2026-10-19 - City Council

00:00Public speaking to order at 6

00:0539.

00:10Can we have a roll call, please?

00:16>> Dana Murray

00:17>> Present.

00:19>> Nicole Nelson

00:20>> Present.

00:21>> Denise Thurman Lloyd

00:23>> Up.

00:23>> Medical.

00:26>> George Cruz

00:28Dasha Spell

00:30>> Present.

00:31>> Rolanda Smith

00:33Akim Boyd

00:36Janette Heron

00:36>> Present.

00:38>> Loretta Dubac

00:40Michelle Lyons

00:41>> She's personal.

00:43Out sick.

00:47>> Michelle Lyons

00:48>> Sick.

00:51>> Mary McBryley

00:54Rich Ortiz

00:55>> Here.

00:56>> Alfredo Castillo

00:58Fred Hodges

01:00Ida Nieves

01:01Maria Valley

01:03Kayla Medina

01:06Maria Pereira

01:07Eneda Martinez

01:08>> Ernest Newton

01:09>> Present.

01:10>> And Fred Hodges is sick.

01:13>> All right, thank you.

01:18I will ask everybody that comes up,

01:20please state your name and address for

01:22the record. John Marshall Lee

01:30>> Do you have the timer?

01:31>> I do.

01:33>> And do you wait for us

01:34>> Who say

01:35>> I do.

01:36>> John Marshall Lee, we didn't have a

01:39timer last week. I got short timed.

01:42Unfortunately for me.

01:45Um

01:46>> Last week?

01:47>> Last

01:48>> the last meeting?

01:48>> At the last meeting, yes. Thank you.

01:52Um

01:53So, tonight

01:55representatives of the people

01:58nine or 10 of us whom are here.

02:01That's not a quorum, is it?

02:06And neighbors,

02:09have you consulted the agenda for the

02:11evening?

02:13The Council of 20 is asked to approve

02:15the reporting

02:17of a lot of material from Miscellaneous

02:20Matters Committee. Tonight, the business

02:22consists of three matters, approving a

02:25write-off of taxes for $45,000

02:29on 50 accounts where people are dead or

02:33they went bankrupt.

02:36Approving of settlements of court

02:38actions on three cases court cases

02:41totaling $85,000

02:44for three. With no details of any case,

02:47it seems a reasonable.

02:49Though, what is the total in an average

02:51year of such authorizations?

02:54Is there a separate way to affect

02:56behavior and get a good result?

02:59But, the final resolutions have to do

03:01with the approval of appointments or

03:04reappointments to boards and

03:05commissions. Five of them seem routine,

03:09but the referral of one appointment is

03:11unusual as it requires a response from

03:14another council committee.

03:16What surprises me

03:18is that your council

03:21your current membership of the

03:23Miscellaneous Matters Committee includes

03:26three of the five council members who

03:30failed to file with the town clerk's

03:32registry as to their full current

03:35address.

03:37I've called this out on more than one

03:38occasion to the attention of each of

03:41those councilpersons. I've even put a

03:44form on their desk.

03:47I checked today at the town clerk's

03:49office, they haven't done it. That's a

03:51bad example. That's what my mother told

03:54me, don't set a bad example.

03:58Five continue to ignore the annual

04:00process. More importantly, is there

04:03ordinance 2.02.080

04:06passed years ago to deal with folks

04:09residing and voting in an area in area

04:11towns

04:13to assure only residents who are

04:15registered for city voting and residents

04:18of the city

04:19effective for the 150 or more members of

04:23boards and commissions who are

04:25appointed. So, the Board of Ed

04:28has only two members.

04:31The

04:32uh police commission has only three

04:34members that are in sync and and

04:38registered. Who oversees this ordinance

04:41in Bridgeport? What does enforcement

04:43mean when you pass an ordinance? How

04:45will new board or commission members

04:47know about the responsibility?

04:50Are we organized for ethical

04:53results?

04:54Thank you.

05:04>> [snorts]

05:04>> Jimmy Musaro

05:14Oh, I'm sorry. Wait, Jimmy. I'm sorry.

05:16>> I was going to say that was quick.

05:17>> He's so young. He just walked in.

05:19Thank you.

05:30Thank you, sir.

05:31>> everyone. Good evening, everyone. My

05:33name is James Musaros. I'm the new chair

05:36for the NRZ in the South End of

05:37Bridgeport. Uh I wanted to put in front

05:40of you there's some literature on two

05:42members that are in the South End area.

05:45Uh I apologize for the misspell on one

05:47name.

05:48Just noticed it with the typo from my

05:50printer.

05:53The two people that

05:54we voted on in my NRZ meeting was Denise

05:58Taylor Moy at the Marina Village. If you

06:01drive down Park Avenue or on our

06:03Renaissance Avenue where they're doing

06:05the construction, there's a big open

06:08driveway. I mean, it's real wide. So, we

06:11make a motion to

06:13make it Denise Taylor Moy way

06:16for the South End of Bridgeport.

