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Pursuant to the foregoing notice the Annual Representative Town Meeting of the Town of Greenwich was held in the Moderator’s Hall on Monday January 14, 2008 at 8:00 P.M. (E.S.T.).
The meeting was called to order by the Town Clerk Carmella C. Budkins.
The members pledged allegiance to the flag.
The Town Clerk announced that Item No. 1 on the call was now before the meeting.
The Town Clerk swore in all the members present. The following individuals constitute the membership of the Representative Town Meeting for the 2008-2009 term.
District 1- Mary M Ambrogio, Carl G. Carlson,Jr., VCHR, George F. Chelwick, Norman R. Collins, Edward D. Dadakis, Frederick R Feldman, Pamela Frederick, Margaret W. Frey, Timothy P Gemelli, Nora T. Gentry, Dean L. Goss, CHR, Richard P. Holleran, Frederick Lee,Jr, Patrick F. Maher, Joan C Pankosky, Mary G. Pellegrino, SEC, Julie L. Ray, Carol A. Zarrilli District 2 –Kevin J. Brogan, Duncan G. Burke, Nancy B. Burke, Carlo F. Cantavero, Donald R. Conway, J Suzanne Geiss-Robbins,CHR, Nancy H Marshall,Cecilia H. Morgan, Wilma Nacinovich, VCHR, Jill K Oberlander, SEC, Meredith Relyea, Mark Schroeder, Paul Settelmeyer, Douglas J. Wells District 3 – Michael Aurelia, Louise T. Bavis, SEC,
Mercedes Blackson, Thomas P. Conelias, VCHR, Murray S. Paroly,Maude Ann Polo, J. Robert Tuthill, CHR, Claudia Velez, M Michael Warner District 4 –Felix Andreoni, Frances Avery, SEC, Paul M Barbian, James M Bonney, Russell Bowman, Vickie Dudas, Thomas J. Greco, VCHR, Brian Harrod, Susan McCabe, Robert J. McKnight, Jr.,CHR, Alexander J Popp, Jr, Maria M. Popp, , Josiane M. Schaffner-Parnell, Donald R. Vitti ,James T. Wahba, John B.. Wahba. District 5 – Frederick L. Baker, III, H. Franklin Bloomer, Jr., Robert K.Brady, Edward T.Broadhurst,III, Elizabeth C. Campbell, James H Daine, Jennifer A. Dayton, SEC, J William Drake, Laura B. Erickson, Mary S. Ferry, CHR, David H Haffenreffer, Gerald S. Isaacson, Lucy B. Krasnor, John W. Moffly, Karen S. Oztemel, Randall J Smith, Samuel T. Telerico, James W. Vaughn, Anne F Wichman District 6 – Neil J Bulger,Thomas J. Byrne, Marilyn R Cahn, Michael C Carter, David W. Cox, Carol C. Ducret, Robert Guerrieri, John E. Harkins, Walter K. Howe, Coline Jenkins, CHR, , Arline Lomazzo, Edward M. Manganiello Stephen Meskers, SEC,Patricia M Nelson, Erford E Porter, II, Barbara T. Ruud Nucci, Karen A Sadik-Khan,VCHR Joseph Stroll, Eric Tautel, Alexis Voulgaris District 7 –Amy H Bibb, Kimberly M Blank, Eleanor S. Bloom, Ellen Brennan-Galvin, Linda Bruno, Michael K. Burke, Susan L Carmichael Alice B. Duff, Karen Fassuliotis, Donald E Hamilton, Timothy P Harkness, Randall Huffman, Angela M. Hyland, Mary A. Jacobson, Lucia D Jansen, Janet K. Lockton, Roger H. Lourie, VCHR, Robert S. Searle, SEC, Valerie Stauffer,CHR , Joseph L. Williams District 8 –Susie L. Anderson, SEC, John E Beckwith, Peter E Berg, James G. Boutelle, CHR, Joshua H. Brown, VCHR, Mary H Bruce, Richard D Bruce, Francis J. Burgweger, Jr., Nancy P. Chapin, Vincent J DeVito, Charles N. Edwards, III, Christine L. Edwards, Gordon A Ennis, Steven D Gross, Jay T Hahn, Jonathna Irvine, Richard Kral, Jr., Genevieve J Krob, Anthony Tod Laudonia,
