Council Preview
Hartford City Council Meeting

Monday, August 23, 2010
This meeting is a continuation of the August 9th meeting which was recessed until August 23rd.

Prepared by:
Hartford Public Library, and Hartford 2000

The Council meeting will begin at 7 P.M. at Hartford City Hall in Council Chambers. Items which were not acted upon at the August 9th meeting remain on the agenda and will be taken up. There may be some new items submitted at the meeting, but we will not know what they are until the meeting convenes. The items below retain the item numbers given at the August 9th meeting. Items which were acted upon at that meeting are not shown.

The next regular Council meeting will be held on Monday, September 13, 2010 at 7 PM, preceded at 6 PM by a public comment period. The next public hearing will be Monday, September 20, 2010 at 7 PM.

There were 58 items on the August 9th agenda; 18 remain for action. Below is detailed information about items of special interest to neighborhoods. Following those details is a listing of all agenda items, in layperson's language. The complete official agenda for the Council meeting is available online by clicking on “Council Agendas” at the following web site: http://www.hartford.gov/government/Town&CityClerk/Minutes/council_meeting_minutes.htm

ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST

Parks & Recreation – The Council will consider two proposed ordinances which, together, would change the way the City's parks and recreation functions are organized. The first ordinance would remove the Parks Maintenance Division from the Department of Public Works and would remove the Division of Recreation and Youth Services from the Department of Health and Human Services. The second ordinance would create a separate Department of Parks and Recreation which would consist of three divisions: Administration, Parks, and Recreation & Youth Services. The changes would be effective 90 days after passage of the ordinances. A public hearing on this matter was held on June 21, 2010. (Cotto) (Items #24 and 25)

Campaign Contributions – The Council will consider a proposed ordinance that would prohibit campaign contributions by City contractors to candidates running for Mayor, Council, Board of Education, Treasurer, and Registrar of Voters. City contractors include individuals, business entities, and nonprofit organizations that have agreements or contracts with the City of Hartford, Hartford Parking Authority, Hartford Housing Authority, or the Board of Education, as well as those who have submitted bids or proposals for the purpose of obtaining an agreement or contract. Contributions would be prohibited to candidates, exploratory committees, and political and party committees. A public hearing was held on this item on July 19. (Cotto) (Item #27)

LIST OF ALL AGENDA ITEMS

Item #

1. Corporation Counsel. Confirmation of Mayor's appointment of Saundra Kee Borges as Corporation Counsel. (Segarra)
2. Police Chief. Confirmation of Mayor's re-appointment of Daryl K. Roberts as Chief of Police. (Segarra)
3. Director of Emergency Services & Telecommunications. Confirmation of Andrew T. Jaffee as Director of Emergency Services and Telecommunications. (Segarra)
24. Re-Organization. Ordinance removing the division of Parks Maintenance from the Public Works Department and removing the division of Recreation & Youth Services from the Department of Health & Human Services. (Cotto)
25. Parks & Recreation. Ordinance creating a Department of Parks & Recreation to include Parks Maintenance and Recreation and Youth Services. (Cotto)
26. Board of Education Budget. Request to the Board of Education to provide the Council with adopted line-item budgets for the past two fiscal years and year-to-date figures for the current fiscal year. (Deutsch, Segarra)
27. Campaign Contributions. Proposed ordinance prohibiting individuals and entities who have contracts with the City of Hartford from making contributions to candidates for Mayor, Council, Registrar of Voters, Treasurer, or Board of Education. (Cotto)
29. New Councilmember. Resolution that an individual be selected to fill the vacancy on Council. (Deutsch)
30. Council President. Resolution that a Council President be selected. (Deutsch)
31. Commission Appointment. Appointment of Althea Cordner to the Commission on Aging. (Segarra)
32. Commission Appointment. Appointment of Kenneth Lerman to the Hartford Parking Authority. (Segarra)
33. Commission Appointment. Appointment of John Nelson to the Commission on Aging. (Segarra)
34. Commission Appointment. Appointment of David Cedar IV to the Commission on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Issues. (Segarra)
35. Commission Appointment. Reappointment of Cheryl Zeiner to the Commission on Disability Issues. (Segarra)
53. Lawsuit. Request for the Council to enter Executive Session to discuss Moffitt v. City of Hartford. (Deutsch)
54. Moratorium. Placement of a moratorium until September 6, 2010 on changes to retirees' health insurance premiums. (Deutsch)
56. Lawsuit. Request for the Council to enter Executive Session to discuss Moffitt v. City of Hartford. (Segarra)
57. Lawsuit. Request for the Council to enter Executive Session to discuss Perez v. Secore. (Segarra)

If you have any questions about the agenda, please call Richard Frieder at the Hartford Public Library, 695-6365, or Linda Bayer at Hartford 2000, 547-1663 X21. The Council Preview/Review is a joint project of Hartford 2000 and the Hartford Public Library.