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From YouTube: City of Groton Mayor & Council - 10/24/16
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City of Groton, Connecticut, municipal meeting - October 24, 2016
A
B
A
You
very
much
in
a
departure
from
the
order
that
we
usually
do
things
I'm
going
to
ask
you
if
we
can
go
into
executive
session
first,
pursuant
to
general
statute,
section
1
206
be
to
discuss
strategy
or
negotiations
with
respect
to
pending
litigation.
We
need
a
motion.
This
would
include
attorney
Tauber,
hm-hm.
C
A
All
in
favor
say
aye.
Thank
you
very
much,
we'll
go
to
room
CA
and
we'll
be
back
I'm,
going
to
ask
for
your
indulgence
to
first
do
the
appointment
of
a
firefighter
Jeffrey
Earhart
am
I,
saying
that
correctly.
Okay,
then
we'll
do
the
Eastern
Point
Beach
concession,
then
we'll
do
the
extension
of
the
lease
agreement
and
then
we'll
continue
that
way,
we'll
get
everybody
out
as
quickly
as
we
can.
Okay,
Oh
chief.
Would
you
like
to
come
forward
yep?
C
A
F
You
good
evening,
I'm,
actually
the
tremendous
pleasure
tonight
to
come
before
you
to
recommend
a
Jeff
Earhart
to
be
our
next
career.
Firefighter
emt,
interesting
story
in
2004
I
was
sitting
on
an
oral
board
panel
for
another
fire
department
for
new
hires
and
Jeff
came
up
as
one
of
the
folks
to
applying
for
the
job.
Unfortunately,
for
Jeff
at
the
time
he
had
just
had
his
only
as
iam
teeny,
it
was
a
dispatcher,
but
all
three
people
on
the
board
said
this.
F
Kid's
got
it
the
matter
of
fact,
I
told
them
at
the
end
of
the
and
the
interviewer.
Do
that
some
point
he'd
be
a
fire
chief.
It
was
no
doubt
in
my
mind
that
that
would
be
happening
hit.
The
earhart
name
in
the
title,
ledyard
is
very
well
known.
His
mom
gave
32
years
in
school
system.
All
my
kids,
everybody
knows
the
Earhart's
Jeff's
born
and
bred
lived
there.
Most
of
his
life
were
actually
stealing
Jeff
from
the
tonneau
ledyard,
where
he
is
presently
career
firefighter
and
emt.
F
I
Jeff
is
also
an
assistant
chief
in
the
Gila.
A
volunteer
fire
company
is
also
their
training
officer.
Jefra
worked
for
several
years
next
door
for
chronic
bridge.
He
was
one
of
the
firefighters
that
was
laid
off
and
he
left
there
and
went
up
to
ledyard,
but
at
the
time
he
was
off-
and
this
is
the
kind
of
drive
that
we're
looking
for
in
the
time
that
he
was
off.
F
He
worked
several
part-time
jobs
and
he
was
sponsored
to
go
to
state
fire
marshal's
class,
so
he
was
already
certified
as
a
fire
inspector
and
a
fire
investigator
so
down
the
line.
There
are
some
savings
to
us.
Just
a
couple
of
his
sort
of
occasions.
He's
far
far
too
one
firefighter
to
fire
officer,
one
fire
officer
to
fire
instructor
I
already
said
the
certified
marshal
he's
a
hazardous
materials
technician
pump
operator
aerial
operator.
He
can
work
on
our
air
packs
he's
been
through.
The
whole
nems
cycle
on
he's
already
been
through.
F
The
boating
course
on
for
community
wise
Jeff
is
a
child
passenger
safety
seat
instructor
in
technician
on
he's
also,
a
the
American
Heart
Association
CPR
instructor
and
he's
received
several
awards
from
the
community
and
from
the
fire
department.
2007
2012
in
2014
Jeff
was
firefighter
of
the
year
Jeff's
familiar
with
our
territory.
He's
worked
with
us
many
times
huge
weight.
F
G
First,
thank
you
very
much
for
having
me
here
and
thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
even
come
forth
to
this
position.
I
know:
I
actually
started
my
career
in
education.
Trying
to
follow
my
mother's
footsteps
and
I
was
a
teaching
in
school
systems
and
learned.
Maybe
that
wasn't
necessarily
my
niche,
but
the
fire
service
might
be.
G
It
was
something
I
was
doing
on
the
side
is
a
volunteer
and
enjoyed
it
very
much
and
realized
that
the
teaching
aspect
could
exists
in
there
and
that
that
realm,
maybe
not
in
the
public
school
system
and
I
loved
it
ever
since,
and
the
Chiefs
was
a
probably
too
kind
in
his
words,
but
I
greatly
appreciate
everything
and
he
really
did
he's
been
involved
most
of
my
career.
You
know
von
Taer
and
career
side
and
pushing
along
to
the
further,
and
it
helped
me
inspired
me
that
kind
of
thing
in
to
when
the
opportunity
arose.
G
I,
when
a
position
opened
up,
it
was
kind
of
like
how
the
chief
said
it
was
a
no-brainer
to
me
and
if
something
I
wanted
to
go
after
and
look
enough,
you
know
I'm
sitting
here,
for
you
and
and
just
things
worked
out
and
I.
