Common Council

COMMON COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2020 6:00 PM For Public Attendance: Visit https://middletownct.gov/councilmeeting or WebEx.com Join a Meeting Event # 173 761 1077 Password: Middletown or Dial 408-418-9388 Access Code: 173 761 1077 AGENDA 1. Call to Order A. Pledge of Allegiance B. Council Clerk Reads the Call of the Meeting and Chair declares call a legal call and meeting a legal meeting 2. Public Comment Opens 3. Public Comment Closes 4. Executive Session A. Motion for the Common Council to Convene in Executive Session for the Purpose of Interviewing Consultant for the City’s Recently Approved Charter Revision Process B. Motion to Invite into Executive Session: Attorney Steven Mednick, Attorney Daniel Ryan, and Clerk of the Common Council Linda Reed 5. Return to Public Session 6. Resolution A. Approving that Section 78-10, “Contracts for Professional Services” of Chapter 78 of the Middletown Code of Ordinances be waived to allow the hiring of an outside law firm, consultant, or professional organization to assist with the Charter Revision process, as authorized by the Common Council in Resolution No. 62-20, approved September 8, 2020; that a subcommittee of the Common Council, consisting of the Common Council leadership – Majority Leader Councilman Eugene Nocera, Deputy Majority Leader Councilman Grady Faulkner, Jr., Minority Leader Councilman Philip Pessina, and Deputy Minority Leader Councilman Anthony Gennaro, Sr. – and Councilman Vincent Loffredo, who serves as Deputy September 24, 2020 COMMON COUNCIL – SPECIAL MEETING Page 2 Mayor, collectively be appointed to develop and negotiate the proposed scope of legal services to be performed by said law firm, consultant, or professional organization; that this subcommittee be authorized to sign an agreement on behalf of the Common Council to retain such outside law firm, consultant, or professional organization; and that a majority of the signatures of said subcommittee shall suffice to authorize such agreement. 7. Adjournment K: review/ agenda/ 20 September 24 – special Charter meeting – 24 September 2020