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NECCOG endorses TRIP and STIP items, approves CRPC membership and directs director to meet on vehicle-assessment bill
Summary
At its April 28 meeting, the Northeastern Connecticut Council of Governments endorsed TRIP and STIP transportation projects, approved a Capitol Region Purchasing Council membership ($8,000), and directed the executive director to meet with the governor on Senate Bill 1208; motions were recorded in the minutes with makers and seconds but detailed vote tallies are not included.
The Northeastern Connecticut Council of Governments (NECCOG) on April 28 reviewed and recorded motions to support regional transportation projects and several administrative items.
Barney Seney moved to endorse the Transportation Rural Improvement Grant (TRIP) applications and Chris Lippke seconded, according to the meeting minutes. The board also considered State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) actions that list multiple statewide bus shelter and bus stop sign projects (funding lines in the record include examples such as Fed $1,200 / State $300 and a Fed $3,750 / State $0 item) and a motion to approve the STIP amendments was made by Seney and seconded by Link Cooper.
The minutes record a motion to approve Resolution 4-1-23 to join the Capitol Region Purchasing Council (CRPC) with an $8,000 membership fee; that motion was made by Seney and seconded by David Eaton. The board additionally moved to have Executive Director John Filchak meet with the governor to discuss Senate Bill 1208, “An Act Concerning the Assessment of Motor Vehicles for Property Taxation”; the minutes state the motion was "made by all."
The board reviewed several regional referrals — including Town of Lisbon zoning and flood-protection text amendments, Plainfield floodplain management changes, Brooklyn planning-and-zoning items (ZRC23-003, ZC 23-001, ZRC 23-004), and a Putnam special permit for excavation at Lot 11, 285 & 357 River Road — and a motion to approve those referrals was recorded as made by Seney with a second by Eaton.
The minutes document motion makers and seconders for these items but do not include roll-call tallies or explicit 'approved/failed' vote counts for most items, except where the record notes unanimous action (as in the motion directing the director to meet on SB 1208). The meeting adjourned at 10:06 a.m. after a motion to adjourn by Seney and a second by Eaton.
Votes at a glance: - Previous meeting minutes: motion made by David Eaton; second by Link Cooper; vote tally not specified in minutes. - TRIP endorsement: motion by Barney Seney; second by Chris Lippke; vote tally not specified. - STIP actions/amendments: motion by Barney Seney; second by Link Cooper; vote tally not specified. - CRPC membership (Resolution 4-1-23, $8,000): motion by Barney Seney; second by David Eaton; vote tally not specified. - Senate Bill 1208 (director to meet governor): motion recorded as "made by all" (board directed the director to meet on SB 1208). - Regional referrals (Lisbon, Plainfield, Brooklyn, Putnam items): motion by Barney Seney; second by David Eaton; vote tally not specified.
The minutes serve as an administrative record of motions and instructions to staff; specific roll-call votes or final tallies are not included for the majority of items in the published minutes.
