The Hartford Court of Common Council held its regular scheduled meeting on September 14, 2026, at 7:00 PM (broadcast live). The meeting included public comment, unanimous approval of the consent calendar, referral and action on several items, and a moment of silence for an employee. Key actions included amendments to the civilian police review board ordinance (which was then postponed to a public hearing), approval of a $190,636 transfer to the Registrar of Voters, and adoption of multiple resolutions and appointments.
The council approved the following items unanimously (9-0):
Carl Gerrier up to the podium. Good evening. Council President, can you hear me? Because I can't hear the speaker. Okay. We there was a technical issue. Yeah. All right. Now I now we're done. Okay. Yeah, okay. Thank you. Um, but residents are also living with a failure of public confidence. Weak accountability, alleged corruption, damage Harford's reputation. And the deeper harm is being felt by our young people. At Capitol Community College, where I worked, uh, when I asked my students what Harford has been known for, too often the answer was crime. When I was buying when I told them I was buying my house in Harford, most asked if I was crazy. Too many, and until I retired in October, too many young talented people at the college told me they do not see a future in this city. I have reached out to my elected officials, and these are young people, both Harford-born and immigrants. I reached out to my elected officials, mayor's office, city house staff, and state legislators. I saw Representative Sanchez was there. Show up consistently in neighborhoods and community meetings. Allow meaningful public comment during committee meetings. Publish a clear community engagement plan, which we do not have. I told him you need to put a sign on the front door to tell them to come in through the side entrance. So I'm asking you to make a commitment publicly. Follow through on it and give Harford residents a reason to believe that their government is listening, listening, and ready to act. Thank you. Thank you, sir. All right, now we will proceed with the beginning of our regular scheduled court of common council meeting. Uh we are being broadcasted live again at HBATV.org, channel 96, Comcast Xfinity, Channel 6032, Frontier Communications, Rocco TV, Apple TV, Amazon TV. We are also being rebroadcasted on HPA TV's uh YouTube channel and Facebook. We are joined uh this morning, this morning, this evening, uh, by uh our steamed colleagues on the screen, Councilwoman Shirley Surgeon, Councilwoman Mallie Rosado, Councilman Alex Thomas, Assistant Major Leader Milpa Hernandez, uh we are joined on the dias by councilman uh Josh Mitcham, Councilman John Gale, uh Thomas City Clerk here Glusa, our corporation council Jonathan Harding, our majority leader Kelly Villardew, Councilwoman Mayor Rosetti, and my name is Council President TJ Clark. With that said, Mr. Clerk, can you please call the roll? Councilman Billadu here, Council President Clark here, Councilman Hernandez here, Councilman Gale, here councilman Mickdom here, Councilman Rosado, yeah, Councilman Rosetti here, Councilman Surgeon here, and Councilman Thomas here. You have a quorum, Mr. President. Thank you, Mr. Clerk. Let's all stand for the Pledge of Allegiance. Madam Majority Leader, you have the floor. Through you, Council President, I make a motion to approve the minutes of the August 10th, 2026 Council meeting. Second motion has been made in property second on approval of the minutes. Any discussion approval of the minutes, hearing or seeing none, Mr. Clerk, can you please call the roll? On the approval of the minutes, Councilman Biladu? Yes. Council President Clark? Yes.