AGENDA
CITY COUNCIL & WPC AUTHORITY
REGULAR MEETING
April 7, 2014
City Hall Auditorium -- 6:30 p.m.
Minutes
1. Vote to accept the minutes of the Regular Meeting held March 17, 2014.
Open to Public
2. Vote to open the meeting to the public.
Appointments
3. Vote to accept the appointment of John Czapor to the Conservation Commission, replacing Scott Whittaker after his resignation in March, 2014.
4. Vote to accept the Mayor's appointment of William Storti to the Inland Wetlands Commission for a 3-year term expiring September 5, 2016, replacing Kathy Carlson after her resignation in March, 2014.
Purchase Street Dept. Vehicles
5. Vote to accept the Purchasing Agent's, Fleet Manager's, and Street Superintendent's recommendation to purchase a 1-Ton Crew Cab 4 x 2 with Utility Body from Shaker's Inc. of Watertown, CT in the amount of $28,300, having been approved by the Vehicle Replacement Advisory Board on January 10, 2014.
6. Vote to accept the Purchasing Agent's, Fleet Manager's, and Street Superintendent's recommendation to waive the technicality on the low bidder and purchase a Dump Truck with Plow from Shaker's Inc. of Watertown, CT in the amount of $63,900, having been approved by the Vehicle Replacement Advisory Board on Jan. 10, 2014.
7. Vote to accept the Purchasing Agent's, Fleet Manager's, and Street Superintendent's recommendation to waive the technicality on the low bidder and purchase a Dump Truck from Shaker's Inc. of Watertown, CT in the amount of $52,400, having been approved by the Vehicle Replacement Advisory Board on Jan. 10, 2014.
Don't Block the Box
8. Vote to consider referring to the Ordinance Committee an ordinance designating intersections to which PA#09-171 (1) a shall apply, having been approved by the Board of Public Safety on April 2, 2014.
Fireworks Display
9. Vote to accept the recommendation of the Fireworks Committee and the Purchasing Agent to authorize the Mayor to award the 2014 Fireworks Display to Zambelli Fireworks Manufacturing Company of New Castle, PA in the amount $13,900 and to have the Mayor act on behalf of the City regarding the execution and administration of the contract.
WPCA - Replace Sewers, E. Torrington
10. Herein acting as the Water Pollution Control Authority, vote to accept the recommendation of the WPCA Administrator, Purchasing Agent and Weston & Sampson to waive the technicalities on the low bidders form and award the East Torrington Sewer Rehabilitation Project Sewer Replacements contract to the lowest responsive bidder True Blue Environmental Services, Inc of Wallingford Connecticut for the base bid price of $828,792.00.
WPCA – Sewer Capital Improvement
11. Herein acting as the Water Pollution Control Authority, vote to approve the following payments from Fund #490 Sanitary Sewer Capital Improvement for Capital Project D-2A East Drainage Basin Rehabilitation:
DATE CONTRACTOR INVOICE# AMOUNT$ DESCRIPTION
3/7/14 Weston & Sampson 431137 $11,892.00 East Drainage Basin I/I Design
3/7/14 Weston & Sampson 431139 $3,750.00 James Street Sewer Design
Small Cities Loan Repaymt.
12. Vote to authorize the payment of $711.20 to Tim Waldron as reimbursement ofr expenses incurred from a January 2014 NCDA Conference in Washington, DC.
13. Vote to authorize the payment of $513.42 to the Republican-American newspaper for a Notice of Public Hearing ad placed with regard to the 2014 Small Cities Grant Application.
Building Department Report
14. Vote to accept the Building Department Report for March, 2014.
15. Vote to consider business presented by Department Heads.
16. Vote to consider business presented by the Mayor and members of the City Council.
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