06:18And Mitch Robles was a former DC 131st

06:25DTC chairperson and also city sheriff.

06:28Just passed away.

06:29Long legacy. He got me involved as being

06:32a Bridgeport fire commissioner for 20

06:34plus years.

06:35We want to put his on

06:38Fairfield Avenue and Norman and State

06:42with his sign right there. So, when the

06:43family comes out of their house on State

06:45Street for years, they'll look to the

06:47right and see his sign. So, we we want

06:50to present that to the the board of the

06:53city

06:54city alderman. So, if you guys take a

06:56moment and look at this, and I'll I'll

06:59send a new one out to you guys by email.

07:02Um

07:03So, I just thank you for this time for

07:05the South End of Bridgeport. They're

07:07both great people. And if we can give a

07:10moment of silence for Denise. She has

07:13some tragic

07:14things in her family regarding her two

07:16boys.

07:17So, if we could just take a moment, just

07:19a quick out of my time, silence for her

07:22two sons. If it's okay with the chair.

07:24>> Jimmy, we'll do that when our meeting

07:26starts.

07:27>> Okay, thank you very much.

07:28>> And also, we don't do these street

07:31signs. You have to go to engineering and

07:33get applications. There's a process.

07:35>> Thank you.

07:38Yeah. Well, we would like your support

07:40on that when we get the paperwork. Thank

07:42you very much.

07:54>> Hi, um Faith Sweeney, uh Huntington

07:57Turnpike, 138 District. I'm here tonight

08:00to raise concern about our public

08:02speaking forum.

08:04Bridgeport limits public speaking to 10

08:06individuals with 3 minutes each. Yet,

08:09sitting council members can register for

08:11one of the those 10 spots, potentially

08:14preventing residents from being heard.

08:17Council members already have an

08:19opportunity to address their colleagues

08:21during official

08:23council proceedings. Residents do not

08:26have those same opportunities. The

08:28purpose of the public speaking forum is

08:30to hear from the people you were elected

08:32to serve.

08:34I This morning, I submitted a formal

08:36written request to amend rule 25 um to

08:40reserve all 10 speaking spots for

08:43eligible members of the public who are

08:45not currently serving on the City

08:47Council.

08:49I respectfully ask President Council

08:52Council President Herndon to refer this

08:54proposal to the special committees on

08:56rules for consideration for the December

08:5826 review of City Council rules of

09:02order.

09:03Now, I would like to follow up on the

09:05October 15th Public Safety

09:07Transportation Committee meeting

09:09regarding commercial vehicle parking

09:12ordinance. This morning, I also

09:14submitted a comprehensive proposal and

09:16proposed ordinance language to the city

09:18attorney and city council members to

09:20review. Our request is to allow bus

09:23drivers to park temporarily

09:26at otherwise lawful locations during

09:28reasonable intervals between assigned

09:31transportation duties. This flexibility

09:34would be based on actual transportation

09:36responsibilities, rather than a specific

09:39number of hours.

09:42I have also shared a chart which

09:44illustrates, and I have one here

09:45tonight, again, um chart of the

09:49responsibilities that bus drivers uh go

09:52through within a week or a day,

09:54um including mid-shift shuffle

09:57shuttles, trip field trips, athletics,

10:00standby assignments, and emergency

10:02transportation.

10:04Our proposal maintains the existing

10:08uh traffic and public safety

10:10restrictions, and prohibits overnight

10:13storage and personal use. I respectfully

10:16request that the council review the

10:18proposal, obtain a written legal

10:20opinion, and give the practical solution

10:24fair consideration. Thank you.

10:27And this is for everybody to take. Thank

10:30you.

10:43>> Good evening.

10:44First of all, I said before that I

10:46wasn't going to be coming back down here

10:47anymore because I kind of like got a

10:49little fed up with me coming down here

10:50trying to speak to y'all about the

10:52importance of trying to respond to the

10:54issues that I've been talking about. But

10:55I'm really highly upset over the fact

10:57that Councilman Ernest Newton and

11:00Councilwoman Anita Martinez, okay, was

11:02concerned about these terminated dirt

11:04piles that you see here with Councilman

11:05Newton. He was there with me time when I

11:06was talking about these terminated dirt

11:08piles. Something need to be done about

11:10it. The city ended up cornering a

11:11spending a quarter of a million dollars

11:13to remove these terminated dirt piles.

11:15But here you have health officials,

11:16okay, basically saying in essence, okay,

11:19that something need to be done about it.

11:20And I did say something about it, and

11:21something got done about it. But I want

11:23to thank Councilman Newton and

11:24Councilwoman Martinez for speaking up,

11:26saying to the mayor and to the rest of

11:27the council that they want this matter

11:29to be investigated. Why should it to

11:30investigated? Why? Because I got

11:32overwhelming evidence showing that on

11:34the date in question, March 6, 2006,

11:36that I was at work. Here's the time card

11:38showing that I was at work. Here's the

11:39note indicating that getting my doctor's

11:41note was not sufficient enough for me to

11:42come to work. You have the union saying

11:44that also you need to see if you need to

11:46be reinstated and be made whole back in

11:48his position that he was taken from him.

