Common Council

REGULAR COMMON COUNCIL MEETING JULY 7, 2014 7 P.M. AGENDA 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 (none) 4. Mayor requests motion to approve minutes of: A. Regular meeting of June 2, 2014 at 7 p.m.; B. Special Meeting of June 2, 2014 at 6 p.m.; C. Special Meeting of May 5, 2014 at 5:30 p.m. 5. Public Hearing on Agenda Items Opens 6. Public Hearing on Agenda Items Closes. 7. Mayor requests Council Clerk to read appropriation and bond ordinance requests and the Certificate of Director of Finance. Vote on Appropriations: A. Planning, Conservation And Development $15,000, Account No. 1000-27000-55406, Economic Development Fund: Riverfront, General Fund. B. Planning, Conservation And Development $10,000, Account No. 1000-27000-55400, Chamber Summer Youth Employment, General Fund. C. Central Communications $18,017.60, Account No. 1000-18700-51980 and 1000-18700- 53285, Holiday Pay/Radio Communications Equipment, General Fund. D. Public Works $8,125, Account 1000-27000-55451, Lake Algae Control, General Fund. July 7, 2014 Common Council 2 E. Office of General Counsel $90,000, Account No. 1000-05000-52166, Reclassification Study, General Fund. F. Finance Department $324,160, Account 1000-0300-xxxxx, Various Utility Accounts, General Fund. 8. Department, Committee, Commission Reports and Grant Confirmation Approvals: A. City Clerk’s Certificate B. Monthly Reports: Finance Department – Transfer Report to June 18, 2014 C. Grant Confirmation and Approval – Board of Education, Various Grants D. Grant Confirmation and Approval – Mayor’s Office, School Readiness E. Grant Confirmation and Approval – Mayor’s Office, School Readiness, Quality Enhancement F. Grant Confirmation and Approval – Health Department, Emergency Preparedness G. Grant Confirmation and Approval – Health Department, Kids Safety Expo H. Emergency Purchase – Fire Department – Water Heater I. Emergency Purchase – Public Works – Pond and Lake Connection J. Middletown Riverfront Redevelopment Commission Final Report K. Suspense Report 2014 – Finance, Tax Collector 9. Payment of all City bills when properly approved. 10. Resolutions, Ordinances, etc.: A. Approving authorizing the Mayor to execute and deliver a power purchase agreement with Greenskies, Inc.; approving waiving Sections 232-4 through 232- 14, the sale of public property to authorize the Mayor to enter into long term access agreements with Greenskies, Inc. or its subsidiaries for installing and maintaining solar systems on city property; and approving waiving the Competitive bidding requirement in accordance with Section 78-8 of the City Ordinances to purchase electricity produced by the solar panels on city property. B. Approving the decrease and increase of various CDBG entitlement line items from various years as presented in the resolution, including a transfer from the fund balance of $13,638.11 into a new line item entitled Hogan House. C Approving the Bulky Waste Fund budget for fiscal year 2014 – 2015 totaling $445,000. D. Authorizing the Mayor to sign and submit an application to the State of Connecticut in the amount of $25,000 for a Local Capital Improvement Program grant and creating a new line item in the Capital Improvement Plan entitled Russell Library Phase II Work in the amount of $25,000. E. Approving amending the guidelines for the Educational Incentive Challenge grant program to allow a match ratio of 1:1 as well as allow no match for grants less July 7, 2014 Common Council 3 than $5,000 when an organization’s total budget is less than $75,000 to allow for more low-cost or no cost programming. F. Approving the public health block grants for fiscal year 2014-2015 as listed in the resolution. G. Approving authorizing Mayor Drew to apply to the State of Connecticut for a LoCIP grant in the amount of $51,450 for the replacement and removal of the Evapco Cooling Tower at the Green Street Arts Center; and approving creating a new line item in the Capital Improvement Plan, entitled Green Street Arts Center Cooling Tower in the amount of $51,450. H. Approving waiving the bidding requirements in accordance with Section 78-8 of the Middletown Code of Ordinances for the Parking Department to purchase LUKE II kiosks and related accessories to replace the Amana Gates in the Melilli Plaza and Upper Arcade from Integrated Technical Systems, Inc., in collaboration with Digital Technologies, for $75,000 which has been set aside in the Parking fund. I. Approving the allocation of the Health Department’s Public Health Block Grant for fiscal year 2014 – 2015 as stated in the resolution. J. Approving the building permit refund for Fortunato Construction Group in the amount of $856.60. 11. Mayor’s Appointments. 12. Contingency Fund Transfers (none). 13. Meeting adjourned.