MINUTES ADOPTED AS PRESENTED 09/07/2010
ENFIELD TOWN COUNCIL
MINUTES OF A SPECIAL MEETING
MONDAY, JULY 19, 2010
The Special Meeting of the Enfield Town Council was called to order by Acting Chairman Nelson in the Council Chambers of the Enfield Town Hall, 820 Enfield Street, Enfield, Connecticut on Monday, July 19, 2010. The meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m.
ROLL-CALL – Present were Councilmen Bosco, Dumont, Edgar, Hall, Keller, Kiner, Lee, Mangini and Nelson. Councilmen Crowley and Kaupin were absent. Also present were Town Manager, Matthew Coppler; Assistant Town Manager, Daniel Vindigni; Town Clerk, Suzanne Olechnicki; Town Attorney, Kevin Deneen; Director of Social Services, Pam Brown; Director of Economic Development, Ray Warren.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE – The Pledge of Allegiance was said.
CONSENT AGENDA
MOTION #1015 by Councilman Mangini, seconded by Councilman Hall to approve the Consent Agenda. Transfer Youth Development Training & Resource Center $3,000
Transfer OPM Project Success Grant $7,090
Authorize Town Manger to Enter into Agreement
with CT State Library Board
Authorize Town Manager to Enter into Agreement
with Hartford Foundation for Public Giving
Upon a SHOW-OF-HANDS vote being taken, the Chair declared MOTION #1015 adopted 9-0-0.
MOTION #1016 by Councilman Mangini, seconded by Councilman Dumont to waive the reading of the resolution.
Upon a SHOW-OF-HANDS vote being taken, the Chair declared MOTION #1016 adopted 6-3-0, with Councilmen Dumont, Keller and Lee against the motion.
RESOLUTION #1017 by Councilman Mangini, seconded by Councilman Dumont.
Resolution Approving Exchange of Land with Eppendorf Real Estate Corporation
Present for this discussion were Ray Warren, Director of Economic Development and
Martin Farb, President and CEO of Eppendorf.
Mr. Warren stated he is pleased how the Town of Enfield and State representatives have assisted Eppendorf in this expansion effort.
Mr. Farb expressed his appreciation to the Town for its response to Eppendorf’s tight timetable. He then went on to describe his company, which is located in Hamburg, Germany. He noted this is a successful, privately held company with sales of $433 million euros in 2009. He stated they have 29 sales offices around the world, and they have nine manufacturing/R&D centers around the world, one of which is located in Enfield.
Mr. Farb stated Eppendorf is a biotech company, which develops, produces and distributes systems for life science research laboratories. He noted their customers include major pharmaceutical companies and universities doing drug research.
He stated Eppendorf purchased the building at 175 Freshwater Boulevard in 2004 from Jagenberg, and this building contains 192,000 square feet. He noted 57,000 square feet is for office and the remainder accommodates light manufacturing and warehousing. He stated they did extensive renovations to the building when they purchased it and started producing plastic injection molded products in 2005. He noted shortly thereafter they added warehousing and logistic services, and this building is now one of their primary distribution centers for products sold in the United States and Canada.
Mr. Farb stated in 2007, they moved the assembly of micro-centrifuges to the Enfield facility, and these centrifuge products are among their fastest growing, and they’re distributed all over the world.
He stated based on their success in moving both manufacturing and distribution operations to Enfield last year, they added their shared services group to the Enfield operation. He explained this group provides finance, HR and IT services to the other three Eppendorf companies in America. He noted at the current time, they have 130 employees in their Enfield facility. He stated their time in Enfield has been very successful for two primary reasons. He noted they’ve been able to find excellent employees in the Enfield area, and this has been a very positive contributor to their decision to move forward. He added they’ve also had great cooperation with the city and the state.
Mr. Farb stated Eppendorf has become involved in the Enfield community. He noted in 2008, Eppendorf made a fairly large donation of their products to the Enfield High School science program. He stated they also donated food to the Enfield Food Shelf.
