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Hartford City Council approves consent items, refers appointments and schedules March 16 public hearing
Summary
At its March 9, 2026 hybrid meeting, the Hartford City Court of Common Council approved minutes and a consent calendar of routine items, referred two appointments and a lease agreement (with a public hearing set for March 16), and postponed several ordinances and resolutions to March 23.
The Hartford City Court of Common Council met in a hybrid session on March 9, 2026, and handled routine agenda business, approving the Feb. 23 minutes and adopting a consent calendar of items including acceptance of a state grant from the Connecticut Department of Children and Families, a resolution permitting alcohol at a city-hall milestone celebration, a proclamation recognizing March 2026 as Women’s History Month, and a resolution supporting Operation Prom Connecticut.
The council suspended the rules to add item 7.1 to the agenda and approved that procedural motion by roll call. The council then voted to receive the mayor’s annual report and several committee reports, including a committee request that the Hartford Board of Education provide a statutory and formal presentation concerning science-of-reading compliance and related educator training (R2026-003).
The council referred several items to committee, including confirmation pages for Michelle Prada to the city pension commission and Kate M. Torres to the internal audit commission. The referral package also included a resolution authorizing the city to enter into a lease agreement for specified equipment; the council announced a public hearing on that lease for Monday, March 16 at 7 p.m. and referred the item to the Operations, Management, Budget & Government Accountability Committee and the Quality of Life & Public Safety Committee for review.
Council members voted to postpone multiple substantive items until the March 23 council meeting. Postponed matters included an ordinance amendment to section 32-18 of the municipal code to extend the elderly tax relief program; an ordinance to provide relocation services for displaced tenants (chapter 18, article, section 18-110); adoption of a revised special event fee schedule; an ordinance to limit the number of dogs and cats (chapter 6, section 6-15); an ordinance to establish a Puerto Rican and Hispanic History and Cultural Commission; and a resolution directing the Department of Public Works to evaluate and reconfigure bike lanes to support small-business viability and multimodal safety.
All procedural motions recorded in the transcript were handled by roll call and recorded as carried; the meeting concluded shortly afterward and was adjourned.
Next steps: the lease item (item 7.1) will have a public hearing on March 16 at 7 p.m.; the postponed ordinances and resolutions are scheduled for consideration at the council’s March 23 meeting.
