Common Council

REGULAR COMMON COUNCIL MEETING June 3, 2013 7 P.M. 1. Mayor calls meeting to order. A. (Pledge of Allegiance) B. (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 A. Congratulating Matthew Newton upon achieving Eagle Scout. 4. Mayor requests motion to approve minutes of: A. Regular meeting of May 6, 2012 at 7 p.m.; B. Special Meeting of May 6, 2012 at 6 p.m.; C. Special Meeting of May 15 2013 at 7 p.m. 5. Public Hearing on Agenda Items Opens and the Neighborhood Assistance Act submissions. 6. Public Hearing on Agenda Items Closes. 7. Mayor requests Council Clerk to read appropriation requests, and the Certificate of Director of Finance. Vote on Appropriations: A. Registrars of Voters $2,495.84, Account No. 1000-09000-55500, Voting Machine Expenses, General Fund. B. Fire Department $30,000, Account No. 2010-50000-51340-0500, Overtime, Fire Fund. 8. Department, Committee, Commission Reports and Grant Confirmation Approvals: A. City Clerk’s Certificate June 3, 2013 COMMON COUNCIL MEETING Page 2 8. Department, Committee, Commission Reports and Grant Confirmation Approvals: B. Monthly Reports: Finance Department – Transfer Report to, May 29, 2013 C. Grant Confirmation and Approval – Board of Education, Various Grants D. Grant Confirmation and Approval – Health Department, Kids Health and Safety Day E. Grant Confirmation and Approval – Local Capital Improvement Program – 2013 F. Grant Confirmation and Approval – Police Department, Click-It or Ticket G. Human Relations Report – 3rd Quarter Hiring Report H. Eckersley-Hall Project Building Committee Report 9. Payment of all City bills when properly approved. 10. Resolutions, Ordinances, etc.: A. Approving the submission list of programs to the Commissioner of the State of Connecticut Department of Revenue Services pursuant to General Statutes 12-228A, Neighborhood Assistance Act. B. Approving the contract between the City of Middletown and Teamsters Local 671 to June 30, 2015 and authorizing the Mayor to sign the agreement. C. Approving amending the City of Middletown Consolidate Plan for Housing and Community Development, September 1, 2010 to August 31, 2015 to include the Remington Rand Small Business incubator at the Remington Rand Facility; approving the appropriations for the 2013 Entitlement; approving various changes to Entitlement year programs, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, Program Income Expenditure Account and Fund Balance; and authorizing the Mayor to submit the amendments and access the entitlement funding for 2013 as well as old entitlement program income funds. D. Authorizing the Mayor to execute and deliver on behalf of the City of Middletown, contracts with the State of Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development for the Eckersley-Hall project. E. Approving accepting two grants, one from Over and Under Piping in the amount of $10,000 and the second, Wesleyan University in the amount of $10,000 to be used by Project for Public Spaces for a proposed study entitled “A Place Making Plan for the Middletown Riverfront”; approving establishing a new line item in the Economic Development Fund entitled “Project for Public Spaces” with said $20,000 placed into this new line item. F. Approving authorizing the Mayor to sign an application with the State of Connecticut for a Local Capital Improvement Program in the amount of $40,000 for 58 Bernie O’Rourke Drive, leased to the American Legion Post 75 and subleased to the Sports Hall of Fame to upgrade to electrical, door replacements, and the purchase of a new shed and that a new Capital Improvement Line item entitled 58 Bernie O’Rourke Drive Improvements – Phase 2 – 2013 in the amount of $40,000 be approved. June 3, 2013 COMMON COUNCIL MEETING Page 3 10. Resolutions, Ordinances, etc.: G. Approving a building permit refund to Summit Residential, LLC in the amount of $1,062; the permit will not be used at 43 Bartlett Hollow Road. H. Approving amending Part 1, Equal Opportunity in Employment of Chapter 26, Article 1, Section 26-3. Provisions to be included. Of the Middletown Code of Ordinances, to ensure consistency in policies and ordinances for protected classes. I. Approving amending Part 1, Chapter 74, Article II. Equal Employment Opportunity, Section 74-13. Affirmative action policy statement. Of the Middletown Code of Ordinances to ensure consistency in policies and ordinances for protected classes. J. Approving amending Part II, Chapter 156. Fair Housing, Section 156-2. Discrimination in the rental, sale or financing of housing prohibited. Of the Middletown Code of Ordinances to ensure consistency in policies of protected classes. K. Approving amending Part II, Chapter 258 Storm Water Management, to add a new Section 258-5. Illicit Discharge and Illegal Connection Ordinance. Of the Middletown Code of Ordinances to address illicit discharge into the Municipal separate storm sewer system (storm water drainage system). 11. Mayor’s Appointments. 12. Contingency Fund Transfers (none). 13. Questions to Directors on Nonagenda Items. 14. Meeting adjourned.