Okay.

I think we can get started.

Good evening, everyone.

Today is Monday, March 9th.

I call to order the steering committee meeting of the 32nd Board of Representatives.

The time now is 7.02 p.m.

Ms.

Monto, do you mind calling the role, please?

Thank you.

Representative Adams.

Present.

Representative Bouchard.

Present.

Representative Camparelli.

Present.

Representative Gardner.

Present.

Representative Hughes.

Present.

Representative Park.

Sorry, Johnson.

I think Clerk Johnson is excused.

He's probably traveling.

He may or may not be able to uh join in.

Okay, I'll mark him as excused if he joins later, I'll announce it.

Representative McEwen.

Present.

Thank you.

Representative Morrison.

Present.

Thank you.

Representative Pollock.

Present.

Thank you.

Representative Price.

Present.

Representative Sanford.

Present.

President Shaw is here.

She called the meeting to order.

Representative Sure.

Present.

Thank you.

Representative Sylvester.

President.

Thank you.

Representative Weinberg.

Present.

Thank you very much.

Representative Wirz.

Present.

Thank you.

Representative Zachary.

Present.

Thank you.

I also would like to note that I did see Representative ex officio members Walston and Weathers on the line.

And I will mark you as present.

If there's anyone else, ex officio that I did not recognize.

Oh, I see Representative Delacruz and attendees.

I will move him over to panelists and I will mark him as present as well.

Thank you.

Thank you.

So we do have a quorum here.

Before we dive into the agenda, I have a few announcements to make.

So starting in March, the Transportation Committee meeting will be moved to the third Monday of the month, the same day as the personnel committee meeting.

It's just to um accommodate some uh conflicts with uh Chair Wears and his other committees.

Um just for procedural purposes, we would have to notice these meetings as um special meetings, but the board office will take care of that.

Um and it'll just be the meetings will take place regularly.

It'll just be called a special meeting.

And then when we reset the year again for the end of the year, we'll we'll go back to having it as regular meetings.

So and then given the volume of the budget meetings coming up in the next two months.

I just want to um remind the chair and the members to be mindful of the items that you're planning to propose to you committees for the next two months.

Uh please you know, the please have the chairs please work with your committee members, maybe send out a note asking if there's you know any items that are time sensitive, um, and then uh just plan ahead uh before you bring them to um steering.

Um the third announcement is uh basically something that uh a new initiated.

So I've been considering some meaningful ways for the board of reps to strengthen our collaboration with the other boats and commissions um and make sure that you know we're getting the relevant information that from all these boats and commissions in that spirit and in an effort to strengthen our collaboration between uh the board of representatives and the board of education.

Uh I'm announcing the creation of a board of representatives liaison to the Board of Education.

The purpose of this role is to improve communication between our two boards on the matters within the purview of the Board of Representatives.

The liaison will collaborate with the Board of Education members and provide a monthly update to this board focused on like school construction, capital projects, items with fiscal impact that may require uh the board of representatives to take action and other operational updates that would assist members in communicating with our constituents.

The liaison will not engage in or report on policy matters that uh fall outside of the authority of our board.

So I'm pleased to announce appoint uh representative Noah Lepine as the liaison.

I'm confident that the representative um Le Pine will serve in this role with great effort and dedication.

I will also send this an email to the rest of the board members tomorrow, but I just wanted to announce this the steering committee first.

So those are my announcements.

once the liaison will not engage in or report on policy matters that um fall outside of the authority of our board so I'm pleased to announce appoint uh representative noah lepine as the liaison I'm confident that the representative um Le Pine will serve in this role with great effort and dedication I will also send this an email to the rest of the board members tomorrow but I just wanted to announce this the student committee first so those are my announcements um and then let's move on to the regular agenda uh the regular board meeting of the 30 second board of representatives uh the next one will be held Monday April 6th 2026 the invocation will be the uh the represent the the you know responsibility of members of district are the representatives of district 10 so when you have a name you can you can send it to the board office um and then honorary resolutions um I do know uh Chair Weinberg uh it contacted me earlier so Chair Warneberg do you need the floor um thank you uh thank you um yeah that's a challenge to find the mute button I'm so used to teams now believe it or not um so I I I plan to introduce an honorary resolution uh honoring uh Melissa Mulrooney uh for her 20 years of service as the CEO of the Stanford Museum and Nature Center as many of you may probably know Melissa will be retiring very soon um at the board of uh uh of directors of the museum have hired a uh you know uh a successor who I'm delighted to say I don't remember his name but I'm delighted to say that he is a resident of stand a longtime resident of Stanford which which I always think is is is is is good practice uh when that when the talent is there uh so I will be uh working with uh the museum staff to draft the honorary resolution and I hope it has everyone's support um Melissa's done incredible things on behalf of the city as the leader of of the Stanford Museum and Nature Center for the last 20 years thank you very much uh president shawl are you moving this item I am moving I am moving this item uh for the uh uh for the agenda at our next board meeting is that a second second okay all in favor of uh um taking this honorary resolution uh for the next board meeting please say aye aye aye aye uh any opposed any abstentions okay so that honor that will be added uh to the honorable resolution and chair weinberg when you have the resolution please pass it on to the uh board office thank you okay and moving on to our committees the first committee is appointments committee uh which one of the co-chairs will be presenting today it's me madam president go ahead uh coach and gardener thank you madam present so the appointments committee will meet on Wednesday March 25th at 630 p.m in the Democratic caucus room uh in person and on zoom we have a total of eight different individuals to interview i'll quickly go through them item number one alpha 32020 board of assessment appeals Larry Ginsberg reappointment uh item number two alpha 32.021 Board of Assessment Appeals James Fleischer reappointment item number three alpha 32.022 zoning board Jerry Bozak uh point four alpha 32 point zero two three zoning board Keith Walker item number five Alpha 32.024 planning board chet salad item number six alpha 32.025 planning board alternate Drew McKay uh item number seven alpha 32.026 planning board alternate ashley lay and item number eight alpha 32 point zero two seven at this time I move that we uh bring items one three four five six seven and eight to the appointments committee agenda second thank you you're you're on mute pro sorry I'm on mute that's why I can't like why is it nobody seconding um so Chair Gardner of course you're gonna do you want to um say the reason why you don't want the item number two you don't have to it's yes out yes Mr.

