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Groton, CT municipal meeting, September 3, 2019 - City of Groton Mayor & Council meeting. Click on the link below for the agenda.
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A
B
C
D
All
right,
thank
you
here
we
are
gathered
again.
This
is
a
very,
very
good
day,
we're
going
to
swear
in
Anthony
and
he
will
complete.
Our
complement
of
firefighters
will
be
a
backup
at
fifteen,
so
you've
met
Anthony,
but
some
of
the
people
here
haven't
Anthony
comes
from
Windsor
Connecticut.
Currently
he
graduated
from
East
Catholic
High
School
in
2011,
and
then
has
a
couple
years
of
college
under
his
belt.
He
worked
currently
for
Claud
or
farms
doing
construction.
D
He
also
works
part-time
for
the
Farmington
fire
department,
he's
a
volunteer
with
the
Windsor
Ambulance
Association
and
the
winds
of
fire
department.
He
comes
to
us
with
numerous
certifications
and
qualifications.
He's
firefighter
he's.
Hazmat
operations
he's
instructor
one.
He
has
his
EMT.
He
has
his
Q
license
to
be
able
to
drag
the
fire
trucks
and
he
has
numerous
other
classes
for
incident
command
and
other
rescue
type
abilities.
D
A
D
A
E
Okay,
all
right.
I
Anthony
Baer
have
been
duly
appointed
as
a
firefighter
of
EMT
in
the
city
of
Groton,
Fire
Department
I
solemnly
swear
or
affirm
that
I
will
faithfully
discharge
my
duties
according
to
the
rules
and
regulations
of
the
fire
department,
the
state
of
Connecticut
law,
city
of
Groton,
Charter
and
ordinances
and
resolutions
of
the
city
of
Groton
I
will
serve
in
that
position
to
the
best
of
my
ability
so
help
me
God
I
do
congratulations.
A
A
Okay,
you
see
the
citizen
petition
of
comments.
Proceed
assist
petitions
as
a
portion
of
the
council
meeting
where
the
council
wants
copies
from
citizens.
Your
address
the
council
each
sign
is
she
at
the
table
at
the
front
of
the
meeting
room
when
you're
recognized.
Please
approach
the
podium
clearly
state
your
name
and
address
and
speak
into
the
microphone.
Each
presentation
should
be
limited
to
five
minutes
or
less.
The
citizens
should
have
possible
to
submit
email
or
written
comments.
A
G
G
F
G
F
G
H
H
F
H
I'm
not
sure
who's
going
to
be
more
happy.
When
mrs.
result,
your
it
will
be
resolved
one
way
or
the
other,
but
I'm
here
to
trust
my
concerns
again,
both
as
a
member
of
the
Retirement
Board
and
as
a
city
resident
and
when
I
first
spoke
with.
You
I
asked
you
to
not
give
in
and
listen
to
the
rhetoric.
I'm
asking
you
that
again,
I
think
in
this
process.
H
F
H
H
F
H
You've
heard
from
the
actuary
you've
heard
from
the
attorney
that
spoke
with
you
last
week,
attorney
Barth
and
you've
heard
from
the
mayor
that
it
doesn't
work
for
that.
This
cash
balance
plan
doesn't
work
for
Public
Safety
and
that
it's
been
taken
off
the
table.
But
what
you
didn't
hear
is
it
was
on
the
table
for
three
or
four
meetings
with
an
actuary.
H
That
knows
that
it
doesn't
work
for
Public
Safety
with
an
attorney
that
knows
that
it
doesn't
work
for
Public
Safety
and
it
was
on
the
table
until
I
got
the
actuaries
sitting
at
the
table
in
negotiations
and
questioned
him
on
all
of
this
discrepancies
that
he
had
in
the
evaluation
that
he
presented
to
us
and
I'll
go
over
a
few
of
them
and
they're
pretty
significant.
He
had
a
multiplier
for
us
of
2.1
percent
when
it's
in
fact
2.67.
H
He
had
a
retirement
age
at
62
when
we
have
mandatory
retirement
at
60
and
we
can
retire
as
early
as
50.
Our
salary
scale
was
off
as
much
as
$27,000.
He
neglected
to
include
the
fact
that
we
are
entitled
to
join
the
survivorship
he
had
inflated
raises
in.
He
had
a
rate
of
return
at
seven
and
a
quarter
percent,
instead
of
seven
percent
that
we
used
for
the
retirement
and
after
that
he
was
forced
to
admit
that
he
was
wrong.
