Representative Town Meeting (RTM) - Minutes - 09/23/2024

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WATERFORD, CT 06385-2886
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RTM Moderator Paul Goldstein called the September 23, 2024 Special Meeting of the Representative
Town Meeting to order at 7:00 P.M.
ROLL CALL
PRESENT: Kyrah Augmon-Bossa , Mark Campo, Mary Childs, Harry Colonis, Timothy Condon, Thomas J.
Dembek, Susan Driscoll, Timothy Fioravanti, Nicholas Gauthier, Paul Goldstein, Kristen Gonzalez, Ryan
Healy, Matthew Keatley, Lindsay Khan, Kate MacKenzie, Ursula Moreshead, Kathleen Mullen Kohl,
Theodore Olynciw, Danielle Steward-Gelinas, David Sugrue
ABSENT:Michael Bono, Jennifer Bracciale, Erica Casper, Christina Jessuck, Shawn Monahan, Kayla Mullen
EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS PRESENT: First Selectman Robert J Brule
EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS ABSENT: Board of Education Chair Pat Fedor, Board of Finance Chair Glenn
Patterson, Selectman Richard Muckle, Selectman Greg Attanasio
ALSO PRESENT: Town Clerk David L. Campo; Town Attorney Robert Avena.
CORRESPONDENCE
None
PUBLIC COMMENT
None
CALL ITEM 1 — Line of Duty Death Determination Committee Ordinance
PRESENTATION: Public Protection & Safety Committee Chair Tim Condon
MOTION by Steward-Gelinas, seconded by Keatley, to approve a recommendation from the Public
Protection & Safety Standing Committee of the RTM to approve the addition of Section 2.116.110 Line
of Duty Death Determination Committee to the Waterford Code of Ordinances. (See Attachment)
MOTION PASSED: Unanimous
CALL ITEM 2 — Emergency Legislation
Motion by Driscoll, seconded by Steward-Gelinas, to approve a recommendation from legal to designate
the above item as an emergency legislation, waiving the 15 day waiting period.
MOTION PASSED: Unanimous
MOTION by Keatley, seconded by Dembek, to adjourn at 7:06 P.M.
MOTION PASSED: Unanimous
Respectfully Submitted,
David L. Campo, CCTC; Waterford Town Clerk
1 RTM MINUTES 09/23/2024

Ordinance No. 2.116.110
LINE OF DUTY DEATH DETERMINATION COMMITTEE
1. Pursuant to Connecticut General Statutes § 7-313e, the Town of Waterford
designates the following Committee to determine whether a firefighter or police officer
died in the line of duty, as defined in § 7-313e:
a. Director of Fire Services
b. Police Chief
c. Human Resources Director, or their designee.
2. In those circumstances where the determination, under § 7-313e, must be
made, the Committee shall make the determination by majority vote. The Committee may
request information needed to make the determination from the Department or an
applicant.
3. In accordance with § 7-313e, the determination shall not be used as
evidence for a workers’ compensation claim.
Effective Date: 4/ ZS Z LY pte.