Middletown Common Council Meeting Summary – June 4, 2026
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Middletown Common Council Meeting Summary – June 4, 2026
The Common Council met on June 4, 2026. The meeting included approval of prior minutes, a new business item for an advance request from Cross Street, and an update on ARPA expenditures.
Consent Calendar
- Approval of Minutes (December 10, 2025): Motion made and seconded; approved unanimously with no discussion.
Discussion Items
- Cross Street Training and Academic Center – Advance Request #4: Claire Collins presented the request for $250,000. She detailed that $160,588.74 of the prior draw (draw #3) had been fully reconciled (covering February–March), with additional expenses under review. After this advance, $153,986.69 would remain to be spent. Funds support rent/utility assistance, food vouchers, medical/mental health treatment for uninsured, prescription assistance, church reconciliation, office expenses, insurance, supplies, emergency direct assistance, and payroll.
- ARPA Expenditures Update (as of April 30, 2026): Claire Collins reported cumulative spending: City projects – $10,325,807.53; small business subrecipients – $4,069,332.81; nonprofit subrecipients – $5,762,414.77; total expended – $20,157,625.11 (92.8% of ARPA award). Remaining subrecipient balances were noted: Business Foundation of Middlesex County – $36,588.79; YMCA – $25,911.18; Middletown United Fathers – $41,742.18; Oddfellows – approximately $45,995.56 (about $3,000 after pending invoice); DFC – $448,845.64 (no drawdown since Nov 2025). All subrecipients are now compliant with documentation requirements.
Key Outcomes
- Cross Street Advance Request #4: Motion to authorize the $250,000 advance was moved and seconded. One council member abstained (reason unclear, referencing “capacity” and “remaining members of the Passports Mayor”). The motion carried with ayes and no opposed votes.
- Meeting Adjourned: Motion to adjourn passed unanimously.
Meeting Transcript
Ready when you are Mayor. All right, welcome everyone. Uh I don't have the agenda in front of me, Brig. Um you got it. First item of business is public comment. We don't have any members of the public. Next item of business is approval of minutes from December 10, 2025. Okay, can I have a motion then to approve the minutes? So moved. And can I have a second? Second. All right. Those in favor? Oh, so minutes are approved. And what is next on the agenda? Next item is new business, and we have crossed street training and the academic center. Advanced request number. And Claire Collins is on to walk us through that. Okay. Sure, can you hear me? Great. Okay. Um what you have in your packet is the request that Cross Street made for advance number four. Um they are requesting uh 250,000 as an advance, or the amount spent from that's been reconciled from draw number three, which I'm going to give you that information now. The amount that has been reconciled and spent uh for um spent for draw number three is two hundred and ten thousand five dollars and sixty-eight cents. Um well that would excuse me, that would be a February and March. The amount that has been fully reconciled is 160,588 and 74 cents. They have actually sent to um UHY for review, uh February expenses for reconciliation, and we have we have that reviewed them and they are getting us additional information, and they still will be sending us the March expenses to reconcile. Once those are reconciled, the balance that they would have remaining subject to any changes in the reconciliation, and I'm just giving this to you so you would know it would be $39,900 and 32 cents, and their expenses have been um averaging approximately anywhere between 26 to $30,000 a month. So that would be through March, and so that doesn't include April, and now we're in to half of May. So I just wanted to share that information with you. Um basically they would be utilizing the expenses for what they have been for um the many um leases that are they are now paying uh for rent and utility payments assistance and provision of food vouchers, um, some medical and mental health treatment uh for uninsured persons and some prescription assistance. Um they have given they continue to give the churches and they have been reconciling uh with those uh expenses. They also this also would cover office rent, liability and crime coverage, insurance premiums, office supplies, um emergency relief direct financial assistance, and um also payroll and salaries for Cross Street after this after this advance and advance number four. What would be remaining to spend would be 153,986 and 69 cents, which they would have to come back and request another advance. Any questions? Any questions? So sounds like there are no questions. And do we do uh we vote to vote on the the report and accept it council? Yeah, we would need an authorization to for the advanced request. Okay. The request. So move. And I'll second that. Um any any comments. At this point. I think is abstaining from this one just because per capacity is just the remaining members of the Passports Mayor. Okay. All right. So there's a motion and a second.
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