Think
I
can
do
wonderful
things
for
me,
city.
You
know,
I
truly,
think
I
have
a
lot
to
offer.
As
you
see
in
my
resume,
I'm
a
person
that
really
just
doesn't
stop.
You
know
just
I,
you
know
I
I
honestly,
will
give
you
a
lot.
G
You
know
whatever
you
would
ever
you
need.
We
will
ever
you
want,
not
ask
my
wife,
we
sometimes
things
I
give
too
much
stuff.
We
have
to
always
I
learned
that
balance,
but
I
enjoyed
I
lived
in
the
city
for
for
a
couple
years,
mom
meridian
street,
and
learned
how
how
diverse
the
city
is
amongst
this
area.
I
grew
up
in
ledyard
my
whole
life,
so
Livan
ledyard,
but
I
always
been
fond
of
especially
this
area.
I'm,
a
uconn
graduate.
G
G
G
G
It
sets
up
a
lot
of
challenges,
and
you
know
I
see
I
see
this
is
a
place
that
I
again,
you
know
my
background-
can
can
really
excel
and
provide
a
lot
a
lot
of
good.
You
know
skills
for
you
guys.
You
know
in
your
needs
of
that
and
tana
legend
has
been
wonderful
Chiefs
to
comb,
my
immediate
boss.
He
has
been
extremely
supportive.
He
you
know
he
support
me.
G
He
knows
what's
going
on
and
he
he's
retired
captain
from
the
sub-base
fire
department,
and
he
knows
that
sometimes
with
you
know
he
had
that
itch
to
to
want
to
do
more
and
vitae
and
I.
He
sees
that
he's.
Diva
told
me
this
is
the
right
move
for
you
me
it
was.
We
had
a
good
sit-down
conversation
before
we
get
too
far
involved
in
this
from
the
process,
and
you
know
I.
Don't
don't
stop
just
do
it
and
you
know
you
I
mean
I
he'd,
be
there
cyber
unit
and
appending
for
sure.
G
B
G
G
A
A
A
J
So
I
reached
out
through
the
Connecticut,
Recreation
and
Parks
Association
to
pretty
much
all
the
communities
in
the
state
of
Connecticut
17
communities
got
back
to
us
that
do
help
our
do
concession
of
the
17
that
got
back
one.
Does
it
on
there's
themselves,
they
hire
their
staff,
they
man
it
themselves
and
it's
part
of
their
department.
One
just
took
theirs
back,
but
the
other
15
do
what
we
do.
J
They
contract
out
for
an
outside
vendor
after
I,
got
that
information
I
reaches
out
to
those
15
to
see
what
they
charge,
how
they
handle
different
expenses.
I
heard
back
from
three
colchester,
which
is
the
closest
one
to
us.
They
have
a
concession,
stand
at
a
ball
field
that
they
rent
out
or
vendor
out
for
eleven
hundred
and
fifty
dollars
a
season
with
a
five
hundred
dollar
deposit
and
they
encompass
or
absorb
the
utilities
of
their
concession
stand.
Stratford
Connecticut,
which
is
a
beach
concession.
J
They
their
annual
rental,
is
five
thousand
dollars
and
that's
all
she
would
share
with
me.
They
didn't
get
anything
else.
What
I
asked
do
you
cover
utilities?
I,
don't
know
if
she
was
it
an
in
the
office
or
whatever,
but
certain
things
it
wasn't
wasn't
sure
Monroe
Connecticut
shared
they
do
a
twenty
five
hundred
dollar
yearly
rent.
J
So
that
kind
of
falls
in
the
mines
or
what
bro
does
because
they
charge
twenty-five
hundred
dollars
for
the
year
Monroe
and
Cole
chest
strafford
does
a
three-year
contract
and
then
they
go
out
for
bid
and
renew
enroll
it's
up
to
the
discretion
of
their
director
of
parks,
recreation
if
they
had
a
good
season
and
everything
went
well
and
went
smoothly.
They
just
renew
it
annually
and
that's
kind
of
what
we
do
here
and
Colchester
does
they've
had
three
different
vendors
in
a
ten-year
period.
J
J
J
J
A
C
H
There
now
you
know
the
condition
of
it,
what's
the
likelihood
of
when
it
might
need
to
be
replaced
and
what
expense
with
that
put
on
us,
and
should
there
be
a
sort
of
a
provision
where
they
put
any
money
aside
to
help
replace
the
necessary
I.
Don't
know
how
good
the
condition
is
any
of
the
items
whether
it
was
a
put
a
few
items.
I
recall,
yeah,.
J
We
own,
we
have
a
freezer
of
refrigerator.
We
have
a
frialator
actually
to
a
flat
flat,
grill,
a
hot
dog
roller.
We
have
a
chest
size,
freezer
that
has
the
ice
cream
in
which
we've
replaced
already
since
I've
been
here,
because
I
went
to
move
it
one
day
and
it
rusted
it
had
rusted
out.
I
moved
the
top
and
the
bottom
was
still
on
the
floor.
So
every
place
that
and
the
hot
dog
roller
we've
replaced.