11:50Okay, you have all the above information

11:52confirming the fact that I was out on

11:54disability. I was out on medical care.

11:56What really tells me that here it is in

11:582006 a federal judge declared me totally

12:01disabled as of March 2006, okay? I've

12:03been on disability since then. I have

12:05not worked in 20 years because of this

12:07disability situation. I'm blind in one

12:09eye. Find out from the doctor the other

12:11day that I'm that I got them 20% lower

12:13than what I should be in terms of my

12:14heart. But I got also other issues as

12:16well that I've been affected by in terms

12:18of this matter being complained about

12:20day in day in and day out. And I said

12:22before, I'm not going to come down here

12:23to the council complaining to y'all

12:25because you don't seem to want to care

12:26about what I'm saying. You don't want to

12:28care about what my council person said

12:29to you that they want you to look into.

12:31And I say, "So be it. Don't have to."

12:33Here it is, the bottom line is this is

12:34Judge Paul Ganim

12:36Judge Paul Ganim who married me on that

12:38day, March 6, 2006, the mayor's brother.

12:40And I say to the mayor, "Okay, shame on

12:42you, Mayor Joe Ganim. You want to run

12:44for mayor again?" And I say, "Likewise,

12:46I'm going to vote for you." But I'm also

12:47planning on running against you as well.

12:49This issue will not go away. I plan on

12:52going in front of City Hall in the very

12:54near future, day after day if need be,

12:56to dramatize my issues. I will no longer

12:58come down here to this council. I'm down

13:00here again tonight, too, because again

13:03I got a letter from the tax collector's

13:05office saying warning me that my matter

13:07was sent to the uh collection agency. I

13:09paid my $74 in taxes. My taxes are paid

13:12up every bit. For the last 35 years, my

13:15home has been paid for taxes every year.

13:17My three cars have been paid on time

13:19every year. For whatever may be the

13:21reason that they're trying to come at

13:22me, you got the right one because I

13:24ain't going nowhere. The 20 years that I

13:26put in coming out here, you ain't seen

13:28nothing yet. The best is yet to come.

13:31Please believe me when I tell you, God

13:33is not finished with you and he ain't

13:34finished with me. Believe me, I'm coming

13:37back more than you could ever imagine

13:38before. So, please pass it on to Mayor

13:40Joe Ganim. I will meet you in the field,

13:42brother, as a candidate or either as a

13:45community activist. Either way, I'm

13:46coming. Have a good day, my brothers and

13:48sisters.

13:49Peace be upon all of y'all.

14:13>> Good evening, everyone.

14:16Uh Clyde Nicholson, 396 Madison Avenue,

14:20Bridgeport.

14:22I want tonight to uh congratulate

14:26uh at the public hearing now the night.

14:28I want to congratulate

14:30Anita did a fantastic job.

14:34And the police officers

14:37did a very good job, too,

14:40uh being under attack

14:42by Maria Pereira.

14:44I They didn't lose their cool. I knew I

14:47would have act like a fool myself.

14:50Um the school buses incident, why now

14:55after all the years in Bridgeport?

14:58A school bus one school bus CDL license

15:01driver will not give up their license

15:04for stupid stuff.

15:06They park if one break the law,

15:10accuse that one of and deal with that

15:12one, not the whole body.

15:15Don't blame everybody for one person's

15:17stupidity.

15:19If

15:20Maria Pereira

15:22want to go after the pollution from

15:25trucks and buses.

15:27Start by going down to Washington,

15:30closing down 95

15:33north and south. They go right through

15:35Bridgeport every day fuming up the

15:38entire city. They run right by

15:41uh

15:43then they duck off and they go to Route

15:448.

15:45Now, you're looking at Route 8 right by

15:48Greens Homes

15:49public housing. Let's go public housing

15:52and PT.

15:54PT public housing ONG asphalt company

15:58toxic waste

16:00and the waste management burning center

16:02there

16:03is burning off toxic around the clock.

16:07Let's attack some of those that's really

16:10polluting the air and breaking laws.

16:13Why the school buses and the small

16:16trucks? Maria Pereira made a

16:19uh quote the other night at the counts

16:21at that uh hearing

16:23that it was a diesel truck running by

16:26her house or her place of living.

16:30The diesel trucks, if they're

16:31refrigerated, they go on and off.

16:35When the thermostat say on, they go to

16:37keep their keep the merchandise cool.

16:42Keep the perish from

16:44being

16:45you know, spoiling.

16:47Now, if you're going to again, if you're

16:50going to go after, and I don't know

16:52whether this is a personal thing

16:54but Maria Pereira, I'm calling you out.

