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Accountability committee postpones elderly tax-relief ordinance until public hearing
Summary
The Hartford City Accountability Committee postponed consideration of a mayoral amendment to Section 38-18 of the municipal code that would extend the elderly tax-relief program, saying members prefer to hear public comment at a scheduled Feb. 17 hearing before acting.
Councilwoman Rossetti, chair of the Hartford City Accountability Committee, announced that the committee would postpone consideration of a mayoral ordinance amending Section 38-18 of the municipal code to extend the elderly tax-relief program until after a public hearing scheduled for Feb. 17.
Corporation Counsel Jonathan Harding told the committee he was not prepared to discuss fiscal details, saying he would "find out if someone was intending to be staffed to support this particular item" and that, while the change "is, generally, an update to extend the time period and income limits for purposes of the elderly income, tax abatement," he was "not prepared to speak on any of that." Several members said leadership had not discussed the proposal and supported waiting for public comment.
Councilman Mitcham moved to postpone the item and Councilman Alex Thomas seconded. Members voiced approval and the motion to postpone was recorded as carried on the verbal vote on the record; a formal roll-call tally was not provided. The committee did not take further action on the ordinance at the meeting.
The committee's next formal step on the proposal will be the public hearing the chair cited; Councilwoman Rossetti said that hearing is set for Feb. 17.
