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MINUTES

WATERTOWN TOWN COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING
POLK SCHOOL LIBRARY
TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 2002, 8:00 P.M.


PRESENT:        Elaine Adams
        Lee Archer, Chairman
        Raymond Hebert, Jr., Vice Chairman
        Robert Kane
        Jean King
        Raymond Primini
        Paul Rinaldi
        Paul Valenti
        Richard Wick

ABSENT: None

OTHERS PRESENT: Charles Frigon, Interim Town Manager
        Frank Jodaitis, Water & Sewer Superintendent
        Randall McHugh, Town Attorney
        James Mullen, H.D. Segur
        Frank Nardelli, Assistant Town Manager/Finance Director

1.      Call Meeting To Order


Mr. Archer, Chairman, Called the Meeting to Order at 8:00 p.m.


2.      Roll Call


Ms. LaForme, Board Clerk, executed the Roll Call.


3.      Pledge of Allegiance


Mr. Archer, Chairman, led the Pledge of Allegiance.


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4.      Public Participation


Denise Russ, 135 Porter Street, Watertown, CT  06795

Ms. Russ:  I dont know if you can answer this tonight or not, but I would like to know the status of the Swift Middle School expansion?  Is it going forward or is it at a standstill because we have to be to referendum by June 30th?  I know the Public Works Committee was working on hiring an architect to have the drawings done, to get the quotes out for a bid so we could go to referendum.  After reading the newspaper, Im under the impression that the Town Council and the Board of Ed is just going to drop it and try going for a high school.  I mean, if you decide to do that, I think its a terrible move.  We need Swift to be expanded and get rid of Heminway Park School.  Youre never going to get a high school to fly in this Town, so since weve got the grant money already set aside at the State, I cant see why you wouldnt want to go forward with Swift.  Thanks.

Mr. Archer:  All I can say is that thats in the Board of Eds hands at this point.  They have not approached us with any plans, long or short range, and I believe thats an item possibly on their Agenda for next week, whether or not theyre going to push forward with that, so we would have to wait to see what they come out of that meeting with.

Robert LeBlanc, 78 Highland Avenue, Watertown, CT  06795

Mr. LeBlanc:  Theres a couple of items Id like to cover tonight.  First, according to the Town Charter, any people that spends any money, any Commission, must go through the Town Council for fees, and I just wonder if thats being done, or are commissions hiring attorneys on their own and now we have to foot the bill?  I just think that according to the Town Charter, Section 707, that any obligation made by any commissions must be approved by the Town Council.  Id just like to ensure that that gets done.  The last Council, I guess, had some kind of a resolution that all requests for monies or attorneys or anything had to go through the Town Manager.  I dont know if you people held up on that?

Mr. Archer:  Apparently thats still being followed through.  There was a request from a commission to hire their own attorney recently and that did come through us.

Mr. LeBlanc:  I just want to reiterate what it said in the Town Charter, and it said anybody that makes any kind of a bill must be responsible for that bill individually, which is very interesting.


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Secondly, is that on the 21st of December, I approached the Zoning Board to get some information, and it was closed due to sickness.  And then I had to wait 7 days to get my information cause it was closed on Thursday, Friday, in lieu of the holiday it was closed on Monday and Tuesday, and Wednesday they opened again.  So I was denied access to this information for 7 days.  Normally I would have gone to F.O.I., but I was requested by the good people on this Council not to go to F.O.I. if I could possibly not, so Im asking you people for help.  I would like to know who is responsible for closing the Zoning Office on such days like this.  This happened before Christmas and before Thanksgiving, 2 days before Thanksgiving and 2 days before Christmas, and as I say, I think its unfortunate that any kind of a citizen would want to get information they cant get it.  And according to State Statutes, the information must be held in the office ofthe Zoning Board and it must be available for perusal during working hours.  I wish you could square that away for me.  Thank you.

Mr. Archer:  Chuck, can you . . . you and I spoke about that.  I wonder if you could just add some information as to how that came about.

