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TOWN OF GREENWICH
REPRESENTATIVE TOWN MEETING
March 2003 CALL
STATE OF CONNECTICUT
TOWN OF GREENWICH
A regular Representative Town Meeting of the Town of Greenwich will be held in the Moderator’s Hall of Central Middle School on Monday March 10, 2003 at 8:00 P.M.(E.S.T.) for the following purposes:
l. To consider and act upon the following resolution requested by petition of twenty registered voters.
RESOLVED, the Town of Greenwich Representative Town Meeting by order of a sense of the meeting resolution endorse the letter drafted on behalf of the Greenwich Waterfront Coalition requesting federal maintenance dredging of the Mianus River channel.
Referred to Land Use Committee
Referred to Parks & Recreation Committee
2. To consider and act upon the following resolution requested by the Commissioner of Social Services and approved by the Board of Social Services and the Board of Selectmen.
RESOLVED, that Section 63 of the Charter be and I hereby amended to read as follows;
Sec. 63. Commissioner of Social Services; duties; salary.
(a) Except where otherwise mandated by State or federal law with respect to nursing homes, the Commissioner of Social Services shall, subject to the direction and control of the Board of Social Services, have full charge of the social services of the Town and shall also have such powers and duties as are now or shall hereafter be conferred and imposed by law upon the Selectmen or any other administrative agency of the Town relative to minors, mentally ill persons, children born out of wedlock, indigent or incapable persons, and persons addicted to the use of intoxicating liquors and drugs, including making applications for the appointment of conservators for incapable persons, for the commitment of mentally ill persons, for the removal of a parent as natural guardian of a minor and for the adoption of a minor.
(b) Wherever copies of any papers relative to such matters shall by law be served on the Selectmen of the Town or one (1) of them, service shall instead be made on the Commissioner of Social Services. No bill against the Town relating to social services or the support of indigent persons of the Town shall be paid by the Town until it has been approved and certified as correct by the Commissioner of Social Services.
(c) The salary of the Commissioner of Social Services shall be fixed by the Town on the recommendation of the Board of Estimate and Taxation in the same manner as other appropriations are determined. In the absence or disability of the Commissioner of Social Services or if the office becomes vacant for any reason, the Deputy Commissioner of Social Services shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Commissioner of Social Services for a period not to exceed ninety (90) days or for such longer period as the Board of Social Services may determine. The salary of the Deputy Commissioner shall be fixed by the Town on the recommendation of the Board of Estimate and Taxation in the same manner as other appropriations are determined.
(S.A. 444 § 26, 1939; as amended by S.A. 133, 1943; S.A. 327, 1953; S.A. 79, 1955; RTM, 1/15/68; RTM, 6/9/69; RTM, 4/10/72.)
(additions in bold)
Referred to Health & Human Services Committee
Referred to Legislative & Rules committee
3. To consider and act upon the following resolution.
RESOLVED, that the following named person, nominated by the Board of Selectmen, be appointed a member of the Alarms Appeals Board for a term expiring 3/31/06.
CHARLES COYLE
Referred to Appointment Committee
Referred to Town Services Committee
4. To consider and act upon the following resolution.
RESOLVED, that the following named person, nominated by the Board of Selectmen, be appointed a member of the Alarms Appeals Board for a term expiring 3/31/06.
ROBERT FOGG
Referred to Appointments Committee
Referred to Town Services Committee
5. To consider and act upon the following resolution .
RESOLVED, that the following named person, nominated by the Board of Selectmen, be appointed a member of the Alarms Appeals Board for a term expiring 3/31/06.
ROMANO R. ORLANDO
Referred to Appointments Committee
Referred to Town Services Committee
6. To consider and act upon the following resolution, requested by the Director of Nathaniel Witherell and approved by the Board of Estimate and Taxation .
RESOLVED, that the sum of $16,000 be and the same is hereby appropriated to be added to the account number identified below:
450-51070 Longevity Pay $16,000
Referred to Finance Committee
Referred to Health & Human Services Committee
7. To consider and act upon the following resolution, requested by the Director of Nathaniel Witherell and approved by the Board of Estimate and Taxation .
RESOLVED, that the sum of $258,334.10 be and the same is hereby appropriated to be added to the account numbers identified below as prior year adjustments:
450-51970 Prior Year Adjustment 100 $155,843
450-52970 Prior Year Adjustment 200 $10,446
450-53970 Prior Year Adjustment 300 $80,521
450-54970 Prior Year Adjustment 400 $11,524
Referred to Finance Committee
Referred to Health & Human Services Committee
8. To consider and act upon the following resolution, requested by the Director of Nathaniel Witherell and approved by the Board of Estimate and Taxation .
RESOLVED, that the sum of $101,079 be and the same is here by appropriated for the provision of rehabilitation services through an affiliation with Greenwich Hospital.
