Minutes from meeting on February 7, 2002

ATTENDANCE: Richard Booth, Chairman; Martin Bernard, lzora

STAFF: Sonja M. Devitt, Director; Larry Patterson, Field

The Chairman called the meeting to order at 7:10 p.m.

The following corrections to the minutes were made:

Page 2 - under Director’s Report - NEON Council should have read NEON Food, Fuel an Shelter Council at NEON.

Page 6 - First motion should read Case No.1464-01, 1465-01, 1466-01, not 1463-01.

3rd paragraph should be "electrical service was inadequate", not bad.

Last paragraph should read "Statute", not statue.

Page 7 - last paragraph should read "Mr. Roberts commented that the subject involved could be a matter of contract and he noted that it could be in conflict with the prior decision the Commission had made."

Mr. Booth referenced the new apartments to be built at Pathmark Mall as noted in The Hour. He suggested putting the article in the file for future reference.

Ms. Devitt noted that seven new cases have been added in January.

She informed the Commissioners that Mr. Bermudez is now a regular, no longer an alternate commissioner. Ms. Devitt commented on the recent Estimate and Taxation review of the budget. She said that the Board had no proposals, but just made their review of the submitted information. The Mayor’s Ball was a success.

Mr. Bernard commented on the draft of the revised brochure submitted at the meeting. Changes have been made and the Commissioners reviewed the product for last minute notations.

Mr. Simms’ fax number is 203 840-7588 and the office number 838-4545 should be removed on the new commissioner list.

Ms. Devitt presented a draft revision of the Bylaws. The Commissioners reviewed the information for final input.

The following changes were noted.

4.3 Qualification should be "Qualifications

5.6 Spokesman should read "spokesperson"

1. Reworded to read "In the absence of one or both parties at a

7.3 ...Staff may act as witness to the facts of their investigation..."

1. Delete "but" and start a new sentence "Any modification of the

8.2.2 "Clarify" will be added along with a 15 day limit to this section.

Item 8.2.1 and 8.2.2 will be reordered for clarity.

Items under section 8.2 will become 8.1.5 through 8.1.7.

Ms. Devitt said that the lighting problem has not been resolved. Mr. Patterson has had a number of discussions with Mr. Olbrys regarding mold and mildew.

Ms. Devitt stated increases in the charges represent water, trash, sewer, and administration fees. Water has been deleted from the list for 1468, however, this has not been confirmed by Hudson. Ms. Devitt suggested hearing the cases as voted on in an early meeting.

Mr. Patterson stated there would be no action required on the following cases listed on the written report.

Case number 1450, 1456, 1457, 1459-01, 1460-01, 1461-01, 1463-01, 1464-01, 1465-01, 1466-01, 1467-01, 1469-01, 1470-02.

The hearing scheduled for this meeting included1464, 1465, 1466, but were postponed. Ms. Devitt received a call from the owner’s attorney. He was not familiar with the properties and the owner lived out of state and could not come up this week for a meeting. The attorney agreed with Ms. Devitt that a weekly update would be performed and compliance must take place within 30 days. A plan of action was requested. The attorney will look at the property himself. The attorney was told that the Commission was reluctantly giving a one-time postponement and would not be patient about having the repairs completed in the established time frame. No increases can be put into effect until all the repairs are completed. The heat has been restored to all of 75 S. Main Street. The property has had years of neglect. The landlord is a new owner and has inherited a neglected property.

The Chairman closed the meeting at 9:30.

Respectfully submitted,

Alvina L. Richardson Decker

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