AGENDA
SPECIAL MEETING
SOUTH WINDSOR TOWN COUNCIL
COUNCIL CHAMBERS MONDAY, AUGUST 2, 2010
SOUTH WINDSOR TOWN HALL TIME: 7:00 P.M.
1. Call Meeting to Order
2. Roll Call
3. Public Participation
[Per Town Council Rules, this segment of the meeting shall not exceed thirty (30) minutes unless extended by the Mayor, with the consent of a majority of the Town Council.]
4. Communications
5. Executive Session
A. Discuss Negotiations Between the Town of South Windsor and South Windsor Police Union, Local 1480, Council 15, AFSCME, AFL-CIO
B. Discuss Tax Assessment Agreements for hotels
C. Discussion of documents containing financial information provided in confidence and exempt from disclosure pursuant to C.G.S. § 1-200(6) and 1-210 (b)(5)(B) regarding The Connecticut Studios project.
6. Special Unfinished Business
A. Resolution Approving the Transfer of $100,000 from the Capital and Non-Recurring Expenditure Account to the Energy Management Library Capital Project Account (tabled from the July 19, 2010 meeting)
B. Resolution Accepting Open Space within the Kilkenney Heights Subdivision (tabled from the July 19, 2010 meeting)
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AGENDA
Special Meeting – Town Council
Monday, August 2, 2010
7. Special New Business
A. Resolution Approving the Transfer of $175,000 from the Capital and Non-Recurring Expenditure Account to the Recreation Capital Projects Account
B. Resolution Appropriating $1,100,000 for Handicapped Accessibility Code Compliance Renovations and Improvements at South Windsor High School and Authorizing the Issuance of $1,100,000 Bonds of the Town to Meet Said Appropriation and Pending the Issuance Thereof the Making of Temporary Borrowings for Such Purpose, and as more fully described in attached Exhibit A.
C. Resolution Providing for Referendum of Town Electors
D. Resolution Authorizing the Town Attorney to Draft Explanatory Text for the upcoming Referendum Regarding the Handicapped Accessibility Code Compliance Renovations and Improvements at South Windsor High School
- Resolution Approving the Transfer of $148,329 from Various Accounts to Various Department Operating Budgets
- Resolution Approving the Transfer of $40,961 from Various Accounts to the Capital Leases, Casualty and Liability Insurance, and Workers’ Compensation Budgets
G. Resolution Approving an “Agreement Between the Town of South Windsor and the South Windsor Police Union Local 1480”
H. Resolution Referring the Town of South Windsor’s Proposed Upgrades to the Dry Pit Sewer Pump Stations to the Planning and Zoning Commission Pursuant to the Requirements of Section 8-24 of the Connecticut General Statutes
8. Adjournment
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RESOLUTIONS
SPECIAL MEETING
MONDAY, AUGUST 2, 2010
6. Special Unfinished Business
A. Resolution Approving the Transfer of $100,000 from the Capital and Non-Recurring Expenditure Account to the Energy Management Library Capital Project Account (tabled from the July 19, 2010 meeting)
(Mayor Pelkey)
BE IT RESOLVED that the South Windsor Town Council having conducted the required Public Hearing at 7:45 p.m. on July 6, 2010, hereby approves the transfer of $100,000 from the Capital and Non-Recurring Expenditure Account to the Energy Management Library Capital Project Account to cover the cost of the Energy Management Library.
B. Resolution Accepting Open Space within the Kilkenney Heights Subdivision (tabled from the July 19, 2010 meeting)
(Councillor Prague)
BE IT RESOLVED that the South Windsor Town Council hereby accepts the deed for 6.5 acres of open space within the Kilkenney Heights Subdivision.
7. Special New Business
A. Resolution Approving the Transfer of $175,000 from the Capital and Non-Recurring Expenditure Account to the Recreation Capital Projects Account
(Councillor Havens)
BE IT RESOLVED that the South Windsor Town Council having conducted the required Public Hearing at 7:15 p.m. on July 19, 2010, hereby approves the transfer of $170,000 from the Capital and Non-Recurring Expenditure Account to the Recreation Capital Projects Account to cover the cost of Recreation projects.
B. Resolution Appropriating $1,100,000 for Handicapped Accessibility Code Compliance Renovations and Improvements at South Windsor High School and Authorizing the Issuance of $1,100,000 Bonds of the Town to Meet Said Appropriation and Pending the Issuance Thereof the Making of Temporary Borrowings for Such Purpose, and as more fully described in attached Exhibit A.
