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Votes at a glance: Norwich City Council actions, June 2, 2025
Summary
The council adopted eight new-business resolutions and several routine items unanimously (7-0), including real-estate listings, an auction authorization, a collective bargaining budget change, a beer-and-wine permit for a festival, and receipt of resignations; the body also approved a Juneteenth proclamation and later entered executive session.
Norwich City Council met June 2 and took the following formal actions by roll call vote (all votes recorded in the meeting as 7–0 unless otherwise noted). Several items had little or no discussion and were adopted as presented.
- Proclamation: Suspended the rules and added a Juneteenth proclamation to the agenda; council adopted the proclamation declaring June 2025 as Juneteenth in Norwich (suspension and proclamation adoption recorded 7-0).
- Petitions and communications: Received resignations from the Fair Rent Commission and the Senior Affairs Committee and formally acknowledged them (received 7-0). Council members offered brief thanks to departing members.
- Minutes: Adopted the minutes for May 5, May 19 and the May 12 second budget public hearing (adopted 7-0).
- New business resolutions (numbering follows the council agenda): 1) Authorize the city manager to enter into a real estate listing agreement (resolution adopted 7-0). 2) Authorize the city manager to enter into a real estate agreement for 125 Tallman Street (resolution adopted 7-0). A public commenter urged that Tallman Street be repaired before listing to improve sale value. 3) Authorize the city manager to enter into a real estate listing agreement for 29 Division Street (resolution adopted 7-0). 4) Authorize the tax collector to auction 28 Cedar Street to a bidding property owner (resolution adopted 7-0). 5) Approve the NAGE Public Works Employees collective bargaining unit agreement and related FY25–26 budget changes; council discussion noted the action is effectively zero-sum with $65,976 coming from contingency to cover costs above budgeted amounts (resolution adopted 7-0). 6) Authorize the city manager to grant Creative LLC permission to sell beer and wine at the Rose Arts Festival (06/28/2025 at Chelsea Parade) (resolution adopted 7-0). 7) Support filing an application to the Community Investment Fund (CIF) for the Historic Lower Broadway revitalization project (adopted 7-0). (Separate article covers project details.) 8) Support filing application for the North Fontaine Field Improvement and Senior Center Access Project and authorize contract execution (adopted 7-0). (Separate article covers project details.)
- Executive session: The council voted to enter executive session pursuant to Connecticut General Statute section 1-200, subsection 6, and related statutory language cited on the record, to discuss collective bargaining strategy and real-estate negotiations. City staff invited to participate included the city manager, comptroller, director of planning and neighborhood services, and corporation counsel. The council returned to public session and stated that no votes were taken during executive session.
- Adjournment: Motion to adjourn adopted 7-0.
The council recorded unanimous support on all items listed above; items 7 and 8 (CIF applications) and the capital reallocation (discussed separately) involved substantive discussion and are the subject of separate council action or reporting.