16:58What you're doing to this city is

17:00uncalled for. City Council members, you

17:03should sanction her, remove her, and if

17:07that vote went through, that that

17:09talking about the buses and stuff, so it

17:12was a mistake. Let's redo it. Let's

17:14revote it. Let's say I made a mistake,

17:17glad I made a mistake. We're going to

17:18look at this and I will listen to the

17:20public and we're going to go over this

17:23and we're going to do it again, but

17:24we're going to do it right. Don't hold

17:27that one councilperson hold the entire

17:29city hostage and treating these bus

17:32drivers that these ladies and gentlemen

17:35that's been driving for years and taking

17:38care our kids. It hurt me today to drive

17:41by Central High School and see all them

17:43kids walking home. With the amount of

17:45taxes we paying in this city, no child

17:48should be allowed to uh have to walk

17:51home. Thank you.

18:05>> Donel Stevenson

18:15>> Thank you for having me today. Um so I

18:19got 3 minutes to show you how to be a

18:20black man in America.

18:23America, the red, white, and blue stands

18:25for the Bloods, Crips, and the KKK.

18:28The Jim Crow of this generation.

18:31We sing Happy Halloween

18:33on Jesus' birthday.

18:36So, Happy Halloween, October 31st.

18:39Freddy Krueger's coming to your front

18:40door. Trick or treat. I come back to eat

18:44my lunch.

18:46I'm only joking.

18:48But the Constitution of the United

18:50States allowed me the freedom of speech

18:51to speak today for the First Amendment

18:54to bear arms and the right of the

18:56expectation of privacy under the Fourth

18:58Amendment. So, I plead the Fifth so you

19:01come to get me

19:02under the Constitution without my

19:05attorney. So, again, I will file another

19:08lawsuit for last week that you sub- sub-

19:12sub- sub- sub- sub- substituted me with

19:16for my freedom of speech.

19:18I stutter a lot because it's a

19:19disability. You took my social security

19:21and my food stamp. Now I got to go work

19:24for 80 hours because Donald Trump told

19:26me I got to work 80 hours to get food

19:29stamp, but I don't qualify for medical

19:31insurance. Obamacare

19:33had affordable health care, but we can't

19:35even afford to live in the Bridgeport,

19:37Connecticut. Houses is $10,000 per year.

19:41$20,000 per mortgage and you taxing me

19:43and putting me in jail and sending the

19:45Bridgeport Police Department.

19:47Where Joe Ganim at? His convicted felon.

19:50Five felony convictions, five years in

19:52jail, and still ran for mayor.

19:55Call Governor Lamont in the state of

19:56Connecticut. America, the red, white,

19:59and blue. Bloods, Crips, and the KKK.

20:16>> Good evening, council members. First of

20:18all, as always, thank you for your

20:20service to the city.

20:22I certainly appreciate all you do and

20:24understand a lot of the

20:26pressures that come with the role. So I

20:29appreciate that.

20:30Number of issues going on in the city,

20:32but I just want to bring to your

20:33attention one. Some

20:36of you know, remember that I've been

20:38trying to initiate a

20:41nonprofit food scraps compost program

20:44here in the city.

20:45It's been a slow go, shall we say?

20:48And I just thought maybe you should know

20:51and and consider some other situations

20:54that might be similar, but it's about

20:56two years now that the federal

20:59government granted the city

21:01a $225,000

21:03grant to initiate this program.

21:07There've been a number of hurdles

21:09to that have prevented us from being

21:12able to move ahead.

21:14Um, and again, those who have [snorts]

21:16listened and heard me out on this

21:18endeavor know this is a net good for the

21:21city.

21:22Uh, providing cleaner air, providing

21:23jobs, uh, reducing costs regarding

21:27tipping fees, a benefit to businesses

21:30where they can, uh, dispose of their

21:32waste more responsibly and more cheaply.

21:35Uh, so

21:37I just want to make sure you know that,

21:39uh, that the city has not exactly been

21:41accelerating its efforts in this regard.

21:43Uh, my business partner Tim O'Connor and

21:45I have offered some concrete steps where

21:48we could help. Um,

21:51but that remains frozen. Thanks.

21:58>> Burns, please.

21:59You forgot that.

22:02>> I apologize. Scott Burns, 29 Ames

22:05Boulevard, Bridgeport, Connecticut.

22:09>> That concludes public speaking.

22:13Council, take a 5-minute break and then

22:15we'll

24:59>> Mhm.

26:54>> Mhm.

29:26>> Council, please come to your seats.

29:28Council, please come to your seats. I'll

29:31start the meeting when that's

29:32appropriate.

29:54To your seats.

30:02It is 7:03. We're starting the meeting.

30:08Council, please come to your seats.

30:10We're starting this meeting.

30:15Thank you.

30:17Once people are sitting, we'll do roll

30:19call.

30:25>> [snorts]

30:36>> Rolanda, can you do the prayer this

30:37evening?

30:38Everybody, please stand.

30:43>> See, I'm not going to the left side

30:44today.

30:49Everyone, please.

30:59>> Good evening. Father, we thank you right

31:01now for this chance and this

31:02opportunity. God, we ask that you

31:04bring us together collectively and

31:06individually

31:08and walk on one accord what it is that

31:10we need to do for this city, for our

31:12families, for our community, and others.

