Torrington Blue Ribbon Commission
Minutes of Meeting
Friday, February 4, 2011
Torrington City Hall, 7AM Office of the Mayor
Members in Attendance: Mayor Bingham, Lorel Purcel, Doug O’Connell, Elinor Carbone, and Mike Clark. Also in Attendance were advisors Stephen Nocera and Danielle Batchelder.
1) The meting was opened on a motion by Mr. Clark, seconded by Ms. Carbone.
2) Minutes of the Meeting of 01.14.11 were approved with one abstention by Ms Carbone, on a motion from Mr. O’Connell, seconded by Mr. Clark and approved by the commission.
3) Ms. Batchelder reported to the commission that inclement weather had postponed the BOE budget committee meeting scheduled for review of BOE office relocation options. She stated that the matter was re-scheduled for review at the 2/9 Budget meeting, and will be brought before the full Board on February 16th. She stated that relocation of BOE offices to City Hall remained a possibility despite newspaper articles to the contrary. Ms. Batchelder was confident that the BRC would be informed of the BOE’s decision at the BRC meeting scheduled for February 18th.
4) Mr. Nocera presented a review of the finalized BRC task list assignments; followed by a presentation of scheduled feedback and/or completion dates assigned to the task list by Ms. Purcell. Ms Purcell noted that several tasks were due for presentation to the BRC and recommendation to the Mayor at the March 4th meeting. Mr. Clark stated that finalization of the BOE office relocation site was crucial to finalization/modification of work in progress task recommendations.
5) A formal recommendation was presented to the Mayor requesting that he refer specific employee suggestions, as outlined, to the appropriate department heads for action as part of their position responsibility. Suggestions were forwarded to the Public Works Director, Personnel Director, Sullivan Senior Center Executive Director and Superintendent of Parks and Recreation. Responses are due back to the Mayor by Thursday, February 17th
6) Other Business: Mr. Clark opened a discussion regarding the meeting schedule of the BRC suggesting that scheduling the meetings at days end might increase commissioner attendance. All commissioners and advisors in attendance agreed that a late afternoon meeting time would be more convenient. By process of elimination among those present, it was decided that afternoon meetings held at 5 PM Tuesdays would be the only universally acceptable hour to meet. Mr. Clark agreed to contact members/advisors not present to determine their availability on Tuesdays at 5 PM.
7) The meeting was adjourned at 8:05 AM on a motion from Ms Carbone, seconded by Mr. Clark and unanimously approved by the commission.
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