We've
got
an
ice
cream
machine
and
we've
got
a
few
of
those
over
the
course
of
the
ten.
J
Ice
cream
machine
is
probably
the
most
expensive.
The
the
hot
dog
roller,
I
think,
was
less
than
a
thousand
dollars.
The
cooler
was
I'd
have
to
go
back
and
look
that
was
back
in
a
weight
that
was
a
while
back
so
the
refrigerator
in
the
freezer.
They
do
turn
off.
We
do
winterize
those
every
season,
so
they're
not
on
right
now,
they're
not
running
they're,
not
there's,
no
free
and
they're
down.
So
it's
the
ice
machine.
The
Pepsi
machine
is
leased
from
pepsi.
We
don't
pay
for
that.
J
H
J
Gotten
better
I've
been,
you
know,
it
was
a
struggle.
I
think
the
first
couple
years
because
being
I
think
when
so
many
new
comes
in,
it's
just
a
matter
of
getting
used
to
how
I
worked
in
how
they
worked,
and
now
that
they're,
both
retired
I,
think
their
availability
to
work.
The
concession
stands
a
little
easier
and
there
you
know
Pat's,
not
working
second
shift
and
coming
and
tired
on
the
third
day
they
are
open
to
new
ideas
for
food
suggestions.
I
did
talk
to
them
at
the
end
of
the
season.
J
Of
that,
I
did
talk
to
them
about
you
know
we.
How
hard
is
it
to
cook
piece
of
chicken
and
make
like
a
chicken
sandwich
or
a
chicken
club?
You
know
they
have
the
roles
and
and
make
it
even
salads
and
she's
she's
receptive
and
open
to
those
ideas.
I
mean
you
know,
but
they've
been
there.
32
years
everybody
loves
their.
You
know
raves
about
their
food
I'm.
You
know,
I
eat
their
french
fries
and
onion
rings.
I'm,
not
a
big
hot
dog
girl,
so
I
don't
eat
the
host,
but
yeah.
H
A
J
To
one
of
the
other
things
we
researched
is
like
I
said
we
winterized
it,
so
the
refrigerated
in
the
freezer
and
the
ice
machine
have
nothing
they're,
not
working
right
now,
so
in
the
spring
RB
Kent
has
to
come
in
and
recharge
losing
it.
So
we
do
have
a
scenario
at
1600
yearly
charge
to
shut
down
and
open
up
that
we
still
we
take.
We
we
we
encompass
that
we
absorb
that.
We
don't
recover
that
either
from
rent,
so
I'm,
not
sure.
If
that's
something
we
want
to
look
at
or
even
equipment
replacement.
J
If
we
want
to
look
at
trying
to
try
to
start
establishing
some
type
of
funds,
so
when
a
freezer
goes
or
the
ice
machine
goes,
we
have
a
contingency
fund
to
do
that,
you
know
they've
been
paying
a
hundred
dollars.
It
looks
like
from
if
I
look
back
to
this
since
1984,
which
is
you
know
three
hundred
dollars
for
a
long
time.
So
we
could,
you
know,
and
then
they're
not
opposed
to
that
either.
I
did
talk
to
them
about
that
too.
J
I
said
you
know
the
rent
might
go
up
or
might
have
some
mix
it.
You
know
what
other
expenses
that
we
might
ask
you
to
help
us
with,
and
they
were
both
very
receptive
to
that
too.
I
think
they
enjoy
running
the
concession
stand.
I
think
people
think
they
own
the
concession
stand,
but
but
they
did,
you
truly
do
enjoy
it.
J
H
J
J
At
least
that
covers
the
opening
and
closing
of
the
facility
that
or
any
other
like
electrical
issues
that
we
might
have,
because
you
know
there's
things
they
pulled
in
a
crockpot
this
year
and
they
have
a
slushie
machine
next
year
and
they
know
it
would
be
nice
to
gradually
get
there
and
then
maybe
from
there
I
don't
know
you
know,
work
from
I
mean
who's
the
saying
for
in
for
three
or
four
years
we
might
be
going
out
to
bid.
Who
knows
how?
Often
the
ghost
ears
are
going
to
come
back.
H
J
H
H
J
Unusable
no
I
mean
think
if
we
do
it
gradually
and
you're
going
like
oh
you're
going
from
a
hunt
three
hundred
dollars
to
15
one
year,
but
I
think
if
we
could
do
something
gradually
and
then
they
can
plan
for
it
and
in
work.
You
know
they
know
it's
coming
and
then
I
mean
I
want
to
shoot
for
that
time.
J
J
D
C
A
A
J
Now
they
have
till
februari,
they
have
to
last
no
februari
one.
We
could
reach
out
to
them
and
say
we
needed
to
know
by
a
different
date.
So
the
knowing
that
we're
going
to
increase
the
rent
to
this
this
year
and
decide
and
then
they
can
decide
at
that
place.
We
give
them
like.
If
I
should
talk
to
them
and
say
hey,
you
have
to
December
15th
I'll.
Just
say
this
is
what
the
increase
is
going
to
be
for
this
year,
and
you
know
the.
A
Prices,
yeah
probably
go
up
minimally
I
minimally
number.