31:14In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.

31:16>> [snorts]

31:19>> Okay, was that enough?

31:23>> Jalicia.

31:39>> If you have

31:40anything personal, do your

31:43lights and I'll call you.

31:47>> Thank you, um, Madam President. I ask

31:51for a moment of silence

31:53for Audrey Gaines' daughter who passed

31:57away suddenly.

31:59Audrey worked for this city for a long

32:01time

32:02and, um,

32:04lost her daughter.

32:06So, could we have a moment of silence?

32:13>> Thank you, Madam Chair. Um,

32:15my point of personal privilege is not

32:17related to a moment of silence. So, if

32:20you would like, I can proceed or I can

32:21come back. Thank you.

32:25>> Um, I also would like, um, everybody to

32:27say a prayer for Denise Taylor Moy's two

32:29sons. They are very ill and she's

32:31addressing those concerns as they as

32:33they stand.

32:34Yes, Ernie.

32:48>> in a terrible terrible accident and

32:51but the grace of God he's he's coming

32:53along fine Councilwoman Martinez. So we

32:56could have a moment of silence.

33:16>> Can we have the roll call? Thank you,

33:18Alfredo.

33:32>> Thank you, Madam Chair.

33:36I just want to ask for the

33:38moment of silence for the Bautista

33:40family

33:42of Mr. Nelson Manuel Bautista who was

33:45shot and killed

33:47last Monday.

33:48Today was his funeral.

33:51And I also want to share that

33:53the devastating effect it's having on

33:55the family because

33:57just prior to that

33:59him and his family were in California

34:01burying his son

34:03who was a airman

34:05in the military.

34:07And he came home

34:09and he got shot and killed senselessly.

34:11So I want to ask on behalf of the family

34:14Bautista family for a moment of silence.

34:16Thank you, Madam Chair.

34:36>> George Cruz

34:38Dasha Spell

34:40Orlando Smith

34:41Akeem Boy

34:43Janet Heron

34:46Richard Ortiz

34:48Alfredo Castillo

34:50Aidee Nieves

34:52Maria Valle

34:54Kayla Medina

34:56Maria Pereira

34:57Anita Martinez

34:59Ernest Newton, we have a quorum.

35:02>> Michelle Lyons is out sick. Um

35:05Lerette Dubac is personal issue.

35:09Fred Hodges is out sick. I think that's

35:12all of it. Thank you.

35:14Um Anita Martinez has a point of

35:17personal privilege.

35:18>> Thank you, Madam President. I just

35:20wanted to state um on the record as an

35:22elected official that we are elected by

35:25our constituents that live in our

35:26district. We are not elected by the by

35:29each other. Therefore, [clears throat]

35:31we all have the same privilege as

35:33everyone else. And

35:36Thursday we had a public um

35:38informational session hearing

35:41um that went to the left and then came

35:43back to the right and to the center and

35:46it ended. But I want to state on the

35:48record that Councilwoman Maria Pereira

35:50disrespectfully

35:52walked out of the meeting and as she

35:54walked out she stuck her middle finger

35:56up to everybody that Excuse me, I have

35:58the floor. I have the floor. Stuck her

36:01middle finger

36:03I have the floor.

36:05I have the floor. I have the

36:15It's in video, Madam President, and I

36:19think as an I think as an elected

36:21official

36:25to speak just like you have the right to

36:27speak.

36:28>> You're attacking me on the floor.

36:29>> I'm not attacking you. You stuck your

36:30middle finger at everybody.

36:42Anita, please.

36:43Anita, write that officially. Write it

36:46officially on an email and we'll address

36:48what we need to.

36:50As for that, we have two citations, one

36:53from the city and one from the Board of

36:55>> Ladies, please stop.

36:58>> Yes.

37:21>> We have two official citations. I'm

37:23going to have Anita

37:25>> do them. I had requested Anita to put

37:28these into fruition because this person

37:31has done so much for our building in the

37:34community. She started a chain of events

37:37that we have not seen in a long time and

37:39I'm very proud of her.

37:45>> I want to call a friend

37:48not from the community, but someone I

37:50met many years ago. I actually purchased

37:53her parents' home um when her their home

37:56was for sale. She wouldn't let the

37:58property go unless it was I that was

38:00going to purchase it. Um I have no I

38:02want her whole family to come up, her

38:04wife, her daughters. I want the whole

38:06family to come up. Marsha, come up.

38:08Family that's here, come up.

38:10Come on up.

38:12All the family that's here.

38:14So, I have known Latrita for many years,

38:17I'll be over 20 years. Someone that um

38:19has committed herself to do a lot of

38:22things here in the city of Bridgeport

38:23silently, um respectfully. She has done

38:26many things in the city of Bridgeport

38:28about five, maybe six years ago. She

38:31raised a lot of uh

38:34school paper for the Board of Education

38:36because the Board of Education was short

38:38on paper and she took her initiative to

38:41raise um paper for the school system. Um

38:46just re-

38:47The most recent um issue we had was over

38:50at 80 Cartwright. Um Latreda called me

38:53and I know how Latreda moves. L-

38:56Latricia. Latricia.

