Okay, yeah.

You can come up when you can.

Sorry.

Welcome to the January 14th regular meeting of the common council.

Happy New Year to all.

Uh we will begin the public participation portion of the meeting.

And the time is now seven oh one.

I have a uh a list of folks I'll call upon.

Uh and then anybody else who wishes to speak and address the council.

Please remember to state your name and address clearly for the record.

Limit your speaking time to three minutes.

Um if anybody again has not signed up, anybody who wishes to speak may do so.

The first name on the list is Michelle Ramos.

Hi.

Good evening, all my name is Michelle Ramos, located at 41 R Street in O'Brinton, new business owner to a grocery store.

I do get a little nervous talking in public, but I'm here in reference to concerns of parking.

I just opened my business on December 20th.

I was raised in the area in Glen Street and R Street, and I decided to do business.

As of today, I saw that we were getting tickets outside of the business.

So we can run our business, but we cannot pay for tick for parking every 30 minutes, two hours, pay attention to the ticket if it's expiring, wherever we're getting a ticket as we're running a business.

We can have customers in the store.

We can't leave the store unattended to run outside to move a car or pay for more parking, more parking to stay longer.

I run my business.

I don't judge nobody, everybody has their downfalls, but they do a lot of break-ins, stealing cars, they told cars back there.

So it's very concerning, especially me not having entrance from the back of the building.

My interest is in the front, so I prefer to park in the front.

If there's a possible way we can have like a reserve parking for business owners, or if something can be done in reference to parking for us.

It's kind of difficult.

It's a lot of out of pockets.

Well, thank you, Michelle, uh, for calling to our attention.

Uh, when everybody's finished speaking, uh, all the persons may wish to respond to what you said.

Perfect, thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you all.

Our next speaker is Anthony Jonice.

Anthony.

Good evening.

I'm Anthony Janice, 292 Eddie Glover Boulevard.

Senior Pastor Solid Rock Spiritual Center here in New Britain.

Reason why I'm here is I guess to give my three-minute pitch of a proposal.

Our church is trying to do here in the city.

We have a program, Fresh Start Program is a nonprofit human and social service initiative run by HPN International, an integrated auxiliary of Solid Rock Spiritual Center in New Britain.

This program aims to address transitional housing needs for clients at Samaritan House East in New Britain, pending the approval, of course, of Mayor Sanchez and New Britain City Council and Office of Planning and Development.

Solar Rock Spiritual Center is currently working with Pastor Michael Casey of St.

Francis Parish and the Archdiocese of Hartford to procure one of their vacant properties located at 655 East Street and Newington Avenue.

Fresh Right is a program that provides academic vocational education, life skill training courses, mental health education counseling, physical health training, transitional housing emergency sheltering during the winter months, and credit counseling.

Debt repayment is crucial for rebuilding our clients' creditworthiness and social score.

In addition, our program aids clients with children and family reunification, if at all possible.

Eligibility is open to those who have served 30 to 60 days in a state certified halfway house.

This program is uniquely designed to be the only academic vocational base facility providing long-term transitional housing and wraparound services for former inmates who were enrolled in college degree or certified vocational curriculum under the second chance pale program while incarcerated.

Prestart offers this program for up to two years.

Sorry, that reteaches necessary life skill essentials for developing self-sufficiency.

This steps include personal development, continue academic vocational training, substance abuse counseling, people skills building, special, excuse me, spiritual counseling, physical health activities, independent skills, and community involvement through volunteerism.

Moving from detention to homelessness in adopted social living creation environment where clients have an opportunity to thrive and adopt collective approaches with collective actions to achieve shared goals and solve complex problems that cannot be achieved by one entity alone.

Jobs and job training programs are essential for client successful long-term stability stakeholders in New Britain, such as Greatest Dairy, Springbrook Ice Fuel, Personal Oil Company, and New Britain Public Works.

Um all significant role, or play a significant role in this community development project.

Positive human development is what strong communities and wise leaders do.

We lift folks up.

Thank you very much for this time.

Thank you, Mr.

Janice.

Our next speaker is John Kristapik.

John Christoph, 292 Linwood Street.

Thanks for this opportunity.

Good luck to the new members of the Common Council.

And thanks to the returning members.

I am sure that the new administration has a top priority to hire a chief operations officer.

