Common Council

REGULAR COMMON COUNCIL MEETING MONDAY, MAY 4, 2020 7:00 PM For Public Attendance: Visit https://middletownct.gov/councilmeeting or WebEx.com Join a Meeting Event # 716699809 Password: Middletown or Dial 408-418-9388 Access Code: 716699809 REVISED AGENDA 1. Call 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. Approval of Minutes: Special Meeting (Presentation By, and Discussion With, Mayor Benjamin Florsheim and Connecticut State Department of Transportation RE: Arrigoni Bridge Project to Commence Spring, 2020) of March 11, 2020 at 5:30 PM (NOTE: Tabled at April 6, 2020 meeting) 4. Approval of Minutes: Regular Meeting of April 6, 2020 at 7:00 PM 5. Public Hearing Opens A. Water Billing Schedule, Water Use, and Meter Charges B. All Other Agenda Items 6. Public Hearing Closes 7. Mayor requests Council Clerk to read appropriation requests and the Certificate of Director of Finance May 4, 2020 COMMON COUNCIL -- REGULAR MEETING Page 2 A. Health Department: $12,800 -- Acct. No. 1000-31000-63100-x-x-x-x; specialized equipment - appropriation for 16,000 surgical masks for COVID 19 pandemic 8. Department, Committee, Commission Reports and Grant Confirmation Approval A. City Clerk’s Certificate B. Monthly Reports -- Finance Department: Transfer Report to April 17, 2020 C. Fire Department -- emergency purchase of two (2) pallets of N95 masks: $11,996 D. Grant Confirmation & Approval – Board of Education – miscellaneous grants: $976,946.54 E. Grant Confirmation & Approval –Board of Education – Strings Program Grant: $8,000 9. Payment of all City bills when properly approved 10. Resolutions, Ordinances, etc. A. Approving the water billing schedule, water use and meter charges for FY 2020-2021, which will have no increase over the FY 2019-2020 rates. B. Approving that, to prevent, prepare, and respond to COVID-19, the Common Council authorizes the adoption of the amended Citizen’s Participation Plan (CPP) to allow for an expedited public comment period for substantial amendments to Consolidated Plans; and that the Common Council approve the amended CPP, to allow for a reduced public notice and public comment period, as provided by the waiver granted by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to address the COVID-19 epidemic within the community. C. Approving that the 2016, 2017, and 2018 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Entitlement appropriations be reallocated, that the FY2019 be reprogrammed, and that the CARES ACT CDBG Allocation be reallocated as follows: 2016 Entitlement DECREASE New Horizons Shelter Repairs $20,000.00 INCREASE City of Middletown Job Creation/Job Retention $20,000.00 2017 Entitlement DECREASE Northern Middlesex YMCA Residence Floor & Room Rehab $19,863.68 Gilead Community Services/ Window Replacement $ 2,250.05 Gilead Community Services/ Roof Replacement $13,572.71 TOTAL $35,686.44 INCREASE City of Middletown Job Creation/Job Retention $35,686.44 2018 Entitlement DECREASE Middlesex Community College Magic Food Bus $ 366.92 Northern Middlesex YMCA-Boiler Replacement $46,371.14 Gilead Community Services-Renovations $ 2,760.43 Futures Energy Efficiency Project $ 2,949.91 TOTAL $52,448.40 INCREASE City of Middletown Job Creation/Job Retention $52,448.40 2019 Entitlement May 4, 2020 COMMON COUNCIL -- REGULAR MEETING Page 3 DECREASE Shiloh Manor-Swing Door Operators $ 6,000.00 St Vincent-Green Street Renovations $41,849.45 TOTAL $47,849.45 INCREASE City of Middletown Job Creation/Job Retention $47,849.45 2019-CARES ACT COVID Funding St. Vincent DePaul – COVID Related Costs $ 16,844 Columbus House –Warming Center Homeless Relocation Costs $ 67,067 City of Middletown Quarantine Center for Low to Moderate Clientele $ 50,000 City of Middletown Job Creation/Job Retention $150,000 and approving that the Mayor, as Chief Executive Officer of the City of Middletown, is authorized to submit the amendments to the 2019 Annual Action Plan to access the $439,895.29.18 in CDBG entitlement funding to prevent, prepare for, or respond to coronavirus impact on the community D. Approving the abandonment by the City of Middletown to the adjacent property owners, known as Crele Construction Corp, the segment of Saybrook Road that runs to the west side of 1675 Saybrook Road as shown on the map entitled Map Showing Zoning Line over portion of Lot’s #10 and #11, Tax Map #49, Prepared for Crele Construction Corp., 1675 Saybrook Road, prepared by Kevin T. Ewald, LLC Land Surveyor and dated June 18, 2018; and authorizing the Mayor of Middletown to sign and execute any paperwork needed to facilitate the transfer of said property to Crele Construction Corp. . E. Approving that the City of Middletown contract with the Middlesex County Revitalization Commission to administer the Middletown Small Business Economic Development Bridge Loan program with final approval of the loan agreements by the Common Council; and, that the Common Council will identify a funding source in the amount of $262,500 to cover the costs associated with the program F. Approving that the City of Middletown shall enter into, and deliver to the State of Connecticut Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, Division of Emergency Management and Homeland Security, any and all documents which it deems to be necessary or appropriate; and that Mayor Benjamin Florsheim, who has held the office of Mayor of the City of Middletown since November 12, 2019, is hereby authorized and directed to execute and deliver any and all documents on behalf of the City of Middletown; and that the Mayor shall do and perform all acts and things, which are deemed necessary or appropriate to carry out the terms of such documents, including, but not limited to, executing and delivering all agreements and documents contemplated by such documents. 11. Mayor’s Appointments 12. Mayor’s Proposed FY 2020-2021 Budget 13. Meeting Adjournment K: review/ agenda/ 2020 May 04 – REVISED regular agenda – 04 May 2020