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Sixth Taxing District of Norwalk

All Sixth Taxing District meetings, unless otherwise noted, commence at 8:00 p.m. at the Rowayton Community Center, 33 Highland Ave. and are open to the public. Sixth Taxing District meeting notices & agendas are posted prior to each meeting at Norwalk City Hall and the Rowayton Library. Meeting dates are also published in The Darien News Review and The Norwalk Hour. Contact Andrea Woodworth, District Clerk, regarding Agenda items, Rental/Use of District Property, District Calendar, Bayley Beach Applications, Railroad Station Parking Permits or Railroad Station Parking Permit Waiting List.

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Mike Barbis - Commissioner, 838-7887

Tammy Langalis - Commissioner, 854-5116

John Igneri - Commissioner, 838-2308

Ed Carlson - Property Manager/Fire Marshall, 838-1650

Jack Robson - District Administrator, 866-6386 Cell: 246-7434

John Verel - District Treasurer,854-5427 Fax: 854-9404

Andrea Woodworth - District Clerk/District Railroad Clerk, 854-5066 Fax: 857-4467

City of Norwalk

Mayor's Office 854-7701

Police Department 854-3000

Fire Department 854-0230

Real Property Inquiries 854-7787

Motor Vehicle Inquiries 854-7789

Tax Assessor 854-7709

Tax Collector 854-7731

Health Department 854-7776

Historical Commission 866-0202

Human Relations & Fair Rent 854-7989

Conservation Office 854-7744

City Clerk 854-7701

Planning and Zoning 854-7780

Public Works Department 854-3200

Recreation & Parks 854-7725

Registrar of Voters 854-7996

Town Clerk 854-7747

History of the Sixth Taxing District

Rowayton is a part of Norwalk, which was purchased from the Siwanoy Indians about 1651. Within two decades, property deeds in the district were referring to the "Rowayton Area" of Norwalk, although the spelling varied. In the period 1860-90, Rowayton was an oystering center.

The Sixth Taxing District is a State-chartered municipal corporation which encompasses the area once an independent municipality, Rowayton. It was formed when Rowayton became a part of the City of Norwalk in the 1920. The district was created in 1921 by a special act of Connecticut Legislature to permit residents to provide themselves certain services which they were unable to obtain from the City of Norwalk.

Governance

The Sixth District's affairs are governed by a three member Commission. Each is elected to a six-year term. Commissioners are placed on the ballot for election by the process identified in the Norwalk City Charter, typically by nomination by the registered political parties. As a commission, at least one member of the Commission must be of a different political party affiliation.

The Commission meets monthly on the second Wednesday evening of each month, at 8:00 p.m. in the Community Center, located on Highland Avenue in Rowayton, which also houses the Rowayton Library. The public is welcome at any meeting. Any elector of the Sixth District can request that an item be placed on the Agenda of a meeting by contacting the District Clerk or one of the Commissioners at least 10 days before the meeting. Items brought to the floor of the meeting which are not on the Agenda published in advance of the meeting may not be capable of Commission action at the meeting.

The Commission establishes a proposed budget for the fiscal year (running from July 1 to June 30) at its January meeting, and this is presented to the Annual Meeting of the electors of the District each March.

Functions

Over the years, the Sixth Taxing District has assumed responsibilities to provide street lighting, garbage collection, fire service, library services, and the management of community properties, including Bayley Beach, Pinkney Park, the Arts Center and the Community Center. Many of these activities are further operated by volunteer organizations, such as the Rowayton Volunteer Fire Department and the Rowayton Library Board.

These activities are funded by revenues to the District and taxation, which are added to and incorporated in the municipal tax bill of the City of Norwalk. Because of the volunteer management of the Library, Fire Department and Art Center, these services are provided at a significantly lower cost than typical public financing. Garbage collection is performed under a contract with an out-sourced provider, also at a lower than typical cost for a public-funded function.

Rowayton, 1893
State Atlas
D.H. Hurd & Co., publisher

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