He stated after five years of operation in Enfield, Eppendorf has grown to the point that the current building is close to capacity, and they need additional space. He noted after considering locations, the company has decided to build a mixed use facility in Enfield meaning it would be suitable for a combination of light manufacturing or assembly and warehousing. He stated the addition would be no larger than 132,000 square feet and would accommodate their expansion needs for the next five to ten years. He went on to note the company owns about 25 acres of land. He noted the logical location for an expansion would be over wetlands, where they cannot expand. He pointed out this is why the land swap would be necessary for this expansion to move forward.
Mr. Farb stated from the analysis that Eppendorf has completed, they believe the economic time is right to invest in an expansion at this point in time. He noted their vision is to have an Eppendorf Enfield campus with a building of about 300,000 square feet, which would eventually employ up to around 200 employees.
Councilman Hall stated Enfield is proud to have a company such as Eppendorf, and they’re happy to accommodate such an expansion. She thanked Eppendorf for taking a serious look at Enfield. She thanked Ray Warren and all the other staff that helped make this happen.
Councilman Mangini thanked Eppendorf for working with Enfield in this expansion. She questioned what Eppendorf attributes to their remarkable growth rate. Mr. Farb stated they’re in an industry that is vitally important to medical science. He noted they sell to drug researchers, and big drug companies and major universities continue to invest in doing more research. He stated he’s very proud of his company because they have a very good name in this industry. He noted Eppendorf is very well known and respected as a very high quality company.
Councilman Kiner questioned how the relationship is between Eppendorf and Asnuntuck Community College. Mr. Farb stated he and the Vice President of HR had preliminary discussions with Asnuntuck, however, they don’t have any formal programs. He added they’re always interested in apprentice or intern kinds of programs, especially in their injection molding facility.
Councilman Kiner stated he was impressed by a recent tour of Asnuntuck’s machine technology wing. He encouraged Eppendorf to work closer with Asnuntuck, which is a great community college in Enfield.
Councilman Dumont voiced her support of this resolution. She noted this job creation during this economy couldn’t come at a better time.
Acting Chairman Nelson stated Eppendorf is a model partner in this community. He noted Eppendorf has spotless grounds, the facility is clean and everything is well kept. He stated this company donates services to the community. He noted he supports this 100%.
Upon a ROLL-CALL vote being taken, the Chair declared RESOLUTION #1017 adopted 9-0-0.
MOTION #1018 by Councilman Lee, seconded by Councilman Mangini to remove Item #4 from the table.
Upon a SHOW-OF-HANDS vote being taken, the Chair declared MOTION #1018 adopted 8-1-0, with Councilman Edgar voting against the motion.
DISCUSSION RE: REQUEST FOR TRANSFER OF FUNDS FOR FUND BALANCE APPROPRIATION $403,761
Present for this discussion were Board of Education member and Finance Chair, Thomas Sirard, and Business Manager for Enfield Public Schools, Chris Chemerka.
Acting Chairman Nelson stated there were quite a few questions raised by the Town Council concerning this transfer. He noted one question was how the money is going to be used. He stated normally, in a situation like this, the money is returned back to the General Fund and any money not spent is put in a CIP account, and that money would be used in a way that the Town Council felt was appropriate. He stated this year, it seems to have taken a little bit of a turn.
Acting Chairman Nelson stated the Town Council was provided with a budget book this evening, however, he doesn’t believe any of the Town Council has read it.
Councilman Dumont commended the Board of Education for not spending down their whole budget for 2009/2010 and actually returning some of the funds to the General Fund on the Town side. She referred to the memorandum from the Town Manager and the mention of a $400,000 surplus. She questioned where the $400,000 surplus came from.
