Simsbury Board of Selectmen Meeting: March 11, 2013 [VIDEO]

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The following is the March 11, 2013 agenda for the Board of Selectmen meeting:

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

PUBLIC AUDIENCE 

PRESENTATION

Jim Clifton Award
Proclamation – Fair Housing Month - April
Town Counsel presentation on Section 411 of the Town Code

FIRST SELECTMAN’S REPORT

SELECTMEN ACTION

a) Approve tax refunds
b) Action on proposed Aquarion Water Company rate increase
c) Presentation and submission of an application for the HEARTSafe Program
d) Approve a request by the Hartford Marathon Foundation to use the Performing Arts Center and surrounding grounds for its annual Iron Horse Half Marathon on June 2, 2013
e) Approve a request by the Fidelco Guide Dog Foundation to use the Performing Arts Center and surrounding grounds for its annual fundraising walk and family fun day on September 29, 2013
f) Accept donations to Simsbury Celebrates for $2,000 each from Ensign-Bickford Industries, Inc., Big Y and Le Bel Espirit Spa
g) Approve the disposition of a 1997 Ford F250 pickup truck through a donation to the Community Farm for off road maintenance of their property
h) Accept a financial donation in the amount of $55,000 from the Estate of Miriam H. Nichols to the Social Services Department
i) Authorize application for National Recreational Trails Program
j) Dorsett Crossing Land Exchange Agreement

OTHER BUSINESS

a) Aquarion Water Company Environmental Champion Award
b) Appointment of a Task Force to work with The Hartford on the sale of property

APPOINTMENTS AND RESIGNATIONS

a) Accept the resignation of Mark Orenstein as an alternate member of the Aging and Disability Commission effective February 21, 2013
b) Appoint Diana Yeisley as an alternate member of the Aging and Disability Commission
c) Appoint Mark Orenstein as a full member of the Aging and Disability Commission

ACCEPTANCE OF MINUTES

a) Public Hearings of February 25, 2013
b) Budget Workshop Meeting February 25, 2013

SELECTMEN LIAISON AND SUB-COMMITTEE REPORTS

1. Personnel – act on Library Director job description
2. Finance
3. Welfare
4. Public Safety
5. Board of Education

ADJOURN