MINUTES
CITY COUNCIL AND WPC AUTHORITY
APRIL 4, 2011
A REGULAR MEETING of the City Council & WPC Authority was held in the Auditorium on Monday, April 4, 2011.
Present were Acting Mayor Drake Waldron, Corporation Counsel Ernestine Yuille Weaver, City Councilors Gregg Cogswell, Paul Samele, Elinor Carbone, and Marie Soliani, Deputy Fire Chief Gary Brunoli, Superintendent of Parks and Recreation Brett Simmons, Fleet Manager Emil Castro, and City Clerk Joseph Quartiero. Mayor Ryan Bingham and City Councilor Gerald Zordan were absent. Acting Mayor Waldron called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m.
MINUTES
On a motion by Councilor Carbone, seconded by Councilor Soliani, the Council voted unanimously to approve the minutes of the special meeting held jointly with the Board of Finance on March 9, 2011.
On a motion by Councilor Cogswell, seconded by Councilor Samele, the Council voted unanimously to approve the minutes of the regular meeting held March 9, 2011.
On a motion by Councilor Carbone, seconded by Councilor Soliani, the Council voted unanimously to approve the minutes of the regular meeting held March 21, 2011.
On a motion by Councilor Carbone, seconded by Councilor Cogswell, the Council voted unanimously to approve the minutes of the special meeting regarding Budgets held March 28, 2011.
On a motion by Councilor Soliani, seconded by Councilor Carbone, the Council voted unanimously to approve
the minutes of the special meeting regarding the Dispatch Center held jointly with the Board of Public Safety on March 30, 2011. Councilor Samele abstained.
On a motion by Councilor Carbone, seconded by Councilor Cogswell, the Council voted unanimously to approve the minutes of the special meeting regarding Budgets held jointly with the Board of Public Safety on March 30, 2011. Councilor Samele abstained.
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
On a motion by Councilor Carbone, seconded by Councilor Samele, the Council voted unanimously to open the meeting to the public.
David Kissko, president of Local 1579, invited Council members to participate in a fundraiser for the Torrington Chapter
of FISH, Inc.
Chris Wiley noted City problems including drunken driving, road conditions, traffic volume, traffic movement, the proposed Education budget, downtown parking, declining property values and the job situation.
VEH. REPLACEMENT: Parks Dept. Dump Truck
On a motion by Councilor Carbone, seconded by Councilor Samele, the Council voted unanimously to accept the recommendation of the Fleet Manager and the Parks & Recreation Superintendent to move ahead by one year on the Vehicle Replacement Plan the scheduled purchase of a dump truck budgeted for approximately $102,000.
Mr. Castro explained two reasons for this. It is part of the smoothing process on the Vehicle Replacement Plan to level out the spending, and he can’t see this (12 year old) vehicle making it another eight months without another major repair.
Councilor Carbone asked if there is a committee that looks at these requests, and if they have met to discuss this.
Mr. Castro said there is.
Councilor Soliani clarified that the money is in those accounts. Mr. Castro said that is correct.
TABLED: City Hall Grievance #11-01 and Public Works Grievance #11-01
On a motion by Councilor Cogswell, seconded by Councilor Carbone, the Council voted unanimously to table acceptance of the Personnel Committee recommendations for City Hall Grievance #11-01 and Public Works Grievance #11-01.
TABLED: Agreement – Torr. Brd. of Educ. & Torr. Public Sch. Admin Assn.
On a motion by Councilor Carbone, seconded by Councilor Cogswell, the Council voted unanimously to table
acceptance of the Agreement between the Torrington Board of Education and the Torrington Public School Administrators Association effective from July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2013.
ADD SECTION B
On a motion by Councilor Soliani, seconded by Councilor Carbone, the Council voted unanimously to add Section B to the agenda.
VEH. REPLACEMENT: Police Interceptors
On a motion by Councilor Carbone, seconded by Councilor Samele, the Council voted unanimously to accept the recommendation of the Vehicle Replacement Advisory Board to purchase two Police Interceptors one year in advance and refer it to the Board of Finance. This was approved by the Board of Public Safety on March 2, 2011.
Mr. Castro explained this is to obtain the last set of Crown Victorias into the fleet, leaving time to evaluate the new types of vehicles before purchasing them.
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, AGENDA ITEMS ONLY
On a motion by Councilor Samele, seconded by Councilor Cogswell, the Council voted unanimously to open the meeting to the public on "agenda items" only.
Mr. Wiley asked about the Parks Dept. Dump Truck and the Police Interceptors.
BUSINESS BY DEPT HEADS
On a motion by Councilor Carbone, seconded by Councilor Samele, the Council voted unanimously to consider business presented by Department Heads.
Mr. Simmons said that the Parks & Recreation Spring Summer Brochure is out now.
Mr. Castro spoke about receiving free equipment from CL & P for an electrical service station for future electric vehicles. He said we’d have to do the installation ourselves.
BUSINESS BY MAYOR AND COUNCIL
On a motion by Councilor Cogswell, seconded by Councilor Carbone, the Council voted unanimously to consider business presented by the Mayor and members of the City Council. No business was presented.
ADJOURNMENT
On a motion by Councilor Carbone, seconded by Councilor Samele and unanimously approved, the meeting was adjourned at 6:55 p.m.
ATTEST: JOSEPH L. QUARTIERO, CMC
CITY CLERK
Respectfully Submitted,
Carol L. Anderson, CCTC
Asst. City Clerk
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