Board of Selectmen Minutes 10/10/2012 DRAFT Eno Farms Sub-Committee

Meeting date: 
Wednesday, October 10, 2012

SIMSBURY BOARD OF SELECTMEN
ENO FARMS SUB-COMMITTEE
DRAFT

Minutes of Special Meeting – Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Main Meeting Room, Simsbury Town Hall
933 Hopmeadow Street, Simsbury, CT 06070

CALL TO ORDER

The meeting was called to order at 4:04 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.

I.    Approval of Minutes from July 2, 2012, July 20, 2012 and September 7, 2012

Mr. Askham made a motion to approve the minutes for July 2, July 20 and September 7, 2012.  Ms. Heavner seconded the motion and the motion passed.

EXECUTIVE SESSION

II.        Review of written advice from Town Counsel concerning the legal parameters of reasonable consent to assignment of Eno Farms Lease and implications of parameters for Town's response to correspondence from counsel to John Rutenberg

Ms. Heavner made a motion to move into Executive Session for the purpose of reviewing written advice from Town Counsel concerning the legal parameters of reasonable consent to assignment of the Eno Farms Lease and the implications of the parameters for the Town’s response to correspondence from counsel to John Rutenberg.  Mr. Askham seconded the motion and the motion passed.  Mr. DeCrescenzo included Ms. Higgins-Biddle in the Executive Session for her expertise on affordable housing matters.

Ms. Heavner moved to come out of Executive Session and Mr. Askham seconded the motion.  The motion passed unanimously and the Sub-Committee came out of executive session at 5:20 p.m.

ADJOURN

Ms. Heavner moved for the adjournment of the meeting and Mr. Askham seconded the motion.  The motion passed unanimously and the meeting adjourned at 5:20 p.m.