6:30: Public Hearing – Neighborhood Assistance Act*
*Immed. Following: Regular City Council & WPC Authority*
*Immed. Following: Special Joint City Council & WPC Authority and Board of Finance*
*Immed. Following: Special Board of Finance
Agenda
CITY COUNCIL & WPC AUTHORITY
PUBLIC HEARING
Monday, June 1, 2015
6:30 p.m.
City Hall Auditorium
PUBLIC HEARING: To review and discuss proposals for participation in the Neighborhood Assistance Act.
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Agenda
CITY COUNCIL & WPC AUTHORITY
REGULAR MEETING
Monday, June 1, 2015
Immediately Following the Public Hearing starting at 6:30 p.m.
Neighborhood Assistance Act
1. Roll Call Vote: To accept proposals for the participation in the 2015 Neighborhood Assistance Act.
Sewer Use Fee
2. Roll Call Vote by Board of Councilmen, herein acting as the Water Pollution Control Authority, to accept the recommendation of the WPCA Administrator and set the sewer use fee for the year beginning July 1, 2015 and ending June 30, 2016 as follows:
For Residential Users $212.00 per dwelling unit
For All Other Users $212.00 per 65,000 gallons of volume of flow
WPCA Budget
3. Vote by Board of Councilmen, herein acting as the Water Pollution Control Authority, to approve WPCA Budget for year beginning July 1, 2015 and ending June 30, 2016.
WPCA Capital Improvement Budget/Program
4. Vote by Board of Councilmen, herein acting as the Water Pollution Control Authority, to approve WPCA Five-Year Capital Improvement Budget/Program for year beginning July 1, 2015 and ending June 30, 2020.
WPCA Misc. Fee Schedule
5. Vote by Board of Councilmen, herein acting as the Water Pollution Control Authority, to approve WPCA Miscellaneous Fee Schedule for year beginning July 1, 2015 and ending June 30, 2016.
Minutes
6. Vote to accept the minutes of the Special Meeting and Public Hearing held jointly with the Board of Finance on May 4, 2015.
7. Vote to accept the minutes of the Regular Meeting held May 4, 2015.
Open to Public
8. Vote to open the meeting to the public.
Sanitary Sewer East Drainage Basin Rehab.
9. Vote by the City Council, herein acting as the Water Pollution Control Authority to approve a payment of $27,904.40 to True Blue Environmental for Payment Requisition #7 dated May 22, 2015 for the East Drainage Basin I/I Rehab.
Transfer Funds/Purchase Streetlight work
10. Vote to authorize the transfer of $350,000 from the sale of the City Water System to the Streetlight Account Fund #105 for proposed streetlight work including removals of approximately 1,950 streetlights, 190 transfers and continuing conversions of streetlights to LED.
Resurface Pleasant View Park Tennis Court
11. Vote to accept the recommendation of the Superintendent of Parks & Recreation and the Purchasing Agent to award the base bid contract for Pleasant View Park Tennis Court Resurfacing to Dalton Track & Tennis of Cheshire, CT in the amount of $12,775 and to have the Mayor act on behalf of the City regarding the contract execution and administration.
Mayoral Appointments
Conservation Comm.
12. Note: Mayoral appointment of Dan McGuinness (D) to the Conservation Commission, replacing Diane Carroll, for a 3-year term to expire Sept. 5, 2016.
Northwest Connecticut Transit District
13. Note: Mayoral appointment of Daniel Farley (R) to the Northwest Connecticut Transit District, replacing Evelyn Lukes and completing a four-year term to expire July 1, 2015, and to reappoint him at that time for a second four-year term to expire July 1, 2019.
Torrington Housing Authority
14. Vote to approve the Mayor’s appointment of Daniel Farley (R) to the Torrington Housing Authority for a five-year term to expire September 1, 2018, replacing Robert Raleigh, deceased.
Small Cities
15 Vote to accept the recommendation of the Small Cities Committee regarding approval of project #143-327, and any others presented.
16. Vote to authorize a payment of $111.36 to the Republican-American for an Invitation to Bid ad, upon receipt of drawdown #13.
Add Section B
17. Vote to add Section B to the agenda.
Downtown Market Review
18. Vote to accept the Economic Development Director’s recommendation to award the Downtown Torrington Market Review and Branding/Imaging Study contract to The Causeway Agency of Westport, CT, and to authorize the Mayor to act on behalf of the City regarding the execution and administration of the contract.
Main St. Realignment & Streetscape Improvements Phase II
19. Vote to adopt a resolution supporting the Main Street Realignment and Streetscape Improvements—Phase II and committing to funding the municipal share.
20. Vote to adopt a resolution supporting the nondiscrimination agreements and warrantees required under CT General Statutes §4a-60(a)(1), as amended in State of CT Public Act 07-245 and sections 9(a)(1) and 10(a)(1) of Public Act 07-142.
City Budget
21. Vote to approve the Mayor’s Level Five budget cuts, as presented.
22. Vote on final approval of the City Budget for the fiscal period of July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2015 and advance it to the Board of Finance.
Business by Dept. Heads
23. Vote to consider business presented by Department Heads.
Business: Mayor & Members
24. Vote to consider business presented by the Mayor and members of the City Council.
Adjournment
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