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Prepared by: Citizens’ Research Education Network,
Hartford Public Library, and Hartford 2000
There are 88 items on the agenda. The Council meeting will begin at 8 P.M. The next Council meeting will be Monday, May
12th at 8 P.M. at Hartford City Hall in Council Chambers.
Budget for FY 2003\04 – The Council will vote to set
a public hearing on the city’s 2003-04 budget for Wednesday, April 30 at
Bulkeley High School at 6 P.M. Copies
of the budget will be available sometime next week. (Item # 73)
Employee Outplacement Services – The Council will
vote on a resolution authorizing the City Manager to contract with Lee Hecht
Harrison, LLC, to provide outplacement services to employees who will be laid
off due to reductions in the workforce. (Item # 4)
Child Nutrition
Program – The Council will vote on a resolution authorizing the City
Manager to request funds for the 2003 Summer Lunch Program. The program, which is funded by the United
States Department of Education, provides free breakfasts and lunches to
Hartford youth. Last year the program
served 64,517 lunches and 22,211 breakfasts. (Item # 1)
Affirmative Action
Plan – The Council will send to public hearing May 19, the City’s
FY2003-2004 Affirmative Action Plan. The plan recommends, among other things, recruitment of more African
Americans, Latinos, Asian Americans, and Native Americans for various job
positions throughout the City and encouragement of females to enter
nontraditional jobs in fields such as technical and protective services. According to the plan, the City’s workforce
on March 24, 2003 was composed of 62 percent minority and 27.5 percent
female. (Item # 67)
Commission on the Environment - The Council will
receive a report from the Health, Human Services, and Recreation Committee on a
proposed ordinance which would create a Commission on the Environment. According to the report, the committee asked
for changes to be made to the ordinance after committee discussion. Corporation Counsel advised the committee
that the changes were substantive and that the proposed ordinance should be
withdrawn and a new ordinance submitted. (Items # 50 [report] and 68 [ordinance])
Hartford Design
Center – The Council will vote on a resolution that would implement the
recommendations for the establishment of the Hartford Design Center. The Center would be established as an
independent nonprofit organization with the City of Hartford and the University
of Hartford as major partners. The
mission of the Design Center would be to promote quality urban design,
especially in the areas of the Rising Star Neighborhoods and Pride Blocks. (Item # 57)
Main-Asylum-Trumbull
Street Project – The Council will vote on a resolution which would approve
the disposition agreement between the City of Hartford/Redevelopment Agency and
College Street Partners and Lubert Adler Real Estate Funds for 901-903 and 915
Main Street in the Main-Asylum-Trumbull Street Project. The Redeveloper has proposed that the
property be used for retail and office space. A disposition price of $1,400,000 has been established. (Item # 14)
If you have any
questions about the agenda call Greg Vickers at CREN, 249-1416 or Richard
Frieder at the Hartford Public Library, 695-6365. The Council Preview is a joint project of the Citizens' Research
Education Network and the Hartford Public Library.
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