If
you
spread
four
hundred
dollars
over
the
amount
of
business
that
you
do,
I
mean
I,
don't
know
how
many
pot
dogs
they
sell
every
day
but
I.
Imagine
to
it.
You
know
it's
not
much
over
the
course
of
a
summer,
but
there
wouldn't
have
to
be
some
increases,
but
certainly
the
traffic
can
bear
a
little
bit
of
increase.
It's
certainly
the
cheapest
food
you'll
get
and
the
best
time
dog
in
town.
J
A
C
A
L
A
Other
thing
we
wanted
to
bring
it
come
back
to
you
with
some
information
is
the
extension
of
the
lease
agreement
to
GM
EFC,
you,
the
credit
union,
so
at
our
last
meet
last
time
we
had
discussed
this.
You
had
asked
us
to
see
if
there
was
any
interest
in
within
the
city
of
using
that
space.
There
are
two
departments
that
would
very
much
like
to
use
that
space.
A
I
A
Okay,
so
there
is,
there
is
definitely
interest
from
two
departments
who
would
like
to
move
down.
Who
can
use
more
space.
I
would
certainly
at
least
one
of
the
most
certainly
alleviate
some
crowding
issues
up
here.
Either
one
would
alleviate
some
crowding
issues.
One
would
potentially
solve
more
problems
up
here
than
others.
A
So
guess
the
question
is
whether
we
wish
to
renew
that
lease
or
not,
and
you
have
time
it's
not
up
until
2018,
but
they
asked
us
for
an
early,
an
early
reply.
It
would.
It
would
certainly
be
nice
if
the
department's
knew
where
we
were
going
with
this,
so
that
we
could
plan
on
that
because,
as
I
say
we're
going
to
have
some.
We
do
have
some
issues
up
here
with
with
space,
or
you
know
we're
we're
constantly
evaluating
how
we're
going
to
handle
those
problems.
A
We've
looked
at
several
alternatives
so
far
that
haven't
worked
or
that
we
didn't
think
would
work.
So
if,
if
there
was
an
opportunity-
and
if
there
was
a
chance
that
that
was
something
we
could
count
on,
it
would
certainly
help
us
to
know
sooner
rather
than
later,
to
be
able
to
look
at
that.
Every.
A
Two
departments
that
would
like
to
move
down
our
building
and
zoning
because
it
would
give
them
that
counter
space.
It
would
give
them
a
room
to
have
their
files
it
would
have.
It
would
allow
all
three
of
them
to
be
in
the
same
space.
So
that's
the
reason
that
they
would
like
to
be
down
there.
It's
also
close
to
where
they
keep
their
other
plans
that
are
down
there.
The
other
department
that
would
like
to
do
it
is
human
resources.
A
Now
human
resources,
as
first
of
all,
both
the
human
resource,
people
Laurie
sheets
and
her
and
her
associate
Samoa
marina
Boyle,
are
in
an
office
the
size
of
heidi's
this.
So
the
two
of
them
are
in
there
with
all
of
their
files.
All
the
rest
of
their
files
are
downstairs.
They
have
no
conference
room
when
people
come
in
to
see
them
about
jobs,
they
stand
at
a
file
cabinet
and
talk,
and
that's
how
they
sign
things.
A
So
she
would
be
very
interested
in
having
the
space
to
be
able
to
do
small
training
things
down
there
to
be
able
to
meet
with
people
as
they
come
in.
To
be
able
to
talk
to,
you
know,
to
have
a
place
to
sit
down.
It
would
give
her
a
place
for
a
private
office,
a
place
for
Samoa
to
have
an
office
as
well
as
some
of
their
files.
H
A
It
would
I'm
sorry
if
I
could
just
interrupt
we
just
one.
Second,
the
other
thing
that
she
has
often
expressed
an
interest
in
is
a
place
where
people
can
come
to
her
with
some
degree
of
privacy
so
that
when
they
need
to
see
somebody
in
human
resources
for
whatever
reason,
they're
not
walking
through
the
customer
service
line
and
in
view
of
everybody
who's,
you
know
working
on
that
part
of
the
building.
So
it
would
give
some
privacy
to
people
who
come
to
see
her
about
employment
issues
or
HR
issues
sounds.
H
A
Would
that
what
I'm
not
sure
which
one
we
do
so
I'm,
not
asking
you
to
decide
I,
think
we
really
have
to
figure
that
out
internally
there
are.
There
are
a
couple
of
issues
with
that
too,
because
then,
that
only
Frieza,
you
could
put
somebody
back
here
and
move
somebody
up
here
and
you
could
do
so.
Certainly
we
could
look
at
those,
but
that's
that's
something
we'd
look
at
internally!
I!
L
In
light
of
the
colonel
ledyard
vote,
I
feel
like
we
don't
there's
not
enough
space
here
and
with
the
lack
of
space
that
is
here.
I
feel
like
we
need
to
utilize
the
space
that
we
have
for
our
employees.
First,
having
the
credit
union
here
would
be
great
if
there
was
the
space
to
do
it,
but
I
feel
like
there's
just
not
the
space
here.
So
unless
something
drastic
changes
between
now
and
2018
I
don't
feel
like
we've
got
a
choice,
but
to
say
we
need
that
space
for
for
the
employees
here.