I think that Mary Pakorski deserves a raise for having two positions.

How much bond money the city of New Britain owes?

How much, what are the durations of the bonds?

There has been quite a bit of refinancing over the past years.

Usually refinancing makes for lower payments, but you end up paying more money.

Now let's talk about the Brit.

Its first value, 12,693,000.

70% taxable, $8,885,000.

They should have paid $348,000.

They're paying $50.

$50 for the next 26 years.

Oh, I'm sorry, a 2% increase per year.

Well, after 26 years, that'll amount to $83,000 at the 26th year.

I see Yasco just recently sold the sold the building.

It wasn't in the paper how much they paid for it.

But I looked it up on their company's website, and it was 30 million, 70,000 dollars.

And they're out of Lake Lakewood, New Jersey.

So let's take 30 million dollars.

That's a good starting point for what the property, what their property taxes would be.

At 30 million, a 70% valuation is 21 million.

The mill rate of 39.18, they would be paying $824,000 in taxes.

They get to take over the tax abatement from the original owner.

Thank you.

Thank you, Mr.

Christoph.

That's all the names I have on the list.

Anyone else wish to address the council?

Hello.

Hello, my name is Kelly Noss.

I live at 29 Cedar Street in New Britain.

Still the church's property that where my head got cracked open.

Okay, so man, I want to talk to that guy right there, the police chief directly.

So the police chief.

Kevin, you can address the council, and I'm sure he's listening.

Okay, okay.

But I like to have eye to eye in that damn walls in my way.

Because I, you know, I'm a man, I talk eye to eye.

Okay, so um.

So everybody knows my story where my head got cracked open feeding the breakfast with 60 witnesses, and me being a witness also, and my priest in her office.

So, how is it that I have my police report that says that I didn't even give any police report whatsoever?

Why is that?

And why is it that me and the police chief here haven't talked in all these years?

Where are all my witnesses?

I have them because I just went down to new life right here, and I talked to the pastor.

Me and him go back way back.

You know, like the old Cadillacs, me and him.

We go way back.

Me and him fed our town together, and then when I tell him my story, he looks at me and says, Kelly, man, I can't believe your town.

How did how do you not have any police report?

Do you know I brought three of my police, my witnesses to the police department, and they were gonna arrest me and my witnesses that watched me get my head cracked open in a church?

And all this time I've been telling you guys at the town hall, and nobody's listening.

Okay, so I build race cars for a living, okay?

I got a ticket doing a hundred and forty-two miles an hour.

You know my best friend.

They're state cops.

All of them.

Every single one.

State cops.

They save me.

But a town in the Britain cop.

They're supposed to be doing his job.

Why will they not give me any meeting with the police chief?

When I got my head cracked up.

You're not gonna have an episcopal church or one of the priests come to you.

Because I'm fighting the episcopal priest and the episcopal diocese.

Do you know why I didn't get no workman's comp?

Because of your police report.

Sounds like I got a hang now.

Amen.

Are there any callers on uh in the queue?

Anybody else wish to speak?

Anyone else?

Anyone else hearing none?

Uh that concludes public participation for this meeting.

Time is now seven sixteen.

Are there any council members that would like to uh make comment on what they heard at public participation?

Hello, the woman Scott.

Hey, I want to just um thank the first person who came with your business.

Um I heard your concerns and I'd like to talk to you further about it.

Um we want to support businesses, and I wanted to thank you for having a business here in the city.

Um to our pastor who came, thank you for coming out.

Sounds like a wonderful wraparound service that you're talking about.

So I love to talk with you more about that as well.

And John, thanks for coming.

And with your concerns uh for the Brit, I think we share those concerns.

And I would love to see a wonderful, um, what did you say?

The wonderful um, I'd love to see a restaurant with flair as well.

So thanks for coming.

And Kelly, thanks for coming out.

And I I we do hear you, and let's talk more and see if we can get a meeting for you.

Okay.

Thank you so much.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Uh Mr.

Krasopic had a question about what uh our total debt service was.

Uh we just actually had an independent audit conducted, and the total number for our current debt service is two hundred and ninety-four million one hundred and eighty-five thousand dollars.

So that is the current debt bonded debt that the city has uh at this point.

Um and then just a comment about the the Brit.

Um I'd much rather have the building with a tax abatement versus a fifteen thousand dollar tax bill in a blighted property downtown.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Any other other persons wish to uh respond to what they heard?