H
He
really
ate
it
redid
the
numbers,
and
it
was
those
numbers
that
I
took
and
met
with
the
mayor,
and
at
that
point
they
said
well,
it
doesn't
work
for
Public
Safety.
So
that's
why
I
say:
I
have
absolutely
no
confidence
in
that
actuary
and
any
numbers
that
he
may
have
given,
and
the
fact
that
he
hasn't
corrected
the
numbers,
or
at
least
given
an
explanation.
H
Why
I
think
is
shameful
and
you
heard
from
the
attorney
last
week
the
same
attorney
that
the
Retirement
Board
heard
from
yet
you
were
told
and
the
Retirement
Board
was
told
the
actuary
was
gonna
come
and
meet
with
us
to
explain
it.
Well,
he
didn't
come.
We
had
a
teleconference
with
the
attorney
after
that
teleconference
with
the
attorney.
After
very
pointed
direct.
H
H
H
H
That
is
our
underlying
concern
that
there's
gonna
have
an
effect,
a
negative
effect
on
this
retirement
plan
that
pays
those
employees
and
employees
that
are
working
here
now
and
nobody
has
been
able
to
resolve
my
major
concern,
and
that
is
when
people
retire
under
this
plan
and
there's
a
down
year,
there's
gonna
be
a
hole
left
in
the
plan
and
we've
been
told
time
and
time
again.
Well
that
can
happen
now
we
can
have
a
down
year.
H
Absolutely
the
difference
is
and
you've
been
told
several
times
when
people
leave
under
this
new
plan,
they
take
their
money
and
they
go
so
if
people
retire
and
there's
a
down
year
and
now,
there's
a
3-4
million
dollar
hole
the
they
can't
have
a
negative
return
in
any
one
year,
I'm,
not
sure.
If
you're
aware.
A
H
Can't
have
a
negative
return
in
any
one
year,
so
they're
gonna
take
their
money
and
there's
gonna
be
a
hole.
Their
money
isn't
gonna,
be
there
to
rebuild
the
the
fund.
We
keep
talking
about
a
plan.
Has
anybody
actually
seen
the
plan?
We
hired
an
attorney
to
draw
up
a
plan?
Has
anybody
seen
it?
You
guys
ask
questions
and
everybody
looks
at
each
other
and
then
somebody
says
well
I
think.
Maybe
it
says
this
you're
being
asked
to
vote
on
a
major
change.
It's
gonna
affect
the
city
of
Bryan
for
years
to
come.
H
K
A
K
G
K
G
K
K
I
remember
in
college,
I
spent
two
summers
on
the
highway
and
with
the
Sanitation
crew
was
probably
one
of
the
best
jobs
I've
had
you
know
it
was
fun
for
one
of
the
things
that
I
did
I
remember
using
it
as
a
workout
in
college.
You
know
to
get
low
and
pick
it
up.
It's
it's
it's
a
it's
a
it
can
be
a
gruesome
job.
K
You
know
how
I
was
younger,
I,
don't
know
if
I
could
do
that
now,
but
I
know
that
there's
some
talent,
some
cities
that
have
their
own
own
garbage
cans,
they're
the
little
ones
that
hook
up
to
the
you
know
and
I'm
thinking,
yeah
I'm
thinking
that
that's
why
they
have
that.
So
there's
no
wear
and
tear
on
the
utility
guys
it's
it's
there.
It's
you
know,
I,
don't
know.
If
that's
something
that
we
can
look
up,
you
know
look
into,
you
know,
was
it
it's?
It's
gonna
happen
again.
K
F
I
Every
to
mayor,
Beckford,
yeah
I
know
for
myself.
In
the
past
five
years,
I
had
a
I
put
my
garbage
out
and
when
I
pulled
the
can
back
and
I
had
a
sticker
on
it.
I
said
my
can
was
too
large
and
so
I
bought
a
new
can
and
I
had
asked
the
folks
if
they
could
at
least
just
throw
away
the
other
one
for
me,
and
they
were
kind
enough
to
do
so.
I,
don't
know
if
we're
still
doing
that
is
it
still
standard
practice?
Is
that
something
that
we're
doing?
Yes?.
C
A
Any
other
couch,
okay
couple
things
when
we
finally
get
there
to
committee
referrals,
you're
gonna,
get
a
referral
for
the
resolution.
The
mayor
and
council
finally
proven
orders
concerning
separation,
recovery,
collection,
removal,
storage
and
disposition
of
garbage
rubbish,
manufacture
and
treatment
of
oil
and
other
refuse,
including
recycles.
