Town Council Minutes' Format Matter
Dec. 2005 - Jan. 2006
Wethersfield, CT
FOIA Request (2nd) to Town Clerk
of
Kenneth Sokolowski
Made on 12/28/2005 by E-mail
2005.12.28
Wednesday
EST: 10:57 (UT-5:00)
to: Dolores Sassano, Clerk, Town of Wethersfield
cc: Bonnie Therrien, Manager, Town of Wethersfield
cc: John Bradley, Attorney, Town of Wethersfield (via the offices of the Clerk and Manager)
re: "Second" version of the Unapproved "Minutes" of the Town Council's regular meeting of 12/19/2005
Dear Mrs. Sassano,
Thank you for having one of your three assistant town clerks, Ms. Tammy Ohanesian, send me a second (new and different) copy of the "minutes" (unapproved) of the Town Council meeting of 12/19/2005. This latest version differs substantially from that which you had provided me last Friday, 12/23/2005, at your office.
I noticed that this second version more closely approximates that of the "Rocky Hill format" mentioned at that Town Council meeting - nearly devoid of any elaborative content other than the "motions and votes" and attendance. I noticed too that no "working notes" were appended nor attached to this second (Rocky Hill format) version.
This latest version, in its lead paragraph was headed with the following (lead) sentence:
"In order to comply with Connecticut General Statutes regarding minutes of meetings, the following will be used to record information during all public meetings that take place. "
In such a legal document as your minutes, isn't it fitting and customary, when the Connecticut General Statutes are so invoked, to quote "chapter and verse"? No citation or reference was provided though.
I presume that this allusion (to the CGS) was included with the assistance and blessing of the Town Attorney, Mr. John Bradley, of the firm Rome, McGuigan, Sabanosh, PC. If this is not so, please correct me.
I write specifically to request, under the Freedom of Information Act, State of Connecticut, that you provide me with
- (a) the documents from Attorney Bradley (or arising from verbal or electronic contact with him) which supported this action on the part of your office; and
- (b) the citations and references to the CGS
which you subsequently used to support the inclusion of your lead sentence in the most recent (second, Ohanesian) version of the "minutes" of the above referenced Town Council meeting.
Thank you in advance for taking the time to respond to this request.
Respectfully,
By email
(Electronic Receipt Requested)
Kenneth E. Sokolowski
Wethersfield, CT 06109
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