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Torrington Blue Ribbon Commission
Minutes of Meeting
Friday, January 14, 2011
Torrington City Hall, 7AM Office of the Mayor
Members Present: Ken Traub, Mike Clark, Doug O’Connell, Mayor Bingham, Lorel Purcell, and Steve Todd. Also present: Danielle Batchelder and Stephen Nocera
- The meeting was opened at 7 AM on a motion from Mr. Clark, second by Mr. O’Connell.
- The Minutes of the Meeting of December 17, 2011 were approved on a motion from Mr. O’Connell, second by Mr. Todd and approved by the commission.
- Mayor Bingham requested an update on the BOE selection of a relocation site for their administrative offices. Mr. Traub stated that the former temporary City Hall site on Field Street was under consideration because it offered the potential for an alternative high school facility in addition to administrative offices. Mr. Traub said that the Field St location also afforded an opportunity for all BOE personnel to be located in one building, whereas the City Hall space available would support only 11 BOE administrators and require dispersing the remaining staff to other sites, possibly at school buildings. Ms. Batchelder informed the commission that the BOE Budget Committee would meet on January 19th, and it was likely that an answer regarding City Hall as a relocation site would be settled at that
meeting. Mayor Bingham requested that the BOE representative be prepared to present that information at the regularly scheduled BRC meeting on Friday January 21st. Mr. Nocera asked if the BOE office move was still planned for summer, 2011. Mr. Traub stated that it was. Mr. Clark asked that if the BOE chose to relocate to City Hall that the moving bid process include those moves within City Hall necessary to accommodate that action, as well as a cost projection for facility alterations also required for that move.
- Mr. Nocera presented a draft of task assignments for commissioners’ review. Changes requested were noted by Mr. Nocera, and a final assignment plan will be distributed at the February 4th BRC Meeting.
- Other Business:
Mayor Bingham stated that he had met with State of CT representatives to discuss the anticipated ECS cuts. He stated that it appears that offsetting cuts will be made elsewhere to enable ECS funding to remain as originally projected.
- A motion to adjourn was made at 8:12 AM by Mr. O’Connell, seconded by Mr. Todd and approved by the commission.
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