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CITY COUNCIL MEETING June 3, 2014 AGENDA CITY COUNCIL MEETING June 3, 2014 The meeting will be called to order at 7:30 P.M. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE & PRAYER ROLL CALL Curran, Haddad, Knapp, Levy, Seabury, Stanley, Wetmore, Fox, Priola, DiGilio, Cavo, Saadi, Visconti, Palma, Arconti, Nero, Perkins, Chianese, Rotello, Loyola and Scozzafava ________________PRESENT _______________ABSENT PUBLIC SPEAKING MINUTES - Minutes of the Council Meeting held May 6, 2014 CONSENT CALENDAR AGENDA 1 – COMMUNICATION - Promotion – Fire Department 2 – COMMUNICATION - Appointment of Independent Auditors 3 - COMMUNICATION - Annual Suspense List 4 – COMMUNICATION - Donation to Parks and Recreation Department 5 – COMMUNICATION - Donation to Department of Elderly Services 6 – COMMUNICATION - Certification of Funds – Ambulance Funds – Public Safety 7 – COMMUNICATION - Certification of Funds – Ambulance Funds – Increase in Responses 8 – COMMUNICATION - Request for Sewer Extension – 55 Newtown road 9 - RESOLUTION - Per Capita FY 2015 Grant Allocation 10 – RESOLUTION - JAG FY 2014 Bryne Funding – Police Department 11 – RESOLUTION - State of CT – DOT Grant – Police Department 12– RESOLUTION - PHEP Grant - DOH 13 - AD HOC REPORT - Financial Policies 14 – AD HOC REPORT - Cell Tower Richter Park 15 – DEPARTMENT REPORTS – Police, Fire, Health-Housing & Welfare, Dream Homes, Public Works, Permit Center, UNIT, Elderly EXECUTIVE SESSION 16 - COMMUNICATION - Ratification of Recent Tax appeal Settlements There being no further business to come before the Council a motion was made at _________P.M. by __________________________for the meeting to be adjourned. CITY OF DANBURY OFFICE OF THE MAYOR DANBURY, CONNECTICUT 06810 MARK D. BOUGHTON Q03)-797 -4s11 MAYOR F AX Q03) 796-1666 MaV 27,2O!4 Honorable Members of the City Council City of Danbury Dear Council Members: I hereby submit for your confirmation the appointment and promotion of Steven Rogers to the position of Communications Coordinator in the Danbury Fire Department. Steve Rogers started his car'eer on October 4, 1999 as a Firefighter and was promoted to Dispatcher on January 6,20tL Dispatcher Rogers is an Emergency Telecom mu nicator and a state Fire Instructor. He is currently in the position of Interim communications coordinator and it is under his direction that the fire department was able to move seamlessly to the new NexGen Dispatch program. Dispatcher Rogers has already made significant contributions to the Fire Department and community through his many roles and I am confident that his skill and dedication will continue to benefit the city of Danbury. I am proud and honored to submit his confirmation for promotion. Thank you for your considerations. Sincerely, rz.l / %.#Mark D.\Borfhton Mayor CITY OF DANBURY 155 DEER HILL AVENUE DANBURY, CONNECTICUT 06810 DAVID W ST. HILAIRE {203) 797.4652 DIRECTOR OF FINANCE FAX: (203) 796-1526 MEMORANDUM DATE: May 27, 2014 TO: Hon. Mark D. Boughton via the City Council FROM: David W. St. Hilaire, Director of Finance RE: APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS once again, it is time for the city of Danbury to consider the appointment of its auditors to perform the City audit for fiscal year ending Jurie 2O,2014, previously, the City signed a contract with Mccladrey & Pullen to perform the audit for fiscal year ending June 30, 2010 with the option, exercisable by the City, of auditing its financial statements for the four (4) subsequent fiscal years. McGladrey & Pullen has performed the independent audiuaccounting services for the city over the last 14 years and has done an outstanding job. As such, the city council is respectfully requested to approve the reappointment of McGladrey & pullen as the city's Independent Auditors for fiscal year ending June 30, 2014 as required by the city Charter and State Statutes. Please feel free to contact me should you require any additional information. DWS/bbc CITY OF DANBURY I55 DEER HILL AVENUE DANBURY, CONNECTICUT 06810 DATE: May 20,2014 TO: Honorable Mayor Mark D. Boughton And City Council Members FROM: Scott M. Ferguson, Tax Collector RE: Annual Suspense List The Offrce ofThe Tax Collector respectfully requests your approval ofa listing ofnames and amounts of City of Danbury taxes, which for various reasons are considered uncollectible at this time. This list is on file in the Legislative Assistant's Office and Tax Collector's Oflice. As such, I am recommending a transfer of $401,064.51 to the Suspense List. The breakdown of this amount is as follows: 2004 Motor Vehicle List Amount to Suspense List $ 371,593.61 2004 Personal Property List Amount to Suspense List $ 29.470.90 Total Amount to Suspense List $-401J645f Motor Vehicle Tax accounts are reported to the Departrnent of Motor Vehicles and regisfiations will not be renewed until these accounts are brought current. The City has also engaged an outside agency to help in recovering outstanding Motor Vehicle Taxes. Personal Property results from businesses going out ofbusiness, however