James Fleischer reached out to the board office saying that he could not make his interview at this time so I believe uh parliamentary McKeon suggested to us that we commit him to the pending agenda and get them rescheduled for next month.

All those in favor of moving items one three, four, five, six, seven, and eight.

Please say aye.

I need opposed.

Any abstentions.

Okay.

Those items will be placed in the appointments committee agenda.

Uh Coach Gardner, would you like to announce the date and time and motive your uh meeting?

Yes, the date and time is gonna be Wednesday, March 25th, uh, 6 30 p.m.

at the Democratic Caucus Room on Zoom and in person.

I guess I should also move that we uh take item number two, James Fletcher Board of Assessment Appeals and put that on the pending agenda.

Do I have to make a motion for that?

Schedule.

You make it just you could just move it, so we don't need a motion for that.

So thanks so much.

Uh Coach Gardner.

Thank you so much.

Okay, moving on to fiscal committee.

Which one of the co-chairs will be presenting today?

Um I believe I will, uh, Madam Chair.

Go ahead, uh, Coachair Zachary.

All right.

Uh the next meeting of the fiscal committee will be on Monday, March 23rd at 7 p.m.

in the Democratic Caucus Room and by Zoom.

And uh I have, I believe, 10 items, short list for today.

Uh item F32.043 for $50,945, an additional appropriation operating law department to appropriate funds from contingency to pay current year wage settlements that were recently agreed upon via a tentative agreement between the city and the attorneys unit.

And that motion was approved, was recommitted to steering on March 23rd, sorry, February 23rd of 2026.

Uh item number two, F32.053 for $50,000, an additional appropriation operating mayor's office, Stanford Boys and Girls Club amount from contingency mayor contracted services to cover two months of lost rental income resulting from the city's need to evict tenants due to asbestos abatement.

F32.054, a resolution with respect to the authorization, issuance and sale of not exceeding 65 million city of Stanford general obligation refunding bonds.

Item number four, F32.055 resolution authorizing the mayor to enter into and sign agreements with the Connecticut Division of Emergency Management and Homeland Security, D E M H S for the City of Stanford Cybersecurity Navigator Risk Manager Project.

F32.056 resolution authorizing the mayor to enter into and sign agreements with the Connecticut Division of Emergency Management and Homeland Security for the City of Stanford, implement endpoint detection and response XDR project.

Item number six, F32.057 for two and a half million dollars.

An additional appropriation capital.

Project CP4.

Huh 000091, Lathan Wider Community Center renovations, capital improvements, fund source, private contributions, and federal grant.

Item number seven, F32.058.

A resolution authorizing the mayor to enter into and sign agreements with the Department of Housing and Urban Development for a Lathan wider project.

Item number eight, F32.059 for 75,000.

An additional appropriation grant, community dev program funds to support outreach and community engagement for free public Wi-Fi at the Latham Wider Community Center and Cole Island Park, including activation and digital connectivity assistance.

No new city funding required.

Item number nine, F32.

An additional appropriation grant, emergency communication center, 911 telecom to cover the salary of four public safety dispatchers.

Item number 10, F32.061 for 156,200, an additional appropriation grant, technology management services funds awarded to hire a cybersecurity consultant to lead cybersecurity risk management efforts.

And with that, I'd like to move for items one to 10 to be submitted to the agenda for this uh fiscal committee in uh later this month.

Is that a second?

Seconded.

Any discussion.

Okay, seeing none.

I can't post sorry, I can't see.

Who is this?

Representative Walston.

Go ahead, Representative Walston.

Um, I have a question.

If you go back to the top with the oh, here it is.

Um, I think with the uh F32.053.

Um, it just says here the Stanford Boys and Girls Club, but there is a uh Stanford Boys and Girls Club at Yearwood.

And Yearwood has been deemed with the asbestos, and I was requesting that we have the word Yearwood Center uh to distinguish between the two boys and girls clubs.

And uh and I know it's lost rental for the last two months, but is this a permanent thing that's going to be happening?

Like what if it goes for another six months?

Are we going to be paying the rental for six more months?

I'll let the co-chairs answer uh either co chair Morrison or you guys know any information about this, or do we have to discuss this during the uh regard?

Uh in answer to Representative uh Wilson.

Uh I'm not sure.

Wallston Watson, sorry, sorry, Walston, W A L.

I have a very tiny screen.

I'm sorry.

Uh I apologize.

I'm doing this on my phone.

I apologize.

Uh my I need better glasses.

And uh I do not know.

It's a good question.

We will find out at our meeting.

And that would be a great question time to raise that issue.

Well, it still needs to be changed on the uh agenda to distinguish which club.

Well, that's very very important.

So whomever is looking at this um throughout the city, they'll know that it's Yearwood Center that's at the center of this best disabatement stuff going on.

That's very important.

I agree.

Um I don't know.

And the request looking at the request that came in from the mayor's office, there is no mention of the Yearwood Center.

I see.

Uh you're well, I mean, I'm looking at the document itself, it doesn't specify that.

So we have to ask and find out.

Okay.

Oh, Chad Morrison, did you have a response for this?

I do.

Thank you, Madam President.

Uh, through you to Representative Walston.

If you click on the uh supporting documentation for F32.053, uh-huh.

The description says the amount will cover two months of lost rental income to the Stanford Boys and Girls Club that resulted from the city's needing to evict tenants due to asbestos abatement.

Uh, I think I think it's clear there that referring to the asbestos abatement uh clearly indicates that it's the Yearwood Center, and I would have no objection therefore to uh amending the uh uh description of the item on the agenda to indicate it uh as you have uh requested.

Okay, that's all I wanted to know.

Okay, and we need to also get answers as to how long we're going to be paying a $50,000.

And I think Wallstead, those questions will be you can ask those questions during the committee meeting, and we don't need to, I don't think we need to go into those details right now.

I yield thank you very much.

Okay, coach Morrison, are you proposing amending that right now?

Uh yes, I move that we amend the description of item two to uh uh as follows.

Mayor's office, Stanford Boys and Girls Club parentheses location yearwood center, close parentheses, and I so move.

Okay, is that a second to this amendment?

Second.

Okay, any discussion other than the ones we've had specific to this amendment.

Howard, are you on?

Yeah.