Anybody?

Anybody hearing none?

Uh this uh concludes uh this portion of the of the meeting and we'll uh we'll begin uh the regular meeting shortly.

It's seven eighteen interesting.

Oh yeah, I would say that you're going to have to do it.

Good evening.

I call to the um call to order the January 14th, 2026 regular meeting of the common council.

Um the time is now seven twenty-six p.m.

Madam Clerk, will you please call the roll um call the roll?

Yes, your honor.

Alderman McNamara?

Here.

Alderwoman Scott.

Here.

Alderman Simpson.

Here.

Alderman Smedley.

Alderman Malinowski.

Alderman Hargraves.

Alderman Gibson.

Alderwoman Delernia.

Alderman Santiago.

President.

Alder Woman Barbosa.

Alder Woman Sanchez.

Alderwoman Vargas.

Alder Woman Maldonado.

Alderman Centon Centeno.

Alderwoman Ortiz Luna.

Your Honor, there are 14 present and one absent.

Thank you, Madam Clerk.

Madam Clerk, now for the invocation, which will be followed by the Pledge Allegiance.

Yes, if everyone can please stand for the invocation and the Pledge of Allegiance.

Help us to live in the goodness that comes from doing what you have destined us to do.

May our discussions be respectful and productive, our decisions thoughtful and fair, and our actions guided by integrity, transparency, and accountability.

Second by Alderman Smedley.

All those opposed, nay.

Motion carries.

We're gonna move um, we're gonna move on to the next um okay.

So no transparency that she's not qualified for the position.

Thank you.

Alderman Santiago for the amendments.

Thank you, honor.

Make a motion to amend the agenda by withdrawing item number one.

Second by Alderman Simpson.

Okay, any questions or comments?

Seeing none.

Uh Madam Clerk, please call the roll.

Alderman McNamara.

Yes.

Alderwoman Scott.

Yes.

Alderman Simpson.

Yes.

Alderman Smedley.

Alderman Malinowski.

Yes.

Alderman Cargraves.

Alderman Gibson.

Alderwoman Delernia.

Yes.

Alderman Santiago.

Alderwoman Barbosa.

Yes.

Alderwoman Sun Sanchez.

Yes.

Alderwoman Vargas.

Alderwoman Maldonado.

Yes.

Alderman Centeno.

Yes.

Alderwoman Lou Ortiz Luna.

Yes.

Your Honor.

There are 14.

Yes.

One.

Excuse me, 13.

Yes.

Sorry, Your Honor.

You didn't mention my name.

Oh, I'm sorry.

Uh Ms.

Clerk.

Santiago.

Yes.

Your Honor.

There's 14.

Yes.

Thank you.

Motion carries.

Madam Clerk.

Any petitions?

Yes, Your Honor.

We have 11 petitions.

Petition number one.

Alderwoman Scott for the appropriate department to conduct a study to determine if the installation of a crosswalk in front of the senior center is warranted.

Refer to police commission.

Petition number two, Alderman Santiago for the appropriate department to conduct a study to determine ways to address constituent concerns regarding on-street parking blocking trash pickup bins.

Referred to public works department.

Seeks granting of a certificate of location approval to allow state DMV issuance of a motor vehicle dealer and a repair license for a property known as 724 Allen Street.

Referred to City Plan Commission and Zoning Subcommittee.

Refer to police commission.

Alderman Smedley Malinowski Delernia Hargraves and Gibson for the Mayor's Office to provide clarification regarding the executive order dated January 5th, 2026.

Refer to Mayor's Office.

Refer to Human Resources Department of Public Works.

Petition number seven, Alderman Smedley, Malinowski, Delernia, Hargraves, and Gibson for the mayor's office to provide clarification regarding the appointment of a new town clerk on January 12, 2006.

Refer to human resources department.

Petition number eight, Alderwoman Vargas for the appropriate department to address the safety and infrastructure concerns on 4 Street and Liberty Street.

Refer to police commission and public works department.

Refer to the police commission and public works department.

Petition number 10, Alderwoman Vargas for the appropriate department to address several dangerous conditions along Reservoir Road, particularly at its intersections with Kinwood Drive, Victoria Road, and Shuttle Metal Avenue.

Refer to the police commission and public works department.

