6:30 pm – PUBLIC HEARING: Consider Establishing Other Post Employees Benefits Trust
Immediately Following – Regular Meeting Board of Trustees of the City Employee’s Retirement Fund
Immediately Following – City Council & WPC Authority
AGENDA
CITY COUNCIL & WPC AUTHORITY
MONDAY, AUGUST 16, 2010
Immediately Following Regular Meeting of
Board of Trustees of the City Employees Retirement Fund,
which follows the Public Hearing scheduled for 6:30 pm
CITY HALL AUDITORIUM
1. Vote to enact “Other Post Employees Benefits Trust” as an ordinance establishing a retiree benefit trust, an oversight Board comprised of the Board of Finance and representatives from the City Council and Board of Education, and outlining duties of the OPEB Board.
2. Vote to approve the minutes of the regular meeting held August 2, 2010.
3. Vote to open the meeting to the public.
4. Vote to authorize the Mayor to establish a Blue Ribbon Commission to provide viable restructuring recommendations to reduce City government expense, with eight members to be appointed by the Mayor, and having two-year unlimited terms expiring August 20, 2012.
5. Vote to appoint the following:
--Diane Consolini to the Arts & Culture Commission, replacing Ron Alexander, with a three year term expiring December 31, 2011,
--James Bailey to the Board of Assessment Appeals, replacing regular member Kathleen Waltos, with a three year term expiring December 6, 2011.
--Jessica Rinaldi to the Board of Assessment Appeals, replacing regular member Heather Kosmulski, with a three year term expiring December 6, 2012.
--Richard Meda to the Board of Assessment Appeals, replacing alternate member Annette Caputi.
6. Vote to accept the recommendation of the committee formed from members of the Finance Department to award the Actuarial Services to EFI Actuaries, of Media, PA for the next three (3) fiscal years in the contracted amount of $16,704/$2,500/$17,750 which includes three (3) meetings per year for the valuation years and two (2) meetings in the non-valuation year, pending approval from the Board of Trustees of the City Employees’ Retirement Fund and having been approved by the Board of Trustees of the Police and Firemen’s Retirement Fund.
7. Vote to authorize the budget transfers for FY 09/10 stated in the City Comptroller’s Memo of 8/10/2010.
8. Vote to authorize the Torrington Combined Dispatch Project Team to waive the bid process and work with the specific vendors stated in Deputy Chief Brunoli’s letter of August 1, 2010.
9. Vote to authorize the Torrington Fire Department and Emergency Management to waive the bid process and award the purchase and installation of a new generator to Tower Generator Systems of Canton, CT in the amount of $119,900, with grant monies and vendor credit to be applied, leaving a total cost to the City of $29,100 to be paid from the Fire Department’s Capital Expenditure Fund.
10. Vote to accept the recommendation of the Fleet Manager and the Purchasing Agent to award a bid for a 2011 Ford F250 with an optional plow set-up/plow rear window guard for the Parks Dept. to Ray Seraphin Ford, Inc. of Rockville, CT in the amount of $26,928 from the Vehicle Replacement Fund.
11. Vote to accept the recommendation of the Fleet Manager and the Purchasing Agent to award a bid for a 2011 Ford F250 with an optional 4WD and lift gate for the Parks Dept. to Colonial Ford of Plymouth, MA in the amount of $25,104 from the Vehicle Replacement Fund.
12. Vote to accept the recommendation of the Purchasing Agent and the Fleet Manager to purchase a 2010 Ford Explorer for the Chief of Police from MHQ Municipal Headquarters, West Hartford, CT in the amount of $26,579 from the Vehicle Replacement Fund, having been approved by the Board of Public Safety.
13. Vote to accept the recommendation of the Purchasing Agent and the Fleet Manager to purchase four (4) Police Interceptors for the Police Department from Bonnell Motors, Inc. of Winchester, MA in the amount of $29,630 per vehicle ($118,520.00 total) from the Vehicle Replacement Fund with detailing performed by Write Way Signs of Torrington for a total cost of $2,316.
14. Vote to accept the Purchasing Agent’s and IT Manager’s recommendation to award a contract for the Upgrade/Replacement of the Outlook Mail Services to The Ergonomic Group, Inc. in the amount of $20,501
15. Vote to authorize payment of $1575.00 to L. Wagner & Assocs. from Fund #282, for Professional Services rendered January 1, 2010 through June 30, 2010 on the Water St. Sidewalk Project.
16. Vote to approve the following payments from the Municipal Renovations Fund #0316:
$5039.10 to BKM Total Office for Invoice #565688, furniture
$355.00 to WB Mason for Invoice #SPE150-000, probate supplies
$442.55 to US Bank for Invoice #2619170, professional services
17. Vote to accept the Brownfield RFP Consulting Committee’s recommendation to award the consulting services contract for Torrington’s Community-wide Brownfield Revolving Loan Fund to HRP Associates, Inc., according to RFP #BRL-039-061610 dated June 16, 2010.
18. Vote to open the meeting to the public on Agenda Items only.
19. Vote to consider business presented by Department heads.
20. Vote to consider business presented by the Mayor and members of the City Council.
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