Constables continue to pursue collection where possible. Thank you for your attention to this matter. Respectfully submitted, Scott M. Ferguson/CC Tax Collector, City of Danbury, CT Cc: David St. Hilaire, Director of Finance Laszlo Pinter, Deputy Corporation Counsel CIry OF DANBURY PARKSAND RECREATION DEPARTMENT IIATTENS COMMI'NITY PA.RK NICK KA}LINIS, DIRf,CTOR 7 EAST IIAYESTO1VN ROAI) TEL (20317974Gn DANBURY, CONI\IECTICUT 06Err FAX (2(I3) 797-4634 May 22,2014 Mayor Mark D. Boughton Members of lhe City Council City of Danbury 155 Deer Hill Avenue Danbury CT 06810 Re: Donation from Danbury Dominican Softball League Dear Mayor Boughton and Council Members: The Dominican softball League would like to donate the materials and labor ne@ssary to erect an outfield fence on softball field #'l in Rogers Park. The fence is badly needed in order prevent to injupr of players from going into the drainage ditch that runs ihe length of the outfteld. The Recreation Department feels this is an important addition to the fa;ility while improving the safety of the participants. Value of project is $4,500.00. I request that this generous donation be accepted at the next meeting of the Gity council. additional informatlon please do not hesitate to contact me. Cc: Juan Pena 7,. I| *' i CITY OF DANBURY DANBURY. CONNECTICUT 068 I O DEPARTMENT OF ELDERLY SERYICES COMMISSION ON AGING ELMWOODHALL l0 Elmwood Plrcc (203\ 1914686 May 20,2014 Honorable Mayor Mark D. Boughton Members of the City Council 155 Deer Hill Avenue Danbury, CT 06810 RE: Domtion of Website Department of Elderly Services / Aging in Place Dear Honorable Mayor Mark D. Boughton and members of the City Council: The City of Danbury's Department of Elderly Services has received a donation from the Peter and Carmen Lucia Buck Foundation, Inc. for the services of SandorMax , a local web designer, to create an easiiy accessible database ofresource and referral information for Danbury seniors, their families and the Danbury community regarding "Aging in Place" services. With Danbury's population of individuals age 65 plus increasing by 31.5% by the yew 2020., we feel this will be a very valuable resource for our community. Additionaily, the foundation will also donate a "patron registration database" that will replace our current "myseniorcenter.com" system. The new software will increase our ability to analyze data and provide statistics. It will also create a more user-friendly interface for our seniors at Elmwood Hall and eventually online. This donation will be in an amount not greater than approximately $30,000. I ask that the City Council kindly accept this donation at the next meeting. I am happy to arswer any questions and can be reached at the above number. Thank you. z' --z----.----\5 , LCSW Director, Eiderly Services 5"t Tug Peren nr.rp CenuEN LuclA BucK FbuNonrroru, lNc. ltrt 157 East 86th Streel Fifth Floor 7 Masoo's ldand Road. Suite 3 N6fv Yodq l,l€rt/ Yotk IOOz,.zfl3 Mystig Cornecticut 06355 212360-6f/3 86,0.572-1242 212-380-817s o (l) &0-572:1244 May 9. 2014 Ms. Susan Tomanio Director of Elderly Services Danbury Senior Center 10 Elmwood Place Danbury CT 05810 Dear Susan: with great pleasure, I am writing to inform you thatrhe PclB Foundation, Inc., has approved a gift to Danbury Senior Center of: Gift: Website plus one year of maintenance Amount: Value,not to exceed approximately 930,000.00 pleased We are quite to support your work. lf yo{ have any questions, please do not hesitate to call us to dlscust On behalfofthe Board and Foundation staff, I wish you much success in your endeavor, Warm regards, Christopher Buck President 2013,07.01 ae CITY OF DANBURY DANBURY, CONNECTICUT 068 10 DEPARTMENT OF ELDERLY SERVICES COMMISSION ON AGING ELMWOODIIALL 10 Elmwood Pl.ce (203\ 7974686 Mach 13,2014 D. Ben Beniot Executive Director The Peter and Carmen Lucia Buck Foundation, Inc. 157 East 86e Street. Fifth Floor New York, NY 10028-2175 The deparhrent of elderly services for the oity of Danbury has been working closely witl your foundation for the past ttree years to develop the Aging in Place Planning (AJP) Council. One ofour goals is to enhance the cunent oity ofDanbury website to incorporate the work of the AIP Council, specifically, an easily accessible database of resource and. referral information for Danbury seniors, their families, and the Danbury community. Additionally, this database would assist the Elrnwood Hall senior center to gather demographic information, as rvell as take us well into the 21" century as we look to meet more of our senior ciients on-line, where they continue to spend more and more time. It is with great respect that I lvrite to you to request the donation of the services ofa web designer to help us achieve our shared goa1. This would irwolve a RFP process on the part of the foundation as led by June Renzulli. The benefits of the donation would be immense, allowing our seniors, their families, and the com:rrunity access to vital senior information 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
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