Uh okay.

I'm in okay.

Uh hearing no other, we'll uh take a vote on the amended language for number two.

All those in favor of making this amendment.

Uh item number sorry.

I two please please say I.

I any opposed.

I oppose because um I oh representative, you are not a member of the committee.

Representative Walston.

You don't have the floor, and you're not a member of student committee.

So I know you can't talk right now.

I misspoke.

Thank you.

All those in favor of um the amendments, please say I'm sorry, we gotta go back again.

I lost my thought.

Uh the opposed.

Any abstentions?

Okay, the amendment passed.

Uh uh Representative McEwen, I saw your hand earlier raised.

Did you want to speak on the items?

Any other items or specific to this amendment?

I apologize if I missed you.

Yes, madam president.

I was seeking the floor, uh, not related to item number two, but related to item number one.

Okay, go ahead.

Thank you, Madam President.

I had a quick question with respect to item number one F32.043 uh through you to either of the co-chairs.

Uh and that's just an inquiry as to whether or not this item is related to the tentative bargaining agreement that the board rejected in its last regular meeting.

Uh I believe it is.

And I believe that was recommitted to steering.

And we the fiscal then needs to, this is I understand it, needs to reconsider this and decide how what we're going to do with it.

So I believe it should be still on the agenda for fiscal committee as opposed to being our pending.

I do I guess uh yeah, I guess I'm curious, and and again, through through the chair to either of the co-chairs, uh, whether or not this needs to be before the committee in this upcoming month if the agreement itself is not in a place where the agreement itself isn't on the agenda.

So approval of these funds wouldn't necessarily be proper if an agreement authorizing those funds isn't even properly before the committee.

Thank you, Madam President.

Through you two, uh Representative McEwen.

Uh our action report from the last meeting uh shows that uh the item related to it uh on the personnel committee, the rejection was rejected, meaning that the contract was approved.

Therefore, it's uh so this item should and must come before us again for reconsideration.

Point of order.

Yes, Chairman.

Uh I believe that's incorrect.

I believe the item was uh was affirmatively rejected by a vote of 21 to 12.

Oh my apologies.

Yeah, the the rejection was rejected.

The rejection was approved.

Approved.

Rejection was approved.

The vote was yes to reject.

Then we need to correct the minutes of the meeting because it reads the opposite.

It reads the rejection item was rejected by a vote of 2112.

I I believe I made everybody, you know, test my understood.

My failing my fading memory, but I I believe the projection was upheld by a vote of 21 to 12.

Your assumption is correct, uh Representative Weinberg.

I go back to the uh minutes, and if we need to correct that, we can correct that.

Um Chair Morrison.

Go ahead.

Did you have still more uh discussion or points to say uh Chair Morrison?

Uh no, I would I would say we need to put it on the agenda and uh uh either recommit it or fail it based on uh pending discussion on the item in committee.

Okay.

Uh representative McEwen, are you good with your questions?

You do have any more additional questions or discussion?

Yes, I I think I would I I think I would respectfully disagree that this would probably be for the committee at this time, especially considering if it were to move to committee, there is the possibility it could pass, right?

Procedurally, it could it could pass.

Um, and that that would put us in a weird procedural hiccup where we have authorization for funding uh that is related to an agreement that has been rejected.

Um so I would at this time I would make a motion to amend by striking or I give deference to the chair here.

I could also make a motion to consider separately item number one to the rest of the items um on the on the uh that has been moved to commit to to appropriate excuse me to fiscal committee.

Um representative McEwen, uh would it make sense uh as a parliamentarian to place this on a pending agenda and simply leave it for another date?

Uh uh yes, uh if I may respond, uh chair, I uh I think that would be appropriate.

Um I just think that yes, I think either which way we get there, I just think that this doesn't make sense to be considered in this month where there is the possibility it could be approved.

Um, I think you know, holding it until we have clarity on the bargaining agreement would make more sense procedurally.

Uh so yes, I think moving that to pending would would be adequate.

And based on uh representative McEwen's uh advice as parliamentarian, I'm going to amend my statement and ask that item number one be placed on pending and items two through 10 be placed on the agenda for the fiscal committee meeting uh later this month.

Hang on, I apologize.

I saw uh I'm just not seeing hands and I'm just able to see hands.

So I I see now um representative camperli's hand raised.

Did you have anything more on this particular item?

Um I would just like to say that I think it's more appropriate to remove the item when the contract is approved, then the mayor would come back and uh and ask for us to appropriate the funds.

So I don't feel like it's a appropriate to put this on pending.

I feel like it's more appropriate to remove the item.

Um, because we don't know what the amount will be.

The amount will change.

So it just it doesn't make any sense to me.

I don't care either way, but I was just saying procedurally, it doesn't make a lot of sense.

And I yield the floor.

Thank you.

Uh Representative Delacruz.

Did you have a did you have a question?

You're on mute.

Okay.

I don't see him anymore here.

Um, all right.

So before we go ahead and make motions.

So are you sticking with the motion to put it on pending?

Coach Zachary.

You know, I I it's a very good idea to I rep understand what uh Representative Camparelli suggested, and I think it's actually makes more sense to strike this from the agenda at all and wait for the mayor to come back with an additional request once the contract gets clarified.

Point of order, Madam President.

Go ahead.

Representative McEwen.

Madam President, the board rules put us in a in an odd place here where it says that items considered by the steering agenda, but not placed on the board meeting agenda or referred to a committee shall be placed on pending.

Uh so I do think that is the appropriate place to deposit items that we don't wish to commit in a current meeting.

Okay.

And so we we can coach, we could just put this on pending and then if the amounts do change, like uh, you know, uh, you know, representative camperli may be anticipating, we can always amend the amount when it comes to, right?

Yes.

So okay.

Okay, so at this point, are you moving items through two through 10?

And yes, I'm moving items two through ten to the agenda for the fiscal committee and item one to pending, which we probably have to do as a separate motion.

We don't need a motion to move it to pending.

We're good.

Okay.

So any other second for the other moving items.

Second.

Okay.

Uh we had enough discussion, I think.

Any more discussion?

Okay, seeing no discussion, let's take this to vote.

All those in favor of moving items through to 10 to the fiscal committee agenda, please say aye.

Aye.

Any opposed?