So
this
will
be
referred
to
the
appropriate
committee
tonight.
In
regards
to
the
picture
that
you
have
seen
had
were
distributed
tonight,
we
have
had
some
enforcement
action
from
a
blight
issue
on
those
properties.
A
The
landlord
is
in
the
process
of
removing
tenants
from
those
properties
the
the
property
came
under
foreclosure
due
to
a
lack
of
payment.
The
new
landlord
does
not
intend
to
be
a
landlord
and
therefore
he
is
in
process
of
removing.
So
a
lot
of
the
the
bags
that
you
saw
today
came
from
that
now,
you're
right
as
far
as
they're
supposed
to
put
them
out
24
hours
in
advance.
If
people
are
leaving
and
they
get
rid
of
that
and
there's
not
a
whole
lot,
we
can
do
about
that.
A
A
When
it
was
brought
to
my
attention
that
this
is
an
issue
like
I
said,
I
was
unaware
of
the
injury,
but
when
this
was
brought
to
my
attention
that
it
was
an
issue
and
you
guys
brought
it
up
to
Jim
Healey
at
a
safety
meeting,
Jim
came
to
me
and
that's
when
I
worked
to
get
the
Facebook
post
out
as
the
first
step
to
get
the
information
out
for
education
and
then
enforcement
on
traffic.
So
we
are
going
in
the
right
direction.
I
said
you
know
the
fact
that
we
have
an
injury.
A
A
For
me,
in
the
last
two
years,
if
we
have
not
enforced
this,
when
I
get
brought
to
our
attention,
I'm
taking
back
to
it
on
it
now
and
I
recognize
it's
probably
too
little
too
late
for
you,
but
at
least
we're
taking
some
action
on
anything
else,
home
council
all
right
for
the
minutes.
I
need
a
motion
to
approve
the
August
19th
2019
mayor
council
meeting
minutes.
A
Motion
of
the
second
is
there
any
Corrections
additions,
deletions
done
all
in
favor,
say
aye
opposed
abstentions.
Motion
carries
I,
need
a
motion
for
the
August
2016
19
Committee
of
the
Whole
meeting
minutes.
Second,
we
have
a
motion
a
second
any
further
discussion.
This
is
deletions
hearing,
none
all
in
favor,
say
aye.
L
I
started
trying
to
link
Bradford
Manor
are
complex
with
the
library
again
because
the
library
used
to
go
to
the
apartment
and
the
kids
used
to
go
and
really
didn't
have
good
time
and
after
they
model
the
place.
Everything
kind
of
stood
there.
So
I'm
trying
to
get
the
administration
with
the
Bratton
Pythagorean
view.
A
L
A
A
A
A
E
A
A
M
M
Be
resolved
pursuant
to
Connecticut
General
Statutes
chapter
1,
0
5,
D,
section
7,
3,
3,
9
CC
through
7
3,
3
9kk,
the
City
Council
hereby
establishes
a
city
and
town
of
gripe.
Joint
TIF
district
consists
of
approximately
one
hundred
and
seventeen
point.
Four
acres
located
along
both
sides
of
Pequannock
row
from
the
vicinity
of
Clarence
be
sharp
highway
overpass
continue
west
to
Eastern,
Point
Road
in
Northland,
Bank,
Street
and
Bridge
Street.
M
It
consists
of
various
zoning
districts,
including
the
five
corners
work
front,
business,
residence
and
general
commercial
and
is
more
specific,
specifically
depicted
in
the
proposed
city
and
Groton
town
of
Groton
joint
TIF
district
master
plan
and
bid
that
was
B.
It
therefore
resolved
that
the
City
Council
hereby
adopts
sitting
in
town
of
Groton
joint
if
master
plan,
as
recommended
and
the
minute
due
to
comments
received
during
the
public
hearing
on
September
3rd
2019
and
therefore
be
resolved,
that
the
said
district
and
plan
shall
go
into
effect
on
September
30th,
2019
I,
so
move.
A
I
Yes,
resolution
are
19
9
125,
therefore,
be
it
resolved
that
the
mayor
and
council
authorized
grant
utilities
management
to
issue
a
purchase,
order
to
earth
light.
Technologies
LLC,
92,
West,
Road,
Ellington
Connecticut,
a
state
preferred
contractor
for
the
purchase
of
material
and
installation
to
convert,
convert,
fluorescent
fixtures.
