindstrom and Nora King
Personnel: Carvin Hilliard and Travis Simms
Finance: Nora King and David Jaegar
Land Use & Building Management: Nora King and David Jaegar
Ordinance: Carvin Hilliard and Laurel Lindstrom (Travis Simms if a 7th member is added)
Planning: Laurel Lindstrom and Carvin Hilliard (Nora King if a 7th member is added)
Recreation & Parks: Laurel Lindstrom and Travis Simms (David Jaegar if a 7th member is added)
Maritime Authority: Travis Simms
Norwalk Facilities Construction Commission: David Jaegar
Water Pollution Control Authority: Laurel Lindstrom
Historical Commission: Nora King in year 2

The Minority Leader will be Laurel Lindstrom.

The current council with a majority of Democrats gave two committee chairmanships to Republicans. Therefore, the same number of chairmanships needs to be given to the newly elected minority Democrats.

The proposed chairs are Carvin Hilliard for the Ordinance Committee and Nora King for the Finance Committee.