AGENDA
TOWN COUNCIL SPECIAL WORK SESSION
COUNCIL CHAMBERS MONDAY, JULY 9, 2012
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 the majority of the Town Council.]
4. Communications
5. Town Manager’s Report
[Per Town Council Rules, this segment of the meeting shall not exceed ten (10) minutes unless extended by the Mayor, with the consent of the majority of the Council.]
6. Items for Discussion
A. Demolition Delay Ordinance (Attorney Kari Olson to be present)
B. Recommendations from the Athletic Field Sub-Committee (requested by Deputy Mayor Bazzano)
C. Capital Projects (requested by Councillor Snyder)
D. Capital Projects Survey (requested by Councillor Prague)
7. Executive Session
8. Adjournment
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Public Participation is Invited on Any Agenda Item
AGENDA
SPECIAL MEETING
SOUTH WINDSOR TOWN COUNCIL
COUNCIL CHAMBERS MONDAY, JULY 9, 2012
SOUTH WINDSOR TOWN HALL TIME: 8:00 P.M.
After Roll Call is complete, the Park & Recreation Department will be recognized as part of Park and Recreation Month and the South Windsor Police Department will be recognized for being named the top-fundraising law enforcement department of 2011.
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. Town Manager’s Report
6. Special Business
A. Resolution Authorizing the Town Manager to Enter into a Municipal Lease Purchase Agreement with Bank of the West
B. Resolution to Discontinue a Portion of Felt Road
C. Resolution Approving the Transfer of $128,263 from Various Accounts to Various General Fund Operating Budgets
D. Resolution Waiving Competitive Bidding for the Purchase and Installation of Security Equipment
E. Discussion Item – Potential Referendum for Property Conveyance to Evergreen Walk (requested by Town Manager)
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AGENDA
Special Meeting – Town Council
Monday, July 9, 2012
6. Special Business (Continued)
F. Discussion Item - Recommendations from the Athletic Field Sub-Committee (requested by Deputy Mayor Bazzano)
G. Discussion Item – Capital Projects (requested by Councillor Snyder)
H. Discussion Item – Capital Projects Survey (requested by Councillor Prague)
7. Executive Session
8. Adjournment
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RESOLUTIONS
SPECIAL MEETING
July 9, 2012
6. Special Business
A. Resolution Authorizing the Town Manager to Enter into a Municipal Lease Purchase Agreement with Bank of the West
(Deputy Mayor Bazzano)
WHEREAS, the South Windsor Town Council approved the purchase of a new safety answering service for the Police Department at its regular meeting on April 16, 2012; and
WHEREAS, the Town Manager has determined it is in the Town’s best interest to fund said purchase through a Municipal Lease Purchase Agreement with Bank of the West
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the South Windsor Town Council hereby authorizes Town Manager, Matthew B. Galligan to sign and execute a Municipal Lease Purchase Agreement with Bank of the West and any related documents necessary to the consummation of said Municipal Lease Purchase Agreement.
B. Resolution to Discontinue a Portion of Felt Road
(Councillor Havens)
WHEREAS, a portion of Felt Road is an unimproved “paper” road where it is located between Palmer Drive and Foster Street in South Windsor, Connecticut; and
WHEREAS, Wilfred E. Hebert, Jr. is the owner of 2355 Ellington Road, South Windsor, Connecticut, which property abuts the unimproved portion of Felt Road; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Hebert has filed a written request with the Town Council and the Board of Selectmen that the portion of Felt Road which runs from a point approximately three hundred forty feet (340’), southerly, of the intersection of Foster Road with Felt Road, to be discontinued by the Town (said portion of Felt Road to be abandoned is depicted on a GIS map entitled “Felt Road Discontinuance Map, prepared by the Town of South Windsor, South Windsor, Connecticut); and
(Resolution Continued on Next Page)
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RESOLUTIONS
Special Meeting – Town Council
Monday, July 9, 2012
6. B. (Continued)
WHEREAS, the South Windsor Planning & Zoning Commission has issued a report, pursuant to Section 8-24 of the Connecticut General Statutes endorsing the partial proposed closure
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the plan to discontinue that portion of Felt Road commencing at a point approximately 340 feet southerly of the intersection of Foster Street with Felt Road, as depicted on a GIS map entitled “Felt Road Discontinuance” and prepared by the Town of South Windsor, South Windsor Connecticut.
C. Resolution Approving the Transfer of $128,263 from Various Accounts to Various General Fund Operating Budgets
(Councillor Prague)
BE IT RESOLVED that the South Windsor Town Council hereby approves a transfer of $19,000 from Building Department Part-time Wages; $38,985 from Workers’ Compensation; and $70,278 from Contingency, to cover the following 2011/2012 expenditures:
- $610 to the Planning & Zoning Commission Advertising account
- $568 to the Zoning Board of Appeals Advertising account
- $6,092 to the Environmental Health Temporary Wages account
- $7,407 to the Environmental Health Professional account
- $81,444 to the Capital Leases account
- $32,142 to the Unemployment Compensation account
D. Resolution Waiving Competitive Bidding for the Purchase and Installation of Security Equipment
(Councillor Yagaloff)
WHEREAS, the Town of South Windsor has security locks and video surveillance equipment currently installed at the Police Department and the Town Hall; and
WHEREAS, the equipment at both facilities has been installed by the same vendor, Venture Communications and Security, LLC of Pomfret Center, Connecticut, and such equipment is compatible allowing for a single point of control and audit; and
(Resolution Continued on Next Page)
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RESOLUTIONS
Special Meeting – Town Council
Monday, July 9, 2012
6. D. (Continued)
WHEREAS, an effort to continue to improve security and safety at the Town Hall, the Police Station, the Community Center, Veterans Memorial Park, the Rotary Pavilion, Rye Street Park and other Town facilities is ongoing; and
WHEREAS, the cost to add elements to the security system often times exceeds the threshold for competitive bidding set forth in Section 714 of the South Windsor Charter; and
WHEREAS, in order to maintain the continuity of the current security system and minimize maintenance costs, it is in the best interest of the Town to waive the competitive bid process each time elements are added to the security system. This will allow a single vendor to have complete knowledge of the system thus providing more streamlined and efficient service to the Town
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the South Windsor Town Council hereby waives the competitive bid process as described in Section 714 of the Town’s Charter and authorizes the use of single vendor for the continuing purchase and installation of security locks and cameras for South Windsor facilities.
E. Discussion Item – Potential Referendum for Property Conveyance to Evergreen Walk (requested by Town Manager)
F. Discussion Item - Recommendations from the Athletic Field Sub-Committee (requested by Deputy Mayor Bazzano)
G. Discussion Item – Capital Projects (requested by Councillor Snyder)
H. Discussion Item – Capital Projects Survey (requested by Councillor Prague)
7. Executive Session
8. Adjournment
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