Drew Marzullo,David Melick, R. Blair Murphy, Peter Pellerzi, Alicia Shreders, John A. Shulman, Christopher R. vonKeyserling, District 9 –Jane W Arnone, SEC, Robert L. Beerman, Andrew H Bernstein, Paul F. Curtis, Evan L. Delman,Vincent A DiMarco, VCHR, R Michael Dunne, II, Betsey S.Frumin, CHR, J. Donna F Guadioso-Zeale, Susan M Morton, Anna B Napolitano, Jennifer R Nacewicz, Adrian Pasternak, Frank P. Petise, Frank L Rota, Jonathan Shankman, Gregory H Skidmore, John F Toner, Ralph Vizzari, Jeannine S Wojnas District 10 –Jean M Aloe, Gerald L. Anderson, VCHR, Joseph M Annunziato, John H Blankley,Robert M Byrnes, Joan E. Caldwell, CHR, Carol M Caroll,David W. Detjen, Swan M. Grant, Erica Hoffman-Purnell, Lloyd N. Hull, Hans Isbrandtsen,Robert V. Lardon, Lawrence E. Larson, John M. Lucarelli, Bertram M Metter, Mark Pruner, Sabine Schoenberg, Alan A. Small, Emerson L
Stone, Louisa H Stone District 11 –Michael R Chait, Joseph Fahys,VCHR , Despina K. Fassuliotis, SEC, Rosa A Fini, James D Hann, James M Hesburgh, Corinne A Hughes, Todd Kennedy,CHR, Harry A LeBien, Mary Hope Lewis, Fern M. Lindsay,Robert A Maddux, Kundock Moon, Neal E Neilinger, Dana G Neuman, Richard J Neuman, Rosalind Nicastro, Vinay S Pande, Joseph L Pellegrino, Katherine S Prokop, Adam J Savitz, Charles B Seelig, Michael G Wacek, Mary S. Waldron, District 12 –Shawn D Asselin, Bill Bambrick, Thomas E.Bancroft, Emil Bennie Benvenuto, Karl W Bylciw, David L DeMilhau, Richard S. DiPreta, Ellen Jo Haskell, Barbara G. Hindman, Robert C. Kavee, Robert T. May,CHR Dolores A McCollem, Miriam Mennin, SEC, Robert A. Perri, VCHR, Michael J Petrucelli,Hope Polidoro, David H Roberson, Sandra A. Romaniello,Mary B. Romeo, Peter M Sherr,
Cheryl P Smith, Jane S. Sulich
Attendance cards were presented showing 204 present, 25 absent and 1 vacancy.
The members who were absent in District 1- Norman R Collins, Nora T. Gentry, Richard P Holleran, Patrick F Maher; District 2 –Duncan G Burke, Nancy B. Burke, Mark Schroeder; District 3 – Murray S Paroly; District 6 – Arline Lomazzo, Stephen R Meskers, Erford E Porter, II; District 8- Susie L Andersen, Nancy P Chapin, Anthony Tod Laudonia, Drew Marzullo; District 9 – Jane W Arnone, Andrew H Bernstein, R Michael Dunne, II; District 10 – Lawrence E Larson, Mark Pruner; District 11 – James M Hesburgh, Neal E Neilinger, Vinay S Pande, Joseph L Pellegrino; District 12 – Ellen Jo Haskell.
Districts 4, 5 and 7 had perfect attendance.
The Town Clerk announced that Item No. 2 on the call was now before the meeting.
Roger Lourie of District 7 nominated Thomas J. Byrne for Moderator. The nomination was duly seconded.
A member made a motion, which was seconded, that nominations be closed and Mr. Byrne was elected with the Town Clerk casting one vote.
The Moderator took over the chair and announced that Item No. 3 on the call was now before the meeting.
J. Robert Tuthill of District 3 nominated Joan Caldwell for Moderator Pro Tempore. The nomination was duly seconded.
Rosa Fini of District 11 nominated Christine L. Edwards for Moderator Pro Tempore. The nomination was duly seconded.
The vote was now on the position of Moderator Pro Tempore.
The votes were as follows:
Joan Caldwell - 159
Christine Edwards - 43
Joan Caldwell was re-elected as Moderator Pro Tempore.
Mary Ferry of District 5 presented the following resolution, on behalf of Districts 5 and 6, recognizing the contributions and service of the late Barbara Kitchel Girdler.
District 6 joins District 5 in asking that you honor the memory of Barbara Kitchel Girdler who died December 9, 2007 at the age of 97. She was a granddaughter of the Binney family, who gave Binney Park to Greenwich. Most of us knew her as Bobbie.