Any abstentions?

And remind me, sorry, I apologize I missed it.

This month's meeting, is it going to be a webinar?

Uh, Coach Zachary.

It will be on uh March Monday, March 23rd at 7 p.m.

It will be hybrid in the Democratic caucus room and by Zoom.

Okay, so it will be a hybrid.

I don't know why and where I saw this was going to be just a webinar.

Okay.

I think it's in the budget budget thing.

Ms.

Montowa, you might want to update that later.

Okay.

All right.

Thank you, Coachair Zachary.

Moving on to legislative and rules committee.

Chair McEuben.

Thank you, Madam President.

Uh the legislative and rules committee will be meeting Tuesday, March 24th, 2026 at 6 p.m.

rather than 7 p.m.

in the Democratic in the Democratic caucus room and by webinar.

Uh, we're adjusting the time and to accommodate some conflicting schedules.

Uh we received one submission with respect to the legislative and rules committee, and that's LR 32.016, an ordinance for publication to repeal the appointments commission per Article 17 of chapter six, including sections six-121 through six-124 of the code of ordinances submitted by Mayor uh Simmons.

This item was submitted late.

Uh at this time I'd make a motion to consider LR32.016.

Okay.

Any discussion.

This would have to be done by an old call.

So Ms.

Mob Tongle, please call it roll for this one, please.

I have my hand off.

I'm sorry.

I can see sometimes hands and sometimes I can't.

Go ahead, Representative Camparelli.

I just I feel like this belongs on the on the um appointments committee.

I don't know why it's on this committee.

Other than it got sent here, maybe by mistake.

Um and it's the only item on the agenda.

So it's just like we could skip having that meeting, put it on the um appointments committee where I feel like it belongs.

But I'm not it's not like I have to have it either way, but I just think it's more appropriate and was wondering what everybody else thought.

My go ahead.

Uh what's your morrison?

Thank you, madam president.

Um I I see uh through you to Representative Camporelli, I see your point.

Um, and uh there's I think there's merit to that.

However, uh the appointments committee already has just taken up seven uh seven interviews for their meeting that night plus discussion.

Um so I would I would suggest we leave it on L and R and make appointments secondary on the item.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Um President Wallston.

Um I agree with uh Representative Camporelli.

I'm not sure if this was uh debated on the last board on appointments.

So I would still think that it would stay where it had started from.

So I believe it was appointment.

So I'm in agreement with Representative Camporelli, and I yield.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Any other discussion?

Madam President, I have my hand raised, and so does Representative Gardner.

Okay, go ahead, Chair McEwen.

Sure, thank you very much.

Um I agree with uh Majority Leader Morrison's comments.

Um I also anticipated making this um or moving to have appointments be a secondary committee.

And I've connected with co-chair Gardner, um, given that him and co-chair shore uh run that or the leadership for that committee.

Um, and he'd expressed to me that he would have a preference on having L and R take the lead on the discussion given their um given their capacity in the upcoming month uh with the amount of interviews that they have.

I think you know, procedurally at a later time, we could always as a full board uh commit this secondarily to appointments when the capacity opens.

Uh, but for the moment, I think this is appropriate for LNR.

Uh and and having coordinated with the the co-chair of uh or co-chairs of the appointments committee, uh it seems like we're in agreement that that would be appropriate for this month.

And I yield.

Thank you, Chair McEwan.

Uh Representative Gardner.

Yes, just to echo uh Representative McKeon's comments.

Um, while I completely agree, this is an appointments committee issue.

I think that the nature of the appointments committee meeting where we have members of the public who are waiting to have the interviews and uh being respectful of that time means it's not very conducive to having a good debate about a topic like this.

As such, I think it's probably best that it goes to be debated in the L committee uh where you can have a more open discussion without members of the public having to sit there and wait for us to finish.

I yield great.

Thank you.

Uh Representative Morrison.

Thank you, Madam President.

In looking back through uh the legislative history, uh item LR30.109 uh passed creating a Stanford Appointments Commission.

Uh so it appears that L and R is where this did originate.

Uh so it further solidifies my my preference that it remain with L and R, but I I would still suggest that we uh uh make appointments secondary due to its nature.

Thank you.

Okay, great.

Yeah, I I said yeah, I agree with that as well.

So we will that's where we will keep it as of now.

Um any other discussion?

Otherwise, okay, go ahead.

Okay, so we're going to you guys are proposing to start this off in L and R and then kick it down to appointments.

Why can't it stay at appointments?

And I know I I'll keep saying when you signed up for the board, things weren't going to be easy.

And I keep hearing time, time, time.

And it doesn't make any sense to go from LNR then to appointments, and then just why can't it just stay at appointments?

That's that's all I have to say.

And I know you guys are going to put the LR, but I just want to get my sentiments on record.

Thank you.

Correct me, uh Representative Morrison.

You did you just say that it was in LR in the 38th board?

It was in the LNR.

Yes, Madam President.

It it was an L and R item that created the appointments commission.

Uh and and if I may, through you to Representative Walston.

Um by making the appointments committee secondary, we're not uh it wouldn't, as you as you phrased it, kick it down from uh LNR then to appointments.

Appointments would be part of the discussion uh in the LR committee.

Uh when the item is taken up in committee, members of the uh appointments committee uh would be recognized as part of the discussion, and then if the appointments committee in its own meeting wishes to have discussion on it, uh they could take a supporting or uh non-supporting vote as a secondary committee, but a fulsome discussion in L and R with both committees uh would take place, which is one of the reasons that I suggested making appointments secondary.

I I hope that answers your concern, Representative Walson.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

Okay, seeing no other discussion, I'm not seeing hands anymore.

Please, if anyone has hands first, let me know.

Um, I don't see anyone.

So let's take this by roll call, Ms.

Montovo.

Thank you very much.

Sorry, and this is to just consider this item after that.

We will take another vote to place the item, but this is to consider.

Thank you.

Representative Adams.

Yes, representative Bouchard.

Uh yes, representative Camparelli.

Yes.

Representative Gardner.

Yes.

Representative Hughes.

Yes.

Representative Johnson is excused.

Representative McEwen.

Yes.

Representative Morrison.

Yes.

Representative Pollack?

Yes.

Representative Price?

Yes.

Representative Sanford.

Yes.