B
A
C
A
Right
and
that's
what
we'll
do?
Okay!
Thank
you
very
much.
Okay
continuing
on
here,
so
we
have
at
the
top
of
our
appointments,
the
reappointment
of
mark
whelan
to
the
Board
of
Ethics
mark
whele.
We
had
two
people
whose
whose
terms
expired
this
year.
Mark
whelan
is
one
the
other
one
is
Jane
Moriarty
Jane
Moriarty
has
declined
to
serve
again,
so
we
are
looking
for
somebody
to
serve
on
our
Board
of
Ethics.
A
If
you
have
any
suggestions,
please
let
me
know:
I
am,
as
usual,
making
lots
of
calls
trying
to
find
people
I
try
to
make
just
a
few
calls
for
each
thing
every
time,
so
that
I
don't
ask
three
people,
they
all
say
yes,
and
then
you
say
oh
I
only
have
one
position
says.
Thank
you
for
your
inches,
but
no
so
so
we
are
making
calls.
H
A
M
Want
to
give
you
an
update,
as
far
as
of
mother
Bailey,
how
structural
repairs
we
did
receive
notification
from
the
state,
we
were
on
their
October
listing
for
the
lowes
up,
so
we
are
officially
approved
for
that
close
of
funding
and
so
that
project.
Right
now
we
gave
notice
of
award
to
the
contractor
yank
your
modeler
and
we're
I've
been
working
with
Lynn,
and
we
have
a
draft
of
the
contract
that
hopefully
will
get
out
later
this
week.
A
Okay,
just
wanted
to
let
you
know
revised
code
of
ethics,
so
I
would
like
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
what
precedes
this.
So,
as
you
probably
are
aware,
if
you,
if
you've
been
reading
the
paper,
I
learned
for
the
first
time
last
Monday
the
17th
from
reading
the
norwich
bulletin,
an
article
in
the
norwich
bulletin,
that
members
of
the
CMAC
board
of
directors
and
others
went
on
an
all-expense-paid
trip
to
the
Kentucky
Derby
at
a
cost
of
over
three
hundred
and
forty
thousand
dollars.
A
This
past
May,
several
city
employees
and
a
GU
commissioner
member
who
served
on
the
CMAC
board
of
directors
were
among
the
attendees.
I
was
not
informed
about
this
trip,
which
greatly
concerns
me
as
I
have
also
learned
that
it's
been
occurring
for
the
past
four
years,
and
it
seems
to
me
that
there
are
a
number
of
people
who
have
no
connections
to
GU
and
I.
A
Believe
I
should
have
been
kept
informed
of
this,
as
well
as
the
Commission
being
kept
informed
of
it,
and
ultimately,
you
being
informed
of
it
and
I
am
very
grateful
to
the
day
for
having
provided
the
information
that
I
have.
They
sent
to
me
so
through
them.
I
got
the
itineraries
for
the
2016
2015
and
2014
trips
to
the
kentucky
derby
and
the
participants
for
2016
and
2015.
I
have
requested
additional
information
from
ce
mec,
so
I
want
to
let
you
know
where
we
are
with
this
and
and
the
actions
that
I'm
taking.
A
We
I've
taken
several
steps
to
ensure
our
accountability
and
the
transparency
of
trips,
like
this
first
I've
begun
an
investigation
to
determine
whether
there's
been
a
violation
of
our
work
rules.
We
have
also
received
an
ethics
complaint
which
has
been
forwarded
to
the
Board
of
Ethics
and
I
met
with
Rob
zuliani
today,
and
we're
also
going
to
review
our
work
rules
to
see
where
they
need
to
be
updated
and
revised
to
make
sure
that
something
like
this
would
not
happen
again.
A
The
second
step
is
that
I
am
going
to
ask
you
tonight
for
us
to
be
able
to
consider
ways
that
we
can
strengthen
our
own
code
of
ethics.
I,
don't
know
if
you're
familiar
with
them,
but
if
you
read
in
the
Charter
you'll
see
that
they
are
a
pretty
it's
a
pretty
thin
document.
I
have
talked
to
our
attorney
extensively
about
this
and
there
are
two
ways
that
we
can
handle
this.
We
cannot
change
the
code
of
ethics
without
a
charter
revision
because
they
are
outlined
in
the
Charter.
A
However,
we
can
define
them,
so
we
can
define
what
we
mean
by
a
gift.
We
can
define
circumstances
that
are
illustrative
of
not
of
inappropriate
ethics
or
inappropriate
gift
receiving
or
a
gift
three
acceptance.
So
that's
something
we
can
do.
We
can
also
look
at
a
at
a
standard
of
ethical
behavior
that
we
would
put
in
our
work
rules
so
that
they
would
be
in
our
and
our
work
rules
for
all
employees.
A
So
in
a
few
minutes,
I'm
going
to
ask
us
to
embark
on
a
conversation
around
that
and
how
you
want
to
handle
that
and
what
you'd
like
to
see
in
there
I
had
Thursday.