And the last petition number 11, Alderwoman Vargas for the appropriate department to address persistent traffic safety, noise, and enforcement issues, including but not limited to Lincoln Street, Steele Street, Corbin Avenue, South Main Street, Glenn Street, Monroe Street, Mill Street, Stanley Street, Wooster Street, and surrounding residential side streets.

Refer to police commission and public works department.

Thank you, Your Honor.

That concludes the petitions.

Thank you, Madam Clerk.

Your Honor.

Motion to appeal.

So I'd like to appeal your decision to move on from my uh petition uh for uh privilege point of order.

It's we've moved on, and it should have been appealed at the time.

Okay, new not to mention the fact that the statements that were made were out of order for this floor.

Uh how so through you, your honor to attack the personality of an individual and particularly um the qualifications, and that should not be done on this floor.

Your honor, I didn't attack the personality.

I actually said I understand she's probably more than capable of the duties of running this meeting tonight because we did work on the case.

We're not gonna continue the conversation here.

It's all it's done.

I'm concerned that we're violating the state statute.

Well, we're done with that issue.

So we're gonna move on.

This meeting is Alderman Santiago for the consent agenda, please.

Thank you, Your Honor.

I make a motion to accept the consent agenda of A, C, F, and G.

Second by Alderwoman Sanchez.

Okay, Madam Clerk, please call the roll.

Yes, your honor.

Alderman McNamara.

Hi.

Alderwoman Scott.

Yes, Alderman Simpson.

Yes.

Alderman Smedley.

Yes.

Alderman Malinowski.

Alderman Hargraves.

Alderman Gibson.

Alderwoman Delernia.

Yes.

Alderman Santiago.

Yes.

Alderwoman Barbosa.

Yes.

Alder Woman Sanchez.

Alder Woman Vargas.

Alderwoman Maldonado.

Yes.

Alderman Centenno.

Alderwoman Ortiz Luna.

Yes.

Your Honor 14, yes.

One abstain.

One absent.

Motion carries.

Reports of boards, commissions, departments, and legislative committees.

Alderman Smedley for item B.

Thank you, Your Honor.

Uh, motion to accept and adopt item B.

Second by Alderman Molinowski.

Your Honor, this is related to the uh appointment of or the petition uh that we submitted, which is related to the uh council administrative position.

Um, and through you uh to my colleague um Alderman Santiago.

I just want to um talk about a couple of questions related to the position.

Alderman Santiago, all right, yes.

Uh thank you, sir.

Um, can you uh talk to us about what the plan process is for the replacement of this position?

Uh through the charter, it does require that the majority pro tent majority and minority leader go through the process of of the human resource, which again we did.

Um we sent the uh the qualification uh the sorry excuse me the report and and so it will be submitted submitted today to be posted for the to do so uh civil service, and which from there there will be coming to us the applications and we'll be looking through it and doing as as the charter allows us to are there any changes to the job description?

There was a couple of changes.

Um most of it is it's basically just uh um we're reflecting from what the original was before and what we had now, and because since it's not a union position, there was some you know that requirements don't there don't have to reflect on the union's um requirements.

So the position previously in the in the last term the union had that position correct so I'm sorry in the previous election year, the previous term the you the position was a union position, correct.

So was there a negotiation with the union that uh union released that position or um this as I emailed everyone the MOU, the leadership especially.

I sent the email in MOU that the the discussions between the mayor and the the person that was uh filling that position and also the union had a discussion agreement in which it would be removed right after the the release of that that person's the sunset agreement.

Okay, um, thank you.

Those are all the questions I have.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Okay.

Any further discussion?

No, seeing none, all those in favor say aye.

Aye.

All those opposed, nay.

Motion carries.

Alderman Smedley for item number item D.

Thank you, Honor.

I make a motion to accept and adopt item D.

Um seconded by Malinowski.

Alderman Malinowski.

Thank you.

Um the names that were uh turned back in the report uh of the transition team.

Is there somebody uh here who can identify which departments that they worked with specifically corporate counsel?