Mr. Frigon:  This was brought to my attention some weeks ago and I did look into tit.  The Planning and Zoning Commission, as you know, has a Zoning Enforcement Officer, an Assistant Zoning Enforcement Officer, and a Secretary in that department.  The Secretary was on a scheduled vacation, was in Albany, NY.  The Assistant was on a scheduled vacation and was in Virginia.  Apparently what Im told is that the Zoning Enforcement Officer took sick, term it, I guess, violently, and had to leave.  She did leaver word, Im told, with the Building Inspectors Office and they were to take any messages, call her at home, or leave voicemail with her and she would check her voicemail on a regular basis during the day, every few hours.  Im told that that did happen, and thats the extent of the information that I have.

Mr. Archer:  Well Id like to talk to you off line about this, during the recess when we go to Executive Session.

Mr. Archer Closed Public Participation at 8:09 p.m.


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5.      Minutes

        A.     Public Hearing Minutes  January 7, 2002
        B.     Regular Meeting Minutes  January 7, 2002


        MOTION:        (Mr. Kane, sec. Ms. Adams) to Approve the Public Hearing Minutes and the Regular Meeting Minutes dated January 7, 2002 as presented.


               Discussion:    None


               In Favor:      Ms. Adams, Mr. Archer, Mr. Hebert, Mr. Kane, Ms. King, Mr. Primini, Mr. Rinaldi, Mr. Wick


               Opposed:       None

               Abstained:     Mr. Valenti


               MOTION CARRIED (8-0-1)

6.      Sub-Committee Reports

        A.     Facilities Committee


               Mr. Primini:  We met on Monday, January 14th at the Town Hall Annex and we set a schedule for the next coming year.  We also reviewed our needs assessment of all Town buildings.  The purpose of the needs assessment is, we understand a lot of this has been done over the past several years, and the purpose of us compiling all the information is so we can set priorities for building maintenance and things like that that need to be done for all of the buildings, and where we plan to go with some of these buildings at the same time.


        B.     Ordinance Committee


               Mr. Wick:  We met this evening at 7:30 p.m. and approved for the Councils consideration two resolutions for bonding.


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        C.     Public Works Committee


               Ms. Adams:  We meet on the second Tuesday of every month up at the Annex just for anyone who is interested.  At our last meeting we reviewed the engineering division project status, we reviewed the drainage projects, and proposed budgets we also reviewed, that will be coming to, well first the Town Manager and then to the Budget Subcommittee; interesting process thats already begun.  I believe Chuck will probably update us later on Turkey Brook and the meeting with looking for more funding between Brian Flaherty, Lou DeLuca, Phil Deleppo, yourself.  As far as sidewalk funds go, we referred that to P & Z to look for their input on where they felt you might want to add some sidewalks in Town.  We also talkedabout a Public Works facility tour and we kind of decided that it might be best to combine that with Public Buildings and things that we may want to see there, but we definitely want to do it before we put our budgets to bed, so this way well take a Saturday morning and do what we have to do to become more familiar with the problems in Town.


7.      Chairmans Report


A.      Correspondence

        1.     Letter of Resignation from Michael Buckingham from EDC


               Mr. Archer read aloud a letter from Michael Buckingham, dated January 10, 2002 regarding his resignation from the Economic Development Commission, attached as Addendum A1.


B.      Turkey Brook Funding Sources Update

        Mr. Frigon:  As reported the last time, Phil Deleppo and I were fortunate enough to have the opportunity to meet with Senator DeLuca and Representative Flaherty on very short notice together.  We met for the purpose of discussing the funding of Turkey Brook, and I can really report tonight that both have agreed to pursue a program amendment with the D.E.C.D. for the M.A.A., the Manufacturers Assistant Agreement.  They have agreed to pursue the additional funding and are in the process of doing that now.  I spoke with them on Friday, Larry Wagner was not available Friday.  I did speak with him at length yesterday.  He is going, or will have made some calls today, Im assured he would have done that.  Tomorrow he is to return my call and we will together prepare an official letter from the Town to D.E.C.D. officially requesting those funds with both the Senator and the Representative pursuingthem on their own.  Im reasonably optimistic.


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        Mr. Archer:  Confidence level on that from them?

        Mr. Frigon:  From them I want to say it was above 50%.  They were reasonably optimistic.  They will certainly try hard, and thats all we can ask of them.  They were sincere in their promise to pursue this.

C.      Police Needs Assessment Update

        Mr. Frigon:  I did report at the last meeting that I hadnt had the opportunity to read that assessment.  I have read it and I have provided to our Town Attorney, Randy McHugh, my suggestions for that, and they were very minor in nature, my suggestions to incorporate into that study, and I believe its Atty. McHughs intention to get that contract out some time this week.