Representative Shaw.

Yes.

Representative Shore.

Yes.

Representative Sylvester.

Yes.

Representative Weinberg?

Yes.

Representative Works.

Yes.

And Representative Zachary.

Well.

You're speaking.

I think you're muted and we can't hear you.

Representative Zachary?

Yes.

Um, yes.

Thank you.

That is a unanimous yes vote.

Okay.

So that would pass to consider the item.

Thank you, Madam President.

Do I have the floor again?

Yes, you have.

Thank you.

I'd like to make a motion at this time to commit LR32.016 uh to the LNR committee.

Is that a second?

Second.

Any additional discussion on it?

Seeing none, we'll take this by voice vote.

All those in favor of placing item LR32.016 to the uh agenda L and R agenda, please say aye.

Any opposed?

Any abstentions?

Okay.

That item will be placed in the agenda for uh Tuesday, March 24th, and the meeting will be at 6 p.m., not 7 p.m.

Thank you, Madam President.

Thank you so much.

Uh moving on to personnel committee, Chair Weinberg.

Uh thank you.

Uh the personnel committee will meet on a Monday, March 16th at 7 p.m.

in the Democratic Caucus Room and by Zoom webinar.

We have one item on the uh that I'm proposing for the agenda, P32.003.

It's a review item of the city's HR policies and programs, including the classification systems, employee benefit programs, andor post-retirement benefit programs for the education of personnel committee members and anyone else who would like to attend.

Uh this month's um uh review will be on um the collective bargaining agreement process and the um and and the disciplinary process uh therein.

Um and I uh uh so uh and I just want to say that uh thank um HR Director uh Russell who has already sent me and coach and vice chair Pavia uh the presentations that that are planned for this meeting.

So I really uh very much appreciate um uh her doing that.

Uh and I so move this on to the personnel committee agenda is there a second second any discussion okay.

I don't see any hands or take this by voice vote.

All those in favor of placing this item in the personnel committee agenda, please say aye.

Aye aye.

Any opposed any abstentions?

Okay, that item will be placed on the personnel committee agenda.

Thank you.

Without I yield chair Weinberg.

Um moving um to land use urban redevelopment committee.

Uh, which one of the co-chairs will be presenting today?

That would be me, madam.

Um so we will the land user and redevelopment committee will be meeting on Wednesday, March 18th, 2026 at seven o'clock.

Uh that would be strictly by webinar.

We will be submitting the following for uh consideration LU 32.006, a resolution accepting Pembroke Drive as a city street by property owners pending certification by the city engineer that Pembroke Drive meets the qualifications for acceptance.

I move that's this be placed on the agenda.

That's our only item for uh there this month.

Second.

Okay.

Any discussion?

I don't see any hands.

Let's take this by voice board.

All those in favor of placing this item in the land use and urban trade development committee agenda, please say aye.

Any opposed.

Any abstentions.

Okay, that item will be placed on the agenda.

Thank you so much, uh, co-chair price.

Thank you.

Moving on to operations, parks and rec committee.

Uh Chair Sanford.

Thank you, Madam President.

Um parks uh operations, parks, and rec committee are gonna meet uh Thursday, March 19th.

Right now it's a 7 p.m.

But due to a conflict with another presentation at 7, I would like to move that up to 6 p.m.

Is that is that something I can make the call for?

Is that have to be voted on?

I'm I'm asking because I'm I'm not sure.

I believe you can make the call.

I I I as long as I state it publicly now and it's addressed, right?

That okay, I'm kind of looking at Mike for his not in agreement.

So thank you.

Um so it we're gonna meet Thursday, March 19th at 6 p.m.

Uh via webinars.

So it's gonna be uh completely webinar.

Um I've got four items right now, OPR 32.002, a resolution for public hearing and final adoption concerning the building permit fees on commercial projects of CDM million.

Uh number two, op 32.003 and ordinance for public hearing and final adoption, amending chapter 214 of the code and ordinances concerning excavation permits enforcement administration fees and cost recovery.

Item three, OPR 32.006, approval of an agreement between the city of Stanford and Wendell Energy Services for Street Light Audit LED Conversion Plan Development and Construction Administration, which was RFP two uh 2026.0063 item number four, opr 32.007, a resolution to establish uh comilde uh commercial building permit fee exemption for qualifying grocery stores located downtown and in the south end and at this time I would like to move items one through four uh to our uh the operations parts and right committee agenda.

So is that a second?

Second.

Any any discussion I I see no hands.

Um I have one question regarding um item number four.

This is the resolution to establish commercial building permit fee exception for grocery stores.

Um Chair Sanford, I don't know if you know the answer of this or if you have to um have one of the um the sponsors, but I will go I will direct this question to you.

Was um anyone in the administration or the economic director Leah Kagan aware of this or does this being socialized with uh I believe there was some conversations.

I don't I don't know everyone involved.

I believe uh operations was involved and some ideas were thrown around and there was there is support for it.

The reason I'm um bringing it up is because I believe there's gonna be so many departments involved, including zoning and food and beverage and health and safety and all these things.

I think starting the conversation is now is is maybe appropriate, uh just because I think it's gonna take some time to uh fine-tune it and let legal and everybody have their say in it.

So I I think it's gonna be I think it's gonna be a little bit slower than most ordinances.

I I could be wrong.

Um but to answer your question, I I there has been some discussions already uh and and some support for it.

So I I decided it was okay to put it up on the on the agenda for now.

That sounds good.

Um thank you for that.

Um seeing no other hands, let's take this to uh vote.

All those in favor of moving items one through four of the operations committee agenda, please say aye.

Uh any opposed any abstentions.

Okay, those vote items will be placed on the operations parks and recommended agenda.

Thank you, uh Chair Sanford.

Moving on to public safety and health committee, Chair Bouchard.

Uh thank you, Madam President.

Um, the public safety and health committee will meet on Thursday, March 26th at 6.30 by webinar only.

Uh we have two items uh on the agenda.

The first one is PS32.004 is an item for review, and that is for the security and public safety conditions at the abandoned building located at 200 Henry Street.

Um, and that was submitted by Representative Adams.

The second item is PS32.005, excuse me, dot zero zero five, and that is an overview of the Stanford Police Department.