38:58>> [laughter]

38:58>> She co- corrected me. Latricia called me

39:01at 7:00 in the morning about an issue. I

39:04said, "I better wake up and answer her,

39:06otherwise she's going to put me on blast

39:07on Facebook." So, I did just that. I

39:10answered her call and it was very well

39:12worth it. So, today we're here to

39:14acknowledge Latricia for her job well

39:17done here. Give her what she deserves

39:19while she's here and not while she's

39:20gone.

39:21>> [applause]

39:26>> So, with that being said, the city of

39:28Bridgeport, joined by the Bridgeport

39:30City Council, is honored to recognize

39:32Latricia Brown, lifelong Bridgeport

39:35advocate, volunteer, and community

39:37servant, a committed community member

39:39whose dedication to the resident of our

39:41city is shown not only through words,

39:44but also through years of action,

39:46advocate adv-

39:47advocacy, generosity, and compassion.

39:51Thank you for your advocacy and

39:53steadfast dedication to Bridgeport for

39:56continuing to honor the legacy of your

39:58parents and making your family, your

40:00community, and your city proud. Wishing

40:02you continued success. October 19, 2026.

40:06Presented by Joseph P. Ganim, Mayor.

40:09Although I'm not the mayor, I'm Milady

40:11Martinez, but

40:13>> [laughter]

40:15>> Okay. That was for the mayor. Now, ours

40:18looks nicer.

40:20Bridgeport City Council official

40:21citation. Be it hereby known that all

40:24that the city council recognizes the and

40:27honors the individual who has

40:29a profound and lasting impact to the

40:31community and whose strength, character,

40:33and selflessness give strength to our

40:35city. LaTricia Brown, advocate,

40:38volunteer, community servant. Given

40:41in recognition of life commitment

40:43committed to serving others through your

40:46actions and you have honored

40:48the legacy of your parents and made the

40:50city proud. Your willingness to share

40:53your time, talent, and care speaks

40:55volumes to your strength and character.

40:58We applaud the spirit of service shown

41:00recently supporting residents of 89 80

41:03Cartwright Street in the aftermath of a

41:06devastating storm. Your acts of kindness

41:08reflected your deep

41:10deeply held values

41:12and for your countless contribution to

41:15this community, we are truly grateful.

41:17Given this 19th day of October 26 at

41:20City Council City Council President

41:23Jeanette Heron and the City Council.

41:24Congratulations.

41:27>> [applause]

41:32>> You want to say something?

41:32>> [applause]

41:33>> Yes.

41:33>> That's LaTricia. Okay, you say something

41:34first.

41:36>> Good evening. Hello, Tricia.

41:38I didn't know who you were.

41:41I did not know who you were, but when

41:43you showed up at 80 Cartwright,

41:45you kept you continued to come. You

41:47continued to do what was needed to be

41:49done and I appreciate you for that.

41:55>> [applause]

41:59>> I just want to say thank you to the City

42:00Council, to the City of Bridgeport, to

42:03Anita, like she said, I've known her a

42:04long time before

42:06when I was in the streets, if you want

42:08to put it that way. But, you You I'm

42:10saying? I changed my life.

42:12Um

42:13just thank you for this opportunity in

42:15being recognized. Um

42:17I don't look for the recognition. I do

42:18it from my heart.

42:20And um

42:22just want to be a role model for my

42:23kids.

42:26>> [applause]

42:29>> Thank you again, Trina.

42:37>> Let's take a group picture.

45:05>> Congratulation again, Estrada.

45:13All right, for

45:15Thank you, everybody.

45:17First call of action is approval of the

45:19minutes for September 8th, 2026. Do I

45:23have a motion?

45:25There's

45:28Um there's a motion and and Nicole

45:30Nelson second. All those in favor?

45:34Thank you.

45:35Okay, guys, if you're talking in here,

45:37please move to the back cuz we're

45:40conducting our meeting.

45:43We have the consent calendar matters to

45:45be acted upon.

45:51Want to just go through them.

45:57Does anybody want any of the items taken

45:59off the

46:00the consent calendar

46:06No?

46:07Okay, so we'll go through.

46:21>> Budget and Appropriations Committee

46:22Report Municipal Suspense Textbook item

46:25number 105-25 Miscellaneous Matters

46:27Committee Report settlement of pending

46:30litigation in the matter of Ortiz Torres

46:32Annex versus City of Bridgeport Docket

46:34number NN HCV 246148452S.

46:38Item number 111-25 Miscellaneous Matters

46:41Committee Report

46:44>> Okay, everybody please um

46:46refrain from talking now if you're going

46:48to stay.

46:52Thank you. Thank you.

46:55>> Item number 111-25

46:57Miscellaneous Matters Committee Report

46:59settlement of pending litigation in the

47:01matter of Sandra Thomas versus City of

47:03Bridgeport Docket number 326 CVO 1178WT.

