Town Council Special meeting

TOWN COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING Thursday, February 22, 2024 at 4:00 PM Council Chambers - Bristol Municipal Complex and live streamed Town of Bristol YouTube channel MINUTES CALL MEETING TO ORDER Thursday, February 22, 2024 Council President Jeff Beachy called the special meeting to order at 4:00pm ROLL CALL Members present: Doug DeSmith, Dean Rentfrow, Gregg Tuholski, Jeff Beachy Members Absent: Cathy Burke Others in attendance: Legal Counsel Alex Bowman, Clerk-Treasurer Cathy Antonelli and Town Manager Mike Yoder stands as published TOWN MANAGER Open Bids for CCMG 2023-2 construction project Motion to accept the bid openings and pass to JPR for review and recommendation made by Dean Rentfrow, Seconded by Gregg Tuholski. Voting Yea: Doug DeSmith, Gregg Tuholski, Jeff Beachy, Dean Rentfrow. Motion carries. Award wastewater treatment plant contract. review of project. one bidder. cost reduction items are available Yoder reviewed with BT new rate structure will have to cover our SRF payment. cost of service rate increase. have to lock in based on # of users/and modify as growth occurs in order to reduce cost. NEW BUSINESS Appointment to Bristol FD board Consolidated Metals Inc. expansion tax phase-in Update on Fire Territory and Possible use of TIF to offset Cap Equipment fund 2025 = $345,765 2026 = $354,165 2027 = $359,520 Appointment to the Bristol Fire Dept Board - Delbert was the liason between Council an BFD. needs to be reassigned, as a seat on the board. Motion by jeff nominates DEan/second by Doug. motion carries. Consolidated Metals (CMI) 20K expansion and business retention. looking for possible 3 yr tax phase in. if the numbers Council on board and would like to review it. Update on Fire Territory (Tuesday night meeting, yoder, lee, jimmy, weaver, bailey, nik, Bill) reviewed options for lower budgets, which = lower tax increases. fd would have to hire 3 less people pe shift. One of the big discussions was PERF, presentation will reflect the $3.5M budget that was recalclated. benefit of TIF offset, PERF (using LIT $ for PD) and . Major moves loan to be paid off and use those funds for equipment fund, (what is our TIF expiration date?) Fire District (Middlebury) talk. Option of using TIF for the equipment-don't want to but could be (TIF is not sustainable) Interlocal agreement (public hearings for both the fire territory and equipment replacement rate tomorrow night) - if the territory, falls thru then consider using the LIT funds for just the pd and the township would need to cover some of the cost. Albin suggested 2% each year.........ten years.... March 4 meeting for sanctuary. Ryan andesrson, JPR recommends NIBLOCK 2023-2 project $657987.00. motion to award the CCMG 2023-2 contract to Niblock made by Dean/Doug. open for discussion. all in favor. motion carries. TOWN COUNCIL DISCUSSION ITEMS  Doug DeSmith Dean Rentfrow Cathy Burke Gregg Tuholski Jeff Beachy MOTION TO ADJOURN Motion to adjourn made by Gregg Tuholski, Seconded by Doug DeSmith. Voting Yea: Doug DeSmith, Gregg Tuholski, Jeff Beachy, Dean Rentfrow. Meeting adjourned.