Excuse
me
on
Wednesday
at
the
at
the
groton
Utilities
Commission
meeting
I
will
ask
the
Commission
to
direct
our
representatives
to
ce
mec,
as
well
as
the
representatives
for
our
wholly-owned
subsidiary,
basrah
light
and
power
to
bring
a
resolution
to
see
mech.
A
A
There
is
an
editorial
that
has
been
written
by
Drew
Rankin
who's,
the
head
of
CM
exit
will
appear
in
the
day,
I,
don't
know
the
date,
but
I
know
it
has
been
written
and
I
know
he's
met
with
the
reporter
from
the
day
as
well
as
Paul
Cheniere
from
the
editorial
board.
This
is
something
that
I
take
very
seriously
had
I
known,
I
would
have
advised
them
not
to
go
and
we're
going
to
look
into
it
and
we're
going
to
respond
accordingly.
A
So,
in
terms
of
the
ethics
I
wanted
to
hand
out
to
you
a
sample
code
of
ethics.
Now
we
went
to
CCM
we
well,
we
asked
the
same.
We
didn't
go
to
season,
he
went
to
them
in
phone
call.
We
went
to
CCM
and
ask
them
for
sample
codes
of
ethics.
This
is
one
we
have
14
different
policies
that
they
sent
us.
So
this
is
one.
A
So
I
guess
my
question,
for
you
is
whether
you
would
like
to
refer
this
to
a
committee,
and
we
know
that
can
be
somewhat
time
consuming
or
whether
you
would
like
to
have
a
conversation
about
the
things
you
would
like
to
see
in
the
ethics,
and
we
would
bring
back
to
you
a
draft
document
again,
remembering
that
we
can't
rewrite
our
code
of
ethics.
We
can
only
define
what
our
code
of
ethics
means
and
to
give
example
so,
which
direction?
Would
you
like
to
go?
A
Of
your
committees,
it
would
recognizing
the
amount
of
time
that
you
have
to
work
on
things
that's
going
to,
but
that's
fine
and
and
we
can
get
you
these
14
policies
and
you
can
look
through
them
and
we
can
get
you
access
to
someone
who
can
help.
You
write
them
or
we
can
bring
you
a
sample
document.
Well,.
A
We
can
do
two
things:
we
can
make
work,
rules
that
have
standards
of
ethical,
behavior
and
and
and
those
would
be
policy
for
work
rules
as
far
as
what
the
Charter
allows
and
the
Charter
is
really
very
thin
compared
to
other
municipal
documents.
We
can't
change
the
code,
but
we
can
define,
for
instance,
what
is
a
gift,
because
this
says
that
you
can't
accept
gifts.
So
what
is
a
gift?
What
do
we
mean
by
that?
It
says
that
you
can't
take
a
gift
and
with
the
expectation
that
it
will,
let
me
see
it.
A
That
it
would
that
there
would
be
an
understanding
that
the
vote,
official
action
or
judgment
of
the
city
official
would
be
or
have
been
influenced
by
it.
So
we
can
define
what
we
mean
by
that.
What's
an
example
of
when
you're
being
influenced
or
you
know
it
whether
it's
a
business
you
do
business
with.
Is
that
an
example
of
a
time
when
they
might
be
expecting
something
from
you?
So
those
things
we
can
do
so.
C
H
C
Recommendation
is
we
give
it
to
you
and
give
it
to
staff
and
have
staff
come?
We
don't
have
time
to
spend
months
on
this
bickering
back
and
forth
in
a
committee
trying
to
figure
out
what
things
mean
it
would
be,
but
my
opinion
is,
it
would
be
better
if
a
document
was
put
together
a
presenter
to
us
and
then
the
council
as
a
whole
could
then
review
it
and
vote.
A
C
A
You
know
this
whole
situation
has
engendered
lots
of
conversations,
so,
for
instance,
we
send
people
to
chamber
events,
so
does
that
count
as
a
gift,
a
gift
of
dinner,
in
my
opinion?
No
because
it's
your
doing
the
business
of
the
city,
but
we
went
to
the
Martin
Luther
King
dinner,
the
other
night.
I
don't.
I
don't
consider
that
a
gift
you
know,
because,
first
of
all,
we
opened
it
to
certain
classes
of
people.
You
know
we
couldn't
offer
to
all
500
people,
but
it
was.
A
It
was
a
charitable
contribution
to
the
Martin
Luther
King
scholarship
fund
and-
and
it
was
important
for
the
city
to
show
support
of
that
event.
When
you
go
to
chamber
you're
interacting
with
the
businesses
that
we
do
business
with
and
so
and
we're
paying
for
those
tickets
or
we've
sponsored
that
event.
That
kind
of
thing
which
is
so
those
kinds
of
things,
have
to
be
defined.
A
C
Took
the
opportunity
to
look
at
the
state's
ethics
website,
as
my
own
company
I've
looked
at
our
gift-giving
requirements
and
things
like
that,
and
there
are
rules
about,
for
example,
I
can't
give
a
customer
anything
that
more
than
intrinsic
value,
such
as
a
coffee
cup
or
a
pen,
or
something
like
that.
If
you
take
the
state's
training,
they
talk
about
a
value
of
ten
dollars
for
some
things
they
talk
about.
