Common Council

REGULAR COMMON COUNCIL MEETING DECEMBER 5, 2011 7 P.M. DRAFT AGENDA: SUBJECT TO CHANGE 1. Mayor calls meeting to order. (Pledge of Allegiance) (Council Clerk Reads the Call of the Meeting and Mayor declares call a legal call and meeting a legal meeting.) 2. Accept/Amend the Agenda. 3. Presentations: Agenda Item 3-1 Honoring Sebastian N. Giuliano Agenda Item 3-2 Honoring David Bauer. Agenda Item 3-3 Honoring William Howard. Agenda Item 3-4 Honoring Christine Berry-Bourne. Agenda Item 3-5 Honoring Carl Bolz. Agenda Item 3-6 Honoring Barbara Plum. Agenda Item 3-7 Honoring Catherine Johnson. Agenda Item 3-8 Honoring Quentin Phipps. Agenda Item 3-9 Honoring Peter Cornwall. Agenda Item 3-10 Honoring William Wilson. 4. Mayor requests motion to approve minutes of regular meeting of November 7, 2011 at 7 p.m. meeting; Special Meetings of November 7, 2011 at 6 p.m., November 15, 2011 at 7 p.m. and November 21, 2011 at 6:30 p.m. 5. Public Hearing Opens on Agenda 6. Public Hearing Closes. 7. Mayor requests Council Clerk to read appropriation requests and the Certificate of Director of Finance. Vote on Appropriations Requests: December 5 , 2011 COMMON COUNCIL MEETING Page 2 Public Works $250,000, Account No. 1000-22000-51333-0226, Miscellaneous Overtime, General Fund. Central Communicatiion $85,000, Account No. 1000-18700-51355, Replacement Overtime, Dispatchers, General Fund. Police Department $4,450, Account No. 1000-18000-51365-0180, Special Events Overtime, General Fund. Planning, Conservation $20,000, Account No. 1000-27000-59221, Complete And Development Streets/Bicycle Plan, General Fund. 8. Old Business: Agenda Item 8-1 Approving extending the date of the subcommittee report to the Council to January 31, 2011. 9. Department, Committee, Commission Reports and Grant Confirmation Approvals: 9A. City Clerk’s Certificate 9B. Monthly Reports: Finance Department – Transfer Report to, 2011 Public Works Monthly Report with summary/Building Permits for Oct., 2011 9C. Grant Confirmation and Approval – Board of Education – Various Grants 9D. Grant Confirmation and Approval – Police Department, Internet Crimes/Children 9E. Grant Confirmation and Approval – Police Department, CT Drug Invest. Fund 9F. 2011/2012 Recruitment Hiring Report, 1st Quarter – Human Relations 10. Payment of all City bills when properly approved. 11. Resolutions, Ordinances, etc.: Resolution 11-1 Notifying the Psychiatric Safety Review Board on behalf of Middletown Citizens that they do not want unsupervised release times for David Messenger. Resolution 11-2 Approving the withholding of 5% of budget lines in a Reserve Account. Resolution 11-3 Approving all Recreation Activity Fees to remain the same for 2012. Resolution 11-4 Approving the waiving of the Competitive Bidding Requirement in accordance with Chapter 78-8 of the Middletown Code of Ordinances for the Water and Sewer Department to purchase software and services from Continental Utility Systems, Inc. for records and billing software at a cost of approximately $110,000. December 5 , 2011 COMMON COUNCIL MEETING Page 3 11. Resolutions, Ordinances, etc.: Resolution 11-5 Approving reducing various accounts in the Water Department CNR for a total of $145,078.99 and approving creating two new CNR Line items Customer and Billing Software in the amount of $55,000 and Computer Hardware for Billing, et al in the amount of $50,000. Resolution 11-6 Authorizing the Mayor to sign and submit documents to apply for $800,000 in federal transportation enhancement funds to construct the Wesleyan Hills – Wesleyan University – Downtown Connector and approving a 20%local match during fiscal years 2013 – 2016; approving working with the Jonah Center for Earth and Art to convene a working group of bicycle enthusiasts to begin development of a complete streets/bicycle plan for Middletown, with some funding to retain engineers, landscape architects and planners to formalize the group’s recommendations. Ordinance 11-7 Amending Subsection L. (4) of Section 285-17. Parking lots and meters of Chapter 285 of the Middletown Code of Ordinances to amend monthly parking lot permit fees from $65 to $75 per month. 12. Mayor’s Appointments. 13. Contingency Fund Transfers (one). 14. Questions to Directors on Nonagenda Items. 15. Meeting adjourned.