Uh we do have a change that was uh forwarded or submitted, but was not included on the agenda, and that is a switch from this uh overview of the Stanford Police Department to an overview of the Stanford Fire Department.

Um so that is we will get that corrected.

Um, but that is the actual item that will be reviewed.

Uh so at this time, um, I'd like to move those items to the agenda.

Point of order, madam president.

Yes, I do think that we should uh either uh I'm just one and then amend the second one.

Yes, that's what I'm getting at.

Yes.

Okay, sorry.

That's what I was going to say as I might be able to.

That's fine.

Um, Jen Bouchard, if you want to move the first one and then we could amend and move the second one.

Got it.

So I'll uh we'll move the first item PS3 2.004.

I'd like to move that to the agenda.

Okay, is that a second?

Second.

Second.

Any discussion on item number one.

Do see uh representative Walstrand's hand.

Go ahead, Representative Walton.

Um, for number one, I was wondering if we're going to have um any speakers coming in to help us discuss about the security and public safety conditions or any experts coming in.

Representative Adams, are you having anyone in mind that I'm assuming you want an update from someone?

And I had a question on this as well, but I will let you answer.

Yeah, I'm um I uh I would be invited now to Direct Operation Um Economist and also the police department, because they have been um dealing with this um this problem because the owner abandoned the building, and uh there was somebody um fine dead over there doing the the coolest mutt in in the winter.

So um they will be there presenting what's how do you gonna secure the building and how they gonna how the city is gonna get repaid for secure for securing the bill by the city employees.

Um okay, I'm just a little concerned because it says that it's abandoned, so no one is taking ownership of this building because I I drove down it.

It was I call it the sinking sink and building now.

Is it totally abandoned?

The owners are not taking any kind of ownership for anything on this.

No, the owner own for the building in the community, they choose not to take care of this building, but they're ride by it every day.

So the city's gonna be taken on the security, but bank charging the owner.

So all that would be discussed at the meeting.

So you you you have not invited the owners to come to the meeting.

Um I don't uh the city is trying to look um the owners can't change in name.

They are present in the community, but they just not taking care of this building because I think they want the building to really come down.

Um the building is fully furnished.

Um the owner um evict everybody out of the building.

So the building was created maybe eight, ten years ago, but all brand new stuff, brand new plumbing, brand new kitchen.

And um, they just abandoned it.

So you know the answers at the meeting that you I thank you.

Thank you, representative Walden.

Um Representative Adams, just a quick thing.

Is this something recently that has come up, or is it something that you have already been aware and you have been following up with um uh Matt or anybody else in the uh administration or public health and safety department?

Uh no, this is something I've been dealing with um dem about it, but I want it on the public record, so the constituents in the community could always go back and get the record rather than have to explain every constituents the situations going on.

Let's put it on public record.

Anybody have something?

I could give them a date and they can go back and review the video on what took place and what is going on with this building.

Okay, but just I'm only asking just to make sure that the administration is aware of this.

Sometimes they don't know, like we bring up items that we they're not aware.

So I just want to make sure that you already have they already know about it, and you'll just ask for an update.

I have spoken to Matt and also um the assistant uh chief of police.

I spoke to them already, but um, them telling me in the community not knowing, don't make the message go out.

So I just want to put those on public record.

Thank you.

Okay, sounds good.

Thank you.

Um, okay.

Uh any other discussion on this item.

If not, we'll take this to vote.

All those in favor of placing item number one, PS32.004 in the uh public safety and health committee agenda, please say aye.

Any opposed?

Any abstentions?

Okay, that item will be placed in the uh agenda.

Go ahead, uh Chair Bouchard.

Yes, so I'd now like to entertain a motion to correct me if I'm wrong to amend PS32.005 item for review to change from Stanford Police Department to Stanford Fire Department.

Is there a second for that?

Okay, any discussion.

Okay, seeing none, we'll take this by voice vote.

All those in favor of amending item number two on the public safety and health committee.

Uh uh, please say aye.

Aye.

Any opposed?

Any abstentions?

Okay, that language is amended.

Um would you like to now make a motion to add this item?

Yes, please.

Uh thank you, Madam President.

At this time, I'd like to make a motion to move item two ps 32.005 uh onto the agenda for the public safety and health committee.

Is that a second?

Second.

Any additional discussion?

Okay, seeing none.

We'll take this by voice vote.

All those in favor of placing item number two, PS32.005 as amended, please say aye.

Aye.

Any opposed?

Any abstentions?

Okay, that item is placed in the agenda.

Chair Bouchard, I did want to uh point this out to you, and you may have already known and you're fine with it.

The March 26th, that is a there's fiscal presentations which start at 5.30.

Um they're not they're not a lot, but I don't know if you'd rather want to keep your time at to 6.30 or do you want to move it to seven?

It's up to you, but I just want to point that out.

Yeah, I know I'm aware of the conflict, but given that we're gonna have at least two items that will probably generate significant discussion.

I don't think moving it back is is any uh anything we want to do.

So I appreciate that though.

Thank you.

Okay, sounds good.

So we'll keep that at 6.30 p.m.

Thank you, Chair Bouchard.

Uh moving on to the community development, housing, education, social services, state and commerce committee.

Which one of the co-chairs will be presenting today?

I will be happy to present.

Go ahead, uh coached Pollock.

Thank you.

Um the chess committee will be meeting Tuesday, March 17th at 6 30 p.m.

And I would like to have it for that meeting and moving forward as a hybrid.

And I see that it's on here as a webinar.

I'm not sure which caucus room we would be in, but I would like to make that request now.

And I would also like to, I know I have eight items.

I would like to do the first five.

Uh chess 32.003 approval DBI projects LLC contract for owners representative services at Ripplewam Indoor Air Quality Project Number 2026.0015 submitted by Mayor Simmons.

Item two, chess 32.004 approval.

Proposed contract with Arcadis U.S.

Inc.

for owners representative services at the Newfield Elementary School Indoor Air Quality Project.

Also submitted by Mayor Simmons.

Submitted by Director Cinonez.

Item four, chess 32.006.

It's a review.

CDBG program review overview of the CDBG process, the chess committee's role and responsibilities, and the potential program year 52 calendar.

And that was submitted by Moira Sotch.