Bobbie was a dedicated environmentalist and active community volunteer. Her list of accomplishments is long.
She was a founding member of the Greenwich Land Trust and the Connecticut Conservation Society. In 1956 she helped her mother, Helen Binney Kitchel, form the Greenwich Point Committee, which is now known as the Friends of Greenwich Point. Bobbie is the only person ever named an Honorary Life Member of the Friends of Greenwich Point. She was a long time director of the Connecticut Forest and Parks Association and helped found Greenwich’s Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Agency.
In addition to her environmental work, Bobbie found time for other community activities.
When her four sons were young, Bobbie served two terms as President of the Old Greenwich PTA.
She was President of the Greenwich League of Women Voters from 1943-1945 and again from 1958-1960. I remember seeing her at League meeting as long as she was able to attend.
Bobbie was an elected member of RTM, first in District 6 and then in District 5, from January 1964 until May 1992. She and Everett Smith were the first RTM delegates to the South Western Regional Planning Agency (SWRPA) where she served from October 1973 to March 1987.
We are thankful for Bobbie’s many contributions of time and talent to our community.
Mr. Moderator, we ask that this tribute to Barbara Kitchel Girdler be included in the minutes and that an official copy be sent to her family.
The resolution was passed by unanimous consent with the members standing for a moment of silence for Mrs. Girdler.
The Moderator announced that as all members had received a copy of the minutes of the December 10, 2008 meeting, the reading of the minutes would be omitted.
He stated that there were quite a few corrections and the best way would be to make the miscellaneous corrections and send the minutes out again for approval at the March meeting.
The Moderator suggested a motion, which was duly moved and seconded, to suspend the rules and combine items into two groups.
The first group would consist of Items 5-6-7-9-10-11-12-16 and the second group would have Items 8-13-14-15-18-19-20-21.
Items 4-17-22- & 23 would be considered separately.
Motion Carried
Selectman Peter Crumbine offered the following substitute resolutions, which were duly moved and seconded, regarding Items 5,6,7,9 & 10 .
5. RESOLVED, the following named person, nominated by the Board of Selectmen, be appointed a member of the Board of Parks and Recreation for a term expiring 3/31/11.
RICHARD C. WELLINGTON
6. RESOLVED, the following named person, nominated by the Board of Selectmen, be appointed a member of the Board of Parks and Recreation for a term expiring 3/31/11.
ROBERT J. OCA
7. RESOLVED, the following named person, nominated by the Board of Selectmen, be appointed a member of the Board of Parks and Recreation with a term expiring 3/31/11.
SCOTT R. JOHNSON
9. RESOLVED, the following named person, nominated by the Board of Selectmen, be appointed a member of the Board of Ethics for a term expiring 3/31/11.
HEATHER PARKINSON-WEBB
10. RESOLVED, the following named person, nominated by the Board of Selectmen, be appointed a member of the Commission on Aging for a term expiring 3/31/11.
GLORIA (LORI) B. JACKSON
Selectman Linda Lavery offered the following substitute resolutions, which were duly moved and seconded, regarding Items 11,12 & 16.
11. RESOLVED, the following named person, nominated by the Board of Selectmen, be appointed a member of the Commission on Aging for a term expiring 3/31/11.
CATHERINE M. BRENNAN
12. RESOLVED, the following named person, nominated by the Board of Selectmen, be appointed a member of the Commission on Aging with a term expiring 3/31/11.
HOWARD (CHIP) P. SERRELL
16. RESOLVED, the following named person, nominated by the Board of Selectmen, be appointed a Regular Member of the Nathaniel Witherell Board with a term expiring 3/31/11.
THOMAS A. SACCARDI PH.D.
After the committee reports, the vote was now on the first group of combined items.
In Favor - 204
Against - 0
Abstentions - 0
Items Carried
The Moderator announced that the second group of combined items was now before the meeting.
Selectman Peter Crumbine offered the following substitute resolution, which was duly moved and seconded, regarding Item 8.
8. RESOLVED, the following named person, nominated by the Board of Selectmen, be appointed a member of the Board of Parks and Recreation for a term expiring 3/31/12.
RICKY M. CAPOZZA
Selectman Linda Lavery offered the following substitute resolutions, which were duly moved and seconded, regarding Items 13, 14 & 15.
13. RESOLVED, the following named person, nominated by the Board of Selectmen, be appointed an Alternate Member of the Planning and Zoning Commission for a term expiring 3/31/11.