So the names that were uh turned back in the report uh of the transition team is there somebody uh here who can identify which departments that they worked with specifically um corporate counsel we'll have um mary kukorski come up okay i believe um random jackowski was education donald defranzo was finance um rick loops was public works if i recall correctly susie ambulinski was public safety um tony lynn collins i believe was uh legislative affairs and diana reyes i apologize i forgot what what she was what department she was okay does anybody know which department she was i think she was diana ray is was education as well so ran jackowski was okay um and uh through you mayor i i'm not sure if it's appropriate to miss pokorski or attorney pokorsky i'm sorry um chris anderson was on the transition team mr anderson former alderman or not on the transition team don't I don't believe he was on the transition team okay so well in what capacity is he was he assisting in finance he's assisting as a um temporary Linda guard can answer that question if she's here but I believe as a um consultant or an employee that's right your honor could I speak to that yes I believe uh the attorney is correct as uh temporary consultant I need not remind you that the director of finance and I believe the number two in finance left within the last two months and uh we've heard heard perennially of uh short staffing in that department and Mr.

Anison uh has expertise in the county and so I think he's a uh temporary person uh to uh to assist the new administration okay uh thank you i i don't have any further questions councilwoman delerna i thank you um i also have a question about the positions was greg gerantana on the list as well and what is his position currently mr giratana is not um on he was not on the um transition team he is employed as a violent not employed excuse me he's a volunteer in the mayor's office and he's assisting with them but he's not paid thank you you're welcome none of the positions are paid correct none of the yes that's right the transition team was not paid either how long uh there was no end date for the transition are they all still in place and do we have an end date no I believe the transition is complete the transition is complete but we're having one last meeting should be coming up by the end of this month okay thank you welcome any other discussion um councilman oh recognize yeah councilman simpson just uh really quickly on the motion itself I believe when it was the motion was stated it was stated as accept and adopt but we just accept this report correct yes that's correct I'll I'll change to accept I apologize thank you alderman thank you mayor councilman Santiago thank your honor I just want to thank the transition team for spending their time doing you know doing their their due diligence for the city of New Britain coming in and and volunteering to actually help support the mayor and the city on making sure that everything was running smoothly thank you thank you councilman any other discussion seeing none um all those in favor say aye aye all opposed say nay motion carries alderman smedley for item e thank you sir i make a motion to accept item e second second by alderman melanowski uh this is uh a petition uh report related to the allen street project and um through you mayor if i may call mr moriarty to the podium just to talk about the funding sources more yeah it's coming up thank you uh through you mayor so uh mr marriarti I understand uh from the previous uh term that we had uh allocated and secured six million dollars in local funding uh for this project um in the report you identify an additional three million um that has been secured can you talk to us about how and where that money was secured yep um there was two million dollars in of state bonding that came in for the Allen Street project um I know the request is a lot larger but we were secured two um we were we were awarded uh it's almost a one million dollar grant just a little bit a couple thousand short of that from EPA it's uh earmark first from from where I'm sorry uh USCPA and that's specific to sewer work um originally we're pursuing money for more sewer I and I work um because the Allen

Um I know the request was a lot larger, but we were secured two.

Um we were we were awarded uh it's almost a one million dollar grant, just a little bit a couple thousand short of that from EPA.

It's uh ear mark first from from where I'm sorry, uh USCPA.

And that's specific to sewer work.

Um originally we're pursuing money for more sewer I and I work um because the Allen Street project has so much sewer work in it, like actually replacing the sewers.

Um we talked to our the contact at EPA.

They thought they said that we could reallocate that money specific to Allen Street.

There was nothing preventing us from doing that.

So that got us um the additional million dollars that brought brought that total to three.

Okay, so uh the the one million dollars.

Was there a resolution presented to the council from your department to accept that money as the INI money or or the sewer money?

Um I don't I don't believe so.

Okay, I don't I remember honestly.

Okay, I I'm I'm not attacking anybody here, but I think we have to have a resolution to accept that money at some point um as grant money.

Um and then your um report also talked about uh an additional eight to nine million dollars.

Can you talk to us about that?

Um that's not an additional eight to nine million dollars, that's including the three million dollars.

So that's we're basically okay.

So earlier when we talked on the phone, you described six million local to me, two million in state, one million from the department that you just uh talked about, both were received and evolved 2025, and then we talked about an eight to nine million dollar LOTSIP application.

No, that'll be submitted in February.

So misunderstanding, then just between the two of us.

The project's estimated at 14 million dollars.

That's our current estimate.

Um six million dollars has been committed locally.

We have three million dollars that has been uh already secured.

Um a lot sip application at time of application is five million dollars.