Item 5, Chess 32.007 review item of state legislation, Connecticut's House Bill 5283 regarding municipal authority to prohibit the retail sale of dogs, cats, and rabbits in pet shops.

And I submitted that item.

And I would like to make a motion to commit items one through five to the chess's agenda.

Any any discussion on these five items.

I see representative Walston's hand.

Go ahead.

I'm no, I'm very vociferous tonight.

And uh housing is very, very important to me.

And uh I'm I'm just feeling a type of way when I see all of these other items basically overshadowing the housing.

And I'm not sure if there were constituents who wanted to chime in on this meeting, they would have to sit through and listen to all of this other stuff for state and commerce when they wanted to listen to housing.

This is one of the reasons I I was so against combining the all of the uh all of the committees.

I propose this is just a I propose if anything, if we can make the housing uh number one, just you know, kind of get that out of the way and then just proceed with the other ones.

Thank you.

I yield any other discussion.

Um, I have a question for clarity on what Representative Walston just said.

Which item are through you, uh Madam President.

Which item are you proposing you would like to have first?

I don't number four.

Okay.

I I have no problem with that order.

I think first we would go through and approve or discussion of which items are, and I'm happy to make a motion to change the order of the items.

Yes, that that's perfect.

Thank you so much.

We will make them we'll take the motion and pass the items, and we can rearrange the order.

I think that's fine.

Okay.

Okay, any other discussion on these five items.

Okay, seeing none.

Let's take this by voice for all those in favor of placing items one through five on the chess committee agenda.

Please say aye.

Any opposed?

Any abstentions?

So those will be placed in the agenda in uh coach and pollux.

So you want number four to be number one?

Yes, please.

I would like to have it go in order of four.

One, two, three, five, please.

Two three five.

Okay.

Thank you.

Okay, go ahead.

Moving on to items six through eight.

Uh chess 32.008 resolution endorsing Senate Bill 257 relating to housing and calling upon the Connecticut General Assembly to pass to pass it or materially similar legislation.

And that was submitted by Representative Boudreau.

Uh number seven, chess 32.009 resolution endorsing Senate Bill 151 relating to housing and calling upon the Connecticut General Assembly to pass it or materially similar legislation.

Submitted by Representative Boudreau.

Item eight, Chess 32.010 resolution endorsing House Bill 5260 relating to housing and calling upon the Connecticut General Assembly to pass it or materially similar legislation.

Also submitted by Representative Boudreau.

And I would like to open this for discussion.

Okay, so you'd have to move it to be able to discuss.

Are you moving these items for discussion to be able to discuss?

I have to move them first.

Yes, you have to.

Then I move to then we'll open up discussion.

Okay.

I move the items.

Second.

Okay, discussion.

Coachan Hughes.

Yes.

Thank you, Madam President.

I wanna speak in opposition to all three of these items.

Um I worked in the legislature in the state senate specifically on the housing committee.

And I think it's way too early in the legislative process for us to weigh in.

Also, I just don't think it's our jobs to uh you know, give early board opinion or endorsement of any legislation.

Uh that's for our state reps and our state senators.

Now I understand it's a different situation uh previously uh with the the pet shop one, but the way I look at it is these bills actually take away um rights from the city of Stanford, takes away local control, specifically number eight.

Um all three of these bills do nothing to create supply.

We have a supply issue in Connecticut, and we have an affordability issue in Connecticut because of the lack of supply.

Any bill that doesn't address supply is a waste of time.

Uh item number six would address supply, and that's something I would support, uh, but I can't in this role.

Um just to give some uh a quick read of item number eight.

Um it would prevent Stanford from prohibiting the accumulation of waste, biohazards, encampments that threaten public health, sanitation issues, road-in issues, or fire risks.

Uh it would be illegal for Stanford to prohibit blocking sidewalks, parks, or transit access, impeding safe passage for residents, families, children, and people with disabilities.

It would be against rules and state law from allowing Stanford from banning prologue prolonged vehicle dwelling in residential or commercial areas.

Point of order.

Yes.

Um, my apologies.

Um, I it's not about agreeing or disagreeing.

It sounds like it's the merits of uh being on a committee.

So I just wanted to point that out because we're diving deep into.

Okay.

Uh I'll I'll just limit it to my uh thoughts to that, as I just don't believe these are three bills that we should spend time considering.

And I yield.

Thank you so much.

Thank you.

Uh Representative Camparelli.

I I'm not gonna speak to the merits of any of these because I haven't had time to study any of them.

I don't know what they're about.

Um, I would like to speak against these being put on this committee because um I have never seen the board endorse any state um bill at all.

Um what we have done is we've advocated for the state to allow us, just like Representative Yewes just said, to give us control of making a decision on things.

We have also um uh advocated for the state to take up something that we have done.

And the reason that I feel that's appropriate and this is not um is number one, I I can't find any precedent for us endorsing a state bill like this, like any of these.

Um, but also the things that we asked the state to commit to as we committed to were things that our city believed in.

They were things that our city came to public hearings to speak for.

Um, and so we all knew that we had or did not have the support of our constituents um to just decide on my own, right?

That I was going to endorse a state bill, which I don't really believe is my business to do.

Uh, I would have to have community input on that.

And there's no um, there's nothing that tells us that passing a resolution like this would have to have uh a public hearing.

Um and so for those reasons, I just don't feel like it's appropriate.

And for the the most important reason is that we could take our entire uh we could take this committee's time up with a million things that each of us personally believed that we should be endorsing for the state.

But but it's just it doesn't feel like we have that kind of time on our board.

We should be advocating for things that we want to change in Stanford uh directly.

And so for those reasons, I I don't think it's appropriate for us to take this up.

Thank you.

And I yield.

Thank you, Representative Camparelli, Chair Sanford.

Thanks, Madam President.

Uh I I agree wholeheartedly with Representative Caparelli and Representative Hughes, and just to kind of add to that, you know, we don't have a lot of levers to pull at the municipal level to influence what the state does.

And I feel like if we overuse it or it it becomes watered down and they don't, then all of a sudden, you know, they're they look at it like, oh, this is what Stanford said again.

So I appreciate the enthusiasm.

I appreciate the you know, the the participation.

I just for the reasons already stated.

I I really think um we're best left to focus on some things that are going to be you know more at the local level and use those resolutions uh when when needed, but when we you know sparingly and when we know that it's gonna have an impact and and specifically when it's gonna have it, we know it's gonna have overwhelming support and pass unanimously.

