Meeting Schedule
| Date | Time | Type | ||
| 2009 | ||||
| January 12 | 7:00 PM | Regular | ||
| February 2 | 8:00 PM | Annual | ||
| February 9 | 7:00 PM | Regular | ||
| March 9 | 7:00 PM | Regular | ||
| April 13 | 7:00 PM | Regular | ||
| April 28 | 8:00 PM | Budget | ||
| May 11 | 7:00 PM | Regular | ||
| June 8 | 7:00 PM | Regular | ||
| July 13 | 7:00 PM | Regular | ||
| August 10 | 7:00 PM | Regular | ||
| September 14 | 7:00 PM | Regular | ||
| October 13 | 7:00 PM | Regular | ||
| November 9 | 7:00 PM | Regular | ||
| December 14 | 7:00 PM | Regular | ||
| 2010 | ||||
| January 11 | 7:00 PM | Regular | ||
Meetings of the Board of Fire Commissioners
Regular meetings are usually held on the second Monday of each month, except where noted in the schedule. For an explanation of the different types of meetings, please see below.
What are the Different Types of Meetings?
When the District was formed in 1957, a Charter was enacted through State Legislation. In addition to the Charter there are By-laws to govern District business.In those documents, specific meetings and types of meetings are identified. When a meeting is posted in the legal notice of our local newspapers, the type of meeting is always identified.
There have been several occasions when taxpayers ask, "What are the Different Types of Meetings?"
To help everyone understand this system, here is how it works:
The Fire Commission meets monthly to conduct routine business. This meeting is classified as the "Regular Meeting of the Board of Fire Commissioners". To keep costs down, the Commission posts these meeting dates once a year in a legal notice in the Middletown Press and Hartford Courant newspapers. This web site also contains the meeting schedule on this page.
On occasion, the Commission needs to meet to discuss issues not a part of the Regular Meeting. That meeting is called "Special Meeting of the Board of Fire Commissioners" These meetings are posted as needed in the Middletown Press and Hartford Courant newspapers.
The residents of the Fire District also have specific types of meetings beyond those of the Fire Commission.
The "Annual Meeting" elects a Commissioner.
The "Budget Meeting" presents budget for taxpayer approval and adopts mill rate.
"Special Meetings of the Electors" are called for the residents to be present for District business that requires actions of the taxpayers. Examples of this would be an election of a Commissioner for a vacated seat or approval of an expenditure not previously approved in the annual budget.
Only the taxpayers can adopt a budget, levy taxes, and elect a Commissioner. All of these functions are Public Meetings.
The only time the Commission could meet not in public view is for an "Executive Session". This session must be identified on the meeting agenda and the purpose of the meeting disclosed to the public. No votes are taken during these sessions. The State of Connecticut controls guidelines for Executive Sessions. Executive sessions are generally for personnel issues and collective bargaining strategy sessions.
All District meetings have minutes taken, and are available from links on the Meeting Minutes page.