D.      Subcommittee Assignments

        Mr. Archer:  We have another additional person were putting on E.B.C., in our long, slow process of putting that together, that is an additional member from the Council, and Ray Primini has agreed to take the position.

E.      Other Business

        Mr. Archer:  A couple of things.  We had our first Saturday Open House meeting.  We had about 7 or 8 members of the public, if Im not mistaken.  We had a fairly lively discussion on everything ranging from, well pretty much everything.  I thought it was productive.  The folks that came felt that it was useful, and we got some great ideas out of it, actually a lot of them from them, which is the whole purpose of it is to:

        a.     Hear the public.
        b.     Pick up some suggestions from them.

        As Ive said many times, were a Town of 22,000, not just 9, and not all the ideas are going to come from behind this table, so I thought it was a very productive session.


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        Also, I wanted to announce that Im going to approach Eric Brown this week with the idea of forming a sort of a joint subcommittee, a Task Force that will be composed of both Board of Ed members and Council members, the purpose of which is to get both of us on the same page, both the Board and the Council regarding what were going to do with the two empty school buildings in Town, and also to take a look, in a joint fashion, at some of the long range planning that were going to have to do.  I know earlier someone had mentioned Swift School and whether or not were looking to build a High School, and all of those things are things that at least there should be a dialogue between the two bodies to make sure that were moving in the same direction.


8.      Action Items

        A.     Consider Appointments to Board and Commissions


               The terms of various boards and commissions have expired or are expiring.  Appointments must be made to fill these vacancies.

 

None


B.      Consider Introduction of Bond Ordinance and Setting Public Hearing Date for Extension of Water Mains in the Dunrobin, Westgate, Platt Road, Circuit, and Grandview Avenue Area and Sewers to Dunrobin/Westgate Area and the Referral of Same to P & Z for CGS 8-24 Approval

 

        The Ordinance Subcommittee considers and recommends the bonding ordinance to the Council.  Upon introduction of the bonding ordinance the Town Council needs to set a Public Hearing date to receive public comment on the ordinance.  After a Hearing is held, the Town Council may vote to adopt the ordinance and hold a referendum on the ordinance.  In addition, this project must be referred to the Planning & Zoning Commission for Connecticut General Statute 8-24 approval.


               MOTION:        (Mr. Hebert, sec. Mr. Wick) to schedule a Public Hearing Monday February 4, 2002 at 7:00 p.m. at the Polk School Library to hear on the ordinance regarding Circuit Avenue and Westgate Road service areas and the sanitary sewer mains to serve that area (attached as Addendum B1, B2, B3, and B4).

 

        MOTION:        (Ms. Adams, sec. Mr. Hebert) to amend that Motion to also include referring to the Planning and Zoning Commission for 8-24 approval.


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                             Discussion:    Mr. Rinaldi:  Why do we need 8-24 approval on that?  Theres no public buildings or schools involved with that.  Usually you need 8-24 approval for capital projects.

                                           Mr. Frigon:  8-24 is provided for any municipal infrastructure improvement, any municipal improvement whatsoever.  It could be a building, it could be water and sewer, it could be roads.  If its a municipally funded project, the item must go through 8-24 for Planning and Zoning approval.

                                           Mr. Rinaldi:  What happens if we consider a Bond Ordinance and it passes, and we have a Public Hearing, and Water & Sewer approves this project, and P & Z doesnt approve the 8-24?  Then what?

                                           Ms. Adams:  We can override 8-24.  With a 2/3 vote of the Council we can override it.

                                           Mr. Rinaldi:  Yea, weve done that before; it causes a lot of problems.

                                           MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY


               Discussion:    None


MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY


C.      Consider Introduction of Bond Ordinance and Setting Public Hearing Date for Cross-town Water Main Connecting the North and South High Service Zones and Water and Sewer Main Installation in the Gilbert Lane, Oak and Lake Street Area and the Referral of Same to P & Z for CGS 8-24 Approval

        The Ordinance Subcommittee considers and recommends the bonding ordinance to the Council.  Upon introduction of the bonding ordinance the Town Council needs to set a Public Hearing date to receive public comment on the ordinance.  After a Hearing is held, the Town Council may vote to adopt the ordinance and hold a referendum on the ordinance.  In addition, this project must be referred to the Planning & Zoning Commission for Connecticut General Statute 8-24 approval.