Five million.

You are allowed to go uh 2020 increase over that um afterwards.

So um optimistically, we know that will it's we should be a five million dollar application.

That should uh this project should score very well.

Um there's no reason to believe we won't get five million dollars from that.

And now we've been successful on other projects on getting that additional 20 percent.

Um probably a little strategy is gonna have to go on there.

Okay.

So uh based on the LOTSIP application, which is gonna be February of 2026, correct?

Um you should score, or you did score on the pre the pre-test already, like pre-credit application.

Um reviewed scoring criteria for this project with Crog staff.

Okay, we have competed on a lot and and with the LATSA program, it's not like you're competing in one one like three projects out of all the crowd communities that are gonna get.

There's gonna be 20 projects, maybe more projects.

Um scoring criteria favors communities like New Britain, Hartford in the region.

So we're quite sure we're gonna score high enough to get this project funded through LATSAP.

Okay.

Um through you, Mayor, just a final wrap-up question.

It all said and done, you you get the LOTSIP money.

What's the timeline for the project?

Umce it gets accepted through Crog, um, which it takes a couple a couple two to three months, then they submit it to DOT.

That could be believe it or not, you know.

Um any of us that work here understand sometimes state agencies can be a little bit of a log jam, but um we're optimistic that we would hear back from DOT in the fall.

Um, our intention is to make sure the design is wrapped up so once we do hear back that we're in position to go out to bid.

So I don't know.

I mean, it's it's hard to say because the funding agencies that are involved in this could hold up the project, but I know that we're gonna just be in position once the funding is here that we'll be ready to go out to bid.

Thank you.

Thank you, Mayor.

Marvel.

I just want to thank Mark Moriarty and Mayor Sanchez for working together and getting this project um moving.

Uh it's been sitting for 12 years, and lots of families have been affected living in sewer, living in um poor conditions, losing property value.

So again, I want to thank you both for working together and getting this rolling.

Of course.

Any other questions for Mark or Yani?

Your Honor.

Oh, do you have one for Mark?

No, for Mark?

No.

Okay.

You're all set.

Or you can sit.

Councilman Santiago.

Yeah, I would like to also echo my colleague on how actually just started off previous previous council with the bonding, but the consistency that's been going on with this administration from the first day on that he's even committed to doing it between the mayor and Mark Mayordi that has been working on trying to get the glossum monies.

Yes, we all know that it's it's it takes a process, but it's been commitment through the council, the the mayor, the mayors, uh but especially now that we're more committed than anything to make sure that Allen Street gets taken care of before this administration is over, and that's what your commitment was for, and that's what you've been determined to do, and this was where we're looking at, and I appreciate that.

Thank you.

Thank you, Councilman.

There's no participation from the audience.

Um thank you.

Yes, thank you, Honor.

To Alderman Smidley's point about your resolution, the financial package will be coming in all its multiple parts to the council, and this is a short-term project.

This is the number one capital improvement project, uh, infrastructure project that will be accomplished in the short term.

And uh, as you know, we started at zero dollars two and a half years ago, except for an appropriation that was withdrawn, and uh I think we're uh uh gonna get all the financial packages in a short time to move forward with the project.

Thank you, Honor.

Thank you, Councilman.

Any other councilwoman Scott?

I also wanted to thank um our mayor for working on this and making it a priority priority.

Um I got an email from a constituent saying that you're gonna be meeting with some with some of the residents about this, um, and we really appreciate that you're taking this right away and working on it.

This has been going on for over decades, um, 30 years, it's been an issue, and our houses are being affected, and um homeowners are struggling, so we really appreciate it, and I'm glad that we're taking the steps towards getting things done.

So thank you.

And thank you, Mark, as well.

Any other discussion?

Councilwoman Luna.

Thank you, Your Honor.

Um, I also want to thank um uh director Mariarty.

Um, just a reminder, I was the one that put in the resolution about three, four years ago, um, which it was 15 votes, it went through a four million dollars, and then due to politics, you don't know what happened, right?

Um, but I'm glad that this is um this project's actually moving along.

Thank you, Mark.

Thank you, Councilwoman.

Any other discussion?

Seeing none.

Um, all those in favor say aye.

Aye, all those opposed say nay.

Motion carries now to the resolutions.

Alderwoman Scott for item number two.

