Public Parking Commission

1 CITY OF NORWICH NORWICH PUBLIC PARKING COMMISSION The following are the minutes of the regular meeting of the Public Parking Commission held at 5: 00 p.m., September 19, 2017 at the Intermodal Transportation Center. PRESENT: Ms. Joanne Philbrick, Mr. H. Tucker Braddock, Mr. Jeff Lord, Mr. Sean Ryan. ABSENT: Mr. John Salomone and Mr. William Nash Mr. Braddock called the meeting to order at 5:00pm, noting a quorum was present. PUBLIC COMMENT: NONE MINUTES: A motion was made by Mr. Lord, second by Ms. Philbrick, to accept the minutes of the May 9, 2017 meeting as written. The vote was unanimous. FINANCIAL REPORTS & BILLS TO BE PAID: A motion was made by Ms. Philbrick, second by Mr. Lord to accept the financial reports and accounts payable reports for April 2017 through August 2017. The motion was voted on and passed unanimously. BUDGET UPDATE: Information was presented to the Commission indicating an error in computation of the original Budget 2017-2018 adopted at the May 2017 meeting . All individual line items were correctly presented, the total of the budget was added incorrectly. The Commission members were presented the corrected budget. The Finance Department requested that members sign a statement indicating that they were informed of the error, and the budget was approved as corrected. Motion made by Ms. Philbrick, second by Mr. Ryan to accept the corrected budget. The motion was voted on and passed unanimously. The statement for the Finance Deparrtment was signed by the attending members. MINUTES NPPC MEETING 09/19/2017  2 PROTEST PROCEDURE: After discussion of our present policy, and advisement from Corporation Counsel, The Commission members decided to institute a 3 step protest policy. The first 2 steps would remain as they are. The additional step to be added would involve the Hearing Officer of the City of Norwich. Ms. Rizzuto was asked to forward the information to Corporation Counsel for his advice and to be sure we are in compliance with State statutes. As long as the policy adheres to the State statutes, the Commission is requesting that Corporation Counsel present it as an Ordinance to the City Council for approval. Motion made by Ms. Philbrick, second by Mr. Ryan. Motion voted on and passed unanimously. SEAT TICKET INFO: This information required no action by the Commission. An update related to SEAT bus tickets sold at the ITC. SECURITY UPGRADE: Ms. Rizzuto requested that the Commission members consider a security option suggested by Mr. Leon Barnowski, (IT/LAN Director,City of Norwich). Mr. Barnowski suggested the use of a DVR to monitor the Lobby area of the ITC. Existing cameras would be used. The data would be stored for up to 2 weeks. The cost would be about $700.00. Mr. Jeff Lord made a motion to approve the expenditure, Mr. Braddock seconded the motion. Voted on and passed unanimously. ANYTHING ELSE BROUGHT BEFORE THE COMMISSION: NONE ADJOURNMENT: Having no further business to discuss, a motion was made by Mr. Lord, second by Ms. Philbrick, to adjourn the meeting. Voted on and passed unanimously. Meeting was adjourned at 5:48 pm. Respectfully Submitted, Judith A. Rizzuto, Administrator Norwich Public Parking Commission MINUTES NPPC MEETING 09/19/2017