TOWN COUNCIL CHAMBERS
740 MAIN STREET
EAST HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT
AUGUST 16, 2011
PUBLIC HEARING/ORDINANCE REVISIONS
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS
FLOOD PROTECTION COMMITTEE
PRESENT Chair Richard F. Kehoe, Vice Chair William P. Horan, Jr., Majority Leader Barbara Ann Rossi, Minority Leader Eric A. Thompson, Councillors Marc I. Weinberg, Linda A. Russo, Ram Aberasturia, Susan P. Skowronek, and Patricia Harmon
Chair Kehoe called the public hearing to order at 7:08 p.m.
The following is a copy of a legal notice published in the Tuesday, August 9, 2011 edition of the Hartford Courant.
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LEGAL NOTICE
Public notice is hereby given that the Town Council of the Town of East Hartford, Connecticut,
will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. in the Town Council Chambers,
740 Main Street, East Hartford, Connecticut, regarding (1) proposed revisions to Section 2-115, Director
of Public Works job description; and (2) the proposed new ordinance entitled “Flood Protection Committee”.
Any person(s) wishing to express an opinion on this matter may do so at this meeting.
Angela Attenello
Town Council Clerk
The Chair gave a brief explanation of the revisions to the Director of Public Works job description. The proposed ordinance will allow applicants to that position to have a degree in either engineering, public administration or business management – not exclusively civil engineering as is presently required in the ordinance.
The Flood Protection Committee, required by federal regulation, is charged with oversight of the town’s levee system. The Committee will be comprised of the Mayor, Public Works Director, Finance Director, and Town Engineer.
The following citizens came forward:
Mary Alice Dwyer-Hughes, 37 Green Terrace, (1) stated that there should be a supervisory requirement in the Director of Public Works job description; (2) said that job descriptions should not be tailored for a specific person; (3) recommended that a town resident should be part of the Flood Protection Committee.
Susan Kniep, 50 Olde Roberts Street, (1) recommended that the Flood Protection Committee be part of the Town Council; and (2) does not agree with eliminating the requirement of a degree in civil engineering in the Director of Public Works job description.
ADJOURNMENT
MOTION By Eric Thompson
seconded by Bill Horan
to adjourn (7:20 p.m.).
Motion carried 9/0.
Attest________________________
Angela M. Attenello
Town Council Clerk
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