Mr. Sirard stated there was $160,000 in equipment savings. He noted there’s a unique confluence of events that are happening. He explained they have pending restructuring, and they weren’t sure exactly what they would need with regards to the equipment after restructuring was done. He noted they made the decision that they would not buy new equipment. He stated there are two separate sections of a Board of Education budget – one of those sections is special education, and the State mandates how special education is funded and how the Board does its accounting in that area. He noted that is why they have an Excess Cost Fund so they can cover overages for special education. He explained they cannot provide line items where special education is concerned because they’re typically talking about medical issues. As an example, he pointed out they had 16 additional out-of-district students, which could very well cost the Board of Education a million dollars. He noted this is something mandated by the State, and if the school system doesn’t have available services, they have to transport those students.
Councilman Dumont stated her understanding that when the Board closed its books at the end of June for 2010, they showed they had around $400,000 not expended and that was returned to the General Fund. Ms. Chemerka responded no, they actually showed that they have $160,000 remaining.
Councilman Dumont questioned why does it say there’s a $400,000 surplus. She questioned where is the other $240,000.
Ms. Chemerka stated they actually have a deficit in their special education lines of over a million dollars. She noted they did have just under a $200,000 one-time grant so they were able to offset that. She stated they are over in their special education lines by over $800,000. She noted during the course of the year, they work very hard to move things around, i.e., they had some surplus monies in salaries and benefits. She stated for many years, the school system automatically froze the budget right away. She explained this means the money that would go to help support regular education students would get frozen, and it can’t be spent. She noted they try to hold onto money so they can support special education.
She explained throughout the course of the year, they had a freeze on the budget and things were not purchased in the equipment lines. She noted with this happening year after year, the regular education students suffer because they’re not getting supplies or things that they may need throughout the course of the year. She noted in this year, they did do some of that offset, but they realized that even though they had over an $800,000 deficit in special education, they would like to request $250,000 to support the special education offset so that they’re able to do some purchasing on their regular education line. She noted by getting that $250,000 to offset a portion of their special education deficit, that would then leave $400,000 in their budget in total, and that’s where ultimately the request comes to the Town Council to take that $400,000 and put it toward their increase in technology in the new year.
Councilman Dumont stated her understanding a $160,000 surplus went back into the General Fund on the Town side, and now the Board is requesting an additional $250,000. She noted the Town Manager’s memo says that because there’s something to do with the excess costs and the transportation, the Town will receive $270,000 more than was budgeted. She questioned if the $270,000 is over and above what was budgeted. Ms. Chemerka explained this year the Town budgeted $800,000 in special education revenue to be received from three different sources of special education, but what the Town actually received was $1,365,107. She explained as concerns the $250,062 of that money, the State had decided that there were some school districts that were in more need of additional funding than Enfield. She noted the State took the transportation grant, which always goes directly to the town, and reallocated some of that funding. She pointed out the State took $250,000 out of Enfield’s transportation money and put it into the Excess Cost money, which increased the Town reimbursement to $1,365,107. She noted what the State was doing in that manner was then saying to the school districts they now have the ability to use that money because the school districts do have the ability to use all the Excess Cost money. She stated the school system is requesting $250,000.
Mr. Sirard stated by doing it this way, the Town nets $65,000 more than what they budgeted, and at the same time, the school system gets what it needs.
Mr. Coppler stated there are two components to how they get to the $403,000. He noted part of it is money that wasn’t spent by the Board of Education in last year’s budget, and the other piece comes from their request for excess costs. He stated when the Board of Education makes such a request, there’s little the Council can do but give that funding to them. He noted the net effect is that the Board of Education requested it for last fiscal year after the Town received it, and the Town is showing $403,000 that wasn’t spent out of their budget for last year. He stated the Council is being asked to appropriate that in the current year, therefore, the impact that the Council is looking at is not what happened in 2009/2010, but what’s happening for 2010/2011. He noted the Board’s return of the $403,000 into the General Fund is being asked to be put towards the IT budget. He noted this is something that the Council has done in the past when there is a savings, and the Council has put the funding toward textbooks or the IT fund.
Councilman Kiner stated at the last meeting, he questioned how much money the Board of Education is suppose to contribute toward their technology portion, and the answer was almost $1.5 million dollars. He noted the Board budgeted $1,085,000 for 2011, and according to Board of Education minutes, the Board unanimously approved the request. He questioned if that request was done at budget time, or was that a recent vote. Mr. Sirard responded that was a budget time vote.
