Board of Selectmen Eno Farms Sub Committee Special Meeting
SIMSBURY BOARD OF SELECTMEN
ENO FARMS SUB-COMMITTEE
Minutes of Special Meeting
Wednesday, November 28, 2012 at 4:30 p.m.
Main Meeting Room – Simsbury Town Hall – 933 Hopmeadow Street
DRAFT
CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order at 4:45 p.m. with Selectmen Lisa Heavner and Sean Askham present. Town Counsel Robert DeCrescenzo and Director of Administrative Services Thomas Cooke were in attendance. Leslie Higgins-Biddle, Senior Program Officer, Connecticut Statewide Program of Local Initiatives Support Corporation participated in the meeting by telephone.
After the pledge of allegiance the Sub-Committee offered the opportunity for public audience. No members of the public spoke.
ACTION
I. Approval of Minutes from October 10, 2012
Mr. Askham moved approval of the October 10, 2012 minutes. Ms. Heavner seconded the motion. After making a correction suggested by Mr. Cooke, the motion passed unanimously.
EXECUTIVE SESSION
II. Review of correspondence prepared by Town Counsel and discussion concerning the legal parameters of reasonable consent to assignment of Eno Farms Lease and implications of parameters for Town's counter-proposal to counsel for John Rutenberg
Ms. Heavner made a motion to move into Executive Session for the purpose of reviewing correspondence prepared by Town Counsel. Mr. Askham seconded the motion and the motion passed. The Sub-Committee went into executive session with Mr. DeCrescenzo and Mr. Cooke present. Ms. Higgins-Biddle of Local Initiatives Support Corporation participated in the Executive Session at the request of Mr. DeCrescenzo for her expertise on affordable housing matters.
Mr. Askham moved to come out of Executive Session and Ms. Heavner seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously and the Sub-Committee came out of executive session at 5:15 p.m.
ADJOURN
Ms. Heavner moved to adjourn the meeting and Mr. Askham seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously and the Sub-Committee adjourned its meeting at 5:15 p.m.