Here's When The Greenwich Board Of Selectmen Will Be Sworn In For A New Term

GREENWICH, CT — The swearing-in ceremony for the Greenwich Board of Selectmen is scheduled for Dec. 1 at 5 p.m. at the Cohen Eastern Greenwich Civic Center.

Returning for a fourth term is First Selectman Fred Camillo, a Republican who defeated Democratic challenger Anthony Moor by over 2,300 votes in the Nov. 4 municipal election.

Camillo's running-mate, Selectwoman Lauren Rabin, will also head back to the board for a fourth term, as she totaled 9,109 votes.

Rachel Khanna, the former state representative who ran at the top of the Democratic ticket with Moor, scored the third-highest vote total with 9,001, earning the final spot on the three-person board.

Selectperson Janet Stone McGuigan did not seek re-election this year, and will return to the Representative Town Meeting.

Camillo said during last week's Board of Selectmen meeting that the Cohen Eastern Greenwich Civic Center will serve as a "symbolic" backdrop for the start of his new term in office.

"I think it will be really symbolic to be there and point out that we can get things done quicker, and we're really grateful to get [the civic center] done basically in our first term, with the help of the Cohen family and of course the Frantz family," said Camillo, a big proponent of public/private partnerships.

The $25 million Cohen Eastern Greenwich Civic Center opened its doors this past April after two-and-a-half years of construction.

Greenwich acquired the former Eastern Greenwich Civic Center building and the 13.22-acre site in 1966.

The town began to develop plans for a building rehabilitation in 2000, but in the years that followed, issues with the facility began to crop up which required immediate repairs.

Officials later determined that a complete replacement made more sense.

Camillo helped secure donations that ultimately brought the project to fruition.

Notably, the Steven and Alexandra Cohen Foundation donated $5 million for naming rights to the entire building, and former state Sen. L. Scott Frantz and his wife, Icy Frantz, donated $500,000 for naming rights to the civic center's gymnasium.

Camillo has often said talks to replace the civic center stretched back decades.

"It's a time for a few of us to point out that these public/private partnerships do work and that it should not take 35-40 years, when 80 percent of what was suggested back in the 90s, is in this building now," Camillo said last week, looking ahead to the Dec. 1 swearing-in ceremony.

"We're looking forward to a really good term and a productive term going forward."