Citizens Advisory Committee

CITY OF MIDDLETOWN CITIZENS’ ADVISORY COMMITTEE – Meeting via WebEx Minutes – June 23, 2020 6:00 p.m. Committee Members: Attendance: Staff Member: R. Pelletier, Chairman Present Lynda MacPherson R. Bantum M. Belyea Present H. Cushing Present G. Daley Present M. Fallon Present G. Faulkner Present Mayor Ben Florsheim S. Fulton Present J. Middleton S. Owens Present J. Rumberger L. Salafia Present M. Salafia C. Smith Present V. Szynkowicz Present Others Present: Lucy McMillan, Gilead; Dave Ferrigno, Gilead A. Call to Order - The meeting was called to order at 6:15 p.m. B. 2020 CDBG Application Presentations –The following allocations were approved by the committee: St. Vincent DePaul Middletown Amazing Grace Food Distribution Initiative $10,000.00 Oddfellows Playhouse Youth Scholarships $ 6,000.00 Columbus House Middletown Warming Center $25,000.00 Middlesex Community College Magic Food Bus Phase V $ 2,500.00 City of Middletown Farmer’s Market $ 8,498.00 Women and Families Center Sexual Assault Crisis Services $ 5,000.00 Russell Library Career Program $ 8,000.00 Middlesex YMCA Teen Program $ 5,000.00 The Connection Middletown Works Support $ 2,400.00 Future’s Inc. Micro Enterprise Assistance $30,000.00 Buttonwood Tree LMI Job Creation $24,000.00 Clean Energy Task Force Housing Improvements $15,000.00 Gilead Community Services Social Center Renovations $21,210.00 Gilead Community Services Resource Center Paving $65,000.00 Oddfellows Playhouse Roof Replacement $39,000.00 Oddfellows Playhouse HVAC System Replacement $35,400.00 MARC Community Resources ADA and improvements $90,642.00 City of Middletown Program Administration $90,000.00 C. Adjournment – It was unanimously approved to adjourn the meeting at 8:22 p.m. Lynda MacPherson Community Development Specialist, Planning, Conservation & Development