The
remaining
facilities
audited,
new
light
emitting
diode
technology
fixtures
in
an
amount
not
to
exceed
70
77068
dollars
and
49
cents
to
be
paid
from
funds
available
in
the
Groton
utilities.
A
L
Therefore,
be
it
resolved
that
the
mayor
and
council
authorized
got
nativity
management
to
approve
proposed
change
order.
Number
seven
from
our
age
white
construction
company
incorporated
forty
one
Central
Street
over
Massachusetts
zero
one,
five
zero
one,
four
changes
in
scope
as
part
of
the
state
of
Connecticut
drinking
water
state,
revolving
fund
project
number
2013.04.07,.
L
K
Our
19
9
1
8
therefore
be
resolved
that
the
mayor
and
council
authorized
Bazar
light
and
power
management
to
purchase
three
trimming
services
from
s1
tree
expert
company
post
office
box,
8,
7,
464,
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania,
a
state
preferred
vendor
of
the
lowest
cost
spinner
of
three
responded:
qualified
companies,
the
BET
Award-
isn't
it
is
the
next
three
fiscal
year
is
not
to
run
over.
The
budgeted
line.
Item
amount
for
tree
work
in
the
amount
not
to
exceed
450,000
for
450
thousand
three
hundred
and
sixty
dollars
and
no
cents
for
fiscal
year
at
220.
Second,.
A
C
Okay,
thank
you
Mary
resolution.
Nineteen
nine
129,
therefore
be
it
resolved
that
the
mayor
and
council
authorized
squattin
utilities
management
to
purchase
tree
trimming
services
from
Ashland
tree
expert
company
post
office
box,
eight,
seven,
four,
six,
four
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
a
state
preferred
vendor
and
the
lowest
cost
bit
bitter
of
three
responding
qualified
companies.
F
A
M
A
I
A
I
I
just
have
some
statements
that
I'd
just
like
to
share,
and
some
of
these
you've
heard
already
over
the
past
couple
meetings
where
we've
discussed
this,
we
have
done
I,
think
a
good
job
of
looking
to
private
industry
for
inspiration,
ways
to
do
better
within
the
state
of
ground
city
of
Groton
and
I.
Think
that's
that's
an
admirable
thing,
because
there
are
some
efficiencies
to
be
gained
there,
but
I
would
I
can't
agree
with
this
particular
course
of
action.
I
What's
going
to
happen,
what
I
think
is
gonna
happen
is
folks,
are
not
going
to
they're,
not
going
they're
gonna
apply
to
the
city
of
Groton,
especially
folks,
in
our
emergency
services,
we're
going
to
put
in
a
lot
of
money
to
train
them
and
then
they're
going
to
leave
for
places
that
have
pensions,
so
we're
gonna
become
a
training
ground
and
we
are
going
to
sink
money
into
that.
This
is
not
something
that
we're
going
to
realize
or
see
in
in
five
years.
I
This
is
something
that
we're
gonna
see
20
years
down
the
road,
and
my
fear
is
instead
of
having
a
homegrown
talent
that
are
trying
to
be
chief
of
police
or
chief
of
fire.
We've
got
to
do
some
sort
of
region-wide
search
in
order
to
fill
those
positions,
because
the
folks
that
should
be
stepping
up
to
take
those
positions
are
gone.
They've
gone
to
greener
pastures,
we
we
also
saw
some
numbers
figures
that
it's
you
know:
1.5
million
over
20
years,
that
we
would
save.
I
We
have
a
population
of
10,000
people
and
if
we
did
the
math
on
that
right,
it's
like
750
per
year
per
person
and
that's
not
the
reality
of
it.
We
have
businesses
that
that
take
up
those
those
tax
burdens
as
well
and
then,
as
far
as
the
the
changes
to
the
to
the
high
deductible
health
plan,
you
know
when
I
brought
up
questions
about
our
lowest
paid
employees.
They're
gonna
be
losing
10%
of
their
pay.
To
this.
I
At
$4,000,
because
that's
what
the
deductible
is-
that's
gonna
take
them
three
years
to
make
up
at
three
percent
raises
year
up
a
year
and
even
then
they're
still
gonna
lose
two
to
inflation,
and
so
you
know,
for
those
reasons,
I
just
feel
like
this
is
not
the
right
move
for
the
city
at
this
point-
and
this
is
this
is
to
me
I
just
think
this
is
bigger
than
the
figures.
This
is
about
the
work
culture
that
we're
trying
to
foster
here
and
the
inadvertent
consequences
of
that
may
be.
Business
can
absorb
some
of
that.