R. ELLEN AVELLINO
14. RESOLVED: the following named person, renominated by the Board of Selectmen,be appointed an Alternate Member of the Planning and Zoning Commission for a term expiring 3/31/11.
MARGARITA T. ALBAN
15. RESOLVED: the following named person, nominated by the Board of Selectmen, be appointed an Alternate Member of the Planning and Zoning Commission with a term expiring 3/31/11.
FREDERIC HENRY BROOKS
Selectman Peter Crumbine offered the following substitute resolutions, which were duly moved and seconded, regarding Items 18,19,20,21.
18. RESOLVED, the following named person , nominated by the Board of Selectmen, be appointed a member of the Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Agency for a term expiring 3/31/12.
GARRETT l. DIETZ
19. RESOLVED: the following named person, nominated by the Board of Selectmen, be appointed a member of the Board of Health for a term expiring 3/31/12.
ROBERT L. AILLEO
20. RESOLVED, the following named person, renominarted by the Board of Selectmen, be appointed a member of the Board of Health for a term expiring 3/31/12.
PETER A. ARTURI
21. RESOLVED, the following named person, renominated by the Board of Selectmen, be appointed a member of the Alarm Appeals Board for a term expiring 3/31/12.
THOMAS E. ZACK
The Appointments Committee made a motion, which was seconded, to postpone the second group of combined items (8-13-14-15-18-19-20-21) until the March 2008 meeting.
David Detjen of District 10 made a motion, which was seconded, to divide the item and separate Item 8 from the combined items.
Motion Lost
The vote was now on the Appointments Committee motion to postpone items 8-13-14-15-18-19-20-21.
Motion Carried
The Moderator announced that Item No. 4 on the call was now before the meeting.
Frank Mazza, chairman of the Hamilton Avenue School Building Committee, offered the following substitute resolution, which was duly moved and seconded, regarding Item No. 4.
RESOLVED, that the sum of $550,000 is hereby appropriated and added to the following account: Z68017925955025110 for Hamilton Avenue School Reconstruction. Said appropriation to come from the Capital and Non-Recurring Fund.
The vote was now on Item No. 4.
In Favor - 156
Against - 37
Abstentions - 6
Item Carried
The Moderator announced that Item No. 17 on the call was now before the meeting.
Selectman Peter Crumbine offered the following substitute resolution, which was duly moved and seconded, regarding Item No. 17.
RESOLVED, the following named person, nominated by the Board of Selectmen, be
appointed a Regular Member, to the Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Agency, replacing Christie A. Coon, with a term expiring 3/31/12.
WILLIAM W. GALVIN, III
H. Franklin Bloomer, Jr of District 5 made a motion, which was seconded, to amend the resolution by changing expiration of the term back to 2008 as it appeared on the call.
The vote was now on Mr. Bloomer’s motion.
In Favor - 121
Against - 64
Abstentions - 4
Amendment Carried
The vote was now on Item No. 17 as amended.
In Favor - 167
Against - 4
Abstentions - 6
Item Carried
The Moderator announced that Item No. 22 on the call was now before the meeting.
Town Attorney John Wayne Fox offered the following resolution, which was duly moved and seconded, regarding Item No. 22.
RESOLVED, that the sum of $750,000.00 be and the same is hereby appropriated to be added to Account Number A140-51400, Professional and Other Special Services - Attorneys.
The vote was now on Item No. 22.
In Favor - 154
Against - 18
Abstentions - 5
Item Carried
The Moderator announced that Item No. 23 on the call was now before the meeting.
Joseph Siciliano, Director of Parks & Recreation, offered the following substitute resolution, which was duly moved and seconded, regarding Item No. 23.
RESOLVED, That the RTM accepts a gift in the amount equal to the actual cost not to exceed $450,000. from the Greenwich Point Conservancy to complete the restoration of the Innis Arden Cottage (Queen Anne Building) located at Greenwich Point.
FURTHER RESOLVED, That the aforementioned gift will be funded by the Greenwich Point Conservancy as approved by the Commissioner of Public Works and the Director of Parks and Recreation to properly execute the restoration.
The vote was now on Item No. 23.
In Favor - 168
Against - 1
Abstentions - 1
Item Carried
There being no further business, the Moderator adjourned the meeting, upon unanimous consent, at 11:10 P.M.
ATTEST:
CARMELLA C. BUDKINS
TOWN CLERK
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