We don't want to pass a resolution that's like 2119 or something like that.

And then you know, that now it's it's it there's no real difference in in you know the resolution anyway.

Um I appreciate the time.

That's all I have.

I I like I said, love the love the enthusiasm, but um I I don't think it's up for for us to take it up at this time.

Thanks.

Thank you.

Uh Coacheth Pollock.

Um, I do see representative Walston's first.

I would like to speak last, if that's okay.

Uh okay, that's fine.

Uh Representative Walston.

Um, I just wanted to say that I do agree with Representative Hughes, Representative Camporelli, Representative Sam Ford, and especially um I just want to thank Kier Bouchard for making that effort for putting it forth.

But um, I just have to agree with them, but I just want to say thank you so much.

And I do appreciate your creativity on this.

Thank you.

And I yield.

Uh thank you.

Go ahead, uh, Coach Ed Pollock.

Uh thank you.

Um Representative Walson, it was uh submitted by uh Representative Boudreau, just uh to yes.

Um I agree again with everybody who spoke.

Those were my thoughts procedurally.

I wanted to bring it up.

This is why I put it uh separate items for discussion.

I didn't want to just unanimously say no.

So I also do not want to submit this to my committee.

Uh what is procedurally the best way to take a vote, or do I pull it?

We'd we'd have to uh take a vote and uh let everybody vote on it.

Thank you.

Is that right?

Is my assumption right?

Um yes, now that I think we have a motion on the table um for future reference, the chair has the deference to put things on pending generally.

Um so if you felt if it's not an appropriate item for your committee, you can always put it on pending rather than make a motion.

Uh so that that option is always available to you in the future.

Thank you.

Uh quick question um through you, Madam President.

Um I was asking in the beginning whether I make a motion or if I was able to open it up for discussion for that reason.

So am I ever able to open it for discussion before making a motion in the future?

No.

Fortunately not.

Okay.

So I'll continue with this procedure.

I wanted to hear from the uh the steering committee.

I will continue with the motion for a vote.

Thank you.

Point of order, Madam President.

Sorry, hold on.

Oh, go ahead.

Go ahead.

Um, Representative Morrison, go ahead.

Sorry, thank you.

Through you two are distinguished parliamentarian.

Uh now that the motion is in the hands of the body, uh the body can uh can vote to allow the chair to withdraw the motion.

If I can respond, Madam President.

Yes, go ahead.

Yes, yes, by leave of the body, we can we can withdraw the motion.

Just a follow-up question, but if we withdraw the motion, then the three items are removed, not going in pending, though, right?

Is that to me, Madam President?

Yes.

Sorry.

Um, any item that we consider that is not placed on an agenda under our current rules gets gets placed on pending.

Uh okay, so even if uh uh coached pollock withdraws it, it will still go, it still goes to the pending.

That's my understanding, madam president.

May I ask a question?

Sure, go ahead.

If we take it upon voting and we vote it down.

What's what happens after that?

Chair McEwen, would you like to answer that?

Yeah, it's an it's an excellent point, and one that you know, I think I've I've flagged previously.

I think this is kind of an oddity about how our rules have been historically set up.

The language is pretty clear in that any item that's considered that is not moved on to uh uh an agenda gets placed on pending, where it can sit indefinitely until our term expires.

Okay, I will let the committee decide which course of action everybody would like to do.

I mean my suggestion, Coach Polak is if we are going if it's going to if it is going to um go to pending anyway.

Um if you would like to withdraw the motion, then we could just simply do that versus trying to take a vote and then sending it to pending.

So if you um do you have to take a vote on allowing me to do that?

Yes, okay.

It'll be easier one than the other way.

So okay.

You make an emotion to withdraw your items.

I am making a motion to withdraw my items.

Second, second.

Okay.

Any discussion to withdraw the items?

And to clarify it's items six through eight.

Okay.

Okay.

Uh let's take this by voice vote.

All those in favor of withdrawing items six through eight on the Cheska Media agenda, please say aye.

Aye.

Any opposed.

Any abstentions?

Okay, those three items will be moved to the pending agenda.

Thank you.

Thank you, Co-Chair Pollack.

Okay, our last committee here, Transportation Committee Chair Weirs.

Thank you, Madam President.

Uh the transportation committee is going to is scheduled to meet on Monday, March 16th, um, at 6 30 by webinar.

Um, I don't know if I need to say that's a special meeting.

Um, okay.

Um it there's one item, item uh T32.003 ordinance for publication to dissolve the Stanford Transit District per section 59-8 of the code of ordinances.

Um this was presented by Director Kinonis.

And I'd like to uh move this item to the agenda.

Second.

Is that a second?

Okay.

Discussion.

Checking by hands.

I see no hands.

Uh let's take this by voice vote.

All those in favor of adding item 232.003 to the transportation committee agenda, please say aye.

Any opposed?

Any abstentions?

Okay, that item will be added to the transportation committee agenda.

Thank you.

Thank you, Chair Weirs.

Uh, just the last one is that adding the uh approval of the minutes.

So is that a motion to add the approval of the March 2nd, 2026 regular board meeting minutes to the agenda?

Point of order.

Yes.

Uh sorry, question for the parliamentarium.

Uh if we need to um if if the minutes are in the action report, the minutes are in error, as was pointed out earlier regarding the rejection item.

Um do we move this on to the uh agenda and just amend at the uh April board meeting.

Go ahead, uh Parliamentary McEwan.

Thank you, Madam President.

Uh yes, that would be my understanding.

We move it so that the item is on the agenda, and then at the board meeting we make an amendment to correct it.

Thank you.

I yield.

Okay, thank you.

Any other questions or discussion?

Okay, seeing none.

Um, all those in favor of moving the uh just minutes to the uh agenda, please say aye.

Aye.

Any opposed?

Any abstentions?

Okay, we replaced that item, but and then we will make we will amend it for correction of that one item up for the personnel um in the uh full board meeting.

With that, a motion to adjourn.

Go move move to adjourn.

All in favor, aye, aye.

Aye, aye, aye.

The meeting is adjourned at 817 p.m.

Thanks, and good night, everyone.

Good night, everyone.

Good night, everyone.