Councilman Kiner stated the Board knew ahead of time that they wouldn’t be budgeting the full technology portion and that they’d be coming to the Council for the $400,000. Mr. Sirard stated it has been a policy of the Town Council that whenever the Board of Education managed to save money, they would turn that money back to the Board of Education to meet its needs. He stated they were hoping that policy would continue. He noted they’re asking that those savings be applied to something that will take a one-time overhead charge away from the school system so that they can function a little better.
Councilman Kiner stated he plans to support this resolution.
Councilman Mangini stated her concern about the resolution in that they’re taking out of the Undesignated Fund Balance, which is the Town’s money, and they’re looking to transfer that money into IT. She noted in the past they set up CIP accounts for the Board of Education. Mr. Coppler noted they were told the money was going to IT, and this would get the money directly from the Undesignated Fund Balance to IT. Mr. Sirard agreed this is the best approach.
Councilman Lee questioned if this would have been much cleaner, in terms of budgeting and finance, if there was a surplus on the last day of June on the Enfield Public Schools side to simply transfer that money into the IT fund. Ms. Chemerka stated the Board of Education can’t pre-purchase something into the next year. Councilman Lee stated his impression it’s possible because the IT Fund is a permanent enterprise fund. Mr. Coppler stated his belief the issue is that until after June 30th, they don’t know what all the numbers are going to be, and they can’t cut a purchase order after the fact. He stated his belief this is similar to how it’s been handled in the past. He noted this makes more sense from an auditing perspective.
Councilman Bosco stated he believes part of this funding is owed to the Board of Education. He noted he has a problem with the Board of Education saying they need something that they really don’t need. He noted the Board of Education still had an excess of $169,000, and then they’ve asked for another $250,000. He stated he does not like “fuzzy” math.
Mr. Sirard stated the Finance Board for the Board of Education maintains compliance so they don’t endanger funding, and they do what’s ethical and legal. He stated his understanding this meets all three criteria, and it accomplishes what needs to be accomplished.
Councilman Edgar stated he fully understands the State statute whereby the Town has to give the $250,000 to the school system if they ask for it. He noted his real problem is taking this funding out of the Undesignated Fund Balance. He stated they haven’t always given back unused money to the school system. He noted this was done when the Council saw fit to do so, i.e., textbooks and technology. He stated the Town Charter says that money should be returned. He noted in the past they put this money in CIP. He stated he would not have a problem putting these funds into CIP.
Councilman Edgar stated the Town’s Finance Director was opposed to this resolution, and he would like to hear from her. He noted he has not heard whether the Town Manager is for or against this resolution. He went on to note he heard rumors that if the Council does not do this, then they won’t appropriate the $400,000 as their fair share, which will result in further layoffs on the Town’s side. He pointed out he is for education, but he’s not in favor of how this is being done.
Mr. Sirard stated the Board of Education will be in a difficult position if the Town decides the $400,000 won’t be allocated to IT. He noted this resolution was written by the Town. Referring to Councilman Edgar’s remark about a rumor, Mr. Sirard stated such a conversation has not occurred on the Board level.
Councilman Edgar stated his major problem is that Enfield’s Finance Director stated it wasn’t necessary, and she did not want to do it. He noted unless he hears otherwise, he will vote no.
Councilman Hall stated the Town Manager had explained there was a gentlemen’s agreement for the Excess Cost Grant in 2009’s budget. She requested the Town Manager explain this again. Mr. Coppler stated during the budget process last year, they had a number of meetings with the leadership of the Council and Board of Education. He noted at one of those meetings, they talked about what the revenue projections were going to be, and they talked about the Excess Costs. He noted historically, the Town has not used that as revenue towards the Board of Education. He stated at the time there was discussion between the Council and Board about sharing reductions, but the MBR got in the way. He noted last year, the Board of Education exerted its right to use the Excess Costs and said in the future they will continue to do that, and those agreements that were talked about weren’t necessary or relevant any more.
