Common Council Meeting 2/12/08
Despite the snowy night most showed for the Common Council Meeting.
Attending: Moccia Serasis, Brown (late), Bondi Bolden, Conroy, , Hilliard, Bonnefant, Kydes ,Lindstrom ,Hempstead, Straniti Krummel Sutton, McQuaid
The meeting opened with a moment of silence for Pat Festa’s wife and Geral Foley’s son who were killed in separate auto accidents.
Krummel makes a small change to the minutes, and they then voted unanimously on accepting them.
No one is signed up for public participation.
Tim Callahan gets reappointed as Director of the Health Dept. Phyllis Bolden speaks to the fine work Callahan does. Serasis and Conroy also speak highly of Callahan. Callahan is approved unanimously.
Mayor Remarks:
Mayor Moccia assembled quite the legislative representation for a press conference today with the Norwalk state delegation (the usual suspects) and Senate Minority Leader John McKinney, R-Fairfield, on green issues. Krummel also attended. Moccia is hoping that the city can become more energy efficient and take advantage of energy cost savings. [naturally this inspires me to shoot the video later that night]
Council President Remarks:
Bondi announces that power authority committee will have Lindstrom as chair, Hempstead, Conroy, Geake and Krummel will be on the committee.
Bondi says that Straniti will be on the Historical Commission the first year and Steve Serasis will on it the second year.
There’s some discussion on this. Krummel points out that the council appointment to the historical commission needs to be voted on by the council.
Hempstead makes a motion to suspend the rules to make the motion to have the council vote on the historical appointment since its not on the agenda.
Krummel says that the compromise is good but he’d prefer to see Serasis the first year and Straniti the second year.
Moccia: That sounds bi-partisan. [LAUGHTER]
The vote on the motion as it is and Krummel votes no everyone else for the appointment.
Bondi: reminds the council members that the police will come and get them if the weather is bad in order to make the meetings.
There’s a joke about going to jail instead, and Serasis inquires if he police would also take people to Stop N Shop afterward.
Consent Calendar:
Hempstead clarifies that the Kydes reimbursement item is being referred back to the finance committee this Thursday. And he clarifies that the backup is the wrong backup for the handyman part time position.
There’s some discussion about electrical work not being included and how it got on the agenda.
Krummel: Questions if Kydes should be present for the vote even if its on the consent calendar.
Kydes: Recuses himself.
They vote unanimously on the consent calendar including the referral back to the finance committee, Kydes is recused and left the room.
Off the consent calendar 6 A 1: Sutton votes no everyone else votes for it.
They adjourn.
