The City Alders on Oct. 23 approved a consent agenda that included a zoning amendment to allow certain signage, several tax-abatement and tax-withdrawal requests for residents, a routine budget transfer to close fiscal year 2024–25, and an amendment to a management/services agreement that added vendor and cost details.

Speaker 4 introduced a zoning petition from a law firm representing a hospital seeking an amendment to the zoning ordinance to allow signage in a particular Land Development District. Speaker 5 reviewed the zoning submission and said the proposed signage change would not affect parking; colleagues voted to approve the item as part of the consent agenda.

Speaker 3 described three resident tax-relief items aimed at waiving interest and fees so residents could pay outstanding taxes. In a separate individual case, Speaker 3 recounted that a widow’s vehicle had been sold in 2022 and the assessor’s office could not make a retroactive adjustment; the speaker asked the council to forgive taxes, interest and fees for the affected residents, and the council approved the request.

Speaker 5 described a routine budget transfer intended to close fiscal year 2024–25 by moving funds from budget lines with surpluses to those with deficits, a process the speaker said the city carries out annually; the council approved the transfer.

Speaker 5 also explained an amendment to a management and services agreement that adds the vendor name, includes updated whereas clauses and provides cost details the finance committee had seen; the Alders approved the amendment to align the public record with committee materials.

Several items were withdrawn from the tax list at Speaker 4’s request and the chair announced those withdrawals were approved. The meeting closed with community announcements, including an Access Health CT enrollment event on Nov. 20 at 100 Crown Street and a Thanksgiving event hosted by Speaker 2, before the council adjourned.

Where the transcript included unclear or garbled account numbers and ordinance codes, the council discussion described the intended action but the precise account identifiers were not legible in the meeting record.