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Danbury City Council opens hearing on proposed purchasing ordinance changes; no public comment
Summary
The Danbury City Council held a July 16 public hearing on proposed amendments to six purchasing ordinance sections. No members of the public spoke; the council closed the hearing and then adjourned.
Peter Bizaid, Chair, called the July 16 public hearing of the Danbury City Council to order at approximately 07:01 p.m. and read the notice outlining proposed amendments to the city’s purchasing ordinances.
The hearing covered proposed changes to six ordinance provisions that govern municipal procurement: an amendment to ordinance section 2-203; an amendment to ordinance 4-204 concerning bidding procedures; an amendment to section 2-205 on purchases; an amendment to section 2-206 on awards by the purchasing agent; an amendment to section 2-207 on required contract provisions; and an amendment to section 2-211 regarding disposal of surplus property. “This meeting is specifically for the public to speak as to those 6 agenda items in the notice,” Bizaid said as he explained the hearing’s scope and purpose.
Bizaid described the public comment procedure, asking speakers to come to the podium, state their name and address for the record, and identify which item they wished to address. He said the council would open the public speaking portion for all six agenda items at once. After offering the opportunity several times, he recorded that no one in the chambers wished to speak on the proposed amendments.
Following the comment period, the chair called for a motion to close the hearing. A motion was made and seconded (mover and seconder not specified in the transcript); the council approved the motion by voice vote. The chair then entertained a motion to adjourn, which was also moved and seconded and carried on a voice vote. The meeting concluded with brief closing remarks from Bizaid.
The hearing provided the formal opportunity for public input on the listed purchasing ordinance sections; the transcript records no public testimony during the session. The record does not specify who moved or seconded the motions to close the hearing or to adjourn, nor does it provide a roll-call vote tally for those procedural actions.
The council did not make further statements in the record about next steps for the proposed ordinance amendments during the public hearing.
