TOWN COUNCIL MAJORITY OFFICE
FEES COMMITTEE
JULY 28, 2009
PRESENT Marcia Leclerc, Chair, Councillors Donald H. Pitkin and Marc Weinberg
ALSO
PRESENT Melody A. Currey, Mayor
Rich Gentile, Assistant Corporation Counsel
Jeanne Webb, Director of Development
Raymond Lemley, CSB Communications, LLC on behalf of Pocket
Communications
CALL TO ORDER
Chair Leclerc called the meeting to order at 4:30 p.m.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
May 5, 2009 Meeting
MOTION By Don Pitkin
seconded by Marc Weinberg
to approve the minutes of the May 5, 2009 meeting.
Motion carried 3/0.
OPPORTUNITY FOR CITIZENS TO SPEAK
None
OLD BUSINESS
None
NEW BUSINESS
Youghiogeny Communications – Northeast, LLC d/b/a Pocket Communications
Jeanne Webb, Director of Development, and Rich Gentile, Assistant Corporation Counsel, discussed the proposed lease agreement between Youghiogeny Communications, d/b/a Pocket Communications and the Town of East Hartford. Several questions that were raised by the subcommittee were satisfactorily addressed by the Administration.
MOTION By Don Pitkin
seconded by Marc Weinberg
to recommend that the Town Council approve the proposed lease
between the Town of East Hartford and Youghiogeny Communications –
Northeast, LLC d/b/a Pocket Communications with respect to a portion of
the Town’s cellular communications tower located at 100 Sunset Ridge
Drive, which lease shall have one initial five-year term and two
successive five-year renewal terms, subject to the following lease fees:
- First Year: Lease fees shall equal $2,100 per month
- Each Additional Year: monthly lease fees shall increase on each anniversary of the commencement date of the lease by 3% over the previous year’s monthly lease fee.
Motion carried 3/0.
ADJOURNMENT
MOTION By Don Pitkin
seconded by Marc Weinberg
to adjourn at 6:30 p.m.
Motion carried 3/0.
C: Town Council
Mayor Currey
Jeanne Webb, Director of Development
Rich Gentile, Assistant Corporation Counsel
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