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               MOTION:        (Mr. Hebert, sec. Ms. Adams) to consider introduction of bond ordinance and set a Public Hearing date for cross-town water main connecting the north and south high service zones and water and sewer main installation in the Gilbert Lane, Oak and Lake Street area and referral of same to P & Z for Connecticut General Statute 8-24 approval (attached as Addendum C1, C2, C3, and C4).

 

                             MOTON: (Mr. Hebert, sec. Mr. Wick) On Monday, February 4, 2002 at 7:30 p.m. in the Polk School Library.

 

               Discussion:    None

 

MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY


Discussion:     None

MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY


D.      Consider Approval of Employment Past Mandatory Retirement Age

        In accordance with the approved personnel rules and regulations, any employee who has reached the mandatory retirement age of 70, must ask to have his employment extended annually.  The Town Managers recommendation and the affirmative vote of five members of the Town Council are required.


        MOTION:        (Mr. Hebert, sec. Mr. Wick) to approve the continued employment past the mandatory retirement age of 70 for this party (attached as Addendum D1).


        Discussion:    Ms. Adams:  This is something we have to approve annually?

                      Mr. Frigon:  Yes.

        MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY

E.      Consider Bid Waiver for Roof Repairs Required Under Change Order for the Bunker Hill Water Booster Pumping Station

        The Water & Sewer Authority contracted for roof repairs to one of their pumping stations.  The change orders to the original project has caused the cost of the project to exceed the Town Charters limit of $4,000 before bidding is required.  The Town Council is being asked to waive the bidding requirement for this project.


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        MOTION:        (Ms. Adams, sec. Mr. Wick) that the Town Council approve the bid waiver for Diamond Incorporated Roofing Specialists since it goes over $4,000.  The total amount would be $5,075 (attached as Addendum E1).

        Discussion:    Mr. Archer:  How do we come to the point where we have to actually do structural replacement on a building such as this, when instead of simply having to reshingle the roof, for example.  How does it get this far before we . . . .

                      Mr. Frigon:  Normally I would be very comfortable answering that question, but this in particular is a Water and Sewer facility, one that I would not normally, as a Town employee, inspect.  Frank Jodaitis is here this evening and he will explain that to you.

                      Mr. Jodaitis:  The roof on this pump station was what they call a built up roof, of felt and insulation on concrete slab.  The outer, the perimeter of the roof had lead copper sheathing which we thought we could use again, and the lead copper sheathing is nailed to, on the original design there was essentially four bands of 2 x material, 2 bands of 2 x 5, and 1 band of 2 x 8, and 1 band of 2 x 3 wood.  We didnt know it was rotten until we ripped the roof off.  Once the roof was off, well, you cant work with rotten material.

                      Mr. Archer:  Right, I understand . . . .

                      Mr. Jodaitis:  So, what happened we had to make a decision to replace the wood, which we did.  We went around it with essentially 3 bands of 2 x 4s, I wont get into the details of that, which allowed for the fabric roof to be pulled over the 2 x 4s, tacked to the 2 x 4s, and then they put a new metal flashing around it of a different design and thats why the cost, thats why you see 240 feet of 2 x 4 and only 80 feet of sheathing.

                      Mr. Archer:  Is there anything in place to do sort of regularly scheduled inspections of these things?

                      Mr. Jodaitis:  Well most of the roofs are 15 to 25 year roofs.  Since Ive come here this is the third roof Ive done.  I did the roof on the main building when I first came here because that was leaking, and did another pump station, then this one.  Ive got a couple of more buildings to go.


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                      Mr. Archer:  Right, believe me, Im not trying to single you out or . . . . . .

                      Mr. Jodaitis:  No, I mean, roofs leak and unfortunately the period of time usually associated with these guarantees is so long that it becomes sometimes, just sort of goes along, and then the roof starts to leak and people try to patch it and they dont really (inaudible).  Were basically due in probably another 10 years to start the roofing cycle over again.

                      Mr. Archer:  We just seem to be on a roof binge lately, and having another item that says roofs and it come up on the agenda, I thought it was worth asking.  Thanks for the information.

        MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY


F.      Consider Transfers

        The Town Council is being asked to authorize the transfer of departmental funding between line items.


        MOTION:        (Mr. Hebert, sec. Mr. Kane) to approve the transfer of $3,500 from Solid Waste Transfer Station Attendant to Solid Waste Sample Existing Wells (attached as Addendum F1).


        Discussion:    None

        MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY

G.      Consider Tax Refunds

        The Town Council is being asked to approve the refunding of the overpayment of property taxes.


        MOTION:        (Ms. Adams, sec. Mr. Hebert) to approve the Tax Refunds as presented (attached as Addendum G1, G2, G3, and G4).

 

Discussion:     Mr. Wick:  The last series of tax refunds proposed are all for the same individual at the same address, with what appears to be the same account number, I guess that is.  And the fact that there are so many associated with apparently the same location caused me to ask why?


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        Mr. Nardelli:  Im not sure if thats the same location, if youre talking about the 562 Hamilton Avenue address?

        Mr. Wick:  Yes, I am.

        Mr. Nardelli:  That may be the address of the taxpayer, but not necessarily the address of where the property is located, cause if you see the Type "R", that indicates that its real estate, so I have a feeling there was a bunch of small lots that this individual owed taxes on and they were deleted.


        MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY

 

H.      Consider an Appropriation for Tax Refunds

        Monies from overpaid taxes have been deposited in the General Fund.  Refunds that have been approved to date exceed the money, which had been set aside in a Tax Refund line item.  When refunds are approved by the Town Council which exceed this amount, the Town must then add money to that line item from the General Fund where it had been deposited to pay this obligation.


        MOTION:        (Ms. Adams, sec. Mr. Kane) that the Town Council appropriate $9,060 from the General Fund to line item 010-50341-043-0102, Tax Refunds (attached as Addendum H1).


        Discussion:    Mr. Hebert:  What is this for?


                      Mr. Nardelli:  Theres $25,000 budgeted for Tax Refunds.  Once we exceed that, then we start appropriating money to that line item to cover the refunds.  Its more of an accounting entry that the people have overpaid and the money goes in as a revenue source, and then we turn around and appropriate it back out.  (Tape 1, Side A ended  missed some)


        MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY


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9.      Public Participation


        Robert LeBlanc, 78 Highland Avenue, Watertown, CT  06795

        Mr. LeBlanc:  I think its a fantastic idea that you have this second Public Participation.  It gives people a chance to answer, or to ask questions about what youve already done, and I want to thank you for starting it.

        Mr. Archer, Chairman, Closed Public Participation at 8:33 p.m.


10.     Old Business


Mr. Archer:  None of these are of any particular importance at the moment.  Theyre simply items that have been Tabled, as Ive said.  This is, I know Paul, you werent here at the last meeting, so just for your benefit, this is really just a place where we can keep a laundry list of items that weve Tabled.  As I sat out in the public previous to sitting here, I used to wonder what happened to some of these things when they were referred to subcommittee, or when they were Tabled, so this is just kind of a punch list or tickler file, if you will, to refer to.


A.      Enforcement of Municipal Ordinances (Tabled 11/20/01)

        B.     Code of Ethics (referred to Ordinance Subcommittee)

        C.     Sidewalk Fund Usage (referred to Public Works Subcommittee 01/22/02)
        D.     Consider Supporting the efforts of the American Cancer Society, Match Coalition and CCN to repeal CGS language that prohibits municipalities from regulating smoking in our communities (Tabled 01/07/02)
        E.     Consider compensation package for Interim Town Manager (Tabled 01/07/02)


        Ms. King:  I was thinking that maybe under Old Business might be the place for me to ask you this.  Denise Russ got up and spoke about the issue about the discussion thats been in the newspaper about whether were not going to go forward with the addition to Swift and were going to do something else.  You mentioned that you were going to meet with the Chairman of the Board of Ed, but in fact, this Council, the Council has already charged the Public Buildings Committee to go forward with doing the plans, and its the Council that made that decision.  So Im concerned that we have the Public Buildings Committee continuing to meet, and then picking up the newspaper and someone saying to them well, gee we supposed to do this at all.  This is an issue thatneeds to be resolved relatively quickly, but its still our Councils decision to make, I believe.  I dont believe its the Board of Eds.