(Councillor Delnicki)
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RESOLUTIONS
Special Meeting – Town Council
Monday, August 2, 2010
7. Special New Business (Continued)
C. Resolution Providing for Referendum of Town Electors
(Councillor Hale)
BE IT RESOLVED that the Resolution entitled “Resolution Appropriating $1,100,000 for Handicapped Accessibility Code Compliance Renovations and Improvements at South Windsor High School and Authorizing the Issuance of $1,100,000 Bonds of the Town to Meet Said Appropriation and Pending the Issuance Thereof the Making of Temporary Borrowings for Such Purpose”, heretofore at this meeting adopted, be submitted to the Town electors for approval or disapproval at a referendum to be held in conjunction with the general election to be held Tuesday, November 2, 2010, and that the warning of said referendum state the question to be voted upon as follows:
3. “Shall the resolution entitled “Resolution Appropriating $1,100,000 for Handicapped Accessibility Code Compliance renovations and Improvements at South Windsor High School and Authorizing the Issuance of $1,100,000 Bonds of the Town to Meet Said Appropriation and Pending the Issuance Thereof the Making of Temporary Borrowings for Such Purpose”, adopted by the Town Council on August 2, 2010, be approved?”
The ballot label for said question will read as follows:
“Shall the resolution appropriating and authorizing bonds in the amount of $1,100,000 for handicapped accessibility code compliance renovations and improvements at South Windsor High School be approved? YES NO.”
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RESOLUTIONS
Special Meeting – Town Council
Monday, August 2, 2010
7. Special New Business (Continued)
D. Resolution Authorizing the Town Attorney to Draft Explanatory Text for the upcoming Referendum Regarding the Handicapped Accessibility Code Compliance Renovations and Improvements at South Windsor High School
(Councillor Bazzano)
E. Resolution Approving the Transfer of $148,329 from Various Accounts to Various Department Operating Budgets
(Councillor Favreau)
BE IT RESOLVED that the South Windsor Town Council hereby approves a transfer of $50,000 from Public Works Parks Division Full-Time Salaries; $40,000 from Salary Contingency; $22,274 from Social Security Taxes; and $36,055 from Unemployment Taxes to the following department operating budgets, to cover expenditures for fiscal year 2009/2010:
- $220 to the Open Space Task Force Operating Materials account
- $9 to the Park & Recreation Commission Printing account
- $31,100 to the Town Clerk Full-time Salaries account
- $117,000 to the Police Operations Overtime account
F. Resolution Approving the Transfer of $40,961 from Various Accounts to the Capital Leases, Casualty and Liability Insurance, and Workers’ Compensation Budgets
(Councillor McCann)
BE IT RESOLVED that the South Windsor Town Council hereby approves a transfer of $21,000 from the Hydrants and Water Lines budget and $19,961 from the Pension budget to fund $5,474 in the Capital Leases budget, $8,232 in the Casualty and Liability Insurance budget, and $27,255 in the Workers’ Compensation budget, to cover expenditures for fiscal year 2009/2010.
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RESOLUTIONS
Special Meeting – Town Council
Monday, August 2, 2010
7. Special New Business (Continued)
G. Resolution Approving an “Agreement Between the Town of South Windsor and the South Windsor Police Union Local 1480”
(Councillor Hale)
BE IT RESOLVED that the South Windsor Town Council hereby approves the proposed “Agreement Between the Town of South Windsor and South Windsor Police Union, Local 1480, Council 15, AFSCME, AFL-CIO” for the period July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2015.
H. Resolution Referring the Town of South Windsor’s Proposed Upgrades to the Dry Pit Sewer Pump Stations to the Planning and Zoning Commission Pursuant to the Requirements of Section 8-24 of the Connecticut General Statutes
(Councillor Prague)
WHEREAS, the Water Pollution Control Authority has recommended to the Town Council that upgrades to the Dry Pit Sewer Pump Stations be done; and
WHEREAS, the Town Council intends to appropriate $1,950,000 for the design and construction of upgrades to the Dry Pit Sewer Pump Stations; and
WHEREAS, any plan that includes the use of Town monies, must first be submitted to the South Windsor Planning and Zoning Commission for a report pursuant to Section 8-24 of the Connecticut General Statutes
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the upgrades to the Dry Pit Sewer Pump Stations be submitted to the South Windsor Planning and Zoning Commission for a report pursuant to Section 8-24 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
8. Adjournment
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