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COMMON COUNCIL ACTION

AUGUST 12, 2003

NORWALK, CONNECTICUT 8:00PM DST, COUNCIL CHAMBERS

ALL COMMON COUNCIL ACTIONS TAKEN AT THIS MEETING TO APPROVE EXPENDITURES AND CONTRACTS OR TO ACCEPT BIDS AND OTHER PROPOSALS REQUIRING THE EXPENDITURE OF CITY FUNDS ARE SUBJECT TO THE AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.

Mayor Knopp opened the meeting at 8:10 p.m. and led the assembly in the Pledge of Allegiance .

ROLL CALL 10 present at roll call; Wrenn arrived 8:11,(absent Hudgins, Poruban, Kimmel & Krummel)
ACCEPTANCE OF MINUTES

Regular Meeting of July 22, 2003 ACCEPTED AS CORRECTED

B. Special Meeting of July 31, 2003 ACCEPTED AS CORRECTED

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION NONE

IV. MAYOR

REMARKS:

Announced that there will be a Memorial Service for SFC Perez at St. Thomas Church on August 20^th at 7:30p.m.

Read a Resolution honoring Jack Miller for his many years of service to the City of Norwalk as Finance Director.

B. RESIGNATIONS AND APPOINTMENTS NONE

V. COUNCIL PRESIDENT

CONSENT CALENDAR

The following items are on consent: VII.C.1,2,3,4;D.1,2;E.1,2,3;IX.(VI)2,4,5,8,9,16,20 and add VII.E.4.

B. OTHER GENERAL COUNCIL BUSINESS.

REPORTS: DEPARTMENT, BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS

CORPORATION COUNSEL

Authorize Mayor to execute a General Release State v. Kowstowski.

AUTHORIZED

COMMON COUNCIL COMMITTEES

A. ORDINANCE COMMITTEE

Amend Norwalk Code to add new Chapter 95A, Littering. APPROVED

B. PLANNING COMMITTEE

1a. Authorize the Mayor, Alex A. Knopp, to execute a contract with Standard Demolition, Inc. for asbestos abatement and demolition of 45 West Avenue and 14 Putnam Avenue, South Norwalk, Ct. in an amount not to exceed $100,800.

Acct. # 09 02 0910 5777 C02412 (DECD Grant for Reed Putnam).

AUTHORIZED

1b. Authorize the Executive Director of the Redevelopment Agency to issue Change Orders on contract for a total not to exceed $10,080. AUTHORIZED

C. PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE

Authorize the Mayor, Alex A. Knopp, to execute an Amendment to the Agreement with Lockwood, Kessler & Bartlett, Inc., in order to extend their agreement through June 30, 2004 to provide professional engineering services for the design and environmental permitting of North Taylor Avenue storm drainage improvements. AUTHORIZED

2. Authorize the Mayor, Alex A. Knopp, to execute an Amendment to the Agreement with Net Tech Solutions to continue the Parking Bureau Management Operations on a month to month basis under the same terms and conditions as the currently approved contract (this was recommended by the Parking Authority at the june 25, 2003 meeting AUTHORIZED

3. Authorize the Mayor, Alex A. Knopp, to execute an Amendment to the Agreement with the Parking Authority to continue the Service Agreement on a month to month basis under the same terms and conditions as the currently approved contract not to exceed the approved operating budget (this was authorized by the Parking Authority at the July 22, 2003 meeting).

AUTHORIZED

Rescind the action taken at the Common Council meeting dated September 10, 2002 under item VII.A.8 which authorized the mayor to execute a lease agreement with the Connecticut Limousine, LLC for space at the South Norwalk Railroad Station, Eastbound side for the purpose of operating an airport limousine service. A license agreement was executed by the Parking Authority to grant permission for the use of the Railroad Station Parking property by the Connecticut Limousine, LLC for the operation of the airport limousine service.

AUTHORIZED

Authorize the Mayor, Alex A. Knopp, to execute an Agreement with ~~Dr. Yuri~~ ~~Gorokhovich,~~ SUNY, Purchase College, Division of Natural Sciences, to provide Storm Drain Mapping Services using GPS technology in connection with the existing GIS system, for a sum not to exceed $9,019. Acct. # 01 40 30 5258

APPROVED AS AMENDED

D. LAND USE & BUILDING MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE

Authorize the Purchasing Department to issue Purchase Orders to Everbind/Macro Book Bindery for Language Arts textbooks for the Board of Education for a total amount not to exceed $3,205.68. Acct. #09035010-5777-C0309 AUTHORIZED

2. Authorize the Purchasing Department to issue Purchase Orders to Norwalk Book Sales Inc. for Language Arts textbooks for the Board of Education for a total amount not to exceed $9,580.70. Acct. #09035010-5777-C0309.

AUTHORIZED

FINANCE COMMITTEE

Accept and Approve the Report of the Claims Committee Dated August 6, 2003.

ACCEPTED

For Informational Purposes Only: Delinquent Tax Report dated August 6, 2003.
For Informational Purposes Only: Narrative on Tax Collections dated August 6, 2003.

VIII. RESOLUTIONS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS RE: JACK MILLER

IX. MOTIONS POSTPONED TO A SPECIFIC DATE NONE

The following items were tabled to the August 12, 2003 Common Council Meeting:

LAND USE & BUILDING MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE

Authorize the Purchasing Department to issue Purchase Orders to Adam Books for Adam Books textbooks for the Board of Education for a total amount not to exceed $15,361.67. Acct. #09035010-5777-C0309 AUTHORIZED

4. Authorize the Purchasing Department to issue Purchase Orders to Dover Publications for Canterbury Tales textbooks for the Board of Education for a total amount not to exceed $188.00. Acct.# 09035010-5777-C0309 AUTHORIZED

Authorize the Purchasing Department to issue Purchase Orders to Educational Frontiers for Great Expectations 9^th grade textbooks for the Board of Education for a total amount not to exceed $287.51. Acct. #09035010-5777-C0309

AUTHORIZED

8. Authorize the Purchasing Department to issue Purchase Orders to Sundance Publishing for Language Arts textbooks for the Board of Education for a total amount not to exceed $368.94. Acct. #09035010-5777-C0309 AUTHORIZED

9. Authorize the Purchasing Department to issue Purchase Orders to Prestwick House for Language Arts textbooks for the Board of Education for a total amount not to exceed $681.45. Acct. #09035010-5777-C0309 AUTHORIZED

Authorize the Purchasing Department to issue Purchase Orders to Everbind / Macro Book for Language Arts textbooks for the Board of Education for a total amount not to exceed $25,906.00. Acct. #09035010-5777-C0309

AUTHORIZED

Authorizing the Purchasing Department to issue Purchase Orders to Globe Ferron for Romeo & Juliet / Hamlet / Othello textbooks for the Board of Education for a total amount not to exceed $17,228.75. Acct. #09035010-5777-C0309

AUTHORIZED

SUSPENSION OF THE RULES

COMMON COUNCIL COMMITTEES

FINANCE COMMITTEE

4. RESOLVED, that a sum not to exceed $43,000 be and the same is hereby transferred from Contingency to the Fire Department to pay for the replacement of a generator at Station #2 and rental of a temporary generator. Acct. # 01-4042-5298 RESOLVED

XI. ADJOURNMENT 8:57P.M.


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