47:09Item number 112-25

47:11Miscellaneous Matters Committee Report

47:13settlement of pending litigation in the

47:14matter of Monica Mojica

47:17City of Bridgeport ET AL Docket number

47:19326 CVO 826VAB.

47:51>> Miscellaneous Matters we have

47:53motions to roll call. Miscellaneous

47:55Matter Committee report.

47:57Reappointment of Kanya Osborne Grant.

48:01Does the Miscellaneous Matters co-chairs

48:03want to

48:03bring those

48:06There's a motion and a second for item

48:08number 9125. All those in favor?

48:12Oh, okay. Sorry. Thank you.

48:30>> Gayle Murray

48:32>> Yes.

48:34>> Nicole Nelson

48:35>> Yes.

48:36>> Denise Taylor Moy, oh, she's absent.

48:38George Cruz

48:39>> Yes.

48:40>> Dashiell Spell

48:41>> Yes.

48:42>> Berlinda Smith

48:43>> Yes.

48:44>> Akeem Boy

48:45>> Yes.

48:46>> Janelle Herron

48:47>> Yes.

48:49>> Mary McBryde Lee

48:53Richard Ortiz

48:55>> Yes.

48:57>> Alfredo Castillo

49:00Ida Nieves

49:03Maria Valle

49:05Kayla Medina

49:08Maria Pereira

49:08>> Yes.

49:10>> Enid Martinez

49:11Ernest Newton

49:12>> Yes.

49:15>> Item number 113-25

49:18co-chair

49:20Miscellaneous matters

49:22Go ahead, Ida.

49:27Okay. Hold on a minute.

49:29Go ahead, Gayle.

49:30>> Yeah, I'd like to make a motion to

49:31suspend rule nine of the City Council

49:34rules regarding motions to reconsider

49:36for the purpose of being able to vote on

49:38item 113-25,

49:41the nomination of Rosella Krist to the

49:43Ethics Commission this evening.

49:44>> There's a motion, there's a second. All

49:47those in favor?

49:48>> Aye.

49:49>> Oh, well.

49:52Let me finish, Mike.

49:53>> Go ahead.

49:59>> Under the city council rules,

50:02which um is binding,

50:06apparently the city council president

50:08requested that a person that was

50:10defeated

50:11>> To fight.

50:11>> on July

50:136th in a 9 to 6 vote. So, nine people

50:18voted to reject this nominee, six voted

50:21in favor to abstain. And under the city

50:24council rules, a motion to reconsider

50:27had to be completed on that evening by

50:29one of the member nine members who were

50:31on the prevailing side

50:33or the second meeting.

50:37And there could be no more than two

50:39votes. That ended on August 3rd.

50:43How would you be suspending a rule now

50:45when the rule couldn't even could only

50:47be suspended when it was valid towards

50:49the reconsideration?

50:51Our rules are not silent on what happens

50:54when a motion or resolution fails or

50:56passes.

50:58The rule says

51:00somebody on the prevailing side can make

51:01a motion that evening

51:03or at the following meeting. And the

51:05following meeting was August 3rd. So, I

51:07don't know how you can suspend the rule

51:09now

51:11when the rule was in effect

51:14through the final meeting where this

51:16could even be considered.

51:17So, I think this will have to be

51:19challenged in a court of law

51:22because um

51:24you can't do this. Now, if she was

51:25reintroduced at the first meeting in

51:27December when a new legislative session

51:31begins, I couldn't I couldn't argue it.

51:34But I think there's a real basis for

51:35this now. You want to suspend a rule

51:38that the last time it could be in effect

51:40was August 3rd, and you want to suspend

51:41it tonight on October 19th. So, um also

51:46she's unaffiliated. I don't believe that

51:49we got a number of legal cases that have

51:51nothing to do with unaffiliated voters

51:54uh as justification that unaffiliateds

51:56can fill minority party representation.

51:59And so, um

52:01I don't see how you could suspend the

52:02rule that the last point it was in

52:04effect was on August 3rd.

52:07So,

52:09>> On that day,

52:10Assistant City Attorney

52:12>> Yes, so the the rules can be suspended

52:14if if that's what the

52:16council determines.

52:23>> Uh

52:24all those in favor?

52:27It's just to suspend the rules. Do we

52:30haven't gotten to that point yet.

52:33Thank you.

52:36The attorney said we can suspend the

52:38rules to do this.

52:40Go ahead, read it.

52:43What's the threshold?

52:47>> 25, the nomination of Rozella Christ to

52:51the Ethics Commission.

53:04>> Majority of those voting present.

53:26>> Do that.

53:31All right.

53:33The the move on the

53:34You've already suspended the rules. Now

53:36make your motion.

53:39>> I'd like to make a motion to approve

53:41item 113-25,

53:43approval of Rosella Krist to the Ethics

53:45Commission.

53:47And another second.

53:56>> Gayle Murray

53:57>> Yes.

53:58>> Nicole Nelson

53:59>> Yes.

