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2026-05-26 - City Council

Summary

Built from the official minutes (approved at the June 8, 2026 meeting). No agenda, video or transcript on file.

  • Called to order by Council President Clarke. Seven members present: Clarke, Majority Leader Bilodeau, Rosado, Rossetti, Gale, Michtom and Thomas. Absent: Hernandez and Surgeon. Every recorded vote was 7-0. Bilodeau moved nearly every item.
  • Minutes of the May 11, 2026 meeting approved 7-0 (Bilodeau moved, Rossetti seconded).
  • Referred 7-0 to the Quality of Life & Public Safety Committee: the Mayor's resolution letting the Police Department receive camera equipment from Hartford Healthcare, and a State Department of Transportation Highway Safety Office grant for the Speed and Aggressive Driving Enforcement Program.
  • Approved on consent 7-0: a State of Connecticut Bond Fund (DEEP) grant to upgrade the Keney Park Golf Course driving range and practice facility; a license agreement with Aetna Life Insurance Company for Police Department office space at 151 Farmington Avenue; the substitute resolution R2026-013 allocating $500,000 of cannabis tax revenue to Health and Human Services for the HEART Team; and the Mayor's substitute ordinance amending Chapter 7 (Special Events).
  • Lots to Homes: the Mayor's sales of 58-60 Earle Street (to Dalos & Stern), 21 Elmer Street (to Mohamed Khan), 97 Ashley Street (to Northside Institutions Neighborhood Alliance, NINA), 53 Martin Street, 96-98 Nelson Street, 60-62 Sterling Street and 62-64 Chadwick Avenue were each approved on consent 7-0 after the committee reports were received 7-0. The 175 Mather Street lease was postponed 7-0.
  • Postponed 7-0: bike lane reconfiguration resolution R2025-019, the tenant relocation ordinance, the traffic violence public health crisis resolution R2026-006, the dog and cat limit ordinance, the Puerto Rican and Hispanic History and Culture Commission ordinance.
  • Committee reports received 7-0: OMBGA on the HEART Team resolution; Planning, Economic Development and Housing on the bike lane and tenant relocation postponements and on the eight Lots to Homes items.
  • The minutes record no debate or public comment and no sale prices (term sheets are attachments). Adjourned; attested by Town & City Clerk Eric T. Lusa.

HEART Team Cannabis Revenue Allocation

  • OMBGA report received 7-0 (Bilodeau moved, Gale seconded); R2026-013 ($500,000 of cannabis tax revenue to Health and Human Services for the HEART Team), sponsored by Clarke and Rosado, approved on consent 7-0.

Lots to Homes Property Sales

  • Seven sales approved on consent 7-0 (Earle, Elmer, Ashley, Martin, Nelson, Sterling, Chadwick); each had a term sheet or agenda package attached.

175 Mather Street Lease

  • Committee report received 7-0; lease for development through Lots to Homes postponed 7-0.

Bike Lane Redesign Resolution

  • Committee report on postponement received 7-0; R2025-019 postponed 7-0.

Tenant Relocation Services Ordinance

  • Michtom's ordinance amending Chapter 18, Article IX, Section 18-110 postponed 7-0; committee report received 7-0.

Traffic Violence Public Health Crisis Resolution

  • R2026-006 postponed 7-0.

Dog and Cat Limitation Ordinance

  • Chapter 6, Section 6-15 ordinance (Rosado and Gale) postponed 7-0.

Puerto Rican Hispanic History Commission Ordinance

  • Ordinance establishing the commission, sponsored by all nine members, postponed 7-0.

Special Events Ordinance Revision

  • Substitute Chapter 7 ordinance approved on consent 7-0.

Keney Park Golf Course Grant

  • State Bond Fund grant for the driving range and practice facility approved on consent 7-0.

Hartford Healthcare Police Camera Donation

  • Referred to Quality of Life & Public Safety Committee 7-0. The speed enforcement grant was also referred 7-0, and the 151 Farmington Avenue license agreement was approved on consent 7-0.

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