Selectmen approve tree, electrical and software contracts
Board of Selectmen · Meeting of January 27, 2026
New Canaan selectmen review fee hikes and a $1.4 million Saxe security system ahead of Thursday's budget vote. The Board of Selectmen, delayed hours by a snowstorm, worked through fiscal 2027 department fee schedules, including a proposed jump in the transfer station's non-hauler sticker fee from $45 to $100 and a driveway permit fee rising from $250 to $500. New Canaan Public Schools officials said a proposed public-address and security system at Saxe Middle School now carries an estimated $1.4 million price tag, up from $1.2 million, and pitched a roughly $750,000 non-lapsing account to cover a possible kindergarten enrollment surge.
"I wouldn't recommend bouncing this one for a year," a district administrator identified as Brian said of the security system. Selectmen also unanimously approved an $11,048 Presidio software contract, a $13,640 tree-removal contract and an electrical services agreement with Darien Electrical LLC.
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Source: the Board of Selectmen meeting of January 27, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.
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