HAMDEN, CT — Hamden's Legislative Council was set this week to take up the mayor's choice for director of finance and a new grant program meant to draw small industrial firms to town. Minutes for both council sessions had not been posted as of Friday, Oct. 30.
Legislative Council
The council's workshop was scheduled for Monday, Oct. 26, at 7 p.m. in the Council Chambers at Memorial Town Hall, 2372 Whitney Ave., with a hybrid option. Its preliminary agenda listed reports from the Audit Committee and from the School Building Committee on the high school roof, and four batches of tax refunds totaling $29,250.53 for action.
Items the agenda sent on to committees included:
- An Industrial Expansion Assistance Program: small matching grants for industrial businesses that move to Hamden or grow there, paid for by moving $50,000 out of an economic development account.
- A police facility dog from the nonprofit Puppies Behind Bars.
- A $3,000 gift of native plants for a bird habitat on the Leeder Hill side of DeNicola Park.
- A revised easement at 3360 Whitney Ave., and sewer easements for the Greater New Haven Water Pollution Control Authority at 151 Arch St., 45 Churchill St. and 90 Santa Fe.
- OpenGov software for grants, purchasing and contracts; an opioid case manager; a fleet proposal; money for a review of special education systems; and board appointments.
A special meeting of the council with its Committee of the Whole was scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 28, at 7 p.m. at Memorial Town Hall and on Zoom. The agenda asked the council to approve the mayor's appointment of a director of finance, along with a budget amendment and an employment contract for the job. The committee could go into closed session on the candidate before acting, and the agenda did not name the candidate. The full council's vote comes at a later meeting.
The town's calendar lists the council's next meeting for Monday, Nov. 16.
Arts Commission
The Arts Commission was scheduled to hold a special meeting Tuesday, Oct. 27, at 7:30 p.m. in the third-floor conference room at the Hamden Government Center, 2750 Dixwell Ave., and on Zoom. Its agenda included an update on the "Hamden Through Time 240" project, new projects and fundraisers, a proposed 2027 budget and an idea for a Hamden jazz concert series. Minutes had not been posted as of Oct. 30.