Representative Town Meeting (RTM) - Minutes - 01/08/2024

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The January 8, 2024, Special Meeting of the Representative Town Meeting was called to order at 7:00
P.M. by Moderator Paul Goldstein.
ROLL CALL
PRESENT: Kyrah Augmon-Bossa, Michael Bono, Erica Casper, Mark Campo, Mary Childs, Harry Colonis,
Timothy Condon, Thomas Dembek, Susan Driscoll, Timothy Fioravanti, Nicholas Gauthier, Paul
Goldstein, Kristin Gonzalez, Ryan Healy, Christina Jessuck, Lindsay Khan, Shawn Monahan, Ursula
Moreshead, Kayla Mullen, Kathy Mullen Kohl, Danielle Steward-Gellinas, David Sugrue
ABSENT: Jennifer Bracciale, Kevin Girard, Matthew Keatley, Ted Olynciw
EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS PRESENT: Chair of the Board of Education Pat Fedor Merriman
EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS ABSENT: First Selectman Robert Brule; Selectman Greg Attanasio; Selectman
Richard Muckle; Chair of the Board of Finance Glenn Patterson
ALSO PRESENT: Town Clerk David L. Campo; Town Attorney Nicholas Kepple.
AGENDA ITEM C — CORRESPONDENCE
NONE
CALL ITEM 1 — Executive Session
MOTION by Steward-Gelinas, seconded by Driscoll, to discuss strategy and/or negotiations with respect
to collective bargaining units in executive session, said action to be taken without prejudice to the
Representative Town Meeting’s right to discuss said matters in a private meeting pursuant to
Connecticut Statute § 1-200 at 7:05 P.M. and to invite Superintendent of Schools Thomas Giard, BOE
Chairman Pat Fedor, BOE Member Marcia Benvenuti, BOE Member Kathleen Elbaum, Town Attorney
Nicholas Kepple
BOE Employees and RTM Members Bono, Childs, Gonzalez and Fioravanti stated they would not be
participating in the executive session.
VOTING IN FAVOR: Unanimous
MOTION by Driscoll, seconded by Steward-Gelinas, to come out of executive session with no votes taken
at 7:41 P.M.
VOTING IN FAVOR: Unanimous.
CALL ITEM 2 — BOE and Waterford Federation of Classroom Teachers
PRESENTATION: Superintendent of Schools Thomas Giard, BOE Chairman Pat Fedor, BOE Member
Marcia Benvenuti, BOE Member Kathleen Elbaum

MOTION by Driscoll, seconded by Gauthier, to approve an agreement between the Waterford Board of
Education and the Waterford Federation of Classroom Teachers for July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2027
and to request the funding thereof, pursuant to Connecticut General Statute §10-153d.
Discussion ensued
VOTING IN FAVOR: Augmon-Bossa, Casper, Condon, Dembek, Driscoll, Gauthier, Healy, Jessuck, Khan,
Monahan, Moreshead, Mullen, Mullen Kohl
VOTING AGAINST: None
ABSTAINED: Bono, M. Campo, Childs, Colonis, Fioravanti, Goldstein, Gonzalez, Steward-Gelinas, Sugrue
MOTION PASSED: 13-0-9
MOTION by Steward-Gelinas, seconded by Dembek, to adjourn at 7:51 P.M.
VOTING IN FAVOR: Unanimous.
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David L. aA CCTC
Waterford Town Clerk