Councilman Hall stated for clarification purposes, in the Town’s budget, the Town already gave the Board of Education what the Town considers Excess Cost Grant in this year’s budget. Mr. Coppler explained in 2009/2010, the Town placed in the budget, in terms of the money that they were giving to the school system, that share of that. He noted the understanding at the time was that the school system had to live with their $62.7 million dollar budget. He noted there was a change over with a different set of players, so that went by the wayside. He clarified the Town did not receive $270,000 additional, but rather the State took the money from Public Transportation and called it Excess Costs.
Councilman Hall stated she would like this re-tabled. She noted the Town received a budget tonight that they should have received during the budget season, and the Council hasn’t even had an opportunity to look at the school budget. She stated her feeling the Town wrote a blank check when they voted on the budget, which went against everything she has ever done on this Council. She stated she would like an opportunity to go through the school’s budget book to see where the school system is spending the funds that the Town gave the Board of Education. She suggested perhaps there’s a CIP line that the Council might wish to designate funds toward, specifically in the school budget.
Mr. Sirard stated when this process was started before a resolution was available, the Board worked with the Town Manager and Director of Finance, and they were under the impression everyone was on board. He stated the budget book was finished on Thursday, and as soon as it came out, it was sent to the Town Manager’s office. He stated his understanding that during the budget process, when a budget is proposed to the Town Council, it’s a guesstimate until they know how much they have to spend. He noted there’s a section of that budget where they can only loosely estimate. As concerns the compliance issue with providing the Town Council with a budget, as soon as the budget was completed and printed, it was sent to the Town Council.
Councilman Hall stated the Board of Education was out of compliance with State statute and State law by not presenting this Council a detailed budget when the Town did its budget. She noted the Town Attorney provided a legal opinion about the Board being out of compliance. She stated she appreciates the budget being available now, but would have liked to have it sooner. She noted perhaps the Town would have been able to allocate more funds to the Board. She stated she does not feel comfortable voting on this resolution the way it is tonight.
Mr. Sirard stated they did not know about the surplus until the end of June.
Councilman Edgar stated there were some Council members that were looking to give the Board of Education more money. He noted without the budget outline, the Council had very little to go on because it wasn’t really known how the Board of Education was going to spend its money other than what could be seen on salary accounts. He went on to note they’re taking money from the Undesignated General Fund Balance, and he does not know what the total amount is within that account, but he knows the Town has been taking approximately $2 million dollars per year for three or more years, therefore, they’re depleting that Fund Balance. He stated if the Town goes below a certain amount, the Town’s bond rating goes down, and the Town has to pay higher interest rates. He stated he requires a lot of answers. He pointed out he does not mind giving the Board of Education the money, but he wants to do it right and have all the questions answered.
Acting Chairman Nelson stated the budget says it’s approved June 7, 2010, and Mr. Sirard said it was approved on Thursday. Mr. Sirard stated the budget book was completed Thursday.
Acting Chairman Nelson stated this is similar to a State budget, whereby they approved a budget but they’re short $403,000. He noted in the paper it states that Chairman Stokes had no knowledge about IT not being funded without this money, but it shows it not funded within the budget book. He stated if the Council doesn’t approve this money, it won’t be funded.
He stated he has a lot of e-mails and phone calls from parents that want the money put in certain places. He noted parents are outraged about Enfield High School band and JFK Middle school sports. He stated with what the Board of Education is giving them right now, the Council doesn’t have the ability to grant the wishes of those parents.
Acting Chairman Nelson stated it’s not a complete budget without the numbers. He recalled a leadership meeting where he, Chairman Greco and Mayor Kaupin agreed they take the economic downturn 50-50. He noted it was agreed the Town would take as big a hit as the Board of Education. He stated the Town cut its budget $3.2 million dollars. He noted the Board of Education didn’t cut its budget, but rather it was funded even, and they have Excess Cost on top of that, therefore, the Board of Education is about $800,000 in the positive, and Enfield is about $3.2 million dollars in the negative. He noted he did not like laying off employees, but they had no choice.
