Common Council

REGULAR COMMON COUNCIL MEETING OCTOBER 7, 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 Gail Petras on being named the Connecticut Municipal Animal Control Officer of the year. 4. Mayor requests motion to approve minutes of: A. Regular meeting of September 3, 2013 at 7 p.m.; B. Special Meeting of September 3, 2013 at 6 p.m.; C. Special Meeting of September 12, 2013 at 7 p.m. 5. Public Hearing: A. Bond Ordinance to be acted on at a special meeting October 10, 2013 AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $750,000 FOR THE PURCHASE OF CERTAIN CAPITAL NON-RECURRING EQUIPMENT AND AUTHORIZING THE ISSUE OF $750,000 BONDS OF THE CITY TO MEET SAID APPROPRIATION AND PENDING THE ISSUANCE THEREOF THE MAKING OF TEMPORARY BORROWINGS FOR SUCH PURPOSE B. All agenda items, including Ordinances to merge departments. 6. Public Hearing on Agenda Items Closes. 7. Department, Committee, Commission Reports and Grant Confirmation Approvals: A. City Clerk’s Certificate B. Monthly Reports: Finance Department – Transfer Report to, September 27, 2013 C. Grant Confirmation and Approval – Board of Education, Various Grants D. Grant Confirmation and Approval – Police Department, Strategic Prevention E. Grant Confirmation and Approval – Eckersley-Hall, Historic Restoration F. Grant Confirmation and Approval – Eckersley-Hall, Energy Efficient Blue Print Inc. G. Grant Confirmation and Approval – Mayor’s Office, School Readiness October 7, 2013 COMMON COUNCIL MEETING Page 2 8. Payment of all City bills when properly approved. 9. Resolutions, Ordinances, etc.: I. Ordinances A. Approving adding a new Article XI Public Works Department to Chapter 31 of the Middletown Code of Ordinances to include new Sections 31-40. Creation., 31-41. Composition; purpose., and 31-42. Duties and responsibilities to merge the Parks Division into the Public Works Department. B. Approving adding a new Article XII Recreation and Community Services. to Chapter 31 of the Middletown Code of Ordinances to include new Sections 31-43. Creation., 31-44 Composition; purpose., and 31-45. Duties and responsibilities., to merge the Recreation Division of the Parks and Recreation Department and Senior Services Department into a new department. C. Approving adding a new Section 23-16. Public Works and Facilities Commission to Chapter 23 of the Middletown Code of Ordinances with said changes to take effect after the 2013 Biennial Meeting of the City of Middletown. D. Approving repealing Article III Senior Services Commission and adding a new Article III entitled Recreation and Community Services Commission to Chapter 14 of the Middletown Code of Ordinances with said changes to take effect after the 2013 Biennial Meeting of the City of Middletown. E. Approving repealing Article XI Parks and Recreation Commission of Chapter 14 of the Middletown Code of Ordinances with said repeal to take effect after the 2013 Biennial Meeting of the City of Middletown. F. Approving amending various sections of Chapter 214. Parks and Recreation and renaming the Chapter to Parks, Facilities, and Recreational Areas to address the merger of the Parks Division into the Public Works Department and the Senior Services and Recreation Division into the Department of Recreation and Community Services. G. Approving amending Section 1-19. Changes in adopted ordinances to change references throughout the Code of Ordinances regarding the mergers and various changes to Department titles, Director titles, and Commission names. II. Resolutions H. Approving the Public Works Department CNR Plan for fiscal year 2013 – 2014, totaling $750,000, as presented in the resolution. I. Approving the City’s CNR Plan for fiscal year 2013 – 2014, totaling $950,000, as presented in the resolution. J. Approving authorizing the Mayor to sign an application with the State of Connecticut for $65,000 from the Local Capital Improvement Program for the carpet replacement at the Police Department and approving a new Capital Improvement line item 3560-18000- 57030-0000-30184-2013, Carpet Installation in the amount of $65,000. October 7, 2013 COMMON COUNCIL MEETING Page 3 9. Resolutions, Ordinances, etc.: K. Approving authorizing the Mayor to sign an application with the State of Connecticut for $40,000 for the Fire Department to purchase two new thermal imaging cameras and upgrade to the technology of the Department’s existing three cameras, and approving a new Capital Improvement line item entitled Fire Department Thermal Imaging Cameras in the amount of $40,000. L. Approving the budget lines in the Parking Fund as prepared by the Director of Parking Services in conjunction with the Parking Advisory Committee and Finance Department to include two new lines entitled Access Control Technologies & Infrastructure in the amount of $75,000 and Arcade Infrastructure Repairs & Demolition in the amount of $42,000 M. Approving creating a new revenue line item in the Eckersley-Hall bond ordinance to provide for projected revenue of $1,283,044.75 for tax credits upon the completion of the project. N. Approving weather and waterproofing the levels and resurfacing the top level of the City’s Arcade Parking area for a cost not to exceed $125,000. 10. Mayor’s Appointments. 11. Contingency Fund Transfers (none). 12. Questions to Directors on Nonagenda Items. 13. Meeting adjourned.