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Middletown council approves minutes tied to McDonough School grant application and adjourns part 1
Summary
At a brief hybrid special meeting Sept. 16, the Middletown Common Council approved two sets of past meeting minutes required for a state grant application for the McDonough School project and then adjourned the first portion of the session.
The Middletown Common Council on Sept. 16 convened a short hybrid special meeting to approve meeting minutes needed to support the city’s grant application for the McDonough School building project, then adjourned the first portion of the session.
The meeting opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and the council clerk read a formal summons ordering council members to the special meeting and stating its purpose: to approve minutes tied to the McDonough School grant application. The summons notes the meeting as hybrid — held in the municipal council chamber and via WebEx — and is attested by Interim Mayor Eugene Pino Serra; the attestation also references Chief of Police Eric M Costa.
Acting president (presiding officer) clarified that the agenda was limited to approving both special and regular meeting minutes related to the McDonough School project and invited public comment; no members of the public spoke either in the chamber or online.
Councilwoman Jeanette Blackwell moved to approve the common council special meeting minutes of Aug. 19, 2024. The motion was seconded (the exchange identifies Councilman Jonathan Palino as the seconder) and was approved by voice vote. Councilwoman Kelly Sweeney then moved to approve the common council regular meeting minutes of Sept. 2, 2025; the motion was seconded (identified in the exchange as Councilwoman Leslie Spitola) and declared carried by the presiding officer.
After the minutes approvals, Councilwoman Blackwell moved to adjourn Part 1 of the meeting; the motion was seconded and carried by voice vote. The presiding officer closed Part 1 of the hybrid meeting.
The clerk’s reading of the summons recorded the meeting time and hybrid access information for the record. The council did not take further substantive action during this portion of the meeting; no roll-call vote tallies for all members were read on the record in the transcript provided, and the minutes approvals were recorded by voice as carried.