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        Mr. Archer:  Ultimately it is, yes.  Youre correct.

        Ms. King:  So I guess I would encourage you to see if we can get some kind of discussion going on this.

        Mr. Archer:  However, I think you mixed two points, or two different items that happened earlier in the meeting.


        1.     Denise came up and spoke and I mentioned that I believed that thats on the Boards, theres been some discussion about it being on the Agenda.  I dont believe that Agenda is posted as of yet.

 

        2.     The other was that I mentioned approaching Eric Brown about putting a Task Force together to really, for the purpose of facilitating more of an open dialogue between the Council and the Board.  I did not bring that up in reference to what she said.  At no time did I indicate that I was going to meet with Eric Brown in order to address what she had brought up.  Theyre really separate issues.


        Ms. King:  I just feel the Public Buildings Committee continues to meet and its sort of a question to them to think what are we doing, how are we going forward on this?  We told them to do something, so I dont quite figure out how you do handle this, which is why I wanted to raise the question.

        Mr. Archer:  Yea, we have a number, this is not an isolated issue really.  We have multiple groups sort of working on the same items, but they dont necessarily talk to each other.  Hopefully putting together this Task Force is a start of getting commissions and the Council and Board altogether, a little more on the same page, and to communicate with each other what theyre thinking and what theyre moving towards.


11.     Executive Session

        A.     Personnel
        B.     Pending Litigation


MOTION  (Mr. Kane, sec. Mr. Hebert) to enter into Executive Session at 8:37 p.m. to discuss personnel and pending litigation.


Discussion:     None

MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY


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Present During Executive Session:

 

        Elaine Adams
        Lee Archer
        Raymond Hebert, Jr.
        Robert Kane
        Jean King
        Raymond Primini
        Paul Rinaldi
        Paul Valenti
        Richard Wick

        Charles Frigon, Interim Town Manager
        Randall McHugh, Town Attorney
        James Mullen, H.D. Segur
        Frank Nardelli, Assistant Town Manager/Finance Director

        Mr. Mullen left the Executive Session at 9:03 p.m.

        Mr. Archer, Chairman, Reconvened the Regular Meeting at 9:39 p.m.


        MOTION:        (Ms. Adams, sec. Mr. Kane) to Add Agenda Item 12A, to authorize the Finance Department to sell 7,331 shares of Anthem Incorporated stock.  The funds are to be put into a Trust Fund which the Town Council will decide at a future date what these funds are to be used for.

        Discussion:    None

        MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY

 

12.     Consider Compensation Package for Interim Town Manager

        This Item Remained Tabled.

12A.    Authorize the Finance Department to Sell 7,331 Share of Anthem Incorporated Stock


        MOTION:        (Ms. Adams, sec. Mr. Hebert) that the Town Council authorizes the Finance Department to sell 7,331 shares of Anthem Incorporated stock.  The funds are to be put into a Trust Fund which the Town Council will decide at a future date what these funds are to be used for.

        Discussion:    Mr. Wick:  Just one question.  We use the phrase "Trust Fund" in the Motion.  Does that complicate your life, if it has to literally be a Trust Fund?


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                      Mr. Nardelli:  No (inaudible) yes, because the fund will be set aside in a Trust until the Council decides (inaudible).

                      Mr. Wick:  And thats okay, I mean we dont have to have any kind of trust documents or (inaudible)?

                      Mr. Nardelli:  (Inaudible) General Fund.  This is an accounting classification.

                      Mr. Wick:  Im just picking on the word "trust".

                      Mr. Nardelli:  (Inaudible).

                      Mr. Wick:  Okay, not a problem.

        In Favor:      Ms. Adams, Mr. Archer, Mr. Hebert, Mr. Kane, Ms. King, Mr. Primini, Mr. Rinaldi, Mr. Wick

        Opposed:       None

        Abstained:     Mr. Valenti

        MOTION CARRIED (8-0-1)

 

13.     Adjournment


        MOTION:        (Mr. Hebert, sec. Mr. Wick) to Adjourn the Regular Meeting at 9:42 p.m.

 

        Discussion:    None


MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY

 

Regular Meeting Adjourned at 9:42 p.m.


Respectfully submitted,

 


Lee Archer, Chairman
Watertown Town Council

Approved:       _______________________________

        Lynn M. LaForme, Clerk