Call of the March 13, 2006 RTM Meeting - Town of Greenwich, Connecticut

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STATE OF CONNECTICUT

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 13, 2006 at 8:00 P.M.(E.S.T) for the following purposes:

l. To consider and act upon the following resolution, requested by the Superintendent of Schools and approved by the Board of Education and the Board of Estimate and Taxation.

Referred to Education Committee

Referred to Finance Committee

Referred to Parks & Recreation Committee

2. To consider and act upon the following resolution, requested by the First Selectman.

FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Representative Town Meeting of the Town of Greenwich hereby approves such provisions of the agreement, if any, which may be in conflict with any charter provisions, special act, ordinance, rule, or regulation of the Town of Greenwich with the meaning of Connecticut General Statutes, Section 7-474.

Referred to Finance Committee

Referred to Town Services Committee

Referred to Labor Contracts Committee

3. 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.

Referred to Finance Committee

Referred to Health & Human Services Committee

Referred to Public Works Committee

4. To consider and act upon the following resolution, requested by the Superintendent of Schools and approved by the Board of Education and the Board of Estimate and Taxation.

Referred to Education Committee

Referred to Health & Human Services Committee

Referred to Public Works Committee

5. To consider and act upon the following sense of the meeting resolution, requested by

the members in District 9.

WHEREAS, in order to facilitate fund-raising activities in support of the renovation and rehabilitation of the Western Greenwich Civic Center building, the Western Greenwich Civic Center Committee formed the Western Greenwich Civic Center Foundation, Inc, (“Foundation”) as a not for profit, non stock Connecticut corporation approved under the Internal Revenue Code section 501C3; and

WHEREAS, the Foundation solicited funds from individuals, corporations, foundations and governmental agencies (collectively, the “Donors”) for the stated purpose of specifically renovating and rehabilitating the Western Greenwich Civic Center as a community and civic center; and

WHEREAS, through the fund-raising efforts of the Foundation, including the solicitation of donations and the organization of community events (such as a golf tournament, a pancake breakfast, cow chips sales, a spaghetti dinner, video sales, and sale of bricks), the Foundation raised a total of over three million dollars (the “Foundation Funds”) including the Lowenstein gift for the specific purpose of renovating and rehabilitating the Western Greenwich Civic Center as a community and civic center; and

WHEREAS, at its October 2001 meeting, the RTM accepted a gift from the Foundation for 2.5 million dollars arising from a grant from the Leon Lowenstein Foundation for the rehabilitation of the Western Greenwich Civic Center, and the RTM agreed to rename the renovated building the “Bendheim Western Greenwich Civic Center”; and

WHEREAS, on November 30, 2005, the Foundation delivered to the First Selectman over 2.2 million dollars of the Foundation Funds for the Town’s use in renovating and rehabilitating the Western Greenwich Civic Center as a community and civic center; and

WHEREAS, at no time prior to January 2006 were such proposed significant changes to the use of the Bendheim Western Greenwich Civic Center disclosed to the Foundation which raised private funds for the specific and stated purpose of renovating and rehabilitating the Western Greenwich Civic Center as a community and civic center;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that it is the Sense of the Meeting that the RTM endorses the original stated purpose of the Bendheim Western Greenwich Civic Center exclusively as a community and civic center and opposes any effort by the Board of Selectmen or any other entity to use the Bendheim Western Greenwich Civic Center for municipal departments or offices.

Referred to Finance Committee

Referred to Health & Human Services Committee

Referred to Land Use Committee

Referred to Parks & Recreation Committee

6. To consider and act upon the following sense of the meeting resolution, requested by twenty registered voters.

Whereas, Section 7-192 of the Connecticut General Statutes states “Any municipality administering its local affairs under the provisions of the general statutes or special acts adopted prior to said date may continue to so administer its local affairs until the electors of such municipality avail themselves of the provisions of this chapter”, referring to the Home Rule Act of which 7-191 that was followed to place the referendum on the ballot is a chapter.

Whereas, the referendum result passing the question constituted the voters “availing themselves” of the provisions of the C.G.S. Home Rule Act which result was recorded by the Town Clerk and the Secretary of the State of CT.

Now, Therefore be it Resolved, it is the sense of the meeting that the Greenwich RTM requests that under the provisions of section 7-188 of C.G.S. the Board of Selectman appoint a Commission for the amendment of its Charter, as required under the Home Rule Act after the passing of the 1975 voter referendum under 7-191. The topics to be considered, for amending the charter are: The items and language proposed for charter amendment from the June RTM meeting of sewer assessment and payments, the creation of a Department of Parking Services, the creation of a Town Administrator position, the powers and duties of the First Selectman, codification of the Dept. of Human Resources, and any other topics for proposed charter amendments as may properly come before the Commission.

Referred to All Committees

7. To consider and act upon the following sense of the meeting resolution, requested by

twenty registered voters.

WHEREAS, The RTM in its responsibility as the representatives of the electorate of the Town needs to have at its disposal information pertaining to the capital projects that will affect the subsequent Town budgets; and

WHEREAS, The RTM in its responsibility as the representatives of the electorate of the Town needs to ensure that capital projects continue to serve the best interests of the Town; and

WHEREAS, The RTM has voiced its approval of this process over the course of the last three Town budget cycles.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that it is the Sense of the Meeting that:

1. The RTM be provided with the best and most current list of the capital projects to be proposed in the next Town budget as a part of the Call for the prior September RTM.

2. The RTM be provided with funding decision checkpoints for capital projects which extend over more than one Town budget. These checkpoints shall be clearly identified in advance as RTM decision points for funding of any one such capital project.

3. The RTM will approve a Sense of the Meeting resolution at each funding decision checkpoint of a capital project to inform the CIP Committee and the Board of Estimate and Taxation of its continued support of that capital project.

Referred to Education Committee

Referred to Finance Committee

Referred to Legislative & Rules Committee

Referred to Public Works Committee

8. To consider and act upon the following resolution, requested by the Appointments Committee.

MICHAEL J. BARNABY

ROBERT L. BEERMAN

EDWARD D. DADAKIS

RANDALL A. HUFFMAN

EDWARD M. MANGANIELLO