The town council held a public hearing and regular meeting on January 21, 2025, at 7:20 PM at Windsor Town Hall. The public hearing covered a bond ordinance for a new fire rescue pumper and an amendment to the veterans tax exemption. The regular meeting included proclamations, public comments, council communications, reports, and multiple votes. Key actions included approval of the fire truck bond and veterans exemption ordinances, appointment of the town’s first poet laureate, introduction of a bond ordinance for Broad Street traffic calming (with a March 11, 2025 referendum set), and discussion of speed camera locations.
The time is now seven twenty PM. Welcome to the public hearing of January twenty first, twenty twenty-five. And before I open it, I would like to read the public notice. Notices hereby given that the town council of the town of Windsor will hold a virtual and in-person public hearing in the council chamber at the Windsor Town Hall. Two seventy-five Broad Street on Tuesday, January twenty first, twenty twenty-five at seven twenty PM prevailing time to hear public comment on the following items. A bond ordinance entitled a bot ordinance appropriating one point four million for cost in connection with purchasing of a fire rescue pumper and authorizing the issue of eight hundred and sixteen thousand dollars, bonds and notes, and five hundred and eighty-four thousand from the public safety equipment fund to finance the appropriation. And an ordinance entitled an ordinance amending chapter five. This is always fun for me. Should remember your room in numbers. Information on how to attend the Zoom meeting via phone or computer will be included in the town council agenda. Please visit visit our town website, click on the virtual meeting info button on the front page and select town council meeting for January twenty first, twenty twenty-five. With the notice being read, the public hearing is now open, and I will now turn this over to our moderator, assistant town manager, Scott Cobe, who will provide the instructions. Thank you, Mr. Colby. So we'll come to the uh town hall chamber. And if there's anyone here who would like to um comment on the public on the item here for our public hearing, this bond ordinance and the amending of chapter five, Article 14, the veterans exception, please step forward, state your name and address, and you may do so at this time. All right. Well, seeing none moving forward, we'll bring our public hearing to a close and we will begin our town council meeting promptly at seven twenty-five. Thank you. All right. Good evening, and welcome to the town council meeting of January twenty first. So we are debating time, so one says seven twenty-five, one says seven thirty. So we could wait the few minutes. Okay. Councillor Palkey, we just want to make sure that you're good. I mean, I can go. All right. Excellent. So with that being said, all counselors are accounted for, and that will serve as our roll call. And then we'll move to um Councillor Pelke for our prayer and for reflection. Sure. Um in high school, I was my Earth Science teacher in my freshman year, nickname me the king of brevity. Hard for some people to believe that by any means. One nation, another indivisible with liberty, and justice for all. Thank you, Councillor Kelke. For the prayer and or reflection. Item number four on our agenda is proclamations and awards. And so at this time, is there a motion? I move to add certificates of achievement and appreciation for fire prevention posters or contest window winners under item four proclamation and awards. Second. Thank you. It's been moved and properly seconded. Is there any discussion, counselors? All right, all in favor. Aye. Any opposed? Any abstentions? And that motion passes nine zero zero. Thank you. So we will add that to item number four.