If
a
supervisor
has
given
us
a
Bourdon
it
something
that
could
be
up
to
I
think
it's
ninety
nine
dollars
and
ninety-nine
cents.
C
If
somebody's
going
to
give
food,
it's
4999,
but
the
person
giving
it
has
to
be
there.
I
mean
there's
a
lot
of
rules
about
what
there
is
I
mean.
If
you
look
at
what
was
done
here
it
it
just
looks
like
impropriety,
because
it
looks
like
just
a
few
people
were
going
out
and
having
a
good
time
on
the
back
of
everybody
out.
C
C
We
need
to
look
at
values,
but
also
what
kind
of
things
can
you
do
because,
ultimately,
if,
if
you
work
for
the
municipality
or
work
for
the
utility
you're
representing
the
city,
and
sometimes
people
forget
that,
if
they're
up
there
in
their
vehicle
and
they
stop
at
dunkin
donuts
to
get
a
coffee-
and
somebody
sees
that
vehicle
they're
like?
Why
is
that
vehicle
there?
Or
if
they
see
somebody
in
a
shirt
that
says
city
of
Groton
and
they're,
doing
something
that
that
individual
doesn't
think
is
right?
That
reflects
back
on
the
city
of
rotten
ass.
E
D
A
You
know
if
we
had
a
lot
of
things
we
wanted
to
change
in
the
Charter
I
think
that
would
be
a
good
idea.
I
think
that
in
this
case,
since
we
do
have
a
you
know,
I
have
talked
to
our
attorney
about
this.
He
says
as
long
we
can
define
these
things
and
we
can
say
what
a
gift
is,
and
we
can
say
what
an
expectation
of
a
judgment
in
action
or
whatever
is.
D
A
Right,
so
if
we,
if
we
do,
if
we
deal
with
it
that
way,
it
certainly
would
hold
us
until
such
time
as
we
might
want
to
redo
the
whole
charter.
It's
an
18-month
process
to
change
the
Charter,
because
you
have
to
follow
back
from
remember
this
deb-deb.
Had
this
all
right
note
for
us,
you
have
to
follow
back
from
the
date
that
you
want
to
have
the
vote
and
we
did
it
in
conjunction
with
a
November
election.
A
C
Well,
and
also
you
know,
we
can
define
what
the
terms
mean
here
and
that's
okay
for
us
to
do,
and
then,
if
there's
anything
that
comes
out
of
this,
that
impacts
work
policy.
That's
a
separate
issue
from
the
Charter
anyway.
Yes,
so
you
work,
work,
policies
and
directives,
and
things
like
that
may
come
out
of
this
as
a
result
of
whatever
the
investigation
brings
up
and
that's
just
normal
business,
day-to-day
business
of
refining
business
policy,
of
yes
of
refining
business
policy.
A
C
A
Even
if
you
look
at
in
this
one
sample
we
provided
rather
than
all
14,
if
you
look
at
the
definitions
of
gift
on
page,
it's
the
second
page
of
this,
it's
number
11,
even
those
definitions-
were
we
to
have
them
to
go
along
with
our
code
of
ethics.
That's
in
the
Charter
would
be
very
helpful
in
distinguishing
between
you
know,
what's
a
city-sponsored
event,
and
you
know
what's
something
beyond
so
this
says
these
things
are:
it
gives
a
list
of
things
that
are
not
considered
gifts.
A
It
become
the
rules
and
procedures
for
using
the
Charter
so,
for
instance,
the
Board
of
Ethics,
the
first
thing
they
did
and
it
was
there
it
up
until
now
it
has
been
their
full
work
and
they
finished
it
a
while
back,
maybe
a
year
and
a
half
ago,
I'd
have
to
check
that
date
to
be
more
certain,
but
they
took
section
4
and
made
a
series
of
rules
and
procedures
for
how
the
Board
of
Ethics
will
carry
out
the
charges
in
this
charter.
So
they're
not
changing
the
Charter
or
changing
those.
A
A
We
have
a
series
of
policies
for
the
city
which
cover
a
number
of
employment,
related
issues
it
care
it
covers
the
use
of
in
IT.
It
covers
the
use
of
their
work,
their
work
rules.
There
are
rules
for
reporting
any
kind
of
accidents
there,
so
their
whole
set
of
rules
that
employees
work
by
and
one
of
them,
and
we
can
make
within
those
rules
a
set
of
ethical
standards
at
the.
A
But
we
do
have
a
set
of
City
rules
that
apply
to
all
departments,
but
but
police
do
have
a
whole
big
green
book
of
rules
that
they
that
they
abide
by
the
fire
department
has
rules
that
they
have
I
baby,
because
it's
a
different
kind
of
job
gu
has
a
different
set
of
rules
for
safety,
but
not,
but
the
work
rules
apply
across
the
board.
Okay,.
K
D
A
A
We
cannot
set
the
rules
for
ce
mec,
but
we
can
set
the
rules
by
how
our
representatives,
what
our
representatives
can
do
so
ce
mec,
does
have
a
code
of
ethics.
But
of
course
it
doesn't
say
anything
about
taking
something
from
their
own
organization.
While
we're
saying
is
that
we
might
want
to
set
standards.
