AGENDA
TOWN COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING
COUNCIL CHAMBERS MONDAY, MAY 20, 2013
SOUTH WINDSOR TOWN HALL TIME: 8:00 P.M.
After Roll Call is complete, Public Works will be recognizing individuals with awards, (“Business Partners, Citizens and Employees”) as part of the National Public Works Week
1. Call Meeting to Order
2. Prayer: Councillor Prague
3. Pledge of Allegiance
4. Roll Call
5. Public Input
[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.]
6. Environmental Health & Safety Message
7. Adoption of Minutes of Previous Meetings
8. Public Petitions
9. Communications from Officers and Boards Directly Responsible to Council
10. Reports from Standing Committees
11. Reports of Temporary Committees
12. Consent Agenda
[All items listed with an asterisk (*) are considered to be routine by the Town Council and will be enacted by one Motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Council member so requests, in which event the item will be removed from the General Order of Business and be considered in its normal sequence on the Agenda.]
13. Unfinished Business
A. Resolution Appointing a Rate Maker for Fiscal Year 2013/2014
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AGENDA
Regular Meeting – Town Council
Monday, May 20, 2013
14. New Business
A. Resolution Accepting the Resignation of Clifford Slicer (D) an Alternate from the Board of Assessment Appeals
B. Resolution Regarding the Sale of 85 Nutmeg Road
C. Resolution Approving a Refund of Taxes to Seventeen (17) South Windsor Taxpayers
15. Passage of Ordinance
16. Public Input
[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.]
17. Communications and Petitions from Council
[Per Town Council Rules, this segment of the meeting shall not exceed twenty (20) minutes unless extended by the Mayor, with the consent of a majority of the Council.]
18. Communications and Reports from Town Manager
[Per Town Council Rules, this segment of the meeting shall not exceed ten (10) minutes unless extended by the Mayor, with the consent of a majority of the Council.]
19. Executive Session
20. Adjournment
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RESOLUTIONS
Monday, May 20, 2013
7. Adoption of Minutes of Previous Meetings
(Councillor Yagaloff)
BE IT RESOLVED that the South Windsor Town Council approves the Minutes of the following Town Council Meetings: Work Session Minutes of May 6, 2013; and Regular Meeting Minutes of May 6, 2013.
13. Unfinished Business
A. Resolution Appointing a Rate Maker for Fiscal Year 2013/2014
(Councillor Snyder)
BE IT RESOLVED that the South Windsor Town Council hereby appoints Matthew B. Galligan, Town Manager, as Rate Maker for Fiscal Year 2013/2014.
14. New Business
A. Resolution Accepting the Resignation of Clifford Slicer (D) an Alternate from the Board of Assessment Appeals
(Councillor Havens)
BE IT RESOLVED that the South Windsor Town Council hereby accepts with regret, the resignation of Clifford Slicer (D) an Alternate to the Board of Assessment Appeals, said resignation effective immediately; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the South Windsor Town Council extends its thanks to Clifford Slicer for the time he has dedicated to serving his community by his membership on the Board of Assessment Appeals..
B. Resolution Regarding the Sale of 85 Nutmeg Road
(Deputy Mayor Bazzano)
WHEREAS, in or about 2009, the Town of South Windsor acquired the real property and improvements located at 85 Nutmeg Road in the Town of South Windsor (the “Property”); and
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RESOLUTIONS
Regular Meeting – Town Council
Monday, May 20, 2013
14. B. (Continued)
WHEREAS, the Town Council, acting through its Town Manager, duly authorized, entered into that certain Tax Lien Conveyance and Assessment Agreement, dated January 15, 2010 (the “Agreement”), pursuant to which 85 Nutmeg Road, LLC agreed to take title to the Property and to rehabilitate the Property and, in return, the Town agreed to abate the real property taxes for the Property; and
WHEREAS, the Town Council conveyed the Property to 85 Nutmeg Road, LLC for this purpose; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Constantinos Constantinou owns an abutting parcel of property as more particularly described in Exhibit A to the deed of conveyance, dated March 22, 2012 and filed upon the land records of the Town of South Windsor in Volume 2244 Page 19 (the “Parcel”), which Parcel also encompasses an access way to the Property and a portion of the building located thereon;
WHEREAS, 85 Nutmeg Road, LLC (the “Seller”) seeks the Town Council’s permission to sell the Property to Dr. Constantinos Constantinou (the “Buyer”) pursuant to a certain Purchase & Sale Agreement, dated April 29, 2013 (the “Purchase and Sale Agreement”) and requests the Town Council’s permission to do so;
WHEREAS, the Town Council finds that it is in the best interests of the Town to permit the proposed transfer subject to and expressly conditioned upon the following:
- As of the date of closing, the Agreement shall be deemed null and void and of no further legal effect and shall not be assigned or transferred in whole or in part from the Seller to anyone, including the Buyer; and
- The Town and 85 Nutmeg Road, LLC, for their successors, assigns, employees, officers and agents, shall execute and exchange at the closing for the Property, mutual releases relating to any and all further obligations of either party pursuant to the Agreement; and
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RESOLUTIONS
Regular Meeting – Town Council
Monday, May 20, 2013
14. B. (Continued)
- The Buyer shall execute and deliver to the Town Attorney, prior to the date of closing, a Notice of Merger, in a form approved by the Town Attorney, clearly stating that the Property and the Parcel shall be merged for all intents and purposes into a single lot of record as of the date of the closing, which Notice shall run with the land and be held in escrow pending the sale of the Property and shall be filed upon the land records of the Town of South Windsor immediately following the filing of the deed of conveyance for the Property; and
- As of the date of transfer, the Property, together with the Parcel, shall be assessed as a single lot, with improvements, for all real property taxes in accordance with law and based upon its fair market value as of that date; and
- 85 Nutmeg Road, LLC, acting through its member-manager, Jan Exman, shall provide an affidavit to the Town Attorney certifying that no interest in the Property or the Agreement, of any kind whatsoever, has been conveyed, sold, transferred or otherwise promised to any other person or entity, except as provided for herein.
BE IT RESOLVED: That the Town of South Windsor hereby authorizes the Town Manager to execute all necessary documents to facilitate the sale and transfer of the Property in accordance with the conditions outlined above and the terms of the Sale and Purchase Agreement.
C. Resolution Approving a Refund of Taxes to Seventeen (17) South Windsor Taxpayers
(Councillor Anwar)
BE IT RESOLVED that the South Windsor Town Council hereby approves a refund of property taxes to seventeen (17) South Windsor Taxpayers, the total of said refund being $4,887.22, and as more fully described on attached Exhibit A.
15. Passage of Ordinance
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RESOLUTIONS
Regular Meeting – Town Council
Monday, May 20, 2013
16. Public Input
[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.]
17. Communications and Petitions from Council
[Per Town Council Rules, this segment of the meeting shall not exceed twenty (20) minutes unless extended by the Mayor, with the consent of a majority of the Council.]
18. Communications and Reports from Town Manager
[Per Town Council Rules, this segment of the meeting shall not exceed ten (10) minutes unless extended by the Mayor, with the consent of a majority of the Council.]
19. Executive Session
20. Adjournment
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May 16, 2013
SOUTH WINDSOR TOWN COUNCIL
NOTICE OF CANCELLATION
OF
WORK SESSION
May 20, 2013
The South Windsor Town Council’s Work Session scheduled for 7:00 p.m. on Monday. May 20, 2013, is hereby cancelled.
Respectfully submitted,
Thomas Delnicki
Mayor
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