Common Council

REGULAR COMMON COUNCIL MEETING JULY 6, 2015 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 A. Honoring Sandra Faraci, retiring Registrar of Voters. 4. Mayor requests motion to approve minutes of: A. Regular Meeting of June 1,2015 at 7 p.m.; B. Special Meeting of June 1, 2015 at 6 p.m.; 5. Public Hearing on Bond Ordinance and 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 and Bond Ordinances: A. Board of Education $36,886.79, Account 2080-33000-XXXXX, 14/15 School CNR, School CNR Fund B. Fire Department $140,000, Account – Various, Various Budget items, Fire Fund Balance. C. Common Council $26,215.21, Account 1000-12000-55185, Contractual Services, General Fund. D. An ordinance appropriating $1,300,000 for the Planning, Design, Construction, Replacement, rehabilitation of Sanitary Sewers and potable water infrastructure on Middle Street and authorizing the issue of $1,300,000 bonds and obligations July 6, 2015 COMMON COUNCIL MEETING Page 2 of the City pursuant to Connecticut General Statutes Section 7-263a to meet said appropriation and pending the issuance thereof the making of temporary borrowings for such purpose. 8. Department, Committee, Commission Reports and Grant Confirmation Approvals: A. City Clerk’s Certificate B. Monthly Reports: Finance Department – Transfer Report to May 14, 2015 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. Middletown Commission on the Arts Semi-annual Report – Chair C. Day G. UPSEU Response to Draft Classification Study H. Emergency Purchase – Police Department, Hot Water Control I. Grant Confirmation and Approval – Public Works, Columbus Park LED Project 9. Payment of all City bills when properly approved. 10. Resolutions, Ordinances, etc.: A. Approving the Planning and Zoning Commission appointment as the Middletown Municipal Preservation Board to serve until June 30, 2016. B. Approving amending the job description for the position of Firefighter to allow acquiring the Emergency Medical Technician certification within one year of graduation from the Connecticut Fire Academy Recruit Firefighter Program to help broaden recruitment efforts. C. Amending the minimum training and experience for the School Nurse Position job description to add school and community health nursing and experience dealing with complex medical needs preferred to help broaden recruitment efforts. D. Approving the Health Department’s Public Health Block Grants for fiscal year 2015 – 2016 in the amount of $123,300 as listed in the resolution. E. Approving standardizing the HVAC maintenance systems throughout the City with BG Mechanical with monitoring of costs and a review of cost, performance and efficiency within three years. F. Approving the Bulky Waste Budget for fiscal year 2015 – 2016 in the amount of $445,000 expenditures and revenues. G. Approving amending Section 285-17 Parking Lots and Meters of Chapter 285 of the Middletown Code of Ordinances to offer a grace period after the purchase of metered time instead of an hour of free parking and to change the fee for special event parking to not exceed $20. July 6, 2015 COMMON COUNCIL MEETING Page 3 H. Approving amending portions of Chapter 120. Building Construction to add to Section 120-20 Blighted Premises; to delete the current Section 120-24 and renumber Section 120-25 to 120-24 and add language regarding curbside pickup of trash; to renumber Section 120-26 to 120-25 and to amend language regarding the creation or maintenance of blighted premises prohibited; to renumber Section 120-27 to 120-26; and to renumber Section 120-28 to 120-27 and to amend the language regarding expenses incurred and foreclosure. I. Approving the Recreation and Community Service Department Youth Grants for fiscal year 2015 – 2016 with programs as listed in the resolution totaling $53,600. J. THIS ITEM WAS REMOVED BY THE FINANCE AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMISSION. Approving language change to the Recreation and Community Services Department “Rental Policies and Procedures & Form B” document to include language for the Senior and Community Center to allow for rental and reservations of the Center to ensure no one organization will permanently occupy the space on a routine basis. K. Approving the donation from the Middletown Transit District a used van for the Recreation and Community Services Department at no cost except the purchase of six new tires. L. Approving authorizing the Mayor to sign and submit an application to the State of Connecticut for a Local Capital Improvement Program grant to install LED lighting around the parking area at Columbus Park with the LoCIP amount will be net an Eversource Rebate from the total cost of $3,960 and approving establishing a new Capital Improvement Line Item entitled Columbus Park LED Lighting Upgrade in the amount of $3,960. 11. Mayor’s Appointments. 12. Contingency Fund Transfers (None) 13. Meeting adjourned.