The panel discussed a request to review the city's pavement management plan and received an update on various roadwork projects from Commissioner of Public Services and Utilities Ricardo Morales.
While a large portion of the conversation was centered around Councilor Karen Kalinowsky's attempt to place a question on the Nov. 7 ballot about the reconfiguration of North Street, there were several referrals and a Pawnbrokers and Secondhand Dealers License approval for a new second-hand shop.
About half would be done with Community Development Block Grants, which the town will be applying for in March. The work on Park Street and along Columbia Street is estimated at $800,000 and will be funded through state funds including Chapter 90.
The finance subcommittee on Tuesday authorized the transfer of $230,000 from the Public Works Stabilization Account to the Department of Public Services for inflated costs of liquid asphalt.
The work is scheduled to begin on Monday, Oct. 24, and will continue daily until Friday, Oct. 28, from 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. each day. Milling work on the roadway has been ongoing for several weeks, which has flattened the surface in preparation for paving.
The poor condition of Howland Avenue and other issues on the road, such as speeding and accidents, have become a focus for town officials. Green clarified that the resurfacing work does not mean the end of the Howland Avenue redesign project, which the town showed its first concept designs for in March.