Thank you, honor.

I make a motion to accept and adopt item number one, two, two, sorry.

Second, second by Alderman Hardwick.

Um, this is for Muslim American Heritage Awareness Month.

Um, and the city of New Britain is committed to promoting diversity, inclusion, and mutual respect among all residents.

Muslim Americans have made significant contributions to the culture, social, economic, and political fabric of the United States, and the presence in New Britain enriches our community, which is why this is very important.

Muslim Americans have excelled in promoting the community by their achievements in various industries, including medicine, education, technology, businesses, public service, community faith, family and services, etc.

Recognizing and celebrating the heritage and contributions of Muslim Americans fosters understanding and unity among all citizens.

January has been recognized in various communities and states as Muslim American Heritage Month, serving as an opportunity to honor the achievements, history, and culture of Muslim Americans.

And I just wanted to say that um our mayor and I met with the Islamic Center several times, and they have told us how they don't really feel like they're a part of our community.

They they want to feel more welcome here.

And it makes me really sad.

Everybody should feel like they're welcome, and I know our mayor agrees with us that we want to do better and make sure that everyone feels like they're part of the community here in New Britain.

And so I urge adoption of this resolution.

Thank you, Councilwoman.

Um questions or comments.

Seeing none.

All those in favor say aye.

Aye.

All those opposed say nay.

Motion carries.

Alderman Simpson for item number three.

Thank you, Your Honor.

I rise to make a motion to accept and adopt item number three.

Second.

Second by Alderman Luna.

Thank you.

This is a uh grant and budget expenditure uh relating to the B line trail.

Basically, we are having an increased revenue of 5.4 million dollars, and we are using 3.6 million of it for construction contracts.

I urge adoption.

Any comments, questions?

Okay, seeing none.

All those in favor say aye.

Aye.

All those opposed, nay.

Motion carries.

Alderwoman Luna Ortiz for item number four.

Thank you, Your Honor.

I make a motion to accept and adopt item number four.

Second.

Second by Alderman Barbosa.

Uh this resolution is to approve two after school grants received from the state of Connecticut Department of Education in the total amount of 307, 760 to the recreation and community services department for the every kid counts after school program.

And I urge adoption.

Any comments, questions?

CNN.

All those in favor say aye.

All those opposed, nay.

Alderwoman T's for item number five.

Thank you, Your Honor.

This resolution, or I'm sorry.

I make a motion to accept and adopt item number five.

Second by Alderman Santiago.

Okay.

This resolution is to allow the recreation of recreational community service department to receive 108,677 from the grant that was received to fund the every kid accounts after school program expansion, and I urge adoption.

Any questions or comments?

CNN, all those in favor say aye.

Aye.

All those opposed, nay.

Motion carries.

Thank you, Your Honor.

I make a motion to accept and adopt item number six.

Second.

Second by Alderwoman Barbosa.

All right.

This resolution is for the Willow Street Park Improvement Electrical Services.

I agree as follows.

Do his honor the mayor and the common council of the city of New Britain, the ones I beg leave to recommend the adoption of the following.

Whereas on March, March 26, 2025, the New Brand City Council approved 1.6 million dollars in bonding to fund the expansion and improvement of the to Willow Street Park, and we're asked planning and programming for the Willow Street Park improvements have been led by the city's recreation and community services department.

We design construction support from the public works and engineering and field services division.

And we're asked on September 24th, 2025, the New Bremen City Council passed a resolution to approve uh procurement program to construction services for the Willow Street Park Improvement Project.

We're asked consulting engineering services, incorporated CES is a is an electrical engineering consultant that would perform professional engineering services for the lining required for the Willow Street Park improvement.

And we're asked CES has submitted a proposal to perform this work at this work at a fee of $50,000.

Now therefore we resolved the cities, everybody also authorized it, uh hire consultant generative services for work associated with electric electrical engineering services for the Willow Street Park Improvement Project.

And I urge adoption.

Any questions or comments?

CNN, all those in favor say aye.

Aye.

All those opposed nay.

Motion carries.

Thank you, Your Honor.

Make a motion to uh accept an adoption of resolution number six, please.

Second by Alderman and Luna.

This resolution is uh reference to the park.

Sorry, Your Honor.

Can uh we just have his mic on?

Oh, your mic.

Thanks, yeah.

Can you hear me now?