450-66-51420 Professional Medical Rehab Dept. $155,750
450-66-51420 Professional Medical Rehab Dept. $(10,000)
450-66-51010 Regular Salaries Rehab Dept. $(44,671)
Referred to Finance Committee
Referred to Health & Human Services Committee
9. To consider and act upon the following resolution, requested by the Director of Nathaniel Witherell and approved by the Board of Estimate and Taxation .
RESOLVED, that the sum of $3257,445 be and the same is hereby appropriated to be added to the account number identified below:
45051-51490 Professional NOC $257,445
C.O.N. Project
Referred to Finance Committee
Referred to Health & Human Services Committee
10. To consider and act upon the following resolution, requested by the First Selectman.
RESOLVED, that the sum of $528,006 for the fiscal year 2003/04 be and the same is hereby appropriated to carry out the terms of the labor settlement between the Town of Greenwich and Greenwich Municipal Employees Association.
FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Representative Town Meeting of the Town of Greenwich hereby approves such provisions of the labor settlement, if any, which may be in conflict with any charter provision, special act, ordinance, rule or regulation of the Town of Greenwich within the meaning of Connecticut General Statutes, Section 7-474 ( c).
Referred to Finance Committee
Referred to Labor Contracts Committee
Referred to Town Services Committee
11. To consider and act upon the following resolution, requested by the Director of Parks and Recreation and approved by the Board of Selectmen.
RESOLVED, that the Town of Greenwich accept a gift in the amount of $22,500 as reimbursement for the Fourth of July Fireworks Celebrations.
Referred to Parks & Recreation Committee
12. To consider and act upon the following resolution, requested by the Commissioner of Public Works and approved by the First Selectman and the Board of Estimate and Taxation.
RESOLVED, that the sum of $190,000 be and the same is hereby appropriated to be added to Public Works’ Account No. Z312-59620-22086, known as “Cliffdale Road Bridge Reconstruction.”
Referred to Finance Committee
Referred to Public Works Committee
13. To consider and act upon the following resolutions, requested by the First Selectman and approved by the Board of Selectmen.
RESOLVED, that the lease between the Town of Greenwich and the Mianus River Boat and Yacht Club, Inc. be approved, and the terms and conditions of said lease to be the same as those contained in the lease agreement attached to the explanatory comments for this item
Referred to Land Use Committee
Referred to Legislative & Rules Committee
Referred to Parks & Recreation Committee
14. To consider and act upon the following resolution requested by the Commissioner of Public Works and the First Selectman.
WHEREAS, the required contract plans, specifications, and estimates have been prepared for traffic signal improvements at the following intersections: King Street at Anderson Hill Road, Palmer Hill Road at River Road and North Mianus School, and Mill Street at North and South Water Streets and,
WHEREAS, said improvements include, but are not limited to the upgrade of existing signals herein identified as State Project No. 56-273 and Federal –aid Project No. CM-000R(161), herein after referred to as the Project, and
WHEREAS, the State and Municipality mutually agree that the State shall be responsible for the construction phase of the Project, which includes, but is not limited to advertising, administration, inspection, field density testing and material testing in conjunction therewith, and
WHEREAS, the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century of 1998 provides funding authorizing for “Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs, and for other purposes,” and
WHEREAS, the project is eligible for funding under the Surface transportation Program (STP) as defined in Title I, Section 1108 of the Act, and
WHEREAS, Section 13a-98i of the Connecticut General Statues, as revised, provides that,”9a) The commissioner may enter into agreements for the acceptance and expenditures of funds concerning federal surface transportation urban program roadways or facilities and eligible federal surface transportation rural collector roadways of facilities with the United States Secretary of transportation or local officials, or both, to develop plans and establish programs for, and construct improvements on or to such roadways or facilities using appropriations made to the department of Transportation by said Secretary of transportation under the provisions of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21 st Century, all amendments thereto and all applicable federal regulation …,” and
WHEREAS, the Municipality has requested that federal funding be obligated so that Project related construction actives can be authorized.
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that Richard V. Bergstresser, First Selectman, be and hereby is authorized to execute the agreement entitled: “Agreement Between the State of Connecticut and the Town Of Greenwich for the Construction, Inspection and Maintenance of the Various Traffic Signals Utilizing Federal Funds Under the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Component of the Surface Transportation Program No. 56-273 and Federal-Aid Project No. CM-000R(161)).
Referred to Legislative & Rules Committee
Referred to Public Works Committee
15. To consider and act upon the following resolution, requested by the Town Planner.
RESOLVED, that the Representative Town Meeting hereby authorizes the First Selectman, Richard Bergstresser to sign and accept the 2 Coastal Grants , approved by the RTM December 2002 from the State of Ct. Department of Environmental Protection, Office of Long Island Sound on behalf of the Town of Greenwich. The two Municipal Grants are for Storm Water Pollution Sources in Watersheds Draining to Long Island Sound, and Coastal Waterfront Public Access Study and Design Specifications.
Referred to Legislative & Rules Committee
Referred to Public Works Committee
Dated at Greenwich, Ct THOMAS J. BYRNE
February 24, 2003 MODERATOR
CARMELLA C. BUDKINS
TOWN CLERK
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