Council agenda 2/13

Here's the complete agenda. I won't do this again, but this is what is included in a "full" agenda... not my condensed versions, which normally only provide you with the "new business"...

1. Roll call

2. Pledge of allegiance

3. Public communications
a. Presentation of Cheshire Performing & Fina Arts Committee's annual CPFA Arts Award.
b. Presentation by Cheshire Youth Baseball
c. Status report by Kids in Motion

4. Consent calendar
a. Acceptance of $2,000 for Cheshire Fuel Bank from 1st Congregational Church
b. Acceptance of $1,000 from Pfeiffers to assist needy Cheshire residents
c. Acceptance of $50 from Leonore McParland to assist needy Cheshire residents
d. Acceptance of $200 from 1st Congregational Church to assist needy Cheshire residents
e. Acceptance of $1,400 from faculty & staff at Quinnipiac University from a memorial bench for Mary Segall
f. Authorization to apply for CT DEP grant for Dime Savings Property
g. Acceptance of $5,000 clean energy grant
h. Acceptance of $649 in asset forfeiture funds
i. Appropriation of $700 from the Open Space gift account for the purchase of materials to restore trailhead kiosks at the Dedominicus and Boulder Knoll properties. (I may have a problem with this because I'm wondering if we had grant money available for this same thing a couple years ago... but dropped the ball and didn't apply/obtain the grant money.)

5. Items removed from the consent calendar

6. Old business

7. New business

a. Acceptance of FY 05/06 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR)

b. Presentation on Town's financial status

c. Set public hearing on Operating Budget, Sewer Budget & Pool budget

d. Set public hearing on elderly tax relief

e. Amendment to fees for transfer station to comply with state rules

f. Waiver of bid for police mobile computer capital project (I don't like bid waivers, but this one seems to make sense... the police chief has already informally contacted three vendors and found that only one provides all of the necessary equipment. And for anyone who has followed the pool fiasco and all the ensuing finger-pointing, I think one-stop shopping can make a lot of sense. Still want to hear a bit more though.)

8. Town Manager report & communications
a. Monthly status report
b. Departmental status reports

9. Town Attorney report & communications

10. Reports of Committees of the Council
a. Chairman's report
b. Committee's report
c. miscellaneous

11. Approval of minutes

12. Miscellaneous and appointments
a. liaison reports
b. appointments to boards and commissions

13. Council communications
a. letters to Council
b. miscellaneous

14. Executive session
a. economic incentives
b. land acquisition
c. pending litigation

15. Adjournment

And there you have it... a fairly complete agenda. And now I hope you understand why I skip over most everything, except for new business. New business is usually the debated stuff on the agenda. Although about a year and a half ago, the consent calendar did include a paid fire department. Boy did my eyes light up when I saw that one....

I'm not expecting this to be a particularly long meeting.

Tim White
Town Council, 4th District