54:00>> Denise Tay, oh, absent. George Cruise

54:03>> Absolutely.

54:04>> Tasha Spell

54:05>> Yes.

54:06>> Rolanda Smith

54:07>> Yes.

54:08>> Akeem Boy

54:09>> Yes.

54:10>> Janae Heron

54:11>> Yes.

54:14>> Mary McBride-Lee

54:15>> Yes.

54:17>> Richard Ortiz

54:18>> Yes.

54:19>> Alfredo Castillo

54:25Aidee Nieves

54:26>> Yes.

54:27>> Maria Valley

54:28>> Yes.

54:29>> I can't hear her.

54:30>> Yes.

54:32>> Kayla Medina

54:35Maria Pereira

54:37Eneida Martinez

54:39>> Yes.

54:40>> Ernest Newman

54:41>> Yes.

54:41>> Item passes.

54:45So, the item passes. Thank you very

54:47much.

54:52Let's Let's be professional here, you

54:55know, because obviously we're going to

54:56go to court again.

55:00Item number 114-25,

55:03miscellaneous matters report. Item you

55:05There's a motion to approve item number

55:07114-25.

55:10That's the appointment of Shandra

55:12Maxwell, Democrat to the Commission of

55:16people with disabilities.

55:18There's a motion and a second.

55:20All roll call vote, I'm sorry.

55:30>> Thank you. Gayle Murray

55:32>> Yes.

55:33>> Nicole Nelson

55:34>> Yes.

55:35>> George Cruise

55:36>> Yes.

55:37>> Tasha Spell

55:38>> Yes.

55:39>> Rolanda Smith

55:41Akeem Boyd.

55:43J'Nai Heard.

55:43>> Yes.

55:45>> Mary McBride Lee.

55:48Richard Ortiz.

55:50Alfredo Castillo.

55:53Ida Nieves.

55:55Maria Valle.

55:57Kala Medina.

56:01Maria Pereira.

56:04I skipped her?

56:06I got her. Okay.

56:09Maria Pereira.

56:10>> She said yes.

56:11>> Anita Martinez.

56:14Ernest Newton.

56:15Item passes.

56:15>> Motion carries. Thank you.

56:18Item number 115-25.

56:21Miscellaneous matters, chair, please.

56:29There's a motion and a second.

56:31Roll call vote.

56:34>> Gayle Brewer.

56:35>> Yes.

56:36>> Nicole Nelson.

56:37>> Yes.

56:38>> George Cruz.

56:40Tasha Spell.

56:43Rolanda Smith.

56:45Akeem Boyd.

56:46J'Nai Heard.

56:47>> Yes.

56:49>> Mary McBride Lee.

56:51Richard Ortiz.

56:53Alfredo Castillo.

56:56Ida Nieves.

56:58Maria Valle.

57:05Kala Medina.

57:08Maria Pereira.

57:10Anita Martinez.

57:11>> Absolutely yes.

57:13>> Ernest Newton.

57:15Item passes.

57:16>> Motion carries. Thank you.

57:18Congratulations to you.

57:20>> [clears throat]

57:20>> Item number 116-25.

57:23Miscellaneous matters, co-chair.

57:25Or Warren Gould.

57:27>> Second.

57:29>> There's a motion by

57:31Ida Nieves and second by Anita Martinez.

57:34Roll call vote, please.

57:36>> Galen Murray

57:37>> Yes.

57:38>> Nicole Nelson

57:39>> Yes.

57:39>> Denise Taylor, oh, absent again. George

57:42Cruz

57:44Dasha Spell

57:46Orlando Smith

57:47Akim Boy

57:51Janay Heron

57:52>> Yes.

57:54>> Mary McBryde Lee

57:56Richard Tiz

57:57>> Yes.

57:58>> Alfredo Castillo

58:00I did nervous.

58:02Maria Valley

58:03>> Yes.

58:04>> Kina Medina

58:06Maria Pereira

58:10>> That's for Warren.

58:13>> Anita Martinez

58:14>> Absolutely yes.

58:15>> Ernest New and item passes.

58:17>> Congratulations, Warren.

58:20>> Thank you.

58:22>> Item number 117-25,

58:24co-chair.

58:31>> supposed to go to I just want

58:32clarification

58:34that we don't have to do a motion to

58:35approve because they're supposed to be

58:37referred to both both of the both 117-25

58:41and 11118-25

58:44supposed to be referred to public safety

58:46and transportation for

58:47>> You can combine both of them together in

58:49a motion.

58:49>> make a motion to combine the referral of

58:52117-25

58:54and 118-25

58:57to

59:00I know.

59:00>> to the public safety committee.

59:02>> to public safety and transportation for

59:05approval.

59:06>> All right, there's a motion and a second

59:08by Anita Martinez. All those in favor?

59:10>> I

59:11>> Any opposed?

59:13Motion to adjourn. There's a MOTION TO

59:14ADJOURN.

59:17MOTION SECOND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?

59:19>> Sanja report

59:24No, never.

59:25>> You do so good at that. not.