That
say
you
can't
accept
things
from
businesses
that
we
do
business
with
or
from
outside
organizations
or
anything
above
the
value
of
x,
and
that
takes
care
of
you
know
any
of
this
question
anyway.
A
A
Correct
we
can't
alter
the
charter
without
going
to
the
revision
to
the
charter
revision
Commission,
but
we
can
for
each
one
of
these
codes
in
here
when
it
says,
for
instance,
the
first
one
says:
no
city
officials
shall
accept
any
employment
or
have
any
substantial
financial
interest
in
we
can
define
what
substantial
financial
interest
means.
You
know
so
that
we
can
define
those
things
and
then
we
can
give
examples
because
it
is
it
is
then
it's
it
doesn't
have
many
examples.
It
doesn't
have
definitions,
we
did
actually
have
a
resolution.
A
Prior
to
this,
it
was
passed
in
nineteen
ninety-three,
I
believe,
which
was
much
more
specific
and
did
define
gifts
and
things.
However,
when
this
was
passed
and
I'm
not
sure
that
was
directly
an
intent,
but
it
starts
by
saying
this
code
shall
establish
and
define
ethical
standards
for
the
city
and
it
kind
of
did
away
with
1993.
So
now
we
have
to
work
off
this
and
define
what
this
means.
A
This
is
all
this
is
all
there
is
of
ethics
here
to
here,
that's
it.
The
rest
is
with
the
Board
of
Ethics
and
the
duties
of
the
board.
That's
all
we've
got
so
you
see
that's
pretty
thin,
and
but
it's
like
these
big
general
summations
of
the
same
kinds
of
things
you'll
see
in
here
only
these
are
all
delineating.
D
A
A
A
Okay,
so
we
will
work
on
that
and
we
will
get
it
back
to
you.
I
do
have
one
other
thing.
If
I
could
have
your
indulgence
for
adding
one
other
thing
to
the
agenda,
we
would
need
to
move
that.
Ok,
we
can.
We
have
a
motion
to
add
to
the
agenda
the,
and
this
is
just
an
informational
piece.
It's
the
job
description
for
the
economic
development,
specialist,
good.
C
A
So
when
we
came
to
you
or
when
I
should
say,
the
Economic
Development
Commission
came
to
you
and
asked
for
a
the
money
to
be
moved
from
the
community
and
beautification
development,
community
development
and
beautification
fund
to
a
special
fund
for
economic
development.
It
was
indicated
at
that
time
that
a
large
portion
of
that
money
would
be
for
a
part-time
economic
development
specialist,
and
we
indicated
that
we
would
come
to
you
with
the
that.
We
would
show
you
what
that
job
description
was
before
we
posted
it.
A
A
So
I'll
give
you
a
minute
to
look
that
over
and
then
I'll
try
to
answer
any
questions,
and
we
can
get
somebody
else
here.
If
you
need
questions,
I
can
answer
so
nobody's
expecting
that
this
person
will
do
all
of
this
all
I
wants.
But
this
is
the
kind
of
work
this
person
would
be
involved.
Obviously
there
are
some
tasks
in
here
that
you
can
see
it
could
be
done
and
then
you'd
move
on
to
the
next
thing.
A
But
the
real
general
purpose
of
this
person
is
to
really
be
able
to
aid
businesses
to
be
able
to
be
that
liaison
between
the
business
and
the
eminent
and
the
actual
organ
Atlantians
owning
that
they
actually
have
to
go
to
and
the
city
planner,
because
it
with
that
buffer.
Somebody
could
actually
mentor
assist
a
business
through
the
process
without
the
city
planner
being
in
a
position
of
seemingly
giving
an
answer,
yes
or
no
to
something
when
they
shouldn't.
D
A
That's
basically
is
that's
a
large
part
of
this
is
to
staff
the
Economic
Development
Commission,
but
also
to
assist
business
development
businesses
in
their
development.
Let's
put
it
that
way,
so
this
does
not
require
an
action
on
your
part,
but
it
is
something
we
said
that
we
would
bring
to
you
before.
We
posted
the
position.
So
unless
there's
an
objection,
we're
going
to
begin
to
post
this,
the.
H
C
H
A
Over
19
hours-
and
you
have
to
start
to
get
into
benefits-
and
things
like
that,
and
we
didn't
budget
for
that.
We
budgeted
for
19
hours,
you'll
get
your
they'd
get
their
FICA
and
things
like
that,
but
we
wouldn't
be
doing
health
care
and
that
kind
of
thing
once
you
get
to
full
time,
you're
really
talking
about
another,
fifty
percent
of
salary
going
toward
benefits,
and
we
just
couldn't
start
that
way.
A
Okay
on
the
other
thing
at
one
time,
we
talked
about
this
person
answering
directly
to
me,
but
I
really
think
it
makes
more
sense
for
this
person
to
be
under
the
supervision
of
the
city
planner.
This
is
not
my
area
of
expertise
that
is
barbara's
area
of
expertise.
She'll
know
whether
things
are
being
done
correctly.
Obviously
she
would
bring
any
concerns
to
me,
or
you
know
anything
like
that.
But
but
really
this
belongs
under
the
planning
department,
not
under
bank.