Acting Chairman Nelson stated according to the State’s ECS guidelines, this $400,000 returns to Fund Balance. He noted the Town’s Charter returns it to Fund Balance. He stated there has to be a reason for this.
He stated he was also under the assumption that the Board of Education was doing very well with the Consolidation Committee on the topic of closing a school, and they were going to take a step toward better education in the Town. He noted they were going to be able to eliminate maybe one school, if not two or three in the next couple years, but no changes have happened. He noted the way the Board of Education is going, he believes the budget increases $4 to $6 million dollars per year just on fixed costs to keep the schools status quo. He stated at this rate, in ten years, the school budget will be $120 million dollars. He questioned how Enfield residents can sustain this. He noted the Board has to make a change, but he doesn’t know why it’s not happening yet.
Acting Chairman Nelson stated the Board has their full budget, plus $800,000 in Excess Costs, plus another $400,000. He noted the Town is giving the Board $1.2 million more than last year’s budget while the Town dropped $3.2 million dollars. He pointed out this is not doing things 50-50.
Mr. Sirard stated the Town allocated a certain amount of money for the Board to spend, and the Board is spending the money allocated to them. He noted they laid off 70 people. He stated their cost increases relate to contract salaries.
Acting Chairman Nelson agreed the Board has no control over the contract, but the Board does have control over class sizes of 15 and 30. He noted the school system was suppose to straighten that out with redistricting. Mr. Sirard stated the Board voted to redistrict, and that will happen.
Acting Chairman Nelson questioned whether Mr. Sirard believes redistricting is the best thing for the students, and Mr. Sirard responded absolutely. Acting Chairman Nelson questioned why redistricting didn’t start this year because class sizes will be overcrowded. Mr. Sirard stated redistricting will happen, but the timetable is the only thing left in question.
Acting Chairman Nelson stated his belief this is a big decision to make without Mayor Kaupin being present.
MOTION #1019 by Councilman Nelson, seconded by Councilman Edgar to table this resolution until the Regular Meeting of September 7, 2010.
Upon a SHOW-OF-HANDS vote being taken, the Chair declared MOTION #1019 adopted 8-1-0, with Councilman Kiner voting against the motion.
MOTION #1020 by Councilman Kiner, seconded by Councilman Mangini to go into Executive Session.
Upon a SHOW-OF-HANDS vote being taken, the Chair declared MOTION #1020 adopted 9-0-0, and the meeting stood recessed at 8:15 p.m.
EXECUTIVE SESSION
The Executive Session of the Enfield Town Council was called to order by Acting Chairman Nelson at 8:20 p.m.
ROLL-CALL – Present were Councilmen Bosco, Dumont, Edgar, Hall, Keller, Kiner, Lee, Mangini and Nelson. Also present were Town Manager, Matthew Coppler; Assistant Town Manager, Daniel Vindigni; Town Clerk, Suzanne Olechnicki; Town Attorney, Kevin Deneen
Personnel Matters, Pending Litigation and Real Estate Negotiations were discussed with no action or votes being taken.
Acting Chairman Nelson adjourned the Executive session at 8:52 p.m. He reconvened the Special Meeting at 8:53 p.m. and stated during Executive Session, Personnel Matters, Pending Litigation and Real Estate Negotiations were discussed with no action or votes being taken.
ADJOURNMENT
MOTION #1021 by Councilman Kiner, seconded by Councilman Mangini to adjourn.
Upon a SHOW-OF-HANDS vote being taken, the Chair declared MOTION #1021 adopted 9-0-0, and the meeting stood adjourned at 8:55 p.m.
Appended to minutes of
Special Town Council Meeting
July 19, 2010
ENFIELD TOWN COUNCIL
REQUEST FOR TRANSFER OF FUNDS
RESOLUTION NO. ________
RESOLVED, that in accordance with Chapter VI, Section 8(f) of the Town Charter, the following transfer is hereby made.
TO: Youth Services – YDTRC Grant
Police Overtime 22046097 514000 $769.00
Field Trip 22046097 532400 $1,050.00
Material and Supplies 22046097 561900 $681.00
Food/Food Related 22046097 563000 $300.00
Technology Equipment 22046097 573400 $200.00
FROM: Youth Services Revenue
YDTRC Grant 22044450 460970 $3,000.00
CERTIFICATION: I hereby certify that the above-stated funds are available as of July 12, 2010.
A. Lynn Nenni, Director of Finance
APPROVED BY: ________________________ Town Manager Date: _________
ENFIELD TOWN COUNCIL
REQUEST FOR TRANSFER OF FUNDS
RESOLUTION NO. ________
RESOLVED, that in accordance with Chapter VI, Section 8(f) of the Town Charter, the following transfer is hereby made.
TO: 4500 Youth Services
Part-time Salaries 0220-01-0040-4500-06095-0120 $7,090
FROM: 4500 Youth Services Revenue
OPM Project Success Grant
0220-01-0040-4500-6095-000-00 $7,090
CERTIFICATION: I hereby certify that the above-stated funds are available as of July 12, 2010.
A. Lynn Nenni, Director of Finance
APPROVED BY:________________Town Manager Date:_________
Appended to minutes of
Special Town Council Meeting
July 19, 2010
ENFIELD TOWN COUNCIL
RESOLUTION NO.
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE TOWN MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A
CONTRACT WITH THE CONNECTICUT STATE LIBRARY BOARD FOR AN
HISTORIC DOCUMENTS PRESERVATION GRANT
RESOLVED, that Matthew W. Coppler, Town Manager, is empowered to execute and deliver in the name and on behalf of this municipality a contract with the Connecticut State Library for an Historic Documents Preservation Grant.
ENFIELD TOWN COUNCIL
RESOLUTION NO.
Hartford Foundation for Public Giving Strategic Planning Grant
RESOLVED, that the Town Manager, Matthew W. Coppler, is authorized to enter into and amend contractual instruments in the name and on behalf of the town of Enfield with Hartford Foundation for Public giving from august 2010 to June 2011 and to affix the Corporate Seal.
Appended to minutes of
Special Town Council Meeting
July 19, 2010
ENFIELD TOWN COUNCIL
RESOLUTION APPROVING EXCHANGE OF 9.3 ACRES OF LAND WITH EPPENDORF REAL ESTATE CORPORATION
RESOLUTION NO. ________
WHEREAS, the Town of Enfield owns approximately 160 acres of open space land in the Enfield Memorial Industrial Park; and
WHEREAS, the Eppendorf Real Estate Corporation owns a manufacturing and distribution facility at 175 Freshwater Boulevard; and
WHEREAS, the Eppendorf property is bounded on the west by Freshwater Boulevard and on the north, south and east by the Town’s open space land; and
WHEREAS, as part of its proposed expansion plan, Eppendorf has requested that the Town convey to Eppendorf approximately 9.3 acres adjacent to the northern boundary of 175 Freshwater Boulevard in exchange for approximately 9.3 acres located in the southern portion of 175 Freshwater Boulevard, resulting in no net loss of open space land; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Connecticut General Statute §8-24 the Planning and Zoning Commission, at its July 8, 2010 meeting, made a favorable recommendation to the Town Council for this transfer; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Connecticut General Statute §7-163e, a public hearing has been held with regard to the conveyance of the Town-owned 9.3 acre parcel.
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Enfield Town Council does hereby authorize the Town Manager, Matthew W. Coppler, to sign all documents necessary to convey to Eppendorf the above-referenced 9.3 acres of Town-owned land, subject to the Town Attorney’s review and approval of the transfer documents; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, the that the Enfield Town Council does hereby agree to accept a deed from Eppendorf for above-referenced 9.3 acres at 175 Freshwater Boulevard